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START OF NAVIGATION IN ST. PETERSBURG

17 April 2024

The long-awaited event for residents and guests of the city - the beginning of navigation in St. Petersburg! This year navigation will start on the 27th of April. It means that from the 27th of April it will be possible to enjoy excursions along the rivers and canals of the city again.

WHERE TO FEEL THE TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN LIFESTYLE?

22 March 2024

MIR Travel Company will tell you where and how to get there! The excursion is called the Golden Ring of Russia and passes through several Old Russian cities. The route itself was developed in 1967 with the inclusion of 8 cities: Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov the Great, Yaroslavl, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal and Vladimir. 

GALLERY OF PETER THE GREAT WILL OPEN IN THE HERMITAGE IN HONOR OF 350TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EMPEROR

19 April 2024

The year of Peter the Great starts in Russia, in honor of the 350th anniversary of the birth of the Great Emperor that will take place this summer. On the 14th of January 2022, the State Hermitage Museum of Saint-Petersburg will host the grand opening of the new permanent exhibition, the Gallery of Peter the Great. The exhibition will be dedicated to the era of the great imperator who was the founder of the Northern Capital.

The opening of the first part of the exposition is timed to coincide with several memorable dates at once - the 300th anniversary of the proclamation of Russia the Empire and the 300th anniversary of the Treaty of Nystadt, which marked the end of the Great Northern War and the return of the lands previously lost during the Russian-Swedish wars, - the organizers said.

The exhibition will feature portraits of prominent figures of the Peter the Great era, memorial exhibits, objects created by the hands of Peter the Great himself and much more.

The exposition will be located in the outbuilding of the Winter Palace. It will be the beginning of a large project dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Peter the Great.