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Images / Demidovskaya Hotel. A fragment of The panorama of Nevsky Prospect. Lithograph by P.S.Ivanov from the drawing by V.S.Sadovnikov. 1835.
Hotels (entry)

HOTELS. In St. Petersburg's early years, visitors stayed at hostelries, taverns or with acquaintances. With the spread of commerce, there appeared "guest yards", or visitor's complexes, in front of which merchants sold goods. One of the first St