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Lady of Leningrad
Blog: A Lady in London - 1 February 2010
This weekend I found myself in St. Petersburg, or as some of the locals still call it, Leningrad. Having taken my share of Russian history classes in college, I was excited to see the city founded by one of Russia's great europhile tsars, Peter the Great.
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Cold Souls
Blog: No Borders - 31 August 2009
Somerville, Mass - Sometimes, it's so hot in the pink house that there is nothing you can do but go to the movies. Such was the case last weekend, when we saw Cold Souls, the funny and probing comedy starring Paul Giamatti and Dina Korzun.
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Baltic Boating Part 5: More St Petersburg
Blog: Bec and John in the UK - 25 August 2009
Despite feeling slightly weary from the previous day's activities, we were both looking forward to our second day in St Petersburg. We'd signed up for two more excursions - a morning walking tour and a 'panoramic' bus tour in the afternoon - in the hope that these would give us ample time to explore the beautiful city centre, having only glimpsed it briefly the day before.
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St, Petersburg, Russia
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 19 August 2009
After a couple dozen somewhat ordinary plane and train rides so far this trip we had very romantic visions of our night train ride to St. Petersburg.
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Baltic Boating Part 4: St. Petersburg
Blog: Bec and John in the UK - 16 August 2009
We are the first to admit we are not great scholars of history. Johnny's head for dates only works for the 20th century and while Bec loves stories of Ann Boleyn and Mary Queen of Scots, she couldn't tell you which century they lived in. As such we were fully expecting Russia's "most European" city, St. Petersburg, to be a mind-melting series of Tsars, invasions and revolutions.
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Second City St Petersburg
Blog: Hackpacker - 13 April 2009
Whether it’s Chicago to New York, or Melboune to Sydney, I’m a big fan of second cities. Being runner up means they try harder. And so it is with St Petersburg, the metropolis that’s arm wrestled Moscow for capital status throughout history but was largely shrugged off by the Soviets who liked their capital buried in the middle of the USSR.
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