Colorado Father (Koloradsky Otets)
St. Petersburg
Most of Petersburg's nightlife can be characterized by Susan Sontag's dictum on popular culture: 'So bad it's good.' And by... More
Dacha
St. Petersburg
Picture the most crowded joint in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and multiply the body density by 10. I know it's the weekend... More
Chesme Church
St. Petersburg
My favorite building in Petersburg is just a few blocks from here. The raspberry and white candy box of the... More
Church of the Savior on the Blood
St. Petersburg
Built as a nationalist rebuke to this elegant and slavishly European city, the church will bring to mind the famous... More
Kazan Cathedral
St. Petersburg
For the midnight mass, I head to the city's main functioning church, the Kazan Cathedral, an elegant early-19th-century rip-off of... More
Mikhailovsky Palace and the Russian Museum
St. Petersburg
Directly ahead you'll find the vast snowed-in lemon wedge of the Neoclassical Mikhailovsky Palace, designed by the ubiquitous court architect... More
Mosque of St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg
I cross the Neva River, gleaming patches of ice clogging its vast curving artery, to the city's fashionable Petrogradskaya side... More
Museum of Russian Political History
St. Petersburg
...the Museum of Russian Political History, a collection of artifacts tracing Russia's miserable experiments with monarchism, Communism, capitalism, and any... More
Chocolate Museum (Muzei Shokolada)
St. Petersburg
I ducked into Muzei Shokolada (Chocolate Museum) and instinctively balked at the Lenin busts fashioned from dark and white chocolate... More
Imperial Porcelain Manufactory
St. Petersburg
A raid on the shop produced a tea set decorated with the factory’s traditional blue, white and gold pattern... More





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