Around St. Petersburg

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=69 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="8a6f65a3.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="178" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 91 WIDTH="172"><div> <B>Russia and Norway, September 2001</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Alex & Linda's Site</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >back to:</FONT> <A HREF="http://alexandlinda.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://alexandlinda.com/"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>  ></B> <A HREF="http://alexandlinda.com/id307.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://alexandlinda.com/id307.htm"><U><B>Our Travels</B></U></A><B>  > </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Russia and Norway"><U><B>Russia and Norway</B></U></A><B>  </B><B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=195 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="8a7c3e83.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Russia and Norway"><U>Russia and Norway</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id434.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Around Moscow"><U>Around Moscow</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id320.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christ the Saviour Church and Other Mosc"><U>Christ the Saviour Church and Other Moscow</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id371.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Kremlin"><U>The Kremlin</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id348.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Kremlin Churches and Museum"><U>The Kremlin Churches and Museum</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id321.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Red Square"><U>Red Square</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id364.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Novodevichiy Convent Kolomenskoe Villag"><U>Novodevichiy Convent & Kolomenskoe Village</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id525.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Local Market in Moscow"><U>Local Market in Moscow</U></A></div> <div> <B>Around St. Petersburg</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id374.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Hermitage"><U>The Hermitage</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id530.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Church on Spilled BloodSt. Petersburg"><U>Church on Spilled Blood-St. Petersburg</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id377.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Peterhof Palace"><U>Peterhof Palace</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id376.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tsarskoe Selo"><U>Tsarskoe Selo</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id387.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chesma Church and SS Peter and Paul Fort"><U>Chesma Church and SS Peter and Paul Fortress-St. Petersburg</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id379.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Borya"><U>Borya</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id451.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Norway in a Nutshell"><U>Norway in a Nutshell</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id517.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Traveling Around Norway"><U>Traveling Around Norway</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id518.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lofoten Islands"><U>Lofoten Islands</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id519.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Modern Oslo Trondheim"><U>Modern Oslo & Trondheim</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id520.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oslo Historic Museums"><U>Oslo Historic Museums</U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=411 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Around St. Petersburg</B></div> <div> St. Petersburg was founded in 1703 by Peter the Great and was the capital of Russia from 1712 to 1918. The city, also known as Petrograd and Leningrad, was returned back to the name of St. Petersburg in 1991.  </div> <bR> <div> During most of the 18th century, Russia was ruled by women with a taste for the architecture and court life of other European capitals of the at time.  To support those tastes, several palaces were built in the St. Petersburg area, including the Hermitage, Peterhof Palace, and the Imperial Palace at Tsarskoe Selo.</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="724" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 232 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id389.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABC"><U><IMG SRC="79cd28e0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id389.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ABC"><U>ABC</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="236"><div> <A HREF="id391.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Admiralty"><U><IMG SRC="79d90d20.jpg" border=0 width="144" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id391.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Admiralty"><U>Admiralty</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dancers"><U><IMG SRC="79ed2790.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id398.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dancers"><U>Dancers</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 165 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id414.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kazan Cathedral"><U><IMG SRC="79fd2700.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="112" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id414.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kazan Cathedral"><U>Kazan Cathedral</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id417.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pointing the Way"><U><IMG SRC="7a0d2770.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id417.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pointing the Way"><U>Pointing the Way</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id421.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Russian Museum"><U><IMG SRC="7a1d28f0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id421.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Russian Museum"><U>Russian Museum</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 232 WIDTH="236"><div> <A HREF="id423.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smolnyy Cathedral"><U><IMG SRC="7a28fd20.jpg" border=0 width="143" height="210" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id423.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smolnyy Cathedral"><U>Smolnyy Cathedral</U></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id424.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smolnyy Convent"><U><IMG SRC="7a3d2770.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="119" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id424.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Smolnyy Convent"><U>Smolnyy Convent</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id426.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Isaacs Cathedral"><U><IMG SRC="7a4d28d0.jpg" border=0 width="210" height="141" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id426.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Isaacs Cathedral"><U>St Isaac's Cathedral</U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>