St. Petersburg -- Pushkin
May 22nd 2010 Catherine’s Palace at Tsarkoye Selo and Pavlovsk at Pushkin
The suburban Imperial Estates of St. Petersburg like Catherine’s Palace, Pavlovsk, Gatchina etc. are marvels of recreation.
Please note that I am not using the word ‘restoration’ since after the ‘Siege of Leningrad’ in WWII, there was nothing left to restore in those palaces. They were totally looted and ravaged, though some
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