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Tsarist St Petersburg

St Petersburg's splendid architecture provides a visible means of understanding the revolution of 1917,just mentally contrast the opulent lifestyles of the royal family and nobility with the lives of the soldiers and workers.
The city's buildings reflect European tastes and traditions, and were largely commissioned during the reigns of Empress Elizabeth, Catherine the Great and Alexander I.

Neoclassical styles predominate. The Summer Palace, located in St Petersburg's loveliest public gardens, was built for Peter and is pretty nigh intact today. Its comparative modesty contrasts with the Versailles-like symmetry of the gardens.

One of the city's most photographed relics of former glories lies at the eastern end of Nevsky prospekt, the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace. The building is easily recognised by its dark-red stucco and row of weight-bearing musclemen sporting crumpled nappies. It's easy to understand why the building was utilised by the local branch of the Communist Party until 1991. Empress Elizabeth's favourite architect (and lover), Rastrelli, was responsible for the green and white Stroganov Palace, which overlooks the Moyka River. The family fortune was based on the Siberian fur trade.



 

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