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The General Staff Building in St. Petersburg's Palace Square in Russia was built in the 1820s and commemorates the victory over Napoleon. Under the Russian Empire, the West Wing housed the General Staff, and the East Wing contained the Foreign Ministry and the Finance Ministry. The building is now part of the Hermitage Museum.
Saint Isaac's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, is the largest cathedral in the city, with a neoclassical exterior and a sumptuously decorated interior.
The Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia, was built between 1706 and 1740 and surrounds the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral (completed 1733), which houses the remains of almost all members of the Russian imperial family.
Russia's Old St. Petersburg Stock Exchange (white building) and one of its flanking columns, overlooking the inner harbor of the city.
The cruiser "Aurora" anchored in St. Petersburg Harbor in Russia. A blank shot fired from this ship signaled the assault on the Winter Palace and launched the October 1917 Revolution.
The Bronze Horseman -- an equestrian statue of Peter I in St. Petersburg, Russia -- has become a symbol of the city.
The former imperial Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia, is now part of the Hermitage Museum.
The Alexander Column is a focal point of Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Winter Palace appears in the background. The single-piece red granite column was erected between 1830 and 1834 in commemoration of Czar Alexander I, who led the Russian victory against Napoleonic France.
The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in St. Petersburg, Russia, marks the site of Czar Alexander II's assassination in 1881.
Peterhof Palace, near St. Petersburg, Russia, sits on a hill overlooking the Gulf of Finland. It was Peter I's summer palace and boasts an array of 64 decorative fountains, including a sculpture of Samson prying open the jaws of a lion.
Pastel colors highlight the central nave of the Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia. The cathedral is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress and houses the remains of almost all Russian emperors and empresses from Peter I to Nicholas II.
Interior of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Located on the River Neva, the museum occupies six buildings and reputedly houses 3 million works of art.
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