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• the Blue Bridge (pictured), the widest in St. Petersburg, Russia, derives its name from a 19th-century tradition of color-coding the bridges across the Moika River?
• the First Engineer Bridge in St. Petersburg, Russia, named after the nearby Engineer Castle, is one of the most decorative of the city's more than 500 bridges?
• the Annenschule (pictured) high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia was transformed into a Soviet work school after the Russian Revolution, but now houses a lyceum?
• the Anichkov Bridge in Saint Petersburg features one of the city's notable landmarks, The Horse Tamer, a group of four neoclassical bronze sculptures by Baron Peter Klodt?
• the Neoclassical style Embassy of Germany in Saint Petersburg (pictured), whilst reviled by the Saint Petersburg artistic community, was admired by Adolf Hitler?
• the Alexander Column (pictured) on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, despite its weight of 600 tons, is set so nicely that no attachment to the base is required?
• the Neo-Renaissance architectural style encompasses such dissimilar structures as the Opera Garnier and Hôtel de Ville in Paris, the National Theatre in Prague, the Reichstag in Berlin, Mentmore Towers near London, Vladimir Palace in Saint Petersburg, and the Public Library in Boston?
• the Singer's Bridge, designed by architect Vasily Stasov, was called the Yellow Bridge and is the third-widest bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia?
• the manor of Ropsha, near Saint Petersburg, was the scene of tortures, a regicide, and the honeymoon of a Grand Duchess of Russia?
• the most powerful radio station in Imperial Russia operated from New Holland Island in Saint Petersburg?
• the largest organized collection of Hebrew Old Testament manuscripts is housed in Saint Petersburg?
• the Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi was the most prolific practitioner of Palladian architecture in Saint Petersburg?
• the Vitebsk Rail Terminal in Saint Petersburg (pictured) contains a replica of the first train used in the Russian Empire?
• the Neo-Baroque equestrian Monument to Nicholas I (1859) is the only statue of a 19th-century tsar in Saint Petersburg that was not demolished or relocated during the Soviet era?
• the "K. Bridge" mentioned in the opening scene of Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment is the Kokushkin Bridge in Saint Petersburg?
• Hermitage Bridge is the oldest stone bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia?
• Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, chief architect of Saint Petersburg from 1716 until his death, introduced the distinctions between state apartments and private apartments into French architectural practice?
• Gostiny Dvor in Saint Petersburg, opened in 1785, was the largest shopping mall of the 18th-century Russia and remains one of the oldest continuously existing department stores in the world?
• Count Orlov's Marble Palace, decorated with 32 shades of Russian marbles, currently houses the largest exhibition of Pop Art in Saint Petersburg?
• Rastrelli's Monument to Peter the Great (pictured) in Saint Petersburg includes a message by emperor Paul I that is a subtle mockery of Catherine the Great's inscription on the Bronze Horseman?
• Catherine the Great wrote several comedies and an opera libretto for the productions of the Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg?
• Marie Palace (1839-44) was the last Neoclassical imperial palace to be constructed in Saint Petersburg, Russia?
• Ostap Veresai, a 19th-century blind Ukrainian kobzar, performed at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia?
• it took thirty railway cars to move the Fersman Mineralogical Museum collections from Saint Petersburg to Moscow in 1934?
• sculptor Pavel Sokolov designed sphinxes for Egyptian Bridge, griffins for Bank Bridge, and lions for Bridge of Four Lions in Saint Petersburg?
• architect Andreyan Zakharov rebuilt the Admiralty in Saint Petersburg, with symmetrical wings to its central tower, making it a symbol of the city?
• Stone Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia was so steep, that in the 19th century bus passengers had to disembark in order for the bus to go over it?
• Palace Bridge in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is lifted every night, making communication between the downtown and Vasilievsky Island virtually impossible?
• Alexander I of Russia acclaimed Peter Wittgenstein as the "Saviour of Saint Petersburg" for his victory at Klyastitsy (pictured)?