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Articles by Irina Titova

St. Petersburg City Guide Still Going Strong at 84

Every morning by 11 a.m. Lidia Moshkova is in her office supervising her 17 employees. Not bad for an 84-year-old.

Enjoy White Nights On St. Pete’s Bridges

Sunset is still after 11 p.m. in St. Petersburg right now as the white nights continue. One of city’s main attractions during this time is watching the...

Raketa Watch Factory Loved by Brezhnev Looks for Revival

St. Petersburg — Mikhail Gorbachev, the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and a political reformer, was once supposedly...

New St. Petersburg Air Terminal Starts Operations

The long-awaited new terminal of St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport has entered into service. The first flights were transferred to the new Terminal...

Pulkovo Airport Prepares For Takeoff

On an overcast autumn morning this month about 200 St. Petersburg residents arrived at the city's Pulkovo airport knowing they would not fly off to exotic...

Massive Choir Breaks Record

A choir consisting of 4,335 St. Petersburg residents performed at St. Isaac's Cathedral during the city's 310th anniversary celebration, setting a Guinness...

Behind the Scenes at Pulkovo Airport

With St. Petersburg's Pulkovo International Airport celebrating its 90th birthday this year, and talks underway about declaring the original terminal...

Church Holds Service After Century of Silence

About 50 people gathered for a traditional Christmas carol service held by the Anglican Chaplaincy of St. Petersburg in the Anglican church at 56 Angliiskaya...

1812 Exhibit Opens in St. Pete

An art exposition dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the 1812 French invasion of Russia has opened at the Stroganov Palace in St. Petersburg.

Island Set to Reopen to Visitors

New Holland Island, which opened to the public for the first time last summer, kicks off its new summer season this weekend.

Vegetarians Thrive Despite Widespread Prejudice

Vegetarians and vegans in Russia face an uphill battle in receiving broad acceptance of their diets.

Poll: Students Laugh Most, Pensioners Least

Students and bosses laugh the most, while pensioners and people who have not completed high school find little to chuckle about, according to a recent...

Easter Exhibit Opens In Peter, Paul Fortress

As Orthodox Easter grows nearer, an exhibit will open Friday at the Peter and Paul Fortress that aims to educate visitors on the checkered history of Easter...

Law Makes Finns Return Land on Border Territory

Finnish citizens and companies that own real estate on Russian territory near the border will have to give up their land under a new law.

'90s Flashback From Ads on Show

"I want to marry a millionaire"; "I will give driving lessons to an 18-year-old girl"; and "I'd like to trade my washing machine for a portable TV"...

U.S., St. Pete Unite Over Brodsky's Flat

The apartment-museum of Russian-born writer and Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Brodsky may open in St. Petersburg as a joint cultural project between...

Siege Memorial Events Set Up

More than 154,000 Siege of Leningrad survivors living in St. Petersburg will celebrate the 68th anniversary of the full liberation of the city on Friday...

Animals' Military Role Remembered in St. Pete

Gas masks for horses, body armor for dogs and various accessories for pigeons, snakes and other animals went on display at a thought-provoking exhibition...

Rainy Month Results in a Bumper Mushroom Crop

This fall, Russian mushroomers are enjoying a bumper crop of the beloved fungi. Happy hunters have been returning from local forests with baskets brimming...

'Grandmaket' Brings Russia Down to Size

The world's biggest country has been reduced to an 800-square-meter model in a unique new exhibition depicting the whole of the Russian Federation...

Mariinsky Theater Looks to New Stage

The Mariinsky Theater looked to the future as it celebrated its 150th birthday with a gala night that saw segments from the ballets “Swan Lake” and...

Developers Pursue Seed Bank Territory

The Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry's seed bank — the world's first —survived World War II, but now court-approved plans threaten to rip up its...