Unbreakable Porcelain. Eva Zeisel Survived Stalin's Prison to Give Ceramics a Lasting New Form. April 23, 2003. By Linda Hales. ... In the 1930s, while a rising star in Soviet Russia, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – The Lomonosov Porcelain Factory is as familiar and revered in Russia as a cup of hot, ever-so-sweet tea.The czars built it for themselves 256 years ago, eager for a ...

The Imperial Porcelain Factory’s wares can be found not only in Russia and the former Soviet republics, but also in several European and American cities.

The exterior of the Hotel Astoria in St. Petersburg Courtesy of the hotel This year the Hotel Astoria celebrates its 100th anniversary in St. Petersburg, Russia.I’m celebrating, too, because I ...