We started our second day in St. Petersburg by visiting the State Hermitage Museum (Госуда́рственный эрмита́ж). One of the largest and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise nearly 3 million items, including the largest collection of paintings in the world. St. Petersburg only sees 60 days of clear skies throughout the year. We were very lucky to catch one of them.
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