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About 101 miles away
One of Russia's oldest cities, with its kremlin.
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Mariinsky Theatre
The pale green home of one of the world's great ballet and opera companies.
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- Performances most evenings
- Price
- Paid; book ahead
- Time Needed
- 3 hours
- Address
- Teatralnaya Square 1, St. PetersburgDirections
- Getting There
- About 15 minutes on foot from Sadovaya metro station.
Why Go
Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker had their premieres here, and the company, known abroad as the Kirov in Soviet times, has trained dancers from Nijinsky to Nureyev. Performances are given in the 1860 theater and in the modern second stage across the canal.
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