See the dazzling City of the Tsars, Russia’s imperial capital which was once a desolate swamp, and the birthplace of the 1917 revolution. St. Petersburg, Peter the Great’s visionary palatial city, is also the intellectual and cultural capital of Russia with such renowned sights as the world-famous Hermitage Museum, which has an enormous collection of more than three million items of which only a fraction are displayed in approximately 360 rooms. St. Petersburg is also home to one of Russia’s most respected and beloved cultural institutions, the Mariinsky Theatre, which is synonymous with ballet.
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