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Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg ends

The Beijing Olympic torch relay in St. Petersburg, the third leg of its global journey, ended on Saturday afternoon at the Palace Square. The torch will go on Saturday evening from St. Petersburg to London. [Full story] [Photos] [Relay map]

Quick facts
Population: 4,596,000
Standard time zone: UTC/GMT + 4;
Official language: Russian;
Currency: Russian Rouble

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St. Petersburg today

St. Petersburg today The historic center of the city is Palace Square, which incorporates the Winter Palace, the General Staff Headquarters and Ministries Buildings. The Winter Palace used to be the Imperial residence. [Full story]

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Tradition and Culture

City foundation During the island Yeni-Saari examination Peter the Great immediately stopped and took two pieces of the turf, placed it crosswise and said: "The city will be here". Then he started to dig the ditch, the stone box was placed in this ditch. [Full story]

Russian cuisine Original and varied, Russian cuisine is famous for exotic soups, cabbage schi and solyanka, which is made of assorted meats. Russians are great lovers of pelmeni, small Siberian meat pies boiled in broth. [Full story]