St. PetersburgwasbuilttobeRussia’swindowonEurope. Nowitisbecomingtheworld’swindowonRussia. Comingbytrain, planeandcruiseship, morethan 6 milliontouriststhisyearareexpectedtovisitSt. Petersburg, Russia’sculturalcapital. ThatismorethanthetouristflowtoMoscow, thenation’sbusinessandgovernmentcapital.
Withitswaterwaysandcanals, St. Petersburghaslongbeencalledthe "VeniceoftheNorth." Now, withvisitorsoutnumberinginhabitants, Russia’ssecond-largestcitymayonedayrivalItaly'sVeniceintourismlist.
EmiliacameherefromRometocheckitout. Shesaidshewassurprisedbythequantityofthingstoseeandthehelpfulnessoflocalpeople.
St. Petersburgrecentlyopenedtheworld’slargestcruiseshipportofcall, capableofhandlingsevenshipsatatime. IncontrasttoRussia’simageoftightgovernmentcontrols, foreigncruisepassengerscannowvisitSt. Petersburgforthreedayswithoutvisas.
WhenPetertheGreatfoundedthecitythreecenturiesago, itwastobeRussia'swindowonEurope. Sincethen, thecityhasbeenwitnesstoRussianhistory.
OncetheseatoftheCzars, theWinterPalacewasstormedbytheBolsheviksin 1917. Now, itistheHermitageMuseum, oneofthebestartmuseumsintheworld.
Anya, aRussiantourist, lovesthehistory. ShesaidshelikesvisitingtheCzaristpalacesandseeingtheoldcostumesondisplay.
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