The most prestigious theater award in Russia has moved to Kazan for the first time in its more than 30-year history. This ...

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In the clips, protesters are seen walking along Nevsky Avenue in central St. Petersburg. Outside of the Kazan Cathedral, a violent interaction between protesters and police was captured on two of ...

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Alex Miretsky, owner of Europa Plus on 18th and Geary, came to San Francisco in 1988 by way of Austria and Italy, where he sought a U.S. refugee visa after he left St. Petersburg five months earlier.

6:30 p.m. Continue admiring the Kazan Cathedral and St. Petersburg’s architecture from a different perspective. Terrassa offers an expansive outdoor terrace, romantic views, and a sumptuous menu ...

At the same time, St. Petersburg knows how to move with the times. The city was the first in Russia to join the international WTTC program for safe tourism: Safe Travels.

Today, Saint Basil's, officially known as Pokrovsky Cathedral, stands as a series of red brick chapels encircling the largest, central form. Each chapel is topped with a vibrantly colored dome of ...

After Saint Basil’s Cathedral was completed in the mid-16th century, a legend began to circulate about the eclectic Orthodox church located in the heart of Moscow. It was an architectural feat ...

Theories, according to Brumfield, suggest St. Basil’s architects appropriated the cupola styles of the Ottoman Empire, symbolizing victory over the Kazan kingdom, which was a Tatar Turkic state.