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St.Petersburg

Date of Visit: Evening, 23 June 2022

Place: Nevsky Prospekt

Nevsky Prospekt is St. Petersburg's main avenue and one of the best-known
streets in Russia. Cutting through the historical center of the city, it runs from
the Admiralty to the Moscow Railway Station and then, after a slight kink, to
the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. In the very first days of St. Petersburg it was
simply the beginning of the road to the ancient city of Novgorod, but it quickly
became adorned with beautiful buildings, squares and bridges and became the
very center of the bustling, rapidly growing city.

Date of Visit: Evening, 24 June 2022

Place: Saint-Petersburg Metro

Saint-Petersburg Metro is an effective underground public transportation
system, which operates in the urban area and some nearby destinations. The
metro is the most convenient mode of public transport in St.Petersburg. It is
more faster, convenient, cheaper and safer to move around the city by metro,
than by car or other forms of public transport. Some stations design may be
interesting for tourists as an example of Soviet architecture too.
Important facts about St Petersburg metro
• The St Petersburg metro is Russia’s second metro system. Construction was
interrupted by the Second World War, but the first line was opened in 1955
• The first stations were built in magnificent and imposing Stalinist Empire
style, ‘Palaces of the People’ glorifying the achievements of the workers and
state
• Nowadays the metro system is made up of 5 lines and 72 stations, but
significant expansion is planned over the next decades to connect every corner
of the city
• No trip to St Petersburg is complete without exploring the metro to see the
exquisite decoration and variety of architectural styles comprising the stations