I’ve grown up reading about Lenin, space race, cold war, USSR and the current Annexation of Crimea. Being a movie buff have seen a lot of movies/TV dramas from the west with Russia being portrayed a Rogue nation which breeds the Villains of the bond movies!
Russia as we all know has always been the political heavyweight who cannot be befriended but also cannot be ignored. Though I was working with a bunch of Ukrainians who had a biased vision again Russia and quite sceptical about travelling to Russia, I still wanted to see it for myself. I had a lot of unanswered questions about the place, the people, their communist roots and more importantly was it really that bad!
My trip to Russia takes me across Saint Petersburg first and then a Train journey across to the Capital Moscow.
The much spoken about and much visited attraction of Saint Petersburg is the State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace. One of the largest and oldest museums in the world,it comprises over three million items (the numismatic collection accounts for about one third of them) including the largest collection of paintings in the world…
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Something which truly represents Russia is the Red square. Years’ worth of history has played out at this very location for the entire world to amaze at. This iconic landmark with the Kremlins red walls on one side and St Basil’s cathedral on the other is not something to be missed. And of course Moscow’s famous shopping centre – GUM….
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Well everyone who’s heard of Russia has definitely heard about the Kremlin – the seat of raw power. It is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River to the south, Saint Basil’s Cathedral and Red Square to the east, and the Alexander Garden to the west. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation….
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After an enthralling visit to Peterhof we made our way further exploring the beautiful Euro Russian city of Saint Petersburg. En-route we take in the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Isaac’s Cathedral State Museum, Peter and Paul Fortress and much more exploring the city on foot…
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Peterhof – Laid out on the orders of Peter the Great it is actually a part of palaces and gardens. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the “Russian Versailles”. There are mainly 3 parts to your visit to Peterhof – The Palace itself, Lower Gardens and the Upper Gardens.These are one of the most impressive gardens I’ve been to with its memorable collection of fountains and fine views over the Baltic Sea…..
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