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balls at the Winter Palace. It was also a
place to come after lighting a candle at an
icon at Kazan Cathedral. Its current
customers include the city's new middle
class, as well as some members of the nou-
veau riche who made fortunes in the
privatizations and economic chaos of
the 1990s.
WINDING DOWN
To stay in an aristocratic, 19th-
century mood after this walk,
stop at the
mezzanine of the Grand
Hotel Europe,
back on Mikhailovskaya
Ulitsa (
&
812/329-6000
). The plush arm-
chairs in this peaceful atrium make you
feel like an escapee from modern St.
Petersburg, especially when the harpists
play. Tea, pastries, and small sandwiches
are available.
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