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Tourist attractions in Saint Petersburg

  • Mariinsky TheatreThe year 1783 marked the birth of a permanent theatre company in Saint Petersburg, established by Catherine the Great. An Italian ballet troupe had performed…
  • White Nights FestivalThe sun sets over St. Petersburg on the 28th of June 2006 at eleven p.m., yet the sky remains bright enough to read a newspaper without artificial light.
  • Scarlet Sails (tradition)The tradition began in 1968 when several Leningrad schools united to celebrate at the end of the school year. They chose this moment to connect with the…