Between the Russian Museum and the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood lies one of St. Petersburg's coziest parks—Mikhailovsky Garden. This isn't the formal Summer Garden or the vast Central Park—it's an intimate space where you can sit on the grass, feed squirrels, and forget you're in a city of four million.

Garden History

The garden appeared alongside the Mikhailovsky Palace (now the Russian Museum) in the 1820s. Architect Carlo Rossi designed both the building and the surrounding park. Originally, the garden was the private grounds of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich—hence the name.

After...