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St Petersburg holidays

September 2021

  • Views over Saint Petersburg from the top of Saint Isaac’s Cathedral.

    From the Guardian archive
    Leningrad becomes St Petersburg – archive, 1991

    On 8 September 1991, Russia’s second city reverted to its pre-revolutionary name of St Petersburg – the 50th anniversary of the start of the siege by Germany in the second world war

September 2019

  • SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - CIRCA AUGUST, 2017: man expertly prepare the food in wok at Marketplace restaurant.<br>MDNH5E SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - CIRCA AUGUST, 2017: man expertly prepare the food in wok at Marketplace restaurant.

    Beyond borscht: a food tour of Russia

    There’s much more to Russian cuisine than sour cream, beetroot and dill, as this culinary journey from St Petersburg to Moscow proves

September 2018

  • Two attendees at Клуб: Nick Gavrilov and friend.

    The world's best parties
    Клуб: the St Petersburg rail factory that became a visionary nightclub

    Set in an industrial area far outside the city – and with industrial tracks to match - the nightclub Клуб is putting community before music to create a truly beloved space

November 2017

  • Khroniki, bar in St Petersburg, Russia. DJs are playing to a busy room.

    St Petersburg: city of revolution turns itself around – again

    This year all eyes have been on what happened in Russia’s cultural capital 100 years ago, but we ask local artists and musicians for the lowdown on its best 21st-century clubs and arts venues

February 2017

  • Hermitage Museum’s 252nd Anniversary In St Petersburg

    10 of the best things to do in St Petersburg

    It is 100 years since the Russian Revolution started in St Petersburg. These tips from The Calvert Journal’s new app explore the city’s fascinating history as well as its contemporary youth culture

October 2016

  • Church on Spilled Blood<br>Aerial View of Cathedral on Spilled Blood in autumn.

    Searching for signs of the Soviets in St Petersburg

    Built from scratch by the tsars, imperial St Petersburg was at the epicentre of the Russian Revolution. Harriet Green scours its streets for Lenin’s legacy

May 2016

  • The Lenin statue in front of the House of Soviets, St Petersburg.

    Top 10 Soviet-era experiences in St Petersburg

    It’s 25 years since the USSR imploded but in St Petersburg there are still plenty of places to experience the highs and lows of the communist era, some of which are looked upon nostalgically by Russians

September 2015

  • “We are not a museum in the conventional sense” ... The Cage by Zuk Club at the Street Art Museum in St Petersburg.

    How St Petersburg is creating a permanent home for street art

    The Street Art Museum in St Petersburg is the first of its kind – a fixed home for a transitory art form. Can this space help the city reinvent itself for a new era?

July 2015

  • Pin-Mix night cycling

    New East network
    Politics by peloton: the night cyclists taking on St Petersburg

    Organising weekly rides that snake through the city, Pin-Mix club is as much about adventure as challenging poor infrastructure. The Calvert Journal reports

March 2015

  • St Petersburg is rooted firmly in its fascinating cultural heritage, but can also be loud, young and anarchic.

    Insider's guides
    The insider's cultural guide to St Petersburg: 'Best joke? Our government'

    Writer Anastasiia Fedorova gives us a tour of the former Russian capital – from bars, bridges and bands to style, seagulls and street art

January 2015

  • St Petersburg

    New East network
    Daily life in St Petersburg – in pictures

    When British photographer Shelly Cornick moved to St Petersburg, she found herself woefully unprepared. Wearing only a thin winter coat and informed by a collection of vague stereotypes, she turned to her camera to interpret the alien landscape. The resulting photographs capture the resilience of daily life against a backdrop of brutalist architecture and fierce weather

December 2014

  • Ikuru Kuwajima

    New East network
    Outside in: how foreign photographers see the post-Soviet world

    Russia maybe be under perennial scrutiny but it is a challenge to find photography that provides fresh perspective of the country, or its post-Soviet neighbours. Can outsiders offer anything new? The Calvert Journal profiles 25 international photographers who’ve turned their lens on the region

September 2014

  • nudest beach

    New East network
    St Petersburg's oldest nudist beach faces closure

    The city’s naturists face the unwelcome news that authorities plan to turn their haunt in to a ‘family friendly’ resort. The Moscow Times reports

August 2014

  • St Petersburg from the top of Saint Isaac’s cathedral.

    Out on the tiles: a rooftop tour of St Petersburg

    Driven by social media, a new type of (almost) legal high is on offer in St Petersburg. Ian Belcher gets a bird’s eye view of the city on a rooftop tour

July 2014

  • Luzhniki stadium in Moscow, Russia

    Russia World Cup 2018: four years of excitement and controversy

    Country has to build two-thirds of stadiums and must solve infrastructure problems before tournament kicks off again

April 2014

  • kitchen

    The House Upside Down - in pictures

    A museum in St Petersburg presents House Upside Down, an apartment where everything is turned head over heels

December 2013

  • Moyka riverside, St Petersburg

    Experts' and readers' tips
    A day on the Moyka, St Petersburg, Russia

  • Death in Venice

    St Petersburg theatre festival: Death in Venice, trouble in Russia

April 2013

  • Moscow's Stay Hungry Supper Club

    How Russia's creative revolution is changing the cultural landscape

  • St Petersburg nightlife

    St Petersburg's bar secrets: a city's icy reputation begins to thaw

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