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St. Petersburg IV: A Church, a Museum and Sunday in the Garden

(Go to Peterhof and Catherine Park for discussion and pictures of these gardens.) Today, we meet Ilya Repin, but first we must explore a historical whodunnit. You can’t miss Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky Prospekt with its colonnades and statues and roses still … Continue reading

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