Nevsky Prospect is one of best known streets in Russia and definitely the main avenue of St Petersburg. Cutting through the most historical part of the city, it runs from the Admiralty to the Moscow Railway Station and then, after a slight turn, to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery. In the very first days of St  Petersburg it was the beginning of a road to Novgorod, but was soon decorated with some fine buildings, squares and bridges. Getting wider as it goes, Nevsky becomes most beautiful where it has Kazan Cathedral on one side and the Dom Knigi book store (former Singer sewing machine company HQ) on the other, with a wonderful view down Kanal Griboedova to the picturesque Russian-style Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood. In addition to the many churches of different denominations (which prompted the French writer Alexander Dumas to call Nevsky "the street of religious tolerance") there are many more attractions around. Just a stone's throw from Nevsky, right by the Grand Hotel Europe, there are Arts Square and the Russian Museum. Further down the road, the largest department store in the city - "Gostiny Dvor", the National Library of Russia (second largest in the country), the monument to Catherine the Great, Anichkov Bridge with its beautiful statues and much more.

Nevsky is a prime place for shopping, entertainment and nightlife.

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