
NUMBER 110, JUNE 14 - 19, 1995

WATER WATER EVERYWHERE...
The magnificent Grand Cascade and Water Avenue at
Peterhof will be turned on for the first time in six years next Tuesday. The
palace and its grounds are already proving a hit with thousands of visitors
this year. For full story, see article in
Prospects.
Photo: Alexander Belenky. (Large jpg - 73K)
- TOP STORIES
- St Petersburg ranked as one of the world's most expensive cities
- Penny-pinching Swiss businessmen have rated St Petersburg
more expensive to live in than New York or London in a worldwide poll of the
cost of living.
- Thousands of documents stolen from city archives
- More than 7,000 irreplaceable documents -- including
historic decrees signed by Peter the Great -- have been stolen from St
Petersburg's state archives.
- FEATURE
- The former soccer star tackling a city's needs
- A British charity is striving to make life easier for
homeless children in St Petersburg. GARFIELD REYNOLDS spoke to its founder
about past and future projects.
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