Key Events: Winter weather comes on fast in St. Petersburg, easily dipping below freezing as early as October. With the chill dropping as low as the teens come December, hotels offer great ...

The main museum complex comprises six buildings, including the Winter Palace ... this museum is the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place. Recent travelers offered ...

Partly cloudy with a high of 43 °F (6.1 °C) and a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds from NW to NNW at 10 to 12 mph (16.1 to 19.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 5 to 12 mph (8 to 19.3 ...

She was born on July 9, 1924, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia. Her father Ruvim perished ... Her brother died of hunger in winter of 1941-1942. Bela finished the Institute of Foreign ...

“A large part of Russia will be warm for these Epiphany celebrations,” he said. “The average temperature significantly exceeds the norm. “We are already seeing a thaw in St Petersbur ...

I know, I know – but with three of the tour’s six evenings spent above the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland, where winter ... St Petersburg. As Maria explains, it all dates from when the ...

“A large part of Russia will be warm for these Epiphany celebrations. The average temperature significantly exceeds the norm,” he said. “We are already seeing a thaw in St. Petersbur ...

Cloudy with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C) and a 52% chance of precipitation. Winds WNW at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 57% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 3 to 7 ...

and at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, a former residence of czars that is now a part of the State Hermitage Museum. “His artistry bridges past and present,” Xavier F. Salomon ...

For Orthodox Christians, Holy Week – which this year coincides with Catholic Holy Week – is the ‘True Week’, the week that ...

The number of Canadian "snowbirds" planning to sell their second homes in sunny Florida and Arizona has surged this spring, ...

The Great Patriotic War required a huge strain on Soviet healthcare. There was an acute shortage of bandages for the treatment of the wounded, and the doctors recalled the experience of past military ...