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 A Fresh Start
Young girls from underprivileged backgrounds have been given a helping hand by the St. Petersburg red cross
Get Yer Skates On
Wintertime in St. Petersburg means long nights and cold weather, but not all is darkness and gloom. The St. Petersburg Times has searched for the best skiing and ice-skating venues in and around town to help brighten up the winter season
Season on the Stage
St. Petersburg’s finest, internationally famous theaters, museums and concert halls have a wealth of shows, premieres, recitals, balls and exhibitions especially designed to create a festive spirit in the weeks before and after the New Year celebration
Cultural Christmas
As usual, St. Petersburg boasts a whole host of art exhibitions and projects this winter, ensuring something for everyone
Vladimir Before Lenin
In her latest book, “Conspirator: Lenin in Exile” (Hutchinson 2009), Rappaport expands greatly on what is indeed often treated as a footnote in standard biographies of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin: his sixteen years in exile preceding the Bolshevik coup of October 1917
Tropical Getaway
If a chilly, dark December and the prospect of another few months of the endless slush and ice of winter in St. Petersburg don’t appeal, there is no need to despair
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