St. Petersburg - the "Paris on the Neva" - escapes all attempts to label it.erhaps the most appropriate definition of the city is "a dream come true."he capital of Peter the Great is the most aristocratic and elegant city inussia, and the northernmost metropolis in Europe; it uses every imaginablepell to win the hearts of those fortunate enough to visit it. A bestiary ofphinxes and lions guard its riverside embankments, Neptune and his Nereidsook down from roofs and pediments, and, from the top of the Admiralty spire,he golden three-masted nacelle resembles the trident of the god of the sea.t. Petersburg is the city of the Hermitage, the palace and museum that holdshree million masterpieces; it is the city of magnificent, noble palaces thatouse treasures of art; and it is the city of gardens in which white marbletatues bring heroes and gods of classical mythology back to life.;Thereation of Peter the Great is also revealed in the writings of Russian'sost famous authors and poets, in the music of great composers, whose notesre played under the sky-blue vault of the Marinsky Threatre, but, most of