The heart and soul of Saint Petersburg SO MUCH HISTORY HERE Nevsky Prospekt – Siege of Leningrad https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F564x%2Fd7%2Fb3%2F50%2Fd7b35041056e7abc12ec47dfadb87319.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F542402348851796587%2F&docid=Jk1PNwDP9taeYM&tbnid=wVVc9WrRS6u92M%3A&vet=1&w=564&h=409&itg=1&client=safari&bih=775&biw=1344&q=NEVSKY%20PROSPEKT%20seige%20of%20leningrad&ved=0ahUKEwiOh_PWg8_SAhUN5mMKHUytBj0QMwgqKA0wDQ&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=409&imgrc=wVVc9WrRS6u92M:&vet=1&w=564
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Night Stroll At Griboyedov channel embankment, Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
Behold! The reason why I came to Saint Petersburg! Just a 5 minute walk from the Apartment Hotel ( ART HOTEL KON-TIKI – Highly recommended hotel to stay ) As a solo traveler, I initially thought it was too ambitious to go to RUSSIA, but I must […]
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Dom King “House of the Book” – Saint Petersburg, Russia
Dom Knigi, the main state bookseller, was opened in the building in 1938. During the Siege of Leningrad, the shop continued to operate even when a bomb was dropped on the neighbouring building, shattering all of Dom Knigi’s windows and flooding the storage rooms. It […]