In the Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka embankment rests a collection that returns Russia to its origins — imperial Easter eggs by Fabergé, taken out of the country after the revolution and repurchased decades later. This is a private museum, but the collection is world-class.

Carl Fabergé and His Eggs

Carl Gustavovich Fabergé was a jeweler whose name became legendary. His firm created jewelry for the imperial court, but world fame came from the Easter eggs — annual gifts from emperors to their wives and mothers. Each egg is a unique work of art with a surprise inside: a miniature carriage, a...