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ST. PETERSBURG |
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Peter the First (Great) not only established the city of St. Petersburg but also built the Peterhof as his Palace |  |
| In the midst of the gilding and decoration however, he was a simple man as reflected by his private study |
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.. mock-up in Yuopov Palace .. |
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| Prince Yusupov (and others) conspired to get rid of Rasputin. They poisoned him (no luck), stabbed him (not fatal), shot him and beat him to make sure he was dead, before they bound him and dropped him in the canal through the ice. It turns out, he still wasn't dead .. but drowned anyway. What a guy!! | |||
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| The Hermitage now also includes Catherine's (Winter) Palace and the Mensikov Palace |  |
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Dining Out
Rustic style Grand style |
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Tsars are interred in the Peter & Paul Fortress |
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| The Church of the "Spilled Blood" covers the road where it was spilled, (a bomb under the Tsar) | |||
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.. even in Russia, they're geared up for the tourists. |  |
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