St. Petersburg, Russia

St. Petersburg, Russia

 

 

St. Petersburg, Russia

Photograph by Эдуард Гордеев, National Geographic Your Shot

Calm for a moment, Vitebsk Station cuts a striking figure in St. Petersburg, the Russian city often considered the country's most beautiful. Peter the Great built the city at the beginning of the 18th century as a showcase for the powerful Russia of the tsars.