Russian Ex-Capital May Sell Palaces to Save Them

Life & Leisure News Article | Reuters.com: "St Petersburg is dotted with palaces and aristocratic mansions built by the cream of Russian society when the city was founded in 1703 marshland by Czar Peter the Great. They were taken over by Soviet authorities in the name of the people.

The dire state of many buildings, particularly lesser known monuments not in the city center, has convinced many that the plan amounts to a last-ditch rescue mission."