The White House says a lengthy phone call between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had achieved “movement to peace” ...

Catherine the Great founded the Hermitage Museum in 1764 as a place to house her private art collection ... the main reason some travelers visit St. Petersburg in the first place.

Stop by the area's Russian Museum ... including the St. Petersburg Conservatory, the Dostoyevsky House Museum and St. Isaac's Cathedral, the city's largest cathedral. Southwest of the Nevsky ...