Saint Petersburg Russia

Saint Petersburg
City in Russia

Saint Petersburg was previously known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and later Leningrad from 1924 to 1991, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
Saint Petersburg is divided into 18 administrative districts - Admiralteysky, Frunzensky, Kalininsky, Kirovsky, Kolpinsky, Krasnogvardeysky, Krasnoselsky, Kronshtadtsky, Kurortny, Moskovsky, Nevsky, Petrogradsky, Petrodvortsovy, Primorsky, Pushkinsky, Tsentralny, Vasileostrovsky, Vyborgsky. These 18 districts are further divided into 111 intra-city municipalities, 81 municipal districts, and 9 cities (Zelenogorsk, Kolpino, Krasnoe Selo, Kronstadt, Lomonosov, Pavlovsk, Petergof, Pushkin, and Sestroretsk), as well as 21 villages.

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Transportation of Saint Petersburg

In Saint Petersburg there are many public transports, such as Train, Metro, Bus, Trolleybus.
Metro 5 lines are operating in the city. Line 1 (Red), Line 2 (Blue), Line 3 (Green), Line 4 (Orange), Line 5 (Violet).

In the St. Petersburg metro, you can buy a token for 60 rubles and use the subway. In buses, trolleybuses, trams you can purchase a one-time ticket for 55 rubles. It is much more profitable to use travel cards than to buy a token or a ticket every time.
Podorozhnik card is a plastic card. You can buy it at any box office, the price is 60 rubles.

* Combined (tram, trolleybus, bus, subway) ticket for 90 minutes - 68 Rubles.
Time-Limited (Tram, Trolleybus, Bus, Subway) Travel Passes:
* 1 day - 185 Rubles.
* 2 days - 265 Rubles.
* 3 days - 355 Rubles.
* 4 days - 440 Rubles.
* 5 days - 530 Rubles.
* 6 days - 620 Rubles.
* 7 days - 705 Rubles.

Monthly bus ticket - 1615 Rubles.
Monthly tram ticket - 1615 Rubles.
Monthly trolleybus ticket - 1615 Rubles.
Monthly combined (tram, trolleybus) ticket - 1915 Rubles.
Monthly combined (tram, bus) ticket - 1915 Rubles.
Monthly combined (bus, trolleybus) ticket - 1915 Rubles.
Monthly combined (bus, tram, trolleybus) ticket - 2035 Rubles.
Monthly Metro ticket - 1870 Rubles.
Monthly combined (bus, tram, trolleybus, Metro) ticket (unlimited trips by public land transport, 70 trips by Metro) - 3015 Rubles.

Podorozhnik Card (Metro Per Trip):
* 1 to 10 trips during a month - 38 Rubles.
* 11 to 20 trips during a month - 37 Rubles.
* 21 to 30 trips during a month - 36 Rubles.
* 31 to 40 trips during a month - 35 Rubles.
* 41 and more trips during a month - 34 Rubles.

Podorozhnik Card (tram, bus, trolleybus Per Trip):
* 1 to 10 trips during a month - 33 Rubles.
* 11 to 20 trips during a month - 32 Rubles.
* 21 to 30 trips during a month - 31 Rubles.
* 31 to 40 trips during a month - 30 Rubles.
* 41 and more trips during a month - 29 Rubles.

Tourist Places in Saint Petersburg

I have described 1031 Best Places to Visit in Saint Petersburg. There are some Top Tourist Attractions in Saint Petersburg. Some Saint Petersburg Must Visiting Places. I have also described the Best Things to Do in Saint Petersburg and the Fun Things to Do in Saint Petersburg.
You will get to know the Famous Tourist sights and Attractions of Saint Petersburg. So that you can create a travel list of your choice from the Attractions & Sightseeing of Saint Petersburg.
You need approximately USD 450 entry fees for visiting all the places listed below. Add food costs, transportation costs and hotel fares according to your preferences and you can find the total cost of your trip.

Day-1: Pavlovsk Town, Pushkin

Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Church

Cathedral of St. Nicholas in honor of Paul I, an active Orthodox church built in 1900–1904.
How to go: It is located near Red Cadet Street Bus station at Artilleriyskaya Ulitsa, 2. The area is located about 17 km from the Pulkovo Airport towards southeast.

Beep Fortress

Fort
The Russians built a wooden fortress on the site of Pavlovsk, and it has been known since at least the 13th century as part of the administrative division. The castle and the entire region were later captured by the Swedes. On 13 August 1702, the Russian army led by Peter the Great and Fyodor Apraksin met the Swedes at the Izhora River and pushed them into the fortress. But was eventually repulsed in a frontal attack.
In 1798, Paul I built the stone Bip Fort on the ruins of a Swedish fort. The fort impressed Paul so much that he listed it in the Army Register of Real Forts. Between 1807 and 1810, the school for the deaf was located in Bip Fort. Later a military regiment was stationed there and practiced. Bip Fort was burnt down during World War II and only its walls remained, it was restored by 2010.
How to go: It is located about 780 meters from Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker towards northwest at Mariinskaya Ulitsa, 4.

Gorbatyy Most

Bridge

How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker towards northwest at Peschanyy Pereulok, 11.

Monument to Anna Ivanovna Zelenova

Monument

How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Gorbatyy Most bridge towards northeast.

Nicholas Gate

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 320 meters from Apollo Colonnade towards northwest at Sadovaya Ulitsa.

Round Hall

Landmark

There is a Kruglozalnye pond nearby.
How to go: It is located about 600 meters from Nikolayevskiye Vorota towards north.


Day-2: Pavlovsk Town, Pushkin

Pavilion Trekh Gratsiy

Pavilion

Pavilion of the Three Graces. Marie Feodorovna was deeply interested in botany. In 1801, created an elegant flower garden behind the palace. She imported flowers from Holland. Next to the garden was a Greek temple with a statue of the Three Graces, looking out over the river.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Pamyatnik Anne Ivanovne Zelenovoy towards east.

Pavlovsk Palace

Palace

In 1777, Empress Catherine II gifted this thousand-hectare forest along the Slavyanka River to her son Paul I and his wife Maria Feodorovna to celebrate the birth of their first son, Alexander I. The forest was about 4 km away from her residence in Tsarskoye Selo. At that time there were two rural log lodges in the forest, Krik and Krak. Paul and his wife spent the summers of 1777 to 1780 at the krik, while their new house and garden were being built.
They started by building two wooden buildings a kilometer apart. Paul's house, a Dutch-style two-story house with a small garden, was called "Marienthal" or "Valley of Maria". Maria's house was a small wooden house with a cupola and flower beds, called "Paullust", or "Paul's Joy". Paul and Maria Feodorovna began to build picturesque "ruins", a Chinese kiosk, Chinese bridges and classical temples in the English landscape garden style.
In 1780, Catherine the Great commissioned architect Charles Cameron to design the palace. Cameron started with two classical pavilions. The first was the Temple of Friendship. It was placed on a bend of the Slavyanka river. The second was the Apollo Colonnade. It was placed at the entrance of the park. At the same time the river Slavyanka was dammed, to create a lake that would reflect the facade of the palace.
In September 1781, as construction of the Pavlovsk Palace began, Paul and Maria embarked on a journey to Austria, Italy, France and Germany.
Paul and Maria Feodorovna returned in November 1782. In 1783 came a shipment of ancient marble, statues, statues, urns and pottery purchased from Pompei (a city in the Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy). 16 sets of furniture were ordered from Paris between 1783 and 1785 for the State Room. In 1784, twelve Hubert Robert landscapes were commissioned for Pavlovsk. The couple purchased 96 watches from Europe. Imperial Glass Factory, made special chandeliers for each room.
In the middle of construction, a misunderstanding grew between them and Cameron over all these purchases, leading to their separation in 1786. Cameron left and the task of decorating the interior was taken over by the architect Vincenzo Brenna from Florence.
Catherine the Great died in 1796 and Paul became emperor. He added two new wings on either side of the main building and a chapel to the south wing. Between 1797 and 1799, he spent huge sums on interior works. Emperor Paul was assassinated by members of his court in 1801, and his son Alexander became emperor. Pavlovsk Palace became the residence of Empress Maria Feodorovna (1759–1828), mother of both Emperor Alexander I and Emperor Nicholas I.
Maria Feodorovna made the house a memorial to her husband. In 1803, a fire destroyed a large part of the interior of the palace. Much of the furniture was saved, including some door panels, fireplaces and mirrors, but much of the palace had to be rebuilt. In 1805 she built the Centaur bridge and the Visconti Bridge in the park, which crossed the Slavyanka. Rose Pavilion Park was built in 1811.
The library, designed in 1824, houses over 20,000 books as well as a collection of rare coins and butterflies. Maria Feodorovna died on October 24, 1828. She leaves home to her youngest son, Michael. After Michael's death, it passed to Nicholas I's second son, Konstantine Nikolayevich. Then it passed to his widow and then to their eldest son Konstantine Konstantinovich. His descendants have turned the house into a family museum.
During the Russian Revolution in 1917, some of their descendants were living in a wing of Pavlovsk. They left when the political situation deteriorated and the house passed into the care of the Art Institute and Museum of Applied Arts in St. Petersburg. When Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power in November 1917, Pavlovsk was turned into a museum, open to the public two or three days a week.
During World War II, most of the furniture was moved. The headquarters of the Soviet Department was located in a wing of the palace. On September 16, the Germans captured the Pavlovsk Palace and held it for two and a half years. The sculptures and furniture in the house and all the books in the Rossi Library were taken to Germany. The palace was recaptured on 24 January 1944. When Soviet troops arrived, the palace had already been burning for three days.
As the war ends, a search begins for the treasure stolen from the palace. In 1950, parts of the park were opened to the public. In 1955, the restoration of the facade of the palace was completed, then the restoration of the interior began. Next comes the furnishings. In 1957, the first seven rooms were opened to the public. By 1977, the palace's 200th anniversary, fifty rooms had been completed. The palace looked exactly as it had then, as it had in Maria Feodorovna's time.

Visiting Time: Grand Palace - 10 AM to 6 PM every day except Friday and the first Monday of each month. Pavlovsk Park - 10 AM to 6 PM every day. Rose Garden - May to October - every day except Friday and Monday. Private Garden of Empress Maria Fyodorovna - May to October - 11 AM to 7 PM every day. Temple of Friendship - May to October - 11 AM to 6 PM daily except Monday and Friday. Museum of Costumes - 10 AM to 6 PM daily except Friday and Tuesday.
Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for adult. 900 Rubles (USD 9.71) for family (2 Adults + 1 Child): 1150 Rubles (USD 12.41) for family (2 Adults + 2 Child). Temporary exhibits - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) each. Pavlovsk Park - May to October - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62). November to April - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) on Saturday, Sunday and holiday, free on weekday. Rose Pavilion - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult and 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for schoolchild. Private Garden of Empress Maria Fyodorovna - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult and 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for schoolchild. Temple of Friendship - Free. Museum of Costumes - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult and 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for English audio guide.
Photography: Photo - 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) Video - 300 Rubles (USD 3.24).
How to go: It is located north of Pavilion Trekh Gratsiy.

Sculpture "Justice"

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 50 meters east of Pavlovsk Palace.

Sculpture "Peace"

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 90 meters east from Sculpture "Justice".

Arbor of Russia

Gazebo Russia

How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Sculpture "Peace" towards east.

Monument to Empress Maria Feodorovna

Historical landmark

Maria Feodorovna (26 November 1847 – 13 October 1928), known before her marriage as Princess Dagmar of Denmark, was Empress of Russia from 1881 to 1894 as the consort of Emperor Alexander III. Maria's eldest son, Nicholas, was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. Maria arrived in the Crimea at the end of March, lived in one of the royal residences.
In early April 1919, she sailed across the Black Sea from the Crimea to London. After a brief stay at the British base in Malta, she sailed for England. She spent time together with her sister Queen Alexandra at Marlborough House in London and Sandringham House in Norfolk. In November 1919 she returned to his native Denmark. Spent a short time in a wing of Amalienborg Palace with his nephew King Christian X.
She chose the Hvidøre House near Copenhagen as his new permanent home in 1923. Empress Maria died on 13 October 1928 at the age of 80. After a service at the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Church in Copenhagen, the Empress was buried at Roskilde Cathedral on the island of Zealand. In 2005, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that the empress's remains should be returned to St. Petersburg in accordance with her wishes to be buried next to her husband.
On 26 September 2006, a statue of Maria Feodorovna was unveiled near her beloved cottage palace in Peterhof. She was buried next to her husband Alexander III at Peter and Paul Cathedral on 28 September 2006, following a service at St Isaac's Cathedral.
How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Arbor of Russia towards south.

Pavilion "Aviary"

Pavilion
It was built between 1782 and 1786.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Monument to Empress Maria Feodorovna towards west.

Pavlovsk Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from the Pavlovsk Palace towards southeast.

Monument to Johann Strauss

Monument
Johann Baptist Strauss II (25 October 1825 – 3 June 1899) was an Austrian composer of light music, especially dance music and operettas, as well as a violinist. He composed over 500 waltzes, polkas, quadrilles and other types of dance music, as well as several operettas and a ballet. During his lifetime, he was known as "The Waltz King" and was largely responsible for the popularization of the waltz in 19th century Vienna, Austria.
In 1855, Strauss accepted commissions from the management of the Tsarskoye-Selo Railway Company of Saint Petersburg to play in Russia for the Vauxhall Pavilion at Pavlovsk in 1856. He would return to perform in Russia every year until 1865.
How to go: It is located southeast of Pavlovsk Museum.

Grand Staircase

Stairway

How to go: It is located about 80 meters northeast of Pavlovsk Palace, and 70 meters northwest of Sculpture "Justice".

Apollo Colonnade

Historical Landmark

Across the river from the palace in Pavlovsky Park is a view of the Apollo Colonnade, from which the cascade and bridge descend.
Apollo Colonnade Pavlovsk Architects C. Cameron's second building after Temple of Friendship. Founded in 1781. Apollo is the god of sunlight, patron of the arts.
It was an open double colonnade in the form of a circle, with thirteen pairs of columns supporting the entablature. All decorative elements of entablature, columns, capitals are made of gray, porous pudost stone. A sloping gable roof, made of sheet iron and also painted grey, covers the entablature.
Apollo Colonnade has changed a lot since its inception. When the palace was built, it was found that the structure was poorly visible from the windows of the palace. Then Empress Maria Feodorovna (25 October 1759 – 5 November 1828) expressed her desire to move the colonnade closer to the river and build a new cascade on the upper bank slope opposite the palace. But Cameron did not agree to such a change. The colonnade was moved only in the last years of the reign of Emperor Paul I.
In 1817, during a thunderstorm, the part of the colonnade near the cascade collapsed. The colonnade has not been restored. The broken elements of the columns were placed in such a way as to create the effect of ancient ruins. The cast iron pipe under the colonnade was laid in 1824. Initially, the cascade was full of water.
How to go: It is located about 160 meters from Monument to Anna Ivanovna Zelenova towards north.

Temple of Friendship

Pavilion
The Temple of Friendship was the first building in Pavlovsk, before the main palace. It was built between 1780 and 1781.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Chornyy Bridge-Dam towards east.

Monument to Dear Parents

Monument
This monument was built in 1786-1787.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters from Pavilion "Temple of Friendship" towards east.

Viskontiyev Most

Bridge

How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Monument to Dear Parents towards northwest.

Twelve Tracks

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Monument to Dear Parents towards northeast.

Monument to Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich

Monument

Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich (13 July 1862 – 27 February 1879), was a Romanov Grand Duke and the youngest son of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia and his wife Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg. He died at the age of sixteen.
How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Twelve Tracks towards north.

Amfiteatr

Amphitheater

How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Monument to Grand Duke Vyacheslav Konstantinovich towards northwest.

Pil' Bashnya

Dust Tower

How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Amphitheater towards northeast.

Apolo Musageta

Sculpture

Apollo (originally Apollon musagète or Apollo musagetes or Apolo Musageta) is a neoclassical ballet in two tableaux composed between 1927 and 1928.
How to go: It is located 150 meters from Dust Tower towards east.

Konets Sveta Column

Column

How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Pil' Bashnya toawrds northeast.

Elizavetin Pavilion

Pavilion

How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Konec Sveta column towards north by crossing Novosil'viyskiy Most Bridge.

Mausoleum of Paul I

Historical landmark

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Pil' Bashnya towards east.

Pink Pavilion

Pavilion

How to go: It is located about 350 meters from the Mausoleum of Paul I towards south.

Deer Bridge

Bridge

How to go: It is located southwest of Pink Pavilion.

Column Countess Lieven

Historical Landmark

Column Countess Lieven.
How to go: It is located about 320 meters from Rozovyy Pavil'on towards south after a cafe "U Rozovogo Pavil'ona"


Day-3: Pushkin

Oryol Water Tower

Tower

How to go: It is located about 60 meters west from Otlov Gate of Catherine Park.

Catherine Park

Historical Park

Catherine Park is a park built around the Catherine Palace in the city of Pushkin (Tsarskoe Selo). The history of the park begins in 1717-1720 when Dutch masters of landscape gardening began to create a regular park around her palace during the reign of Catherine I. Later in 1760-1796, English-style landscape parks became popular. Both parks are separated by a large ponds.
Visiting Time: May to July - 7 AM to 11 PM, August - 7AM to 10 PM. September to April - 7 AM to 9 PM.
Entry Fee: Palace - 700 Rubles (USD 7.55) for adult. 360 Rubles (USD 3.88) for student (with ID), Schoolchildren above 16. Free for age below 16. 150 Ruble (USD 1.62) for Audio-guide (English, French, German, Chinese). Individual Guided Tour - 5.000 Rubles (USD 53.95). Guided admission includes park fee, escort to palace via VIP Room, guided tour in English. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for Catherine Park Entry. You cannont buy park ticket from online, which must be purchased at the ticket office in the Palace lobby. Visit to the park is free from the end of October to the end of April.
How to go: Trains depart every half hour from Vitebsky Vokzal train station. Tickets are available at the ticket desk or from a machine in the station's suburban train pavilion. A one-way ticket costs 47-49 rubles (USD 0.51-0.53). Choose trains going towards Pavlovsk which are less crowded. Other trains go to Oredezh, Novolisino, Poselok, stopping at Tsarskoe Selo. The train takes about 30 to 35 minutes. You need to walk about 30 minutes to the park from the train station or take the small bus 371, 382, or 377 from the station.
By Metro on the Blue Line will take 40 minutes from Nevsky Prospekt to arrive at Kupchino. You need to head for the exit Vitebsky Avenue (the blue signposts will have it in English). When you get outside you will see a line of old soviet buses, called Marshrutka’s, waiting. You will be looking for the bus with the number K-286 or K-342. To confirmed Ask the driver. Bus fare is approximately 40 Rubles (USD 0.43) and take about 40 minutes, the bus will drop you off 200 metres from the park.
It takes 40 minutes to reach Kupchino from Nevsky Prospekt on the Blue Line metro. You need to exit Vitebsky Avenue (blue signposts will have it in English). Outside you will see a line of minibus (martshrutka) K-286, K-342 or K-545 that will take you to the Palace. Ask the driver to confirm. The bus fare is approximately 40 rubles (USD 0.43) and takes about 40 minutes, the bus will drop you off 200 meters from the park. From Moskovskaya Metro Station, catch the minibus (martshrutka) K-342 or K-545 that will take you to the Palace.

Orlov Gate

Gate

The 15-meter high gate, also called "Orel Gate" or "Gatchina Gate", was built in 1777-1782. It was named after General Grigory Orlov, a revered favorite of Empress Catherine II and who led the fight against the plague epidemic in Moscow in 1771.
On the roof of the gate is an inscription, which reads: "When in 1771 there was a pestilence of people and a national disorder in Moscow, the general-feldzeichmeister Count Grigory Orlov, at his request, received an order to go there, established order and obedience, delivered food and healing to the poor and the poor, and stopped the ferocity of the plague with his good institutions". On the facade of the gate, facing Gatchina, there is an inscription "Orlov saved Moscow from trouble".
How to go: It is located in Catherin Park, Pushkin.

Ruin Tower

Tower

The tower was built to commemorate the heroic battles of the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 at the request of Catherine II.
It was designed to be a naturally damaged architecture. For this reason, in the summer of 1773, cracks were cut in the exterior walls painted and plastered surfaces to simulate natural damage. The huge stone arch at the base of the tower adds to the impression that it extends deep into the earth.
In World War II, it was damaged by shelling. The first major repair of the tower took place in 1883. Restoration was completed in 2006 and the pavilion reopened in August 2009. Now it has been incorporated into a museum garden.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 5 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters east from Orlov Gate in Catherin Park, Pushkin.

Gothic Gate

Gate

A Gothic pig-iron gate is found at one end of the embankment. It was cast in 1782 at the Demidovsky factory in Yekaterinburg (city in Russia). It is notable as one of the first architectural products found in Russia made of pig-iron.
How to go: It is located about 280 meters east from Ruin Tower in Catherin Park, Pushkin.

Pyramid

Pavilion

The Pyramid Pavilion, in the Neo-Egyptian style, was built around 1770-1772 on the shores of Swan Lake. The facade of the "Pyramid" has an entrance, four columns were placed at the corners in 1773. In 1781, the "Pyramid" was dismantled. It was rebuilt in the same place in 1782-1783. A merchant from Sofia, created works, provided craftsmen and materials. The entrance to the pavilion was located next to the large pond, with the door narrowing slightly upwards as the very edge of the building narrowed.
The inner hall of the pyramid is circular. In January 1780, Roman marble statues, columns, vases, were delivered from the capital St. Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo (Puskhin). On the opposite side of the entrance to the building, at the foot of the pavilion, three of Catherine II's favorite dogs are buried.
How to go: It is located about 110 meters north from Gothic Gate.

Marble Bridge

Bridge

A pedestrian roofed Palladian Bridge connects the Swan Islands to the park. The bridge was modeled on the Palladian Bridge (1736) in the park of Wilton House, England, and served as a showcase for Ural marble. All materials for the bridge were produced in Yekaterinburg, transported to Tsarskoe Selo, and then assembled in 1774.
How to go: It is located about 70 meters from  Pyramid towards northeast.

Red Cascade

Historical Place

How to go: It is located about 90 meters from Marble Bridge towards northwest.

Tufovyy Bridge

Bridge

How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Red Cascade towards northwest.

Concert Hall

Pavilion

How to go: It is located about 180 meters from Tufovyy Most towards northeast.

Ruin's kitchen

Tower

Catherine Palace Kitchen Ruin is a historical place. The Kitchen Ruin, located next to the concert hall, were built in the 1780s and are counted among the architect's finest works. It was built to look like a ruined structure. Dilapidated brickyards have been erected at various places; The cornice and plaster of the walls are covered with cracks.
How to go: It is located about 30 meters from Concert Hall towards north.

Creaking Summer House

Pavilion

The summer-house was built in 1778-86 during the reign of Catherine II. It has a weathervane in the shape of a Chinese banner attached to its roof that creaks loudly as it turns with the wind. For this reason it is popularly known by this name.
Its central domed oval hall is flanked by two smaller, almost square chambers. The Creeking summer-house has two entrances on the east and west sides. Its facade was restored in 1954-56.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Ruin's kitchen towards north, on the bank of a pond on the boundary between the Catherine Park and the New Garden of the Alexander Park.

Small Caprice

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Creaking Summer House towards northeast.

Evening Hall

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 50 meters southeast from Small Caprice.

Kagul Obelisk

Obelisk

The Kagul Obelisk was erected in 1772 by order of Catherine II to commemorate Pyotr Rumiansev's victory at the Battle of Kagul.
The inscription on the pedestal reads: "In memory of the victory at the Kagul River in Moldavia, July 21, 1770, under the command of Count Peter Rumyantsev the Russian army of seventeen thousand caused the Turkish Vizier Galil-Bey and his army of one hundred thousand and a half to flee to the Danube".
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Evening Hall towards southeast.

Sculpture "Dancer"

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 40 meters from Kagul Obelisk towards east.

Fountain Vase

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 30 meters from Sculpture "Dancer" towards east.

Pandus

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Fountain Vase towards southeast.

Cold Bath With Agate Rooms

Bath

The Agate Rooms (1780-1787) are located on the top floor of the Cold Bath Pavilion in the Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-preserved St. Petersburg. The six-room suite was part of Catherine the Great's extensive building program in the city. The rooms survived the ravages of the 20th century, including World War II, but received no proper restoration treatment.
How to go: It is located east of Pandus.

Granite Terrace

Structure

The location of Katalnaya Gora was chosen in 1748 or 1749, on the broad slope beyond the old garden, with a view of the old garden and large pond.
The "Grand Slide" pavilion was a massive stone building. The entire building was decorated with antique style sculptures and baroque ornaments. The doors on the second floor led to two platforms, from which one could ascend ramps or artificial "hills." Riding cars were designed with copper wheels on steel axles. The wheels are to ride on two iron rails set on wooden slopes.
A third ramp was added in 1765, running along the slope and up to the island in the middle of the pond. Katalnaya Gora was demolished in 1792-1795. In its place today are the granite terraces, built in the early 1800s.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Pandus towards southwest.

Girl with a Jug

Fountain

The most famous statue in Catherine Park is called 'Girl with a Jug'. A barefoot girl sits on a huge rock. At his feet is a broken jug from which flows a trickle of spring water. Following an unspoken tradition, the best poets who lived or visited Tsarskoe Selo dedicated their poems to the statue girl.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Granite Terrace towards southwest.

Bas-relief Fragment

Attraction

How to go: It is located about 20 meters south of Girl with a Jug.

Fighter Borghese

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 70 meters east of Bas-relief fragment.

Sculpture of Emperor Nerva

Sculpture

Nerva (8 November 30 – 27 January 98) was a Roman emperor from 96 to 98. Nerva became emperor at the age of 66, after a lifetime of imperial service under subsequent rulers of the Nero and Flavian dynasties. Under Nero, he was a member of the imperial staff. Later, he obtained the consulship in 71 and 90 under Vespasian and Domitian respectively. On 19 September 96, Domitian was assassinated. On the same day, Narva was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate.
How to go: It is located about 40 meters north of Fighter Borghese Sculpture.

Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich Monument

Monument

Nicholas Alexandrovich (20 September 1843 – 24 April 1865) was the son of Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, and Maria Alexandrovna.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Granite Terrace towards northeast.

Grotto Pavilion

Pavilion

The grotto was built in 1755-1756 under Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The pavilion's interior decoration was created in the 1770s under Catherine II. In the 1780s, the pavilion began to be called the "Morning Hall", as Empress Catherine II liked to spend her mornings in the grotto, doing business and reading.
From the entrance to the gardens of the Catherine Palace to the grotto leads the main alley of the garden, decorated with sculptures and decorated with decorative shrubs and trees. The sculpture can also be seen in the Grotto Pavilion.
It was decorated inside with shell and tuff. The light, refined design of the mandapa walls has been preserved even today. There was a jetty in front of the grotto pavilion. During the Great Patriotic War, it was almost completely destroyed and in 1971-1972 it was rebuilt with granite. The pavilion is currently used for temporary exhibitions.
Entry Fee: The "Grotto" pavilion, are not included in the cost of entering the park - they are paid separately.
How to go: The pavilion is located about 250 meters from Monument to Nicholas Alexandrovich towards east, on the bank of the Tsarskoye Selo Big Pond in the center of the Catherine Park.

Sculpture "Gladiator"

Sculpture

How to go: It is located northwest corner of Grotto Pavilion.

Cameron Gallery

Museum

Charles Cameron was a Scots-born architect and interior designer who came to Russia in 1779, also invited by Catherine. Cameron first settled in Chernyshev House in St. Petersburg but soon moved to his own home in Tsarskoye Selo. He has worked here for over fifteen years. His first work was to build a Roman bathhouse next to Catherine Palace.
Cameron's next job for Catherine was the adjacent Cameron Gallery, the most prominent of his creations at Tsarskoe Selo. Catherine instructed Cameron to create a colonnade for strolling and philosophical discussion. The upper storey of the building is surrounded by a colonnade consisting of 44 slender ionic columns and decorated with bronze busts of the great figures of antiquity. Approached by a magnificent staircase from the northern end, the Gallery is now used to house temporary exhibitions.
Cameron's next work for Catherine was the adjacent Cameron Gallery, the most prominent of his creations in the Tsarskoe Selo. Catherine instructed Cameron to create a colony for wanderings and philosophical discussions.
Visiting Time: Open Summer, 10 AM to 8 PM everyday.
Entry Fee: Free entry with park ticket.
How to go: It stands perpendicular to the east wing of the Catherine Palace

Lower Bath

Handicraft Museum

How to go: It is located about 200 meters north east from the south of Cameron Gallery.

Standing Stables

Museum

How to go: It is located about 150 meters north from lower bath.

Pavilion Court Crew

Museum

How to go: It is located about 100 meters north from Standing Stables.

Swan Fountain

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 100 meters straight from Standing Stables towards northwest.

Memorial Lyceum Museum

Museum

How to go: It is located about 170 meters straight from Standing Stables towards northwest.

Bust to Rastrelli

Sculpture

Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli (1700 in Paris, Kingdom of France – 29 April 1771 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was an Italian architect who worked mainly in Russia. His major works, including the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and the Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo.
How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Memorial Lyceum Museum towards northwest.

Catherine Palace

Palace

In 1710, Peter the Great gave the estate to his wife Catherine 1, The village was first called Sarskoye Selo, and then finally Tsarskoye Selo. In 1723, the Stone Palace of Catherine 1 was built to replace the original wooden house. It was a two-storied sixteen-room building. The south-eastern part of the estate included a garden.
During the reign of Peter the Great's daughter, Empress Elizabeth, the design was redesigned and work began in 1744. In 1745, the palace was extended by 300 meters. It included a middle house, two side wings, a chapel and conservatory hall, all connected by four galleries to the hanging garden.
Then in 1751, a major reconstruction took place, integrating several buildings, giving the palace a unique color that required about 100 kg of gold. Other notable rooms include the Chinese Room, the Portrait Hall, the Light Gallery and the Amber Room, which had 5 eastern rooms attached to the Great Hall. Construction was completed in 1756, when the palace included 40 state apartments and over 100 private and service rooms. A new garden was added.
In the 1770s, Tsarskoye Selo became the summer residence of Catherine the Great. Tsarskoye Selo was expanded in 1771. The south facade of the palace was redesigned, the side wings were converted from one storey to four storeys. The original staircase has been replaced by the Chinese Room and a new staircase has been built where the Chinese Room used to be. Added High and Lower Baths, Chesme Column, Moriah Column and Kagul Obelisk. The Opera House was built in 1778-79.
Interior designs from the 1780s include the Arabesque Room, the Lyons Room, the Empress's Bedroom, the Blue Room or "snuff-box". The Mirror and Silver Room was designed in 1789. In the 1780s, Chinese villages began to be built. A music pavilion and the Temple of Ceres were added on a upper pond island. His Kitchen Ruin folly was added next to the Concert Hall. Neyolov's Babolovo Palace was added by 1785, and in 1790, there was the Alexander Palace.
With the death of Catherine the Great in 1796, construction of the park stopped.
In 1809, granite terraces were built. In 1817, the Triumphal Arch was built. Damage caused by the fire of 1820 was restored and included Rastrelli's chapel and adjoining apartments. From 1851 to 1852, Turkish baths were added. In the 1850s, the ceiling of the state rooms and the canvases of the Hermitage Museum were decorated. In 1860, the central staircase and main porch were reconstructed.
When German forces retreated after the Siege of Leningrad in World War II, they destroyed the residence, leaving a hollow shell of a palace. Reconstruction of the palace began in 1957.
Visiting Time: May and September - Wednesday to Sunday - 12 PM to 5 PM. Junuary to August - Wednesday to Sunday - 12 PM to 7 PM Monday - 12 PM to 8 PM. Tuesday remains closed. October to April - Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 5 PM, Monday - 10 AM to 8 PM. Tuesday and the last Monday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: Included Catherine Park entrance fee.
How to go: Is located south of Memorial Lyceum Museum.

Hermitage Pavilion

Museum

It is the largest structure in the complex after the palace.
How to go: About 350 meters from Lower Bath towards southeast.

Island Near the Big Dam

Island

Island near Big Dam
How to go: It is located about 370 meters from Hermitage Pavilion towards southwest.

Dutch Admiralty

Pavilions

Dutch Admiralty is the name of the three follies designed in the traditional Dutch style and laid in the summer of 1773. The pavilions are flanked by two towers in the Russian Gothic style. The central pavilion, which was destroyed during World War II.
How to go: It is located south of Island near Big Dam on the bank of the Big Pond.

Hall on the Island Pavilion

Landmark

A small pavilion in the middle of a large pond. There is a path to the column in the chasm. The pavilion was built in the late 1740s. It was intended for concerts and the entertainment of boatmen, and was occasionally used for court dinners.
How to go: It is located in the center of the large pond.

Chesme Column

Monument

The Chesme Column commemorates three Russian naval victories in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774: the Battle of Chios, the Battle of Chesma, and the Battle of Mytilene. It was built in 1774-1778. The pillar is decorated with a rostra of three ships' bows and is crowned by a bronze figure of an eagle (a symbol of Russia) crushing a crescent (a symbol of Turkey).
A description of the battle is written on the pedestal of the pillar. It was partially destroyed by the Germans during World War II and subsequently replaced using old photographs. The column was reopened in June 1996 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy.
How to go: It is located southwest of Hall on the Island Pavilion in the large pond.

Turkish Bath

Museum

The Turkish bath was the last building on the grounds of Catherine Park. It was built in 1850-1852 by order of Emperor Nicholas I to commemorate the victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829. The design is similar to a Turkish mosque. This is why this pavilion looks like a small Turkish mosque.
The Turkish bath has five rooms: an entrance (lobby), a changing room, a soap room, a dome hall and a hexagonal office.
How to go: It is located at the western end of the big pond.

Monument to Alexander Pushkin

Monument

Alexander Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist. Many consider him the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.
How to go: The monument is located about 130 meters north from Memorial Lyceum Museum.

Concert Hall "St. Petersburg serenade"

Hall

How to go: It is located about 80 meters north from Monument to Alexander Pushkin.

Day-4: Pushkin

Store of the Guards Economic Society

Landmark

Store of the Guards Economic Society.
How to go: It is located at Pavlovskoye Shosse, 4. South of Police School university.

Gate "To my dear colleagues"

Gate

How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Store of the Guards Economic Society towards north at Garden Street.

Cascade Ponds

Pond

It is a scenic spot.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters north of Gate "To my dear colleagues".

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection of Christ

Lutheran Church

Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Resurrection of Christ. The Lutheran community in Tsarskoe Selo was organized in 1811. In 1817, construction of the parish church began.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Gate "To my dear colleagues" towards northeast at Naberezhnaya Ulitsa, 4.

Pushkin House of Culture

Concert Hall

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Resurrection of Christ Church towards northeast.

Moscow Gate, Pushkin

Historical Landmark

These two towers or yellow decorated two-story buildings are located at the intersection of "Sofiyskiy" boulevard and "Moskovsky Shosse" highway. It is a monumental triumphal arch and before the railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow was built, the road from Tsarskoe Selo to Moscow passed through this gate.
Pushkin Station on the railway, very close to Moscow Gate, connects Moscow with St. Petersburg.
How to go: It is located about 470 meters from Pushkinskiy Dom Kul'tury towards southeast at Moskovskoye Shosse, 2/7.

Dacha of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich

Historical Landmark

Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia (24 November 1877 – 9 November 1943) was a son of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, a grandson of Tsar Alexander II of Russia and a first cousin of Tsar Nicholas II.
The house was built in 1896-1897 and 1899. When the prince turned 20, Queen Victoria gave him an English country house. The house was transported disassembled from England and assembled by London craftsmen. The house and other buildings are very attractive, situated in a quiet, secluded part of the park, hidden by huge thuja plantations and vines.
How to go: It is located about 530 meters from Moscow Gate towards south.

House-Museum of Pavel Chistyakov

Museum

Pavel Chistyakov (5 July 1832 – 11 November 1919) was a Russian painter and art teacher. From 1854 to 1858, he received two silver medals and one gold for his portrayal of Hermogenes in prison. In 1861, he graduated with the title of "Artist" with another gold medal. In 1862, he left for Germany, followed by long visits to Paris and Rome. On his return in 1870, he was awarded the title of "Academician" for several works sent home.
Visiting Time: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
How to go: It is located about 480 meters from Moscow Gate towards southeast and about 150 meters from Dacha of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich towards northeast at Moskovskoye Shosse, 23.

Monument of Ernst Thalmann

Monument

Ernst Johannes Fritz Thalmann (16 April 1886 – 18 August 1944) was a German communist politician, and leader of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD) from 1925 to 1933. Under his leadership, the KPD became closely associated with the government of the Soviet Union. and the policies of Joseph Stalin. Thalmann was shot and killed on Adolf Hitler's personal orders at Buchenwald in 1944. The monument to Telman was installed in Pushkin in 1960.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Moscow Gate towards northeast.

Cathedral of St. Catherine

Cathedral

The cathedral was founded in 1835 by the order of Emperor Nicholas I. The architectural design appealed to Nicholas so much that he immediately commissioned two cathedrals: one of St. Catherine in Pushkin (then Tsarskoye Selo) and another of Christ the Savior in Moscow.
The church was demolished in 1937 by order of the Bolshevik government. A monument to Lenin was erected in its place. In 2004, the residents of Pushkin took the initiative and brought down the monument. The cathedral was rebuilt with one hundred percent charitable donations. The cathedral's museum has a large volume of books on display with the names of all the contributors.
How to go: It is located about 950 meters from Moscow Gate towards northwest and 750 meters from Catherine Palace towards northeast.

Historical and Literary Museum of G. Pushkin

Museum

Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 5:30 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
How to go: It is located west side of Cathedral of St. Catherine at Leont'yevskaya Ulitsa, 28.

Interactive Museum-Theater "Pushkin's Tales"

Children's Theater

How to go: It is located about 280 meters from Historical and Literary Museum of G. Pushkin towards northwest.


Day-5: Pushkin

Alexander Palace

Palace Museum

Alexander Palace was commissioned by Empress Catherine the Great (reigned 1762–1796) for the 1793 wedding of Elizaveta Alexeievna to her favorite grandson, Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich, the future Emperor of Russia Alexander I (reigned 1801–1825). The palace was built between 1792 and 1796.
Alexander used the palace as a summer residence during his stay at Catherine Palace. He gave the palace to his brother, the future Nicholas I, for use in the summer. From the 1830s to the 1850s, extensive remodeling was done. Nicholas I and his family lived in the palace from early spring to late May. In 1842, the Imperial couple celebrated their silver wedding anniversary. On 19 October 1860, Empress Alexandra (wife of Nicholas I) died in the palace.
Alexander III (reigned 13 March 1881 to 1894) and his Danish-born wife Maria Feodorovna had their apartment in the western part of the palace. Before ascending to the imperial throne, Maria gave birth to their first child, the future Nicholas II, at the Alexander Palace. After the death of Alexander III in 1894, Maria lived in the palace while visiting his son (Nicholas II) and daughter-in-law (Alexandra Feodorovna).
Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna loved the palace and made it their permanent residence. They remodeled and added rooms. During the reign of Nicholas II, the palace was equipped with cables for electricity and a telephone system. In 1899, a hydraulic lift was installed to connect the empress's suite with the children's rooms on the second floor. A screening booth was built in the semi-circular hall to show films.
Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne on March 2, 1917. Thirteen days later, he returned to the Alexander Palace as Colonel Romanov. Later, the Imperial family was kept under house arrest in this palace. Due to an increasingly uncertain situation in St. Petersburg, the leader of the Provisional Government decided to move the family into internal exile in Siberia. On the morning of August 1, 1917, a train took the family away. They never returned.
Shortly after their departure to Siberia, a museum was established within Alexander's palace. It operated until the beginning of World War II. During the Nazi German occupation, the palace was used as the headquarters of the German military command. After the expulsion of the German forces, the palace was handed over to the Soviet Navy and remained there until 1996. In the summer of 1997, a permanent exhibition was opened.
In 2010 the three largest public rooms in the middle wing were renovated and reopened. The Russian government undertook the recovery from September 2015 to August 2021. The eastern wing of the palace was reopened to visitors. The first floor of this wing, once the rooms of Nicholas II's children, is now home to exhibits belonging to the children of various emperors.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed. November to April 20s - Last Thursday of each month, January 1 also remains closed.
Entry Fee: 650 Rubles (USD 7.01) for adult. 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for student (with hard-copy ID) or visitor age below 18 (free on 3rd Sunday of each month). Free for age below 14. Combined Tickets Alexander Palace + Martial Chamber - 900 Rubles (USD 9.71) for adult. 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for student (with hard-copy ID) or visitor age below 18.
How to go: It is located about 600 meters west from Interactive Museum-Theater "Pushkin's Tales". About 300 meters northeast from Concert Hall "St. Petersburg serenade".

Alexandr Pushkin Memorial Museum-Dacha

Museum

This literary museum is dedicated to the memory of Alexander Pushkin, Russia's most famous poet, in the apartment where he lived and died between 1836 and 1837. Pushkin's apartment was carefully preserved and remains an excellent example of an aristocratic residence of the 1830s. Visitors can enter the museum and see the study of the great poet and famous epic novel verse "Eugene Onegin" and the well-known story "The Queen of Spades".
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Monday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday and the last Friday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for children.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Alexander Palace towards northeast at Pushkinskaya Ulitsa, 2.

Girl with a Jug

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Alexander Pushkin Memorial Museum-Dacha towards north at Dvortsovaya street, 12.

Feodorovskiy Gorodok

Historic Landmark

Nicholas II built Feodorovsky Sovereign Cathedral that became his family chapel. He then built few buildings for clergy to live in a area nearby the cathedral. The complex is called "Feodorovsky Gorodok". The construction of the 4.2 acres of complex began in 1913 and went on until 1917-18. The most notable of which are the White stone Chamber for the priests of the Cathedral, Pink Chamber for deacons, Yellow Chamber for clerks, White Chamber for the lower staff, Refectory, and Martial Chamber.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters from Alexandr Pushkin Memorial Museum-Dacha towards northwest.

Theodore Sovereign's Cathedral

Cathedral

When Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra moved into Alexander Palace in 1895, they found that it did not contain a chapel. So, in 1897, they converted a room into the home church of St. Alexander Nevsky. But this temporary church was not enough, so Nicholas II financed the construction of a new church in the vicinity of the palace. The foundation stone of the cathedral was laid on 20 August 1909 in the presence of the Imperial family.
The cathedral consists of two churches - the upper church, with a capacity of 1000 people, and the main altar in the name of the Mother of God. The Upper Church includes a side chapel named after St. Alexis. the Lower Church (Cave Church) named after St. Seraphim of Sarov. The consecration of the cathedral took place on 20 August 1912 in the presence of the Imperial family. The emperor and his family visited the cathedral on holidays and Sundays.
Empress Alexandra often came to pray in the cave church, of which she was particularly fond. A special room was arranged for her. The chapel, a small room less than a meter wide, was placed to the right of the altar. It contained a mosaic icon of St. Seraphim of Sarov. Many common people wanted to pray, however, they were allowed only with tickets.
Shortly after the Tsar's abdication in March 1917, the cathedral was turned into an ordinary parish church. In December 1933, the cathedral was closed by the local Soviet. The property of the cathedral was distributed among several museums in Leningrad. Much is lost. The upper church was adapted for a cinema hall, the screen being placed in place of the altar. The lower cave church was turned into a warehouse.
During the Nazi occupation of Pushkin (1941-44), the cathedral was badly damaged. The northern wall and the western right wall were partially destroyed, and the main dome was broken. The cathedral lay in ruins until the 1980s. In 1991, the cathedral was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church. In the same year, the icon of the Mother of God was found buried in a park. It was returned to the cathedral and has since become one of its most revered shrines.
Extensive reconstruction and restoration work on both the facade and interior of the cathedral has restored it to its historic original over a period of 20 years.
How to go: It is located west side of Feodorovskiy Gorodok.

Monument to Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev

Monument

Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer credited with laying the foundations of soil science. The city of Dokuchaievsk in Ukraine is named after him.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters from Feodorovsky Sovereign Cathedral towards northeast at Akademicheskiy Prospekt, 31.

Egyptian Gate

Gate

Yegipetskiye Vorota or the Egyptian Gate was built in 1829 to replace the old toll bar, which was rendered redundant by the expansion of Tsarskoe Selo. The gate was designed inspired by the Khonsu gate temple. Alexander Park extended up to this gate until 1895, when part of it was used for the construction of barracks. Because of the French expedition to Egypt, the world became more interested in ancient Egyptian architecture.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters northeast of Monument to Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev.

Station "Imperial Station"

Station

The original Imperial Pavilion was built of wood in 1895, however, it was destroyed by fire on 25th January 1911. A new stone pavilion was built in the same style as the buildings at nearby Feodorovsky Gorodok. It was here that the emperor received many foreign dignitaries. A special road was built from the station to the Alexander Palace.
In 1918, the station was renamed Uritsky Pavilion and closed in the mid-20th century. The pavilion was badly damaged during the Great Patriotic War (1941-45).
How to go: It is located about 800 meters from Egyptian Gate towards northwest.

Martial Chamber

Museum

The Ratnaya Palata or Martial Chamber is a Russian World War I museum building.
The Museum of Russian Military History was conceived in 1911 based on an exhibition proposal by Elena Tretyakov, widow of a Russian entrepreneur and art collector Sergei Tretyakov, brother of founder of the Moscow-based Tretyakov Gallery. Construction on the building began in 1913, just a year before World War I. The museum opened in February 1917 just before the fall of the Russian monarchy and closed two years later.
Since then the Martial Chamber has served various other purposes. The building was legally transferred to the Tsarskoye Selo Museum Complex in 2008. After three years of restoration, the building reopened as a First World War museum in August 2014.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 750 meters from Station "Imperial Station" towards south and about 300 meters from Feodorovsky Sovereign Cathedral towards west.

Imperial Farm

Farm

How to go: It is located west of Martial Chamber.

The White Tower

Tower

In 1824, at the behest of Emperor Alexander I, architect Menelas began building the 105-foot-tall White Tower to house the pavilion's servants, using materials from the walls of the zoo. The White Tower is surrounded by a balcony on each story and is open to the public in summer. The furniture is of the same style, and was probably made from sketches by Menelas.
The first floor has a dining room and a service room. Two rooms on the second floor. On the third floor is a drawing room with four windows and a door that opens onto a balcony. The fourth floor has a study room and a bedroom. Both rooms have wicker chair seating. There is a room on the fifth floor. It contains children's furniture. There is a door on the sixth floor, which leads to the top of the tower. A magnificent view of Tsarskoe Selo can be seen from the top of the tower.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Feodorovskiy Gorodok towards southwest.

Children’s House

Landmark

In Alexander Park, there is a children's pond, with the Children's Island in the middle and the Children's House above it.
The children's "kingdom" was founded by Emperor Nicholas I, who donated an island in the middle of a pond for his children. The pond was built in 1817. Several years later, in 1830, a children's room was built, with a sitting room and 4 rooms arranged, each child its own, for Olga, Alexander, Maria and Alexandra. Children's furniture was kept here. A wooden kitchen was built nearby, where the boys prepared their own meals.
Children's Island was only accessible by boat. The boats were docked in a small granite harbor guarded by a sailor. In total, there were 7 Guard sailors on the island. They maintained order, ferried passengers and taught children about maritime customs. Classes and games are held at home. Also, the royal children celebrated their holidays here by inviting their peers.
In front of the Children's House, a marble bust of Karl Karlovich, tutor of Sasha (the future Emperor Alexander II), and to the right of the house, a bust of the poet Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, who taught him Russian language and literature. The last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his princesses together, planted flowers, rode a boat on the pond and in winter they removed the snow.
On the island, the royal family buried their pets, marking the graves with small tombstones. Currently, the Children's House is closed and in a state of preservation. In the post-revolution era, busts of teachers disappeared. The statue of Marder has not yet been found and the bust of Zhukovsky can now be seen in the Cameron Gallery. Two tombstones are still standing in the burial ground of the royal dogs.
How to go: It is located northwest corner of Alexander Palace.

Mountain "Parnas"

Tourist attraction

There is nothing on top of it.
How to go: It is located south of Children’s House in Alexander Park.

Dragon Bridge

Bridge

The bridge is located over the Krestovy Canal in Alexander Park. The Dragon Bridge was built in 1785 across the lane from the Alexander Palace to the Arsenal Pavilion Museum entrance. When the bridge was built during the reign of Empress Catherine II, the dragon figures were made of limestone. The existing cast-iron dragons were cast in the 1860s.
How to go: It is located on the center of the north side of Alexander Park.

Chinese Theater

Theater

Catherine the Great decided to build a "Little Chinatown". In 1770 the architect from Italy proposed the creation of a "Chinese" village with houses, theaters and pavilions. But then the plan was not implemented. Later in 1780, the work began on the "Chinese" village by the architects from Scotland.
The auditorium, which could seat five hundred people, had the stage and imperial box, an entrance and grand staircase leading to a pair of drawing rooms. The names Red Drawing Room and Blue Drawing Room reflect the color of their furniture. Guests were received and dinner served in these rooms. The Imperial Box was accessed directly from the Red Drawing Room. The Imperial Box and the Grand Dukes' boxes were beautifully decorated.
It was first performed in a Chinese theater on 13th June 1779 in the presence of Catherine the Great. Two months later, on August 16 of the same year, another opera was staged at the theater. After the death of Catherine the Great, the theater was used only occasionally. Later in 1830, another performance was staged in the presence of Emperor Nicholas I. Later in 1893, Leo Tolstoy's play 'The Fruits of Enlightenment' premiered there. The following year "Sophecles Oedipus Rex" was staged.
The Chinese Theater was electrified in 1902 in preparation for a state visit by the President of France. The gala performance took place at the Chinese Theater. In 1908, Nicholas II commissioned his architect to undertake major repairs and alterations to the Chinese Theater. A marble staircase was built, replacing old 18th-century stage equipment with the very latest stage technology to present new large-scale operas and ballets. A new heating system has been installed.
Performances stopped in 1914 with the outbreak of World War I. It was on September 15, 1941, the first victim of a Nazi bomb. Today the Chinese Theater lies in ruins.
How to go: It is located in Alexander Park, about 180 meters south of Dragon Bridge.

Monument to the Victims of the Revolution

Monument

Obelisk Monument to the Victims of the Revolution.
How to go: It is located center of Alexander Park, about 180 meters from Chinese Theater towards northeast.

Alley, Alexandrovsky Park

Museum

How to go: It is located south of the Monument to the Victims of the Revolution.

Little Mushroom Garden

Garden

How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Grand Chinese Bridge towards southwest.

Grand Chinese Bridge

Bridge

Chinese Bridge, noted for pink granite vases and imitation coral branches, were completed in 1785.
How to go: It is located about about 180 meters from Obelisk Monument to the Victims of the Revolution towards southeast on the way to catherine park.

Cross Bridge

Bridge

The Cross-Shaped Bridge had been constructed by the Neyelov Brothers six years earlier of 1779.
How to go: It is located about 190 meters from Grand Chinese Bridge.

Minor Chinese Bridges

Bridges

Chinese Bridges are Two small bridges, located close to each other. The bridges were built a few years later than the Grand Chinese Bridge in 1785. Initially, there was a wooden bridge on the site, which was built in 1781 according to the plans of Charles Cameron. The construction was done during the reign of Empress Catherine II, who was fond of Chinese culture. In 1786, by that time, the old wooden bridges were replaced with metal ones, but on the model of the earlier wooden Cameron bridges.
How to go: This are located 230 meters from Krestovyy Most towards northwest. On the way of Chinese Village.

Chinese Village

Area

Catherine commissioned Antonio Rinaldi and Charles Cameron to model the village. The village consisted of 18 stylized Chinese houses and was dominated by an octagonal domed observatory. But only ten houses were completed, and the observatory was never completed. Works were suspended due to Catherine's death in 1796. In 1818, Alexander I had the village remodeled to provide accommodation for his guests. Guests lived in one of the houses between 1822 and 1825.
The village was renovated in 1859-61 under the direction of a Russian architecture. The cottages were severely damaged during the Nazi occupation but were restored in 1990 to accommodate VIP guests.
How to go: It is located west of Minor Chinese Bridges.

Grand Caprice

Sculpture

During the time of Catherine the Great, Grand Caprice was used as a beauty spot.
How to go: It is located about 230 meters west of Creaking Summer House.

Shapel

Pavilion

This pavilion was built in 1825-1828 in the form of a Gothic chapel. The "chapel" was supposed to be two towers, one of which was normal and the other appeared to have completely "collapsed". At the beginning of the Patriotic War, the pavilion was used to install anti-aircraft guns. After the war, the pavilion was abandoned for a long time and only in 2018 the restoration was completed and it was opened for tourists. But it closed again in 2020.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Grand Caprice towards north.

Arsenal Pavilion

Pavilion

The Arsenal Pavilion was built in 1819-1834 under Emperors Alexander I and Nicholas I. The pavilion was built in place of the dilapidated pavilion "Montblijou", built in 1747-1754. Montblijou was used as a hunting lodge. Inside the Arsenal Pavilion, there is a grand staircase, an entrance hall, a dining room, an office, rooms, a library and an octagonal hall of knights.
The best part of Nicholas I's collection of weapons was housed in the Hall of Knights. Tickets were issued to view the collection and thus, the Arsenal became Russia's first public museum of weapons. Nicholas I's collection of Western European and Eastern weapons was also housed in the office of the Arsenal Pavilion. In 1885–1886, Emperor Alexander III transferred the collection from the Arsenal to the Imperial Hermitage. During the Patriotic War, the Arsenal was destroyed and remained in ruins for a long time.
In 2001, large-scale renovations to the pavilion began. Opened to the public on August 24, 2016, it today displays The Imperial Collection of Weapons. The museum in the Arsenal Pavilion has more than 5 thousand items, including memorabilia of Russian emperors. In addition to items from its own collection, the museum displays items purchased at auction for its own funds. These are valuable items of 16th and 17th century European arms and equipment, including Armour, helmets, halberds and swords.
How to go: It is located about 700 meters from Shapel towards north, and about 500 meters from Minor Chinese Bridges towards northwest.

Pensioners' Stable & Horses' Cemetery

Horse Cemetery

On the other side of the stables is a burial ground where rows of marble slabs mark the resting places of beloved imperial horses. Here is the horse "Ami" with Emperor Alexander I in Paris. "Flora", the horse that carried Emperor Nicholas to Varna, and "Kob", the horse that Alexander III rode when reviewing his troops.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Arsenal Pavilion towards north.

Great Lamsky Bridge

Bridge

How to go: It is located about 280 meters from Arsenal Pavilion towards west.

Llama Pavilion

Pavilion

The Lama House or Photographic Pavilion was built in 1822 for llamas brought from South America. A tower 56 feet high with a house for their keeper, a store house and a small rest room was built at the same time. Built in 1860 on the site of the Monighetti Gallery, which had been above the store-house, a photographic pavilion added a staircase, another room in front of the pavilion, and a darkroom in the tower.
At the present time the deer brought from Mongolia by Lieutenant-Colonel Yukovsky are kept in Llama Manege. The keepers' quarters are now occupied by park rangers, the photographic pavilion is now vacant.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Bol'shoy Lamskiy bridge towards northwest.

Elephant House

Pavilion

The Elephant House pavilion was built in 1828 by architect Menelas. In the same year some of the emperor's elephants were brought here from Volinkin Dvor in St. Petersburg. Apparently these elephants died soon.
How to go: On the street, which leaves Fir Avenue near the Llama House and leads to Stolbovaya, is a decaying wooden pavilion decorated with small turrets and surrounded by a square yard with servants' quarters and sheds. This is the Elephant House.

Small Lamsky Bridge

Bridge

How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Great Lamsky Bridge towards southwest along the river.

Krasnoselskie Gate

Gate

How to go: It is located about 270 meters from Small Lamsky Bridge towards northwest.

Babolovsky Park

Park

How to go: It is located west of Llama Pavilion.

Most Plotina

Bridge Dam

How to go: It is located about 2.2 km from Llama Pavilion towards southwest.

Babolovo Palace

Palace

In 1780, Catherine II built a temporary wooden palace. It was rebuilt in stone between November 2, 1782 and 1785. The Babolovsky Palace was originally a summer house with seven rooms, a park, an octagonal tower and no second floor. Alexander I of Russia used the palace for his promiscuous courtship with Sophia Velho, the daughter of a court banker. He renovated the palace. The tower was replaced with a huge bath.
The palace fell into disrepair after the Russian Revolution and currently stands in ruins. Other structures in Babolovsky Park have disappeared, apart from a 1770s reservoir and Adam Menelaws' Gate separating the two parks.
How to go: It is located south of Plotina Bridge.

Zamok V Pushkine

Heritage Hotel

How to go: It is located northwest side of Alexander Park.

Day-6:

Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory

State Hermitage Museum

Part of the internationally famous Imperial Porcelain Factory, and now run by the State Hermitage Museum, it exhibits the history of porcelain and contains some of the finest objects produced in the factory's 250 years of existence. The first porcelain museum was opened in 1844 by order of Nicholas I to mark the centenary of the Imperial Porcelain Factory. Much of the original museum collection came from the storerooms of the Winter Palace and other royal families.
During the reign of Alexander III, it was the policy to make a copy of every original piece produced by the factory specifically for museum collections. During both World Wars, the museum's vast collection was evacuated. Taken over by the State Hermitage in 2001, the collection now covers two halls. Museum visitors will find the Factory Gallery downstairs, which showcases the latest pieces by contemporary designers. A visit to the museum can be combined with a guided tour of the factory workshop.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Sunday - 10:30 AM to 5 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for Main Museum Complex and the branches (General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory). 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for Harmitage Branches (Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center). Free for Preschool child, school child, student.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Lomonosovskaya Metro station towards east at 151, street Obukhovskoi Oborony.

Monument of Volodarsky

Monument

V. Volodarsky (December 11, 1891 – June 20, 1918) was a Marxist revolutionary and Soviet politician. He was assassinated in 1918. He was buried at the Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution on St. Petersburg's Field of Mars.
The Volodarsky Bridge, located near where he was killed, was named after him. A monument was built at the west end of the bridge.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Imperial Porcelain Factory towards south.

Park Skazok

Amusement Park

Theme park with fairground rides for all ages, an indoor ice rink, a ferris wheel and dining options
Visiting Time: Thursday to Sunday - 11 AM to 8 PM. Monday to Wednesday - 12 PM to 8 PM.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters northwest of Porcelain Factory.

Joki Joya

Childrens Playground

Joki is a children's playhouse inside Jaya Okhta Mall. Parents can go inside with them. Nice place for locals.
How to go: It is located It is located about 2 km from Pulkovo Airport towards north.

Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad

Historic Landmark

The monument was erected as the centerpiece of Victory Square in the early 1970s to commemorate the heroic efforts of the residents of Leningrad and the soldiers of the Leningrad Front to resist the Nazis during the 900-day siege of Leningrad during World War II.
In 1962 the square was officially named Ploshchad Pobedy (Victory Square). Until then it was called Sredney Rogatki Ploshchad. A tall obelisk, rising from the broken ring.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday 11 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Wednesday and the last Tuesday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 120 Rubles (USD 1.29) for adult. 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) for child and student.
How to go: It is located about 2.5 km from Joki Joya through E-95 highway.

Fountain Complex on Moscow Square

Square

This square is famous for its fountain. Moskovskiy Business Center is located east of the square. Built between 1936 and 1941. It was to accommodate the Soviet of People's Deputies, the city's main legislature at the time. It is the largest office building in St. Petersburg. Its main facade is 220 meters long and 50 meters high. In the 1950s, "Stalinka" apartment buildings were built around the square in a similar style.
In 1970, a life-size bronze monument to Vladimir Lenin on a granite pedestal was placed in the center of the square, and in 2006, a series of eleven musical fountains were unveiled in front of the monument. Beginning at ten in the morning on weekends and holidays, classical music plays in the square for twenty minutes every two hours.
How to go: It is located about 750 meters from Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad towards north. Nearest Metro station is Moskovskaya.

Chesme Palace

Palace

Chesme Palace was built by Catherine II between 1774 and 1777 as her intermediate travel-stop palace. After finishing, he would stop there to rest on his way to Sarkoye Cello. From the second half of the 19th century until 1919, the palace was largely unused and uninhabited.
There is a church east of the palace.
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Fountain Complex on Moscow Square towards north.

Chesme Church

Church

In 1777, King Gustav III of Sweden participated in the laying of the foundation of the church. The church was built between 1777 and 1780. It is a memorial church to honor the Russian victory at the Battle of Chesme in 1770. Empress Catherine chose the site because it was here that she received news of the Russian victory over the Turks (1768–1774). Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor attended the consecration of the church.
The church and Chesme Palace were turned into a labor camp when the Soviet government occupied it. In 1923, the church was closed and used as a warehouse. During World War II, the Institute of Aviation Technology occupied the church and the Chesme Palace. In 1970-75, it was completely restored. In 1977, the church became a museum of the Battle of Chesme. Religious control was restored in 1991.
Visiting Time: 9 AM to 7 PM.
How to go: It is located east of Chesme Palace at Ulitsa Lensoveta, 12.

Books of the Siege City

Museum

Books of the Siege City.
How to go: It is located about 700 meters from Chesme Church towards north.

Gagarin Park

Amusement park

Great place to visit with kids. All rides are mainly for kids. Only one or two rides for adults.
How to go: It is located inside Moskovsky Victory Park, North of Knigi Blokadnogo Goroda Museum. Nearest metro station is Park Pobedy.

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Multimedia historical park "Russia - My History"

History museum

It is a large multimedia educational and exhibition complex. The total area of the complex is 14,000 square meters and it can accommodate 800 visitors at the same time. The historical park has about 900 pieces of multimedia equipment. The space is divided into two main sections and, thus, two main parts of Russia's long and eventful history: the ancient period, Rurikovich and Romanov, and the modern period.
Visitors can examine maps of Russia, find out what people ate, where they lived and how they dressed with a funny animated film, or try reading a love letter in old Cyrillic. When you enter the section dedicated to the Christianization of Russia, the elements feel like water under your feet as if you are truly "walking" through Russian history.
Textbooks provide information, where you can feel the atmosphere of each particular era. Apart from a few subtitled mini-documentaries there isn't much in English.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 8 PM. Monday remains closed.
How to go: It is located east of Moskovsky Victory Park or Gagarin Park.  Nearest metro station is Park Pobedy.

Cinema Park

Cinema Theater

How to go: It is located east of Multimedia historical park "Russia - My History".

Apple Orchard

Park

Apple orchard (Russian: Yablonevyy Sad).
How to go: It is located about 450 meters east from Cinema Park.

Ekzoopark

Zoo

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 10 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) on weekend and 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) on weekday.
How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Yablonevyy Sad Park towards northeast. Northwest corner of Kubatura Exhibition and trade centre.

Center beach sports Beach

Sports complex

How to go: It is located west of Ekzoopark.

MazaPark

Indoor Sports

More than 20 entertainments
Visiting Time: Saturday and Sunday - 10 AM to 6 AM (next day). Monday to Friday - 12 PM to 6 AM (next day).
How to go: It is located about 1.3 km from Ekzoopark towards northeast. Nearest metro station is Bukharestskaya Subway station.

Day-8:

Grand Maket Russia

Museum

Grand Maket Rossiya is a private museum. In this area, collective images of the regions of the Russian Federation are presented. It is the largest model layout in Russia and the second largest in the world (after the Miniature Wonderland in Hamburg, Germany). The model is housed in a two-story building built in 1953. The model took five years to build and employed over a hundred people.
Visiting Time: 10 AM to 8 PM every day.
Entry Fee: Week day - 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult age above 14. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child age 3-14. Weekend and holiday - 450 Rubles (USD 4.66) for adult age above 14. 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for child age 3-14. 10% discount for family for 3 persons or more).
How to go: It is located about 2.5 km from MazaPark towards northwest. Nearest metro station is Moskovskie vorota Subway station. It is about 1 km from the museum towards northewest.

Puppet Theater Fairy Tales

Puppet Theater

How to go: It is located about 750 meters from Grand Maket Russia towards west at Moskovskiy Prospekt, 121.

Moscow Triumphal Gate

Gate

The Moscow Triumphal Gate was built in 1834–1838 to commemorate the Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829. The main material used in the construction of the gate was cast iron. All 12 columns weigh about 450 tons. The first column was laid on July 14, 1836. The gate was opened on October 16, 1838. At the time, the Moscow Gate was the world's largest structure made of cast iron.
In 1936, the gate was dismantled to move them to Moscow Square Park. Later, during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941, when the German army reached the outskirts of Leningrad, the cast iron blocks of the gate were used to build an anti-tank defensive structure near the southern border of the city, which helped to repel the Germans during the siege.
From 1958 to 1960 the cast iron blocks of the gate were collected and restored. Most of the lost sculptural details of the monument were recreated as before.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Kukol'nyy Teatr Skazki Puppet Theater towards north and nearest metro station is Moskovskie vorota Subway station.

Tomb of the Poet N A Nekrasova

Historical landmark

Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov (10 December 1821 – 8 January 1878) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publisher.
How to go: It is located about 600 meters from Moscow Triumphal Gate towards northeast at Novodevichy Cemetery.

Voskresensky Novodevichy Monastery

Monastery

The first brick of the monastery was laid here by Emperor Nicholas I on November 15, 1849. A cemetery was also established here 4 years ago. In 1854, the nuns moved into the rebuilt complex. After the foundation, various workshops were conducted in the monastery, such as drawing, gold embroidery, carpets, shoes etc. In 1901, monastery buildings were built, which housed a refectory, sacristy, library, hospital, etc. An orphanage, an almshouse at the monastery and the parochial Prince Vladimir school began to function.
By 1917, 77 nuns and 66 novices lived in the monastery. In 1918, the monastery was abolished. Property and church valuables were confiscated. In 1929–1932 the main cathedral and all the monastery's churches were closed, except for the one that housed the Metropolitan's residence, and the monastery's bell tower was demolished. In February 1932, about 90 nuns and novices living in the monastery building were arrested and deported.
At the end of 1937, the church life in the monastery stopped completely, the last functioning church was closed, the metropolitan residence was confiscated. Since 1990, the monastery began to gradually recover. In the summer of 2001, the Prince-Vladimir parochial school was given to the monastery, and in the autumn of the same year it was decided to return all the buildings belonging to it to the monastery. Since 2002, restoration work has started. At this point, the domes of both these churches have been restored.
How to go: It is located west of Novodevichy Cemetery. About 700 meters south of Frunzenskaya Subway station, and about 700 meters north from Moskovskie vorota Subway station.

Warsaw Railway Station

Railway station

The station was originally built in 1851 for a railway line, which was completed in 1858 from the city to the Tsar's residence in Gatchina. The present building was built between 1857 and 1860 in a mixture of historical styles. The line was extended to Pskov in 1859 and Warsaw in 1862. A branch from the main line connects St. Petersburg to Lithuania with other European capitals. A church was built in front of the station in 1908, it was later demolished.
In 2001, the station was closed, with long-distance rail service diverted to Vitebsky Railway Station and commuter service to the Baltiysky Rail Terminal. Trade center Warsaw Express has occupied the building since 2005. On the track, a railway museum was displayed. The museum is closed, and the exhibits have been moved to the Russian Railway Museum adjacent to the Baltiysky railway station.
How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Voskresensky Novodevichy monastery towards northwest.

Russian Railway Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: Wednesday - 12:30 AM to 8:30 PM. Thursday to Monday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for student and child. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for photo and video.
How to go: It is located about 750 meters west from Varshavskiy Vokzal Railway station.

Narva Triumphal Arch

Gate

The Nerva Triumphal Arch was built to commemorate the Russian victory over Napoleon in 1814. The wooden structure was built on the then highway to Narva to welcome soldiers returning from abroad after the victory over Napoleon. Between 1827 and 1834 it was redesigned and the gate rebuilt in stone. A similar gate was built by Stasov on the road leading to Moscow.
It was damaged by bombing during the Siege of Leningrad. The arch was restored in 1951. In 1989 a small military museum was opened in the upper part of the arch. At the beginning of the 21st century, the gate was completely restored.
Visiting Time: Monday to Thursday and Saturday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Friday - 10 AM to 4 PM. Sunday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Russian Railways Museum towards southwest. Narvskaya Metro station is the nearest.

Ekaterinhof

Park

Ekaterinhof or Catherinehof is a historic island park southwest of St. Petersburg that began as an 18th-century empress's estate. Its name originated in 1711, when Peter the Great gifted his wife Catherine 1 with the island and adjacent lands on the banks of the eponymous Ekateringofka River. The emperor apparently envisioned Catherinehof as the first imperial estate on the road leading from the capital to his principal summer residence, Peterhof.
The estate was abandoned after the death of Peter I. His niece Empress Anna (reigned 1730–40) added two wings to the palace, but these were demolished in 1779. As subsequent monarchs preferred to build the Pushkin as their alternative summer residence, the Catherinehof fell into neglect until 1800, when Emperor Paul donated it to his mistress Anna Gagarina.
Four years later, the estate passed to the city of St. Petersburg, which developed it into a municipal amusement park, with several garden pavilions and a "vauxhall" for musical practice on the grounds. The main palace had a library and a museum dedicated to Peter I. After the palace was destroyed by fire in 1924, the park fell into neglect. Three years after World War II, the park was restored.
St. Catherine's Church was founded in 1703 in the Catherinehof and, according to local legend, witnessed the secret wedding of Peter I and Catherine in 1707. But in 1929 the Soviets demolished the church.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Narva Triumphal Arch Gate towards northwest in Yekateringofskiy Park.

Monument to the Heroes of Krasnodon

Monument

How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Narva Triumphal Arch Gate towards northwest in Yekateringofskiy Park.

Molvinskaya Column

Monument

During the reign of Alexander I (reign: 23 March 1801 – 1 December 1825), a column of red granite was built here. Externally, it resembles the famous Alexander Column. There are many legends about the origin of the column. According to some, it is a monument to Mons, a favorite of Catherine I, who was executed for bribery. According to another, under the column is the grave of Peter I's horse. According to a third, the name of the column is associated with the sugar manufacturer Molvo, who used it as an advertising post for his products.
How to go: It is located south of Catherinehof near Molvinskiy Bridge.

Church of the Epiphany

Church

It was built in 1888.
How to go: It is located about 1 km from Monument to the Heroes of Krasnodon towards north after crossing the Gutuevsky bridge over Reka Yekateringofka river at Gutuevsky Island.

Former Brewery Named After Stepan Razin

Museum

Stepan Razin Brewery, the oldest in Russia. The museum was established in 1995 to honor the 200th anniversary of the Stepan Razin Brewery. Known in Soviet times as the Kalinkinsky Beer and Mead Co-operative, it was originally founded - with the approval of Catherine the Great - in 1795 by Abraham Friedrich Krohn (a German immigrant) as something of a modern brewpub. The exhibition was opened exactly 80 years after the first beer was produced under the Stepan Razin brand.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 9 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Church of the Epiphany towards northeast. From the church cross back to Gutuevsky bridge and walk towards east. Then turned north and cross the Most Stepana Razina (bridge), and walk north about 130 meters. The museum is on the left.

Beer Museum

Museum

The museum was established in 1995 to honor the 200th anniversary of the Stepan Razin Brewery. Exhibits at the museum explain the process of making the world's most popular alcoholic beverage and the history of brewing in Russia. The focus, of course, is on the foundation and development of the Stepan Razin brewery, but there are also exhibits that show the difference between industrial brewing and traditional home techniques. All items on display are original, and some are over 300 years old.
Visiting Time: Wedneday and Friday - 11 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located northeast of the former Brewery at Ulitsa Stepana Razina, 11.

Urban Gaming Bumperball Archery Tag Laser Tag

Amusement park

Urban Gaming is a space for active recreation. Here you can celebrate a birthday, a corporate party, have team building. Play games such as: Bumperball, Archery Tag, Laser Tag, Quidditch, Gyropolo.
How to go: It is located north of Stepan Razin Museum.

Red Triangle

Historical Landmark

The Red Triangle Factory Complex is a huge industrial area. It was founded in 1860. Since 1908 it has been called "Triangle". The main product of the plant was rubber. The plant was the country's monopoly until the end of the 19th century, and in the 20th century, it was the largest enterprise producing rubber products in Russia and Europe. During World War 1 (1914-18) it produced automobile tire casings, gas masks and artillery buffers. In 1918 the plant was nationalized and then called "Red Triangle".
Today the enormous property is a mix of abandoned buildings, small companies, garages, and rehearsal spaces for musicians. But mostly it is a decaying wasteland, a monument to the old industrialization of the city.
How to go: It is located about 1 km from Urban Gaming towards southeast.

Museum of Christian Culture

Museum

Museum of Christian Culture
Visiting Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Sunday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Thursday, Friday, Saturday - 11 to 9 PM.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child or student.
How to go: It is located about 1.2 km from Krasnyy Treugol'nik towards northeast.

Trinity Cathedral

Church

July 12, 1733, a large field tent to serve as a church. The church functioned only in summer, in winter soldiers and officers had to attend other parish churches. In 1754-1756, a wooden church was built on the site by order of Empress Elizabeth. It suffered severe damage in the flood of 1824 and had to be rebuilt. Construction of the new church began in May 1828 and the cathedral was consecrated in May 1835.
In 1922, during the Russian Revolution, most of the cathedral's valuables were stolen. The theft continued for several more years until the cathedral was closed in 1938. Later it was used as a warehouse. In 1990, the cathedral returned to the hands of the Russian Orthodox Church. They began to restore it. On August 24, 2006, while the cathedral was undergoing reconstruction, a fire in the main dome destroyed one of the four smaller domes and severely damaged the interior.
How to go: It is located about 1.1 km from Muzey Khristianskoy Kul'tury towards east.

Day-9:

Kosmonavt

Concert Hall

Modern rock club on 2 levels, with a dance floor for 1500, plus upstairs VIP lounge and restaurant.
How to go: It is located about 530 meters from Tekhnologicheskiy Institut 2 Metro station towards east.

Planetarium 1

Planetarium

Planetarium 1 has the largest projection dome in the world, with a diameter of 37 meters. The total area (4000 m2) includes star hall, space exhibition museum, VR interactive room, educational area and prototyping laboratory.
Visiting Time: 10 AM to 10 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for school children and student. Free for child under 7 with accompanying adult.
Photo and Video: Permitted.
How to go: It is located about 730 meters from Kosmonavt Concert hall towards southeast.

Oceanarium

Aquarium

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 8 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 800 Rubles (USD 8.63) for adult. 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for age 7-18. 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for chld age 5-6. Free for child age 0-4. 2500 Rubles (USD 25.98) for guided tour.
How to go: It is located about 1.1 km from Planetarium 1 towards northeast at Ul. Marata, 86.

Theater of Young Spectators named after. A A Bryantseva

Children's Theaters

Bryantsev Youth Theater is one of the first professional children's theaters in Russia, opened in 1922. In Soviet times the theater was called the Leningrad Young People's Theater. In 1962 it was shifted to the present newly constructed building. The theater is named after its founder Alexander Bryantsev (1883–1961). He was the leader of the theater from 1921-1961 and directed more than fifty plays there.
How to go: The theatre is located northwest of Oceanarium on the Pionerskaya Square near the end of Gorokhovaya Street. Nearest Metro station is Pushkinskaya.

Monument to Alexander Griboyedov

Monument

Alexander Griboyedov was born on January 15, 1795 in Moscow. He was a Russian diplomat, playwright, poet and composer. In 1812, he enlisted in the military and resigned in 1816. His verse comedy "The Young Spouses", which he staged in 1816 in St. Petersburg. In 1817, he entered the civil service. In 1818 he was appointed Secretary of the Russian Legation in Iran and moved to Georgia. One of his notable works was the 1823 verse comedy "Woe from Wit".
Several months after his marriage to Nino on August 22, 1828, Griboyedov was suddenly sent to Iran as Minister Plenipotentiary. There was strong anti-Russian sentiment in Iran. On reaching Tehran he was awarded the Order of the Lion and the Sun.
Three Armenian eunuchs, after fleeing the harem, took refuge in the Russian legation. By agreeing to the Turkmenchay Treaty, Georgians and Armenians living in Persia at the time were allowed to return to Georgia and Eastern Armenia. However, Shah demanded the return of the three fugitives. Griboyedov refused. His decision caused an uproar in the whole city.
Griboyedov's body, being delivered to Tbilisi, Georgia. Griboyedov was buried there in the Monastery of St. David.
In St. Petersburg, the monument was erected in 1959.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters northwest from Bryantsev Youth Theater. Nearest Metro station is Zvenigorodskaya and Pushkinskaya.

Military Medical Museum

Museum

The Russian Museum of Military Medicine was established in 1942. Today, the museum has about 210,000 exhibits related to the history of Russian and world military medicine.
Visiting Time: Wednesday - 12 PM to 8 PM. Thursday, Friday and Monday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for student or child.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo, 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for video. By phone - 50 Rubles (USD 0.54).
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Monument to Alexander Griboyedov towards northwest and North of Vitebsky Rail Terminal after crossing main road.

Memorial Museum Raznochintsy Petersburg

Museum

Also called Commoners' St. Petersburg Museum. Vladimir Lenin (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist, lived here from 12 February 1894 to 25 April 1895. After Lenin's death in 1924, on the initiative of residents of nearby houses, "Ilyich's area" was established on Cossack Lane. Based on it in 1938, it opened the museum. In 1992, the museum was preserved as a historical monument by the decree of the mayor of St. Petersburg from 27 July, 1992.
In September 2003, by decree of the administration of St. Petersburg, the museum was transferred to the Committee for Cultural Affairs of St. Petersburg. In 2006, with the opening of the new exhibition museum received its modern name, "Memorial Museum Raznochintsy Petersburg".
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Sunday and Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child and student.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Voyenno-Meditsinskiy Muzey towards northeast at Bol'shoy Kazachiy Pereulok, 7.

Dom Kol'tso

Historical Landmark

In the early 20s of the 19th century, a merchant set a task for an architect: to build a residential building in the center of the courtyard-well so that it would not block sunlight from neighboring houses, would have its own courtyard, and would be comfortable and beautiful. The architect built a round house. A Russian poet, playwright, and novelist, Alexander Pushkin's (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) mother, father and older sister lived here for a time. Nowadays, the house is occupied and its premises are rented out.
How to go: It is located north of Memorial Museum Raznochintsy Petersburg.

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Lego museum Polegon

Museum

Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for student.
How to go: It is located about 270 meters from Zvenigorodskaya Metro station towards northeast at Zagorodnyy Prospekt, 42 B.

Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum

Museum

On 27 December 1971, a museum was established in the memory of the composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in his St. Petersburg home. The Rimsky-Korsakov family moved into the house in the fall of 1893. Apartment 39 on the third floor, where Rimsky-Korsakov lived his last fifteen years. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the composer's widow, Nadezhda, was forced to leave the apartment with her son Andrei in early 1918. Before leaving, Nadezhda listed everything in the house.
In the early 1920s, Rimsky-Korsakov's children transferred his works to the manuscript section of the public library. The dream of setting up a museum became a reality in 1967. The apartment was restored. Inside remains the original tiled corner stoves, an elegant marble fireplace, tall folding doors, and window fanlights with bronze handles and bolts. More than 250 items preserved by the composer's family were returned to their original places in the museum.
An exhibition room and concert hall were built in the apartment. The most valuable exhibit is the 'Golden Pen', given to the composer at the premiere of his opera May Night in 1880. From then on he used this pen to write all his works. A baker's piano, acquired by Rimsky-Korsakov in 1902, now stands in the drawing room as it was. In the dining room are portraits of Rimsky-Korsakov's ancestors, painted by unknown artists from the 18th to early 19th centuries.
Visiting Time: Wednesday - 1 PM to 8 PM. Thursday to Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult. 20 Rubles (USD 0.22) for child. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for audio guide.
How to go: It is located about 270 meters from Lego museum Polegon towards northeast.

Pyat' Uglov

Square

"Pyat' Uglov" means "Five Angles" or "Five Corners". It is a tourist attraction due to beautiful view of "Pyat' Uglov" building.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum towards northeast.

Tolstoy House

Historical Landmark

After changing hands several times, the land was purchased by Major-General Mikhail Tolstoy in the early 20th century. Tolstoy was a hero of several wars, for example, he fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878, defended the Shipka Pass, and was honored with the Order of St. George. Tolstoy began construction on the building in March 1910, but did not see his home completed as he died in Nice, France in 1913. The property was inherited by his widow Olga Alexandrovna.
The building was provided with the most modern facilities, including air-conditioning, ventilation and drainage systems, river depth determination, electricity, telephone lines, garbage disposal and 19 elevators. For steam heating, 10 coal-fired boilers were installed in the basement. 16 laundries, several billiard rooms and a gym were opened. The building had 15 entrances, the 16th in the side wing was for staff.
Before the revolution of 1917, more than 1000 inhabitants lived in the Tolstoy house. During the Russian Civil War (7 November 1917 – 16 June 1923), many apartments were empty. During World War II (1939 to 1945), Apartment No. 106 was used as a pillbox, the basements served as bomb shelters. After the battle a statue was installed in the fountain.
Many Russian films were shot in the Tolstoy House. It was also used for Holmes's London segments in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson". In 1987 Tolstoy House housed over 3000 residents in 327 apartments. In 1970 the building was designated as an architectural monument of regional importance. In 1988 it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site number 540, part of the Historic Center and Monuments of Saint Petersburg.
By 2013, 300 apartments were registered in the building. In 2021 a museum dedicated to all the residents of the house was opened in the basement.
How to go: It is located on the bank of Fontanka River. About 300 meters from Lomonosov Bridge towards east. About 600 meters from Pyat' Uglov Square towards north.

Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace

Museum

The first Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace was built in 1747 for Prince Mikhail Andreevich Beloselsky. The building, much smaller than today, with a large private garden. The building was inherited by his son, Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Beloselsky (1752-1809). Prince Alexander bought a plot of land in 1800 which allowed the building to be greatly expanded.
Prince Alexander was a close friend and supporter of Paul I (Emperor of Russia from 1796 to 1801). Because of the relationship between the two, in 1800, Paul I allowed the revival of the ancient title of Prince of Belozersk. From then on the family would be known as Beloselsky-Belozersky. Beloselsky-Belozersky is also named after their palace. The palace passed to his son Esper Alexandrovich Beloselsky-Belozersky, who died young.
His widow, Princess Elena Pavlovna, demolished the old building and built a new palace (1846-48). The current palace looks similar to the Stroganov Palace, about 1.5 kilometers away on the corner of the Moica Canal. The princess remarried Prince Vasili Viktorovich Kochubey. After their palace was rebuilt and opened to the public, it gained a reputation as one of the grandest palaces in Russia and one of the grandest ball and concert venues in St. Petersburg.
There is a painting of Elena at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. The Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace was inherited by Princess Elena Pavlovna's son and lived there with his wife and their many children. In 1883 Sergei Alexandrovich, Grand Duke of Russia and Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and the Rhine bought the palace and it became their main residence. The couple gave the palace its current red exterior.
Under the ownership of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, the palace underwent another extensive reconstruction and the interior was remodeled. Remodeling included the addition of a large library and a Slavic Revival chapel. The couple never had children of their own, but became foster parents to her younger brother's children. Sergei's nephew (Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia) and niece (Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna).
As governor of Moscow, Sergei Alexandrovich suffered the violence of the 1905 uprising in Moscow and was killed by a terrorist bomb on February 17, 1905. The palace was then the property of his widow who became a nun in 1909. She went to live at the Marfo-Mariinsky Convent in Moscow and donated the palace to Grand Duke Dmitry. During the First World War, from January 1916 to January 1918, the palace was the base of the Anglo-Russian Hospital.
Grand Duke Dmitry sold it on the eve of the Russian Revolution (started in 1917). Two years later it was nationalized and moved home to a regional soviet. The interior of the palace was considerably damaged during World War II, and it was restored to its original condition in 1954. In 1991, it was designated a municipal cultural center, and now hosts chamber concerts for small audiences. It now also hosts a large waxwork exhibition.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Monday remains closed. Tours of the palace are given only by prior arrangement. Scheduled times for Russian-language tours are published on the palace's website (https://beloselskiy-palace.ru).
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16).
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Tolstoy House towards northeast at Nevsky Avenue 41.

Magic Museum

Museum

Illusionists and mind readers perform amid exhibits on magic history and methods, plus arranged seances.
Visiting Time: 10 AM to 9 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for adult. 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for child age below 14.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace towards east.

Third Place

Art Garllery

St. Petersburg-based architecture and interior design studio "DA Bureau" has revitalized the courtyard of an 15 years abandoned palace with a temporary pop-up space. Named third place, where Lopukhins and Naryshkin lived before the revolution. During the Soviet period, there was a railway museum here.
The team carefully restored the historic facade of the building while preserving the identity of the existing structure.
How to go: It is located about 30 meters north of Magic Museum.

Nevsky Avenue, 86

Landmark

Nevsky Prospekt 86 is a neoclassical palace, also known as the Palace of Arts or Zinaida Yusupova Palace. The first palace on the site of the present palace was built by Prince Troubetzkoy in the mid-18th century. In the 1780s, his son rebuilt and expanded the original wooden structure in stone. At the end of the 18th century, the palace passed to the diplomat Prince Kurakin.
In the first quarter of the 19th century, the palace was sold to Colonel Fyodor. He rebuilt the palace. He created the neoclassical five-pillared centerpiece of the main facade as it looks today. Between 1829 and 1832 the building was extended towards the rear of the building. In 1835, the building had another new owner, Count Vladislav Branitsky. He rebuilt and expanded the palace. He is responsible for the facade that faces Nevsky street today.
The palace has four floors. Branitsky sold the palace, and it changed hands several times, then in 1917 the palace belonged to Princess Zinaida Yusupova, although she probably never lived there, as she is known to have lived in her larger St. Petersburg residence, the Moika Palace. In 1917, after the Russian Revolution, the building was nationalized.
How to go: It is located about 100 meter from Magic Museum towards east at Nevsky Avenue, 86.

Lensovet Theatre

Theater

The building was built in the second half of the 18th century and renovated in 1826-28. The facade was decorated with an 8-columned portico. The auditorium and small foyer were added in the 1840s. From the 1860s it was a merchant's club, and guest actors performed in its hall. Later it became the Vladimirsky Club with a gambling hall, restaurant and other entertainment.
From 1935 the building housed the Theater of Working Youth (TRAM). In 1936-39 it became the home of the Lenin Komsomol Theater and then the B.W. the zone.
A theater was established in 1933 as the "New Theatre", and opened in 1934-36 in the premises of the former Dutch Church at 20 Nevsky Street. In 1936–40 it was located at 13 Rubinsteina Street; and has occupied its present building since 1945. In 1953 the theater was renamed "Lensovet Theater" and in 1981 it received academic status.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Magic Museum towards south at Vladimirskiy Prospekt, 12.

Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Cathedral

The Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God is a Russian Orthodox church. The street got its name from the church. The present five-domed church was built between 1761 and 1769. The building has two floors, the lower church is dedicated to St. John Damascene. The belfry was built in 1791. Portico, chapel, fences and outbuildings were added in the 19th century. Inside the church is an iconostasis, which was moved from the Anichkov Palace Chapel in 1808.
In 1888, the church was restored. The church was closed in 1932 and restored to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1989. A cathedral was named in 2000. It names Vladimirsky Avenue and Vladimirskaya Square.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Lensovet Theatre towards south at Vladimirskiy Prospekt, 20.

Dostoevsky Museum

Museum

The Dostoyevsky Museum opened on November 12, 1971 in the former apartment of Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 – February 9, 1881). Dostoyevsky lived in the apartment twice in his life: first for a short time in 1846 at the beginning of his career, and again from October 1878 until his death in January 1881. The apartment was his home during the time of some of his most notable compositions.
The apartment was reconstructed based on the memories of the author's second wife, Anna Dostoyevskaya, and her friends. The museum library has about 24,000 volumes and a small collection of manuscripts. Every November, the museum hosts an international scholarly conference, Dostoyevsky and World Culture, and a journal of the same name is published with the conference proceedings.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Vladimirskoy Cathedral towards east at Kuznechnyy Pereulok, 5/2.

Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic

Museum

The museum details the history of Russian expeditions to Antarctica between 1819 and 1821 and the story of Russian Antarctic research. The 'Chelyuskin' rescue mission, which made headlines in 1934, forms the emotional centerpiece of the collection. Among other things the museum displays the original small plane, which was put on board the 'Chelyuskin' and later used to ferry the crew of the ill-fated ship to safety on the mainland.
The museum is currently located in a former church building.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Saturday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Sunday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Monday, Tuesday and the last Friday of the month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 280 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) for child.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located about 140 meters from Dostoevsky Museum towards east at 24A, Ulitsa Marata.

Museum-Apartment of Lev Gumilyov

Museum

Lev Nikolayevich Gumilev (1 October 1912 – 15 June 1992) was a Soviet and Russian historian, anthropologist, anthropologist and translator. He was renowned for his theories of ethnography and historiography.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 6 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 140 meters from Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic towards southeast at Kolomenskaya Ulitsa, 1/15 4.

Center for Contemporary Art named after Sergei Kurokhin

Museum

Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art is a non-profit cultural center. The center was founded in 2004 and named after the Russian composer, pianist, music director, film actor and writer, Sergey Kuryokhin (16 June 1954 – 9 July 1996). The venue is located in an old cinema building. The Kuryokhin Center hosts visual art exhibitions, art events and festivals several times each year.
The annual international music festival SKIF (Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival) in St. Petersburg is named after him. Kuryokhin festivals are held annually in Berlin, Amsterdam and New York.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Muzey-Kvartira L'va Gumileva towards east at Ligovsky Avenue, 73.

Museum of Non-Conformist Art

Museum

Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 3 PM 7 PM. Monday and Tusday remain closed.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located about 360 meters from Center for Contemporary Art towards north at 10, Ulitsa Pushkinskaya (Entrance from 53, Ligovsky street).

Loft Project ETAGI

Museum

Loft Project ETAGI is one of St. Petersburg's modern art galleries, which regularly hosts exhibitions of contemporary works by young local artists, as well as modern art and design, multimedia projects, and a variety of fairs and other events. Over 3000 square meters of exhibition space in a former bread factory. ETAGI has a café and a hostel with a rooftop terrace
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 12 AM to 10 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 10 AM to 10 PM.
Entry Fee: Free except some temporary exhibits.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art towards southwest at Ligovsky Avenue, 74.

Loft Project Floors

Observation deck

Visiting Time: Sunday to Thursday - 9 AM to 11 PM. Friday and Saturday - 9 PM to 5 AM next day.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62).
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Sergey Kuryokhin Center for Modern Art towards southwest at Ligovsky Avenue, 74.


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Cathedral of the Feodorovskaya Icon of the Mother of God

Orthodox church

In 1904, a small church of the Feodorovskaya icon of the Mother of God and St. Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, was consecrated. It stood roughly where the brick-red "Kremlin" wall stands today. To expand on this, the foundation of the cathedral took place on August 5, 1911. The upper church was consecrated on January 15, 1914. World War I affected the construction and decoration plans of the cathedral and other buildings on its premises. However, the clergy house was built in 1915-1916. It was demolished in the 1960s.
The parish closed on May 10, 1932. It was used as a milk factory for over seventy years. At that time it was reconstructed to meet the needs of the factory. As a result, the original two-story five-domed building became a nearly five-story industrial building, surrounded by chaotically added brick enclosures. On August 4, 2005, the parish took over the Fyodorovsky Cathedral building which was a waste with smelly, dirty, cluttered and poorly heated rooms. There was almost no running water or sewerage.
Over a year and a half, the premises were repaired and educational activities started. Worship services were held from August 28, 2005 to August 29, 2007. Restoration began in the summer of 2007 and lasted six years without a single day of service interruption. The cathedral's five domes with their new golden cupolas were erected on August 29, 2009. In 2010–2011, restoration of some ceiling, bell towers, and interior paintings began.
A marble altar was erected in the lower church in the fall of 2011. All eleven bells were recreated, to be played for the first time on March 27, 2011. In 2012, the cathedral's white-stone facades were restored. The interior of the church was decorated, the five-tiered iconostasis of the upper church was recreated. The Clergy House was rebuilt in 2010-2014, and although the historical name "Clergy House" was retained, religious and educational activities are now held here.
Another piece of architecture is a fragment of a red brick "Kremlin" wall adjacent to the cathedral's bell tower. This wall was also supposed to be lined with white stone, but it remains in its "unfinished" form. On the centenary of its construction, in 2013, the cathedral was restored and redecorated.
Visiting Time: Sunday to Friday - 6:30 AM to 8 PM. Saturday 9 AM to 8 PM.
How to go: It is located about 670 meters from Ploshchad Vosstaniya Subway station towards south at Mirgorodskaya street, 1-B.

Lyuda Gallery

Art gallery

How to go: It is located about 900 meters from Feodorovskaya Cathedral towards southeast at Telezhnaya Ulitsa, 37.

St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church

Church

Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 4 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Lyuda Gallery towards southeast at Monastyrka River Embankment.

Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Monastery

The St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra or St. Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded in July 1710 by Peter I of Russia, in the belief that it was the site of the Battle of the Neva in 1240 when Alexander Nevsky, a prince, defeated the Swedes. But the battle took place about 19 km away from that place. In 1712, the first church was built of wood and consecrated on April 5, 1713 in the presence of Peter I.
In 1724, a new church was consecrated. The new church was named after Alexander Nevsky. The relics of St. Alexander Nevsky were solemnly transferred from Vladimir by decree of Peter the Great on September 12, 1724 (August 30 Julian or September 10 Gregorian). However, since the Russian Orthodox Church still follows the Julian calendar, the transfer of the relics is celebrated on the Julian date of August 30.
In 1750, a silver shrine was built using one and a half tons of pure silver to house the holy relics by order of Empress Elizabeth. In 1790 the temple was moved to a new cathedral, and in 1797 Emperor Paul granted the monastery its current Lavra status, making it only the third Lavra in the Russian Orthodox Church. The other two are the "Kiev Monastery of Caves" in the city of Kiev and the "Trinity Monastery of St Sergius" in the city of Sergiev Posad.
Many attempts were made to close the church. On 19 January 1918, a group went to attack it, a fight broke out with an angry mob of worshipers and a priest was shot dead. All the churches and cathedrals of the monastery were closed from 1931-36. The Holy Trinity Cathedral was returned to the Orthodox Church in 1955. Services began in 1985 at St. Nicholas' Church. During the Soviet period in the 20th century, the Silver shrine was transferred to the State Hermitage Museum. It's still there today.
At the beginning of the 20th century the territory of the monastery complex was home to 16 churches. Today, only five survive: the Holy Trinity Cathedral (1778-1790), the Church of the Annunciation (1717-1722 and 1742-1750), the Church of St. Lazarus, the Church of St. Nicholas and the Church of the Holy Mother of God. It also includes Lazarevskoe, Tikhvin, Nikolskoe, and Kazachye cemeteries. Alexander Nevsky Square developed in front of the St. Nevsky Lavra. Visitors can visit the cathedral and cemetery for a small admission fee.
How to go: It is located east of St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church at naberezhnaya reki Monastyrki, 1 B.

Nikolskoe Cemetery

Cemetery

The cemetery was opened in 1863. It was the third of four cemeteries in the complex, following the Lazarevskoe Cemetery in the 1710s and the Tikhvin Cemetery in 1823. It was built in place at the main entrance of the monastery. It was originally called Zasobornoye Cemetery, but after the construction of the Church of St. Nicholas between 1868 and 1871, it became known as Nikolskoe. Lavara Cemetery is not open to all like city cemeteries, only dignitaries and monastic monks are buried here.
It was closed in 1927 and sporadic attempts were made in the 1930s and 1940s to eliminate the cemetery. The Church of St Nicholas was closed on 10 December 1932 and it was planned to be turned into a crematorium. In 1934 a furnace was tested for cremation, but the plan was eventually abandoned and the church turned into a warehouse and workshop instead.
The Nikolskoe cemetery was restored between 1979 and 1980. The cemetery church was repaired and re-consecrated on 22 April 1985. The size of the cemetery was slightly reduced due to the construction of an overpass for the Alexander Nevsky Bridge through the northeastern part of the cemetery. Burials resumed in the late 1970s and an extensive restoration of the monuments has been underway since 1989.
How to go: It is located east of Alexander Nevsky Lavra Cathedral.

Church of St. Nicholas

Chapel

Construction of the Church of St. Nicholas church between 1868 and 1871. The church was funded by the wealthy merchant N I Rusanov, who placed his family mausoleum on the ground floor. The Church of St Nicholas was closed on 10 December 1932 and it was planned to be turned into a crematorium. In 1934 a furnace was tested for cremation, but the plan was eventually abandoned and the church turned into a warehouse and workshop instead.
How to go: It is located east of Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Nikolskoe Cemetery.

Holy Spiritual Spiritual and Educational Center

Orthodox church

How to go: It is located east of Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Nikolskoe Cemetery.

Theodore Church

Religious Institute

How to go: It is located south end of Holy Spiritual Spiritual and Educational Center.

St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church

Russian Orthodox Church

How to go: It is located west of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

Kazachye Kladbishche

Cemetery

The Kazachye Cemetery is a historical cemetery that was the fourth and final cemetery to be established in the monastery complex, following Lazarevskoe in the 1710s, Tikhvin in 1823, and Nikolskoe in 1863. The first burial was in July 1917, the Cossacks who were killed during the July Days. This gave the burial place its name, Kazachye meaning Cossack. The cemetery was officially opened in December 1919.
It was also the site of a mass grave for soldiers who fought to defend Petrograd from Nikolai Yudenich's White forces in 1919, and some of those killed during the suppression of the Kronstadt Uprising in 1921 were buried in a mass grave at the cemetery. Burials stopped temporarily after 1938, but resumed during World War II and the Siege of Leningrad. Burials in the cemetery continued until the 1970s.
The cemetery was transferred from the city administration to the supervision of the monastery, and in 2005, the monument "The Triumph of Orthodoxy" was erected in the cemetery in memory of all victims of the Orthodox faith. In 2009 its original name Kazachye was restored.
How to go: It is located west of St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Museum of the Ancient Storage of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Museum

Museum of History The Museum of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, which opened its doors in December 2013, in the year of the 300th anniversary of the monastery, is located in the historical premises of the sacristy of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The new museum exhibition, created in 2017, presents to visitors a collection of church antiquities, including iconography and religious painting, church vestments and liturgical objects, as well as decorative and applied arts, historical documents and photographs. The Museum of the Ancient Storage of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a member of the Union of Museums of Russia.
Visiting Time: Friday, Sunday and Wednesday - 12 PM to 5 PM. Saturday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday remains closed.
How to go: It is located north wings of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

1Y Lavrskiy Most

Bridge

How to go: It is located north end of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

Tikhvin

Cemetery

Tikhvin Cemetery is a historic cemetery is a part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and is one of four cemeteries in the complex. It opened in 1823 after the first cemetery in the monastery, the Lazarevskoe Cemetery, had been established in 1717, and it was becoming overcrowded. The cemetery was initially called the "New Lazarevsky". It acquired its name after the building of its cemetery church.
The brothers D. M. and N. M. Polezhaev, wealthy merchants, funded the construction of a cemetery church, laid down on 26 September 1869 and built. The church was consecrated on 2 February 1873 in the name of the icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God, which from about 1876 became the common name of the cemetery. Two icons, one of Saint Dimitry of Rostov, and one of Saint Mary of Egypt, were painted by Pavel Pleshanov for the church. In 1825 the church and cemetery were visited by Emperor Alexander I.
The church was closed in 1931 and converted into a post office between 1935 and 1937, with its facade and interior destruction. With the establishment of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture, there is now an exhibition hall as part of the museum.
How to go: It is located about north of Alexander Nevsky Lavra.

State Museum of Urban Sculpture

Museum

The brothers D. M. and N. M. Polezhaev, wealthy merchants, funded the construction of a cemetery church, laid down on 26 September 1869 and built. The church was consecrated on 2 February 1873 in the name of the icon of the Tikhvin Mother of God, which from about 1876 became the common name of the cemetery. Two icons, one of Saint Dimitry of Rostov, and one of Saint Mary of Egypt, were painted by Pavel Pleshanov for the church. In 1825 the church and cemetery were visited by Emperor Alexander I.
The church was closed in 1931 and converted into a post office between 1935 and 1937, with its facade and interior destruction. With the establishment of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture, there is now an exhibition hall as part of the museum.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 9 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: Exhibition Hall of Monumental Sculpture - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult, 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child and student. Necropolis of the 18th century (cemetery) - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult, 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child and student. Necropolis of Masters of Arts (cemetery) - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult, 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child and student. Blagoveschenskaya Burial Vault - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult, 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child and student.
How to go: It is located in Tikhvin Cemetery.

Necropolis of the Masters of the Arts

Museum

Necropolis of the Masters of the Arts.
Visiting Time: 10 AM to 4 PM every day.
How to go: It is located in Tikhvin Cemetery.

Lazarevskoe Cemetery

Cemetery

The Lazarevskoe cemetery is the oldest of the four historical cemeteries of the monastery complex. The burial began in 1717 when Natalya Alexeyevna, sister of Peter the Great, was buried in the cemetery of St. Lazarus Church, the first stone building of the monastery complex, from which the cemetery takes its name. The site soon became the burial place for Peter's family and other members of the court, and became the most prestigious burial ground in the city, requiring Peter's personal permission.
Burial was extended to the wealthy merchant class in the late eighteenth century, in exchange for large sums of money. Wealthy merchants hired Russia's most prominent sculptors for tombstones and monuments. The cemetery was becoming overcrowded, so in 1823 the Tikhvin Cemetery was opened. After that only in special cases were burials at the Lazarevskoe cemetery. The last burial was in 1915, and in 1919 the cemetery was closed for new burials.
In 1932 it was declared an "Necropolis of the eighteenth century" and became part of the State Museum of Urban Sculpture. A group of Soviet writers visited the cemetery in 1934 and, with the support of Maxim Gorky, declared it of great cultural and historical significance. Beginning in 1935, lesser historical or artistic monuments were removed, while higher historical or artistic ones were brought from other cemeteries. The museum was restored and opened to the public in 1952.
How to go: It is located east of Tikhvin Cemetery

The Church of St Lazarus

Church

St. Lazarus Church was built in 1717 on the banks of the Monastyrka River. The stone church was the monastery's first stone building, was probably consecrated on 17 October 1717 after Peter the Great's return from abroad. The church was rebuilt and enlarged between 1787 and 1789, adding a small sacristy at the north end and the refectory at the west end, bringing the church to its present dimensions.
The church was completely rebuilt between 1835 and May 1836. The roof and floor were replaced, the foundations and walls rebuilt to an increased height. Further repairs were made in 1845 and 1867. The last burial in the church vault was in 1890. In 1923 the church was closed along with the cemetery and served as a warehouse. With the establishment of the Necropolis Museum in 1932, the interior of the church was extensively remodeled.
With the destruction of the Lavra's Dukhovskaya Church in 1937, many monuments were transferred to the museum, and later other monuments were brought from the Feodorovskaya Lavra Church, the Smolensky Armenian Church and the Catholic Church in Tsarskoye Selo. The church was repaired in 1944. It was opened several years later as an exhibition hall of monuments. Now the Church of St. Lazarus contains Eighty-two monuments, of which thirty-three have been brought from other places.
How to go: It is located in Lazarevskoe Cemetery.

Graffiti by Sergei Bodrov

Painting

How to go: It is located about 50 meters from the east end of the Church of St Lazarus towards north.

Gate Church In the Name of the Icon of the Mother of God of All Who Sorrow Joy

Church

Gate Church In the Name of the Icon of the Mother of God of All Who Sorrow Joy.
How to go: It is located on the north entrance gate of Lazarevskoe Cemetery. It is near Ploschad Aleksandra Nevskogo 1 metro station.

Alexander Nevsky Square

Square

How to go: It is located near Ploschad Aleksandra Nevskogo 1 Metro station, front of Alexander Nevsky Monastery.

Monument to Alexander Nevsky

Monument

On 9 May 2002, as part of the 300th anniversary celebrations of Saint Petersburg, a bronze equestrian statue of Alexander Nevsky was unveiled in the square. The pedestal is 5 meters high, and the statue 5.1 meters. On 12 September 2005 two bronze bas-reliefs were installed on the pedestal, which depict the Battle of the Neva and the installation of the relics of Alexander Nevsky in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
How to go: It is located in Alexander Nevsky Square.

Nevsky Prospect

Street

Nevsky Prospect is a main street. Its name comes from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery which stands at the eastern end of the street, and which commemorates the Russian hero Prince Saint Alexander Nevsky (1221–1263). Following his founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, Tsar Peter I planned the course of the street as the beginning of the road to Novgorod and Moscow.
How to go: It is started from Admiralty (west end) to Alexander Nevsky Lavra (east end) via Moscow Railway Station.


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Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary "Joy of All Who Sorrow"

Church

How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Alexander Nevsky Square towards north at Sinopskaya Embankment, 34/36.

Museum of the History of Vocational Education

Museum

Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located about 320 meters from Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary towards northeast at Sinopskaya Embankment, 64.

Alliluyev Museum-Apartment

Museum

Stalin's in-laws rented the flat for two years 1916-18 around the 1917 Revolution. When Lenin was accused of being a German spy by the Kerensky government in July 1917, he fled his quarters in the Elizarov apartment and came here with his colleague Zinoviev for 3 days. He and his party colleagues debated here, whether to fight the charges, or flee.
Lenin fled, eventually to Finland, returning in October at the moment of the Bolshevik Revolution. Although this flat is very much associated with Stalin and his wife and his family. Stalin lived here for several months in 1918–19, before he and his wife moved to Moscow. The furniture dates from the period but is mostly not original to the flat. But it has the typical furnishings of a modest middle-class flat of this period. There are English language sheets which give you adequate accompaniment to the place.
Visiting Time: Wednesday - 1 PM to 9 PM. Thursday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for adult.
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Museum of the History of Vocational Education towards west at 10-Ya Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 17, 6 Etazh, Kvartira 20.

Memorial "Nyenskans Fortress"

Historical Site

Excavations in 1992-2000 revealed the remains of three different medieval forts at the site. The only Swedish castle known historically is "Landskrona", built in 1300 by Tyrgils Knutsson, who was Lord High Constable of Sweden. Landskrona was a very large wooden castle with eight towers. In the spring of 1301 a large Russian army besieged the fortress. When the fire broke out inside the castle, the Swedish retreated to the basement. The last Swedish defenders were captured and the Russians burned the fort.
After the death of the childless Tsar Feodor I on January 7, 1598, his brother-in-law, Boris Godunov, was crowned Tsar on September 1, 1598. In 1605, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth unofficially invaded Russia against the crowned Tsar Boris Godunov with the support of False Dmitry I for their own gain. In April 1605, after the death of Boris Godunov, and in June 1605 False Dmitry I came to power. He was killed during an uprising in Moscow in May 1606. Vasily Shuisky ruled from 19 May 1606 to 19 July 1610.
As Russian unrest continued, the Polish attacked again in 1607 in support of the new occupier, False Dmitry II. In 1609, Vasili IV approached the King of Sweden to form a military alliance against False Dmitry II and the Polish occupiers. The two signed the Treaty of Vyborg, in which Russia ceded Kexholm County and Korela Castle to Sweden in exchange for military assistance. The Polish–Muscovite War lasted from April 1609 to 4 June 1610 and was a joint victory of the Russo-Swedish army.
The Swedish attempted to control the territory of Ingria (the Gulf of Finland to the northwest of England, Lake Ladoga to the north, and the Narva River on the border with Estonia to the west), including the occupied territories, in violation of the terms of the Treaty of Vyborg. Sweden built "Nyenskans fortress" in Ingria in 1611, capable of housing 500 people. In 1632, Nyenskans settled in the vicinity, known as Nyen. By the mid-17th century Nain flourished as a trading center and had a population of about 2,000.
Ethnic Russian, Izhorian, and Karelian residents were banned from Nyen. In 1656, the Nyenskans wes invaded by Russia. The attack is repelled, but Nyen is badly damaged. In 1677, defensive measures were implemented in Nyenskans and Nyen. By the end of the 17th century, Nyenskans fort was expanded and modernized to accommodate 600 people. After the completion of the project, Nyenskans was considered by Sweden to be the most modern fortress in the world.
In 1700, Russian attacks increased after the start of the Great Northern War, which reignited hostilities between Sweden and Russia. On May 1, 1703, Sweden lost Nyenskans fort to the Russians when the fort was captured by Peter the Great. In 1703, Peter decided to build St. Petersburg. The site of Nyenskans and Nyen was renovated by Peter into the new town of Schlötburg. The exact date of the destruction of Nyenskans is also unknown, starting with the fact that most were destroyed as early as 1704.
Today, nothing remains of Nyenskans above ground, and the site is now located in the Krasnogvardeysky district of St. Petersburg. On June 15, 2000, a monument was unveiled at this place. In May 2003, on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, the museum "700 years: Landskrona, the Neva Mouth, Nyenschantz" was opened on the site of the fortress.
How to go: It is located on the right bank of Neva River, after crossing Bolsheokhtinsky bridge. About 750 meters from Muzey Istorii Professional'nogo Obrazovaniya Museum towards northeast.

Monument to Peter I

Monument

How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Memorial "Nyenskans Fortress" towards north by crossing Malookhtinskiy Bridge towards northeast.

Pamyatnik Moldagulovoy

Monument

Aliya Moldagulova was born in 1925 in the village of Bulak. During World War II, he served as a sniper in the 54th Separate Rifle Brigade of the 22nd Army of the Second Baltic Front, disabling more than 70 enemy soldiers and officers. He died in early January 1944 during the Leningrad-Novgorod operation. In June of the same year, Aliya Moldagulova was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
The sculptural composition of bronze with a height of 3 meters is mounted on a pedestal of pink granite. The monument has been installed on the eve of the 74th Anniversary of the World War II Victory.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Monument to Peter I towards north.

Sculpture "Exupery's Dove"

sculpture

How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Pamyatnik Moldagulovoy towards east.

Hide and Seek in the Dark

Amusement Center

Hide and Seek in the Dark.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Sculpture "Exupery's Dove" towards north.


Day-13:

Street Art Museum

Street Art

The museum allocated to the ongoing factory has become an attraction since 2014. The territory of the museum is divided into two separate areas - the permanent exhibition in the factory area and the open public space, the place of temporary exhibition. The factory site is hidden from public view with a permanent exhibition of wall paintings or "murals" created by contemporary artists. It now houses more than 20 works of art by modern street artists. There is a significant amount of murals inside the factory shop.
How to go: It is located on the acting Laminated Plastics factory in the East of Saint Petersburg. About 2 km from Pryatki V Temnote towards northeast.

Temple of the Holy Prophet Elijah

Church

In 1715, the Okhtinsky gunpowder factories were established in this place. In 1717, a wooden chapel was built on their land, which was consecrated in the name of Saint Elijah the Prophet. In 1721, the chapel was demolished and in 1722 the construction of the wooden church of Saint Elijah the Prophet began. In 1742-1743, the church was replaced by a larger wooden-church on a stone foundation. Its consecration took place on July 18, 1743.
In 1760, a chapel was added to the church, consecrated on December 27, 1760 in the name of Dmitry of Rostov. A small cemetery was established within the churchyard. At this site, the construction of the present church began in 1782. Completed and consecrated in 1785. In 1805-1806, a chapel named after Alexander Nevsky was added to the church. This extension has a single tier bell tower with a spire on top.
In 1875-1877, the Alexander Nevsky Chapel was combined with the main building of the church. In 1901-1902, another reconstruction of the temple was done, the shape of the bell tower and dome were slightly changed. minor consecration of the church took place on July 8, 1911. The bell tower is decorated with pilasters; Both levels on each side are completed by a triangular pediment. The second level is completed by a spire atop a small dome, a lantern at the top of the spire and a cross above the lantern.
On May 8, 1923, the church was granted cathedral status. From that moment until 1938, the temple belonged to the Renovationist Church. On July 11, 1938, the Ilyinsky Cathedral was closed, its building transferred to the Moscow military. In 1974, there was a fire in the temple building. In 1983, after the fire, restoration of the temple began and in 1988 it was returned to the diocese. The main temple was consecrated in 1989 and is still functioning today.
How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Street Art Museum towards east.

Aleksandrovskiye Vorota

Historical landmark

Alexander Gate of the former Okhta Gunpowder Factory near The Okhta River. The factory was founded by Peter The Great
How to go: It is located about 380 meters from Temple of the Holy Prophet Elijah towards north opposite of Okhta River.

Okhtinskaya Plotina

Okhta Dam

The Okhta is the largest tributary of the Neva River and has a rich history that dates back long before the founding of St. Petersburg. A succession of ancient settlements and fortresses have been discovered at the mouth of the Okhtar, which has given the place the name "St. Petersburg Troy". The Okhta Dam was originally built in 1716 to create the Okhta Reservoir to supply fresh water to the city.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Aleksandrovskiye Vorota towards east.

Temple of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky

Srine

How to go: It is located about 750 meters from Okhtinskaya Plotina towards northeast at Capsule Highway, 45.

Memorial "Rzhev Blockade Corridor"

Memorial

How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Temple of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky towards northeast.

Pamyatnik Regulirovshchitse

Monument

Monument to the Traffic Controller.
How to go: It is located about 850 meters from Memorial "Rzhev Blockade Corridor" towards northeast.

Day-14:

Sfinksy

Scupture

How to go: It is located about 1.4 km from Hide and Seek in the Dark amuzement center towards northwest at the front of Villa Kushelev-Bezborodko

Villa Kushelev-Bezborodko

Landmark

Built by 1777 as a two-storied building. In 1782, A.A. Bezborodko became a landowner. The building was completely rebuilt in 1783-1787. A moat with a granite sphinx was placed on the embankment in front of the house.
How to go: It is located north of the Sfinksy at Sverdlovskaya Naberezhnaya, 40.

Church of the Name of St. Panteleimon

Church

How to go: It is located north of Villa Kushelev-Bezborodko at Sverdlovskaya Naberezhnaya, 38I.

Lenrezerv

Museum

In 2017, the largest private museum dedicated to the Great Patriotic War was opened in St. Petersburg. Lenrezerv displays vehicles and military equipment related to World War 2.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday remain closed.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Villa Kushelev-Bezborodko towards northwest at Feodosiyskaya Ulitsa, 4A.

Pedestrian Fountain

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 1 km from Lenrezerv Museum towards north in Lyubashinsky Garden.

Museum of Russian Submarine Forces

Museum

The AI Marinesko Museum is a state museum of the history of the Russian submarine force. The museum was named in honor of Soviet submarine commander Alexander Marinesko (15 January 1913 – 25 November 1963). The museum was established in 1997.
Visiting Time: Wednesday and Thursday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Friday - 10:30 AM to 5 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Monday and Tuesday remain closed.
How to go: It is located about 1.8 km from Lyubashinsky Garden towards north at Kondrat'yevskiy Street, 83.

Bogoslovskoe Cemetery

Cemetery

The name "Bogoslovskoe Cemetery" comes from the church of John the Apostle, to which a cemetery was attached in the early 18th century, mostly for those who died in the nearby military hospital. In 1788 the church and cemetery were closed and the land sold into private ownership. A small two-storied chapel was built in 1853-1854.
In 1915-1916, a new wooden three-fronted church of John the Apostle was built in the cemetery. The church remained closed during the Soviet era and was finally looted and demolished in 1938, along with part of the cemetery. In October 2000, a newly rebuilt wooden church of John the Apostle was consecrated.
The grave of the leader of the Russian rock group Kino, Viktor Robertovich Tsoi, is located inside the cemetery. Tsoi organized his first group at age 12, and by age 20 he was performing with established rock musicians. Perestroika allowed him to gain mainstream exposure and perform in concerts across the country. He was also seen in the films 'Needle' and 'Assa'. He died in a car accident at the height of his popularity.
There is a Grave of submariner Alexander Marinesko, and a Memorial obelisk to Soviet soldiers killed in the Second World War inside the cemetery. There is also a Prefabricated Hammered Machine Gun Reinforced Concrete Firing Point at the west side of cemetery.
How to go: It is located about 750 meters from Museum of Russian Submarine Forces towards north at Mechnikova Street, 31.

Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery

Cemetery

The memorial complex was opened on May 9, 1960. About 420,000 civilians and 50,000 soldiers were buried in 186 mass graves during the Siege of Leningrad. An eternal flame is located near the entrance. At the center of the complex, there is a bronze monument symbolizing the Mother Motherland. It is located about 350 meters inland from the Eternal Flame. A granite wall behind the monument bears the words of the poet Olga Berggolts.
Visiting Time: 9 AM to 6 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Bogoslovskoe Cemetery towards northeast at Nepokoronnykh Street, 72. From Ploshchad Muzhestva Metro Station, it is 3 km towards east. Take buses 123, 138 or 80 east along Nepokoronnykh Street. From Akademicheskaya metro station, take buses 78 or 61.


Day-15:

Suvorov Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday: 10 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday - 1 to 9 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for foreign citizen. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for Russian adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student or age below 18. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for military personnel.
How to go: It is located about 560 meters from Chernyshevskaya metro station towards east.

Monument to the lamplighter

Monument

The cast-iron lamplighter monument depicts a man seated on a sidewalk railing with a ladder and rope in hand. Placed on the site where the world's first electric street lamp was installed in 1873.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Suvorov Museum towards northeast.

Pyotr Kozlov Apartment Museum

Museum

Pyotr Kozlov (3 October 1863 – 26 September 1935) was a Russian and Soviet traveler and explorer who carried on the studies of  Nikolai Przhevalsky in Mongolia and Tibet. His apartment has been turned into a museum with lots of artifacts from his expedition.
Visiting Time: Thursday - 12 PM to 6 PM.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Monument to the lamplighter towards east, and south of SMOLNY Cathedral at 6, Smolny Prospekt, apt. 32.

SMOLNY Cathedral

Cathedral

The name Smolny comes from the Smolny Palace, built in 1729 by Peter I near the village of Smolny, in which there was a tar factory. Pitch ("smola" in Russian) was processed here for use in shipbuilding and maintenance. As a result, the local was called "Smolny", the place of the pitch.
This Russian Orthodox convent was built in the house of Elizabeth, daughter of Peter the Great. On the night of November 25, 1741, Elizabeth seized power. The convent's main church, catholicon or sobor, was designed by the architect of Italy, who also redesigned the Winter Palace and built the Grand Catherine Palace in Pushkin, the Grand Palace in Peterhof and many other landmarks. The cathedral was built between 1748 and 1764. But it was unfinished.
Empress Elizabeth died in 1762. When Catherine II ascended the throne, the empress firmly rejected the design. The building was completed in 1835 by a new architect. The cathedral was consecrated on 22 July 1835. The church was closed by the Soviet authorities in 1923. It was looted until 1982, when it became a concert hall. Smolny Cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in April 2015, and is now an active Orthodox church.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: Exhibition hall - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62). Bell tower - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08). Joint ticket - 200 Rubles (USD 2.16). Panorama of St Petersburg audio tour - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located north of west end of Bolsheokhtinsky bridge. East side of Monument to the lamplighter at 3/1, Ploshchad Rastrelli.

SMOLNY Institute

Museum

Formal education for women only began in 1764 and 1765, when Catherine II established first the Smolny Institute for girls of the nobility and then the Novodevichii Institute for girls of commoners. Smolny was Russia's first educational institution for women and operated under the personal patronage of the Empress of Russia until just before the Revolution of 1917.
The building was constructed in 1806-08, borrowing its name from the nearby Smolny Convent.
In 1917, Vladimir Lenin chose the building as his party headquarters just before and during the October Revolution. It was Lenin's residence for several months until the national government moved to the Moscow Kremlin in March 1918. After that, Smolny became the headquarters of the local Communist Party, effectively the city hall. In 1927, a monument to Lenin was erected in front of the building. The Smolny Institute was also the site of the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934.
After 1991, Smolny was used as the seat of the city's mayor. Vladimir Putin served there from 1991 to 1997. Today, this historic building is the official residence of the Governor of St. Petersburg and also houses a museum dedicated to Lenin. Visitors to the museum can tour Lenin's office and living room and see the assembly hall where the victory of the October Revolution was declared in 1917.
Vistiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Closed Saturday and Sunday. Visits only with organized tour and by prior arrangement.
How to go: South of SMOLNY Cathedral at 1/3, Ploschad Proletarskoy Diktatury (Smolny, room 137). Nearest metro station is Chernyshevskaya metro station.

Monument FE Dzerzhinsky

Monument

Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky (11 September 1877 – 20 July 1926) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and politician. From 1917 until his death in 1926.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from SMOLNY Cathedral towards west.

Monument of General Brusilov

Monuement

Aleksei Alekseyevich Brusilov (31 August 1853 – 17 March 1926) was a Soviet general best known for developing new offensive tactics used in the Brusilov Offensive of 1916, which was his greatest achievement. The innovative and relatively successful techniques used were later copied by the Germans.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Monument FE Dzerzhinsky towards west.

Fountain "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg"

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 60 meters from Monument of General Brusilov towards west.

Monument to the Great Patriotic War Anti-aircraft guns

Monument

How to go: It is located north of Fountain "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg".

Monument to Pavel Palibin

Monument

How to go: It is located about 50 meters from Fountain "Vodokanal of St. Petersburg" towards west.

Monument to Vodovoz

Monument

How to go: It is located about 20 meters north of Monument to Pavel Palibin, and 50 meters west of Monument to the Great Patriotic War Anti-aircraft guns.

Installation "Globe"

Monuement

How to go: It is located about 10 meters northwest of Monument to Vodovoz.

Museum of Water

Museum

Museum on the history of water supply in St. Petersburg. Museum consists of three parts, each requiring separate tickets.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 AM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: Tower - 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child or student. Underground World - 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child or student.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for Photo. 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for video.
How to go: It is located west of Installyatsiya "Globus" at 56, Shpalernaya Ulitsa.

Tauride Palace

Palace

Prince Grigory Potemkin of the Tauride built his city residence. Construction began in 1783 and lasted six years. Shortly before his death, on 28 April 1791, Potemkin used the palace to host festivals and lightings. Several months after his death, Catherine II bought his palace and ordered it to be converted into her summer townhouse.
Catherine II built the theater in the east wing and the church in the west wing. In the garden, she built the Admiralty Pavilion, garden house, orangery, glass house, bridge and iron fence. The Venus Taurid sculpture (now in the Hermitage Museum) was housed in the palace from the late eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. The decorations in each of the main rooms, including the Chinese Hall and Tapestry Parlor, were destroyed after 1799, when Emperor Paul, son of Catherine II, used the palace as stables and barracks.
The palace was converted into the seat of the first Russian parliament in 1906. After the February Revolution of 1917, the Taurid Palace housed the Russian Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet in opposite wings of the palace. In early March the Provisional Government moved into the Marinsky Palace. The inactive Russian Constituent Assembly held its meeting there in 1918. The Bolsheviks used the building for their 7th Congress in May 1918, where they first renamed themselves the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik).
From 1920 to 1991, the Taurid Palace was used for the High Party School. Since the 1990s, Tauride Palace has been home to the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS) member states. For this reason, a large glass-covered annex was placed immediately behind the palace, in the Tauride Gardens, and is not open for sightseeing.
Visiting Time: Monday to Thursday - 9 AM to 6 PM. Friday - 9 AM to 4:45 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: The Tauride Palace is no longer open to the public, but have free access to the Tavrichesky Garden and admire the building from the outside.
How to go: It is located south of Monument to Pavel Palibin.

Tauride Garden: You will see in the garden - Monument to Young Heroes of the Defense of the City of Lenin, Fountain "Boy With Duck", Monument to Sergey Yesenin, Monument to Pyotr Chaykovski, Greenhouse Tauride Gardens.

Manege of the Cavalry Regiment

Landmark

How to go: It is located west of Greenhouse in Tauride Gardens.

K. A. Shreybera House

Landmark

History says that at the beginning of the 19th century there was a small palace with a garden, which in the late 1840s was replaced by a two-story wooden house by the titular councilor, D Molimonov. In 1859, it was rebuilt into a three-story stone house. The present building was constructed in 1906-1907. 1st City Duma deputies, senators and senior army officers lived here and part of the premises was occupied by the Norwegian Embassy.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters south from Manezh Kavalergardskogo Polka.

Baryatinsky Mansion

Mansion

The first building was built in the second half of the eighteenth century by lieutenant general Fyodor Ivanovich Aprelev (1764 - September 30, 1831). Then the mansion was inherited by his son, but soon he was killed on his wedding day. In 1837 the house was acquired by Maria Feodorovna Baryatinskaya, nee Keller. The house was rebuilt. In 1858 she died, and in 1861 a house church in honor of Mary Magdalene was built in the place of her bedroom. After that, the mansion changed its owners several times.
In 1896, the mansion was acquired by the imperial court as a gift for the wedding of Olga Alexandrovna Romanova with Prince Peter Alexandrovich of Oldenburg. Neither Olga nor Peter were happily married. In 1916, 10 years after receiving permission for divorce from Emperor Nicholas II, she was able to marry Kulikovsky and take his last name.
After the revolution in 1917, much of the interior of the palace was lost. In 1988, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of St. Petersburg moved to this building, which in 1989 began work to restore the interior decoration of the rooms. The right wing now houses the tax office for the Central District of St. Petersburg, and the left wing houses the center for housing compensation.
How to go: It is located about 230 meters from Dom K. A. Shreybera House towards southwest at 46-48, Ulitsa Tchaikovskogo.

Myth

Art gallery

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student and retired.
How to go: It is located near Osobnyak Baryatinskikh at 61 Tchaikovsky Street.

Muzey Kavalergardskogo Polka

Army museum

How to go: It is located about 140 meters from Manezh Kavalergardskogo Polka towards west and about 500 meters from Myth Art gallery towards north.

Monument to Anna Akhmatova

Monument

A monument to Anna Akhmatova was erected in December 2006 on the fortieth anniversary of the poet's death across the Neva River opposite the Kresty prison, according to her will in her poem "Requiem".
How to go: It is located north of Muzey Kavalergardskogo Polka.

Muzey Kofe

Coffee Museum

Visiting Time: 11 AM to 8 PM everyday.
How to go: It is located northwest of Monument to Anna Akhmatova at Voskresenskaya Naberezhnaya, 14.

Monument to the victims of political repressions

Solovetsky Stone

The Solovetsky Stone is a monument to the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union and to those who have fought and fight for freedom.
How to go: It is located north of Monument to Anna Akhmatova.

Monument to Poltava ship

Monument

The monument is dedicated to the first Russian 54-gun battleship "Poltava".
In 1702-1703, Russian troops captured the Swedish fortresses of Noteborg and Nyenskans on the Neva River. The fortresses of St. Petersburg (on Zayachy Island), and Kronstadt (on the Kotlin island) were built to protect these territories. Shipbuilding began in August 1708 to January 1709 with four 50-gun ships of the line. The 54-gun battleship "Poltava" was commissioned by Peter I on 5 December 1709. The entire royal family was present at the Poltava launch on 15 June 1712.
Poltava's first military action began in the Battle of Helsinki, which was fought between 8 and 11 May 1713 between the Russian army and the Finnish army defending Sweden. Paltova also witnessed the Battle of Gangut in 2014, between the Swedish Navy and the Russian Navy, near the city of Hanko, Finland. It was the first important victory of the Russian fleet in its history. Poltava was part of many campaigns between 1715-1717.
On 5 May 1721, Poltava participated in the cruise operation in the Baltic Sea. On 9 May, during a heavy storm, her masts were severely damaged and sent to Kronstadt for repairs. In 1722–1723 the ship was used for crew training in the Gulf of Finland and remained in port after 1723. On 13 May 1725, her guns were transferred to Moscow. From 1726 the ship was considered unfit due to age. Poltava was dismantled after 1732.
The monument was opened in March 2015. The demo ship is 8 meters long, 2 meters wide, and weighs 1964 kg. The model is set on a high rectangular pedestal with granite.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Monument to the victims of political repressions.

Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow

Church

The icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow" (with coins) was glorified in St. Petersburg in 1888, when a chapel was struck by lightning during a terrible thunderstorm. All but this icon of the Queen of Heaven were burned or singed. It fell to the floor and the poor box broke at the same time. Somehow, twelve small coins (half-kopeck pieces), got attached to the icon. A church was built on the site of the chapel in 1898.
How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Monument to Poltava ship towards south at Shpalernaya Ulitsa, 35.

Egyptian House

Landmark

The construction of the house was started in 1911 by the wife of the State Councillor. Construction was completed in 1913. The house was advanced with a lifting automatic elevator for that time, but most of all it impressed everyone with its appearance. The facade is decorated with tall protruding columns with faces of deities. In 2007, the facade was restored. The house is almost completely preserved in its original form. Now it is an elite residential building, offices, shops and cafes are located on the first floor.
How to go: It is located about 110 meters south from Church of the Icon of the Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow at Zakhar'yevskaya Ulitsa, 23.

Time cafe anticafe Mañana

Game Cafe

How to go: It is located about 180 meters from Egyptian House towards west at Zakhar'yevskaya Ulitsa, 11.

Day-16:

Transfiguration Cathedral

Cathedral

The construction of the cathedral was ordered by Empress Elizabeth. The cathedral was built on the site of an old barracks. The foundation stone was laid on June 9, 1743. The cathedral was blessed on August 16, 1754 in the presence of the Empress. During the reign of Emperor Paul I, on November 12, 1796, the cathedral received the honorary title of "All Guards". On August 20, 1825, the cathedral was completely destroyed by fire. Only the outer walls and essential sacred objects remained, which were preserved.
Between 1825 and 1829 it was rebuilt in the Empire style that exists today. A parish charitable society was started at the cathedral in 1871, maintaining an almshouse, a children's asylum, a cafeteria, a school for soldiers' children, and free lodging quarters. The cathedral was open for worship after the October Revolution of 1917. In 1918 it became a parish church. Many valuable icons were removed in the 1920s.
From 1922 to 1926 and from 1935 to the spring of 1944 the cathedral was controlled by the Reformers; And since 1939, after the Church of the Savior in Senna was closed, it has been the main Reformed church in Leningrad. During the Siege of Leningrad a shelter capable of holding 500 people was built in the basement, where first aid was given to the wounded. The facade and interior were restored between 1946 and 1948.
Visiting Time: Everyday 8 AM to 8 PM.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Chernyshevskaya metro station towards west at Preobrazhenskaya Square, 1.

"One and a Half Rooms" Joseph Brodsky Museum

Museum

How to go: It is located west of Transfiguration Cathedral.

Garden of Friendship

Garden

Small gardens with Chinese style gates, lion carvings and painted dragons and spring cherry blossoms.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Transfiguration Cathedral towards northwest.

"Olympia" Palace

Landmark

Olympia Palace is a historic building in the city center built in 1843. The palace hosts various cabaret-style events.
How to go: It is located about 30 meters from Sad Druzhby towards northeast.

Live Paper Museum

Museum

It is a wonderful place for adults and children. There are many exhibits in a small space. All of them are made by hand and almost everyone has a name. During the tour you will be told about the technique of making papier-mâché products. There is also an 18+ exhibit for adult audiences.
You can take pictures in intricate hats with exhibits and you can buy any of them. You can order the production of any product according to your sketch or according to a statue similar to a portrait (from a photo). You can attend a master class (600 Rubles (USD 6.47)) for both adults and children or become a student at the Papier-mâché school. The main advantage is that school visits are carried out freely.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adults, 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for child.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters from "Olympia" Palace towards east at Furshtatskaya, 8.

St. Anne's Lutheran Church

Lutheran Church

St. Anne's Church is a Lutheran church. It was built in 1775-1779 for the German community in a neoclassical style with Ionic columns. After the church was closed by the Soviet regime in 1935, it was converted into a cinema (called Spartak). A nightclub opened inside the building at the beginning of the 21st century and was damaged by fire. The building was completely restored to its original purpose by its new owner in 2012-2013.
Every Sunday morning, there is a worship service in Russian and a service in English during the school year. Exhibition of modern painters in several rooms of the building.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters east from Live Paper Museum.

Milonga Openair

Dance Pavillion

How to go: It is located about 350 meters from "Olympia" Palace towards north near south end of Liteyniy Bridge.

Mansion of O V Serebryakova

Historic Landmark

The mansion was built in 1860 for the artillery general, A. Fadeev. At the beginning of the 20th century, ownership passed to the wife of the colonel of the cavalry regiment O V Serebryakov. By her command, a house was built in Rastrelli Baroque style. It is a five storied building. Before the revolution, the Swedish embassy was located here and many famous figures of the time lived here.
How to go: It is located about 220 meters from Milonga Openair Dance Pavillion towards west.

Kusheleva-Bezborodko Mansion

Historic Landmark

In the late 18th century, a stone merchant had a house on the site. In 1830, the house was acquired by Count Alexander Kushelev-Bezborodko, and in 1857-1862, his son Count Nikolay Kushelev-Bezborodko was entrusted with the construction of the palace. Inside the palace was a new grand entrance hall and two state rooms, a theatre, library building and a large collection of his paintings. A new garden with fountains was also built around the palace.
In 1873, Nikolay moved into the palace. Notorious for gambling and womanizing, Nicole lived in her new mansion for only a year. He was then exiled from St. Petersburg to Tashkent, Uzbekistan for his relationship with American dancer Fanny Lear. After the assassination of Alexander II in 1881, the palace was handed over to Catherine Dolgorukova, widow of Alexander II. She sold the palace when he moved to Paris in 1912.
The new owner converted the building into rented apartments and built a second apartment building on the palace garden site. After 1917, the small marble palace became first a ballet studio and then, from 1927, an industrial safety research institute. It now houses the European University in St. Petersburg. Unfortunately, the European University management still prohibits organized tours of the palace.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters from Mansion of O.V.Serebryakova tpwards south at Gagarinskaya Street, 3.

Mansion of the State Lady Elizaveta Mikhailovna Buturlina

Historic Landmark

A wooden house stood on the site in the early 18th century and was owned by military engineer Vasily Korchmin, a close confidant of Peter the Great, after whom Vasilevsky Island is named. In 1844, the land was handed over to Lady-in-Waiting Elizaveta Buturlina. He built a palace for her there in 1857-1860. Unfortunately Buturlina died in 1859 before the building was completed.
Much of its exterior remains unchanged to the present day. In the 1860s the house was used as the Austro-Hungarian Embassy. After the outbreak of World War I, the townspeople first threw stones at the building and then set it on fire. Firefighters mainly tried to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. The magnificent interior of the palace was burnt down. It was partially restored, and after 1917, prisoners of war were housed here.
In 1925, the mansion was taken under state protection as an architectural monument and in 1930 it was repaired and converted into an apartment building, which remains today.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Kusheleva-Bezborodko Mansion towards southeast.

Mosaic Courtyard

Open-air Museum

Located on the banks of the Fontanka River, the Mosaic Courtyard is an open-air museum. Its author is the artist Vladimir Lubenko and his students. This place is decorated with various types of sculptures, covered with mosaics. Gallery of Vladimir Lubenko art gallary is near the courtyard.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Mansion of the State Lady Elizaveta Mikhailovna Buturlina towards east.

Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad

War Museum

Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Wednesday 12:30 PM to 9 PM. Tuesday and last Thursday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult and 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Mosaic Courtyard towards south at 9, Solyanoy Pereulok.

Salt Town

Landmark

At the time of Peter the Great, there was a special wooden shipyard on the site of Salt Town on the east side of the Fontanka River. In 1782, the building was built in its place, where wine and salt warehouses were located. Hence the building is known as "Salt Town". After the abolition of the state monopoly on salt, the need for warehouses disappeared, and in 1870 the All-Russian Art Exhibition was opened here. The building was decorated with a sculptural group, symbolizing peace, science, art and commerce.
Today in this quarter, Panteleymonovo church, A.L. The Stieglitz Academy, also known as the Mukhina School, includes the Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts and the Museum of Defense and the Siege of Leningrad. Salt Town turns into a festival zone on 20th May every year.
How to go: It is located south of Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad at Fontanka River Embankment, 10.

Museum of Applied Art

Museum

The museum was established in 1878. Its collection of over 30,000 exhibits includes a variety of decorative arts and crafts, including furniture, porcelain, chandeliers, tiled stoves, artistic metalwork, cast relief and engraving.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 11 AM to 4:30 PM. Sunday Monday and the last Friday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 60 Rubles (USD 0.65).
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for video.
How to go: It is located east of Salt Town at 13-15, Solyanoy Pereulok.

Museum of the Central School of Technical Drawing of Baron A. L. Stieglitz

Museum

The history of the Museum of Applied Art began in January 1876 at the expense of A L Stieglitz, the most advanced school of technical drawing in Russia. Museum building, built in 1885-1896. On May 12, 1896, the Baron Stiglitz Museum of Arts and Crafts was opened in the presence of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna.
Almost all historical eras and styles are reflected in the decoration of the museum's thirty-two halls. After the revolution, the school was closed, and the museum was acquired by the Hermitage, becoming its first branch. After the war, the museum was revived in the rebuilt school, which in 1953 became the V. I. Mukhina lvhpu.
Visiting Time: Museum can be visited by appointment. Excursions are conducted according to the schedule.
How to go: It is located south of Museum of Applied Art at 15 Solyanoy pereulok.

Church of the Holy Great Martyr and Healer Panteleimon

Church

The first wooden church was built here during the reign of Peter the Great, to celebrate two major naval victories over the Swedish, the first at Hanko in Finland in 1714 and the second at the Battle of Grengam in 1721. Both fell on the festival day of St. Panteleimon, and they ensured the success of Peter's lifelong ambition to transform Russia into a great maritime nation. The wooden church was replaced by the modern stone church in 1735-39. It remains almost unchanged to this day.
Although there were plans to demolish the church in the 1930s, it never happened, and the building was handed over to an electrical factory. Later, it was restored as a museum of the Battle of Hanko and finally returned to the Orthodox Church in the 1990s. Although the original interior was completely destroyed, the original mosaic icon of Saint Panteleimon somehow survived and the church has been completely restored.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters from Museum of the Central School of Technical Drawing of Baron A. L. Stieglitz towards south at Ulitsa Pestelya, 2A.

Sheremetev Palace (Museum of Music)

Museum

Once the largest aristocratic estate in St. Petersburg, it was awarded to Field-Marshal Boris Sheremetev in 1712. The Sheremetev Palace building dates back to the 1740s. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, Sheremetev built his own hospital and theater on the land, where Sheremetev's famous Surf Theater troupe and orchestra performed. The palace is also known as the 'Fountain House' for the fountains that once decorated its gardens.
Iron fences were added in 1838. The southern wing of the garden was added in 1845. The Sheremetev Palace was home to several generations of the family, and each expanded and adapted the buildings. The Fountain House became one of the main cultural centers of St. Petersburg. One of the best theaters was built in the 18th century. The palace was a venue for concerts and literary events.
From 1935 to 1941, it was the Museum of Popular Science, which closed with the German invasion. Anna Akhmatova lived with her second husband, Vladimir Shilejko, in the northern garden wing of the Fountain House in 1918–1920, and later in the southern wing with her partner Nikolai Punin (mid-1920s to February 1952).
The palace's current use is as part of the State Museum of Theater and Musical Art, which has restored the building's facade and houses a collection of historic musical instruments. The southern part of the palace also houses the Anna Akhmatova Memorial Museum, the apartment where the great poet of the 20th century lived from the mid-1920s to 1952.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Monday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Tuesday and the last Wednesday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for audio-guide.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for Photo and 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for videlo.
How to go: It is located about 520 meters from Salt Town towards south along the Fontanka River.

Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum

Museum

The Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum is a literary museum dedicated to the poet Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966). It opened in 1989 on the centennial of Akhmatova's birth. Anna Akhmatova lived in the northern garden wing of the Fountain House in 1918–1920 with her second husband Vladimir Shileyko.
The Anna Akhmatova Literature and Memorial Museum is a literary museum dedicated to the poet Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966). It was opened in 1989 on the centenary of Akhmatova's birth. Anna Akhmatova lived with her second husband, Vladimir Shilejko, in the north garden wing of the Fountain House in 1918–1920, and later in the south wing with her partner Nikolai Punin (mid-1920s to February 1952).
Visiting Time: Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Wednesday - 1 PM to 9 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 120 Rubles (USD 1.29) for adult. Audio Guide - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
Photography: Photo free. Video 500 Rubles (USD 5.40).
How to go: It is located at the south wings of Sheremetev Palace at 53, Liteiny Prospekt.

Palace of Zinaida Yusupova

Museum

Zinaida Yusupova Palace in Liteyny Avenue is said to have been built from 1852 to 1858. But it was not built for Zinaida Yusupova. Because she was born in 1861. It may have been made for her grandmother, almost same name Zenaida Ivanovna (18 May 1810 – 26 February 1893). Zenaida Ivanovna's husband, Boris Nikolaievich Yusupov, died in 1949. So he also did not build this house.
Boris's only son, Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (12 October 1827 – 31 July 1891). Not to be confused with his grandfather for the same name. While in Europe, he bought many things to decorate his Moica palace, including violins and a collection of paintings. Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov married Alexandrovna Yusupova (29 June 1828 – 14 January 1879). So Nikolai can build this house. He died in 1891.
Nikolai's daughter, Princess Zinaida Nikolaevna (2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939), almost the same name as her grandmother Znaida Ivanovna, inherited and became one of the wealthiest women in the country. Princess Zinaida married Count Felix Felixovich (5 October 1856 – 10 June 1928) on 4 April 1882. After his father-in-law died, Felix was given special permission from Tsar Alexander III to bear the titles of Prince Yusupov and Count Sumarokov-Elston.
After the Russian Revolution, she lost his vast fortune. She and her husband briefly moved to Rome. After his death she moved to Paris, where he died in 1939.
By the start of World War 1 the Yusupovs owned over 100,000 acres of land with over 16 palaces. Zinaida and Felix's eldest son was killed at the age of 26. Felix Yusupov, the youngest son of Zinaida and Felix, is famous for his involvement in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin. Felix Yusupov married Princess Irina, niece of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. Moika Palace was the scene of Grigory Rasputin's assassination.
Felix Yusupov was exiled to the Crimea after the assassination of Rasputin, but returned to St. Petersburg in 1917 to find the city in great disarray after the February Revolution. He took with him some valuable paintings and jewellery by Rembrandt. In April 1919, he left Russia for Paris, never to return. His daughter, Irina, moved to Greece with their children, and died on 30 August 1983 in Courmayeur, France.
After 1917, the palace was nationalized and various organizations were located within its walls. The Institute of Economic Relations, Economics and Law is currently located.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters north from Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum at Liteyniy Avenue, 42.

Museum-apartment of Nikolay Nekrasov

Museum

Nekrasov was one of the most important poets of the mid-19th century, loved by the Soviets for his sympathy for the peasantry. This museum displays his personal effects.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 230 Rubles (USD 2.48) for adult.
Photography: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for photography and 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for videography.
How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Palace of Zinaida Yusupova towards north at Liteyniy Avenue, 36.

Catholic Church of the Lourdes Mother of God

Church

The Temple of the Lourdes Mother of God is a Roman Catholic church. The temple was established on December 29, 1903. All construction work was done exclusively with donated funds and money from the lottery. And since this money was constantly insufficient, the construction of the church was suspended, and the project was redesigned to reduce the cost of construction. In 1909, the construction of the church building was completed. The consecration of the church took place on November 22, 1909.
A copy of Raphael's Madonna used as the altarpiece, in 1916, was replaced by a painting depicting the Mother of God with a child in her arms, the archangel Michael and other saints. From 1938 to 1992, the church was the only active Catholic church in Saint Petersburg. Even during the Soviet period, the church was not closed. Only from July 1941 to August 1945, divine services were not held here. During the Great Patriotic War, the temple was spared heavy destruction.
In the late 40s and late 60s, major repairs were made to the church. In 1957, the former church of the Evangelical Hospital housed a German organ, which was repaired and installed in the choir of this church. In the 90s, sound-amplification equipment was installed, a new altar was installed, mosaic stained glass windows were installed. On November 22, 2009, a solemn consecration took place in honor of the temple's 100th anniversary.
How to go: It is located about 420 meters from Museum-apartment of N. A. Nekrasov towards southeast at Kovenskiy Pereulok, 7.

Portrait of Tsoi

Street Portrait

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet singer and songwriter who founded one of the most popular musical bands in the history of Russian music, "Kino". He was born and raised in St. Petersburg.
How to go: It is located about 420 meters from Catholic Church of the Lourdes Mother of God towards south at Ulitsa Mayakovskogo, 3A.


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St. Petersburg Comedy Theater

Theater

Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov (16 April 1901 – 6 September 1968) was an experimental theater director and scenic designer best known for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. Akimov was director of the Comedy Theater in 1935–1949 and 1956–1968, and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1960. Akimov was director of the New Theater in Leningrad in the early 1950s. The St. Petersburg Comedy Theater is named in his honor.
How to go: It is located about 230 meters from Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace towards northwest after crossing Anichkov Bridge. About 110 meters from Gostiny Dvor Metro station towards east at 56 Nevsky Prospect.

Monument to the Cat and the Cat

Monument

The monument is a composition consisting of two small cats, located separately - on the facades of two buildings located opposite each other. Each sculpture has its own name - Cat Elisha and Cat Vasilisa. Cat Elisha is located on the corner facade of the building at number 8. The cat is depicted sitting peacefully in a characteristic cat pose and is mounted on a small metal support. Cat Vasilisa is located on the cornice of building number 3, opposite Cat Elisha.
In 2000, the cat sculptures appeared on Malaya Sadovaya Street. The sculptures are dedicated to and represent cats brought from Yaroslavl to St. Petersburg during the Great Patriotic War. During the Siege of Leningrad, the city was inundated with rats, which destroyed the citizens' already meager food supply and carried with them the possibility of infection and disease. Imported cats saved cities and people from destroying food supplies.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Hygiene Museum towards south at Malaya Sadovaya Street.

Pl. Ostrovskogo

Street

Street surrounded by Ostrovskogo Square.
How to go: It is located opposite of St. Petersburg Comedy Theater and east of National Library of Russia.

National Library of Russia

Library

Russia's first national library and one of three national public libraries. Plans for a Russian public library was submitted to Catherine the Great in 1766 and approved by her on 27 May 1795, eighteen months before her death. Construction began and lasted about fifteen years from 1796 to 1801. In 1810, Emperor Alexander I approved Russia's first library law, requiring that two legal copies of all printed matter in Russia be deposited in libraries.
The Imperial Public Library was inaugurated on 14 January 1814. From 1849, ancient manuscripts were added to the library, such as the St. Petersburg Bede (746), One of the earliest Qur'ans (the Uthman Qur'an from the mid-7th century), Trebizond Gospel (10th century), Codex Zographensis (c. 1000), Leningrad Codex (c. 1008), Ostromir Gospel (1056), Spiridon Psalter (1397), Guyart de Moulin's Bible Historiale (1350s). To accommodate more visitors, a large reading room was constructed in the new building in 1860-62.
The library was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in 1939 and remained open during the Siege of Leningrad. To date, among other things, there are more than 200,000 works of art, 3 million books and archival material of German origin in Russia, with a length of three shelf kilometers.
Visiting Time: Monday to Saturday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Sunday remains closed.
How to go: It is located west of Ostrovskogo Square.

Anichkov Palace

Palace

Anichkov Palace is a former imperial palace. The plot was owned by Antonio de Vieira (1682-1745). The palace was designed for Empress Elizabeth Petrovna (reign: 1741-1762). Construction continued for thirteen years and was finally completed in 1754. The palace became her private residence. Empress Elizabeth gifted the palace to her lover, Count Aleksey. After his death in 1771, Catherine the Great of Russia (reign: 1762–1796) bequeathed it to her own favorite, Prince Potemkin, in 1776.
In 1778 and 1779 it was extensively renovated and the park established. On Potemkin's death in 1791, the palace was adapted for His Imperial Majesty's Cabinet. The last major structural additions occurred during the reign of Emperor Alexander I (1801–1825). Three years later, Alexander I gave the palace to his sister, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia.
After their marriage in 1866, the future Tsar Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna made the Anichkov Palace their residence, where they lived for the next 15 years, and when Alexander III came to the throne in 1881, he decided to stay in Anichkov Palace. Their children, including the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II, spent their childhood in this palace. Maria Feodorovna retained her right to reside in the palace until the February Revolution of 1917.
After the October Revolution of November 1917, the Bolshevik government nationalized the Anichkov Palace and designated it the Saint Petersburg City Museum. After 1934, when it was converted to the Young Pioneer Palace, the palace was home to over a hundred after-school clubs for more than 10,000 children. Although a small museum inside is open to the public at select times, the building is generally not accessible to tourists.
Visiting Time: Monday to Saturday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: Museum - 150 Rubles (USD 1.62).
How to go: It is located east of Ostrovskogo Square at  39, Nevsky Prospekt.

Alexandrinsky Theatre

Theater

The Alexandrinsky Theater or National Drama Theater of Russia was built for the Imperial Troupe in Petersburg (the Imperial Troupe was founded in 1756). The building is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building was built in 1828-1832. The theater opened in the building on 31 August 1832. In the 1880s, the theater became full of drama and tragedy. The theater reopened after renovations on 30 August 2006.
How to go: It is located south of Ostrovskogo Square.

Museum of Theatre and Music

Museum

Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday - 1 PM to 7 PM. Tuesday and last Friday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62).
Photography: Photo - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) and video - 200 Rubles (USD 2.16).
How to go: It is located south of Ostrovskogo Square in Alexandrinsky Theater.

Vorontsov Palace

Palace

The 50-room Vorontsov Palace was built for Count Mikhail Vorontsov, chancellor and relative of Empress Elizabeth. The palace was built in 1749-1756. Vorontsov was banished from court and sold his main residence. Paul I of Russia gave the palace to the Knights Hospitaller, of which he was Grand Master. In 1798-1800, a Catholic chapel was added.
Since 1810, the Vorontsov Palace has housed many military schools, including the Suvorov Military School, which has been in existence since 1955. The chapel underwent extensive restoration in 2003 and is currently used for organ recitals. In 2013, a monument to the graduates and cadet corps of Suvarov School was erected next to the palace.
Visiting Time: Not open to the public
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Alexandrinsky Theater towards west at Sadovaya Street, 26.

The former building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Vorontsov Palace towards south.

Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater

Theater

The theater was organized in 1918 by order of Maria Andreeva, wife of Maxim Gorky. The original name of the theater was "Osobaya Dramaticskaya Troupa" ("Special Drama Company"). In 1920 the theater moved to the present building.
Georgy Tovstonogov was the artistic director of the theater from 1956 until his death in 1989. In his prime, Tovstonogov was considered one of the best theater directors in Europe, and the theater was one of the best in the Soviet Union.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from The former building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs towards west along with the Fontanka River at Fontanka River Embankment, 65.

Rotunda

Landmark

It is a simple building built in the late 18th century. But sometimes it is called the most mysterious place in the city. It is a circular building with six free-standing columns. Rotunda gained its cult status in the 70s and 80s of the last century with the growth of the population of informal Soviet youth movements and subcultures: rockers, hippies, punks. During the Russian Empire the Rotunda was a meeting place for Freemasons. It was also Grigory Rasputin's favorite place.
There are many legends surrounding this place. For example, dreams and wishes written on the walls of the Rotunda may come true. Others call this place the center of the universe, since the Rotunda is located at the intersection of the meridians of the St. Petersburg hexagon. Another legend is that a young man went down to the basement of the house, and spent about 15 minutes there. He looked like an old man when he came back. Many believe that at midnight you can meet the devil here.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater towards southwest along the river Fontanka. About 300 meters from Sadovaya Metro station towards southeast.

Central Museum of Railway Transport

Rail Museum

The museum exhibits everything from the first Russian steam locomotive built by the father and son Cherepanov team to today's modern rails and engines. The museum also displays a cargo station where rail cars go up and down the hill.
Visiting Time: Sunday to Thursday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Friday, Saturday and Last Thursday of the month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for student or child.
Photograpy: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for photography and video.
How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Rotunda towards northwest. About 300 meters from Sadovaya Metro station southwest.

Yusupov Palace on Fontanka

Landmark

Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (1751–1831) owned this land on the banks of the Fontanka. The present mansion was built for him in the 1790s on the site of his old wooden house. Nikolai Yusupov served as a private councillor and diplomat for the coronations of three successive Tsars - Catherine the Great, Paul I and Alexander I. In 1793 Nikolai Yusupov married to Princess Tatiana Vasilievna (1 January 1769 – 23 May 1841). The newlyweds live directly in the Fontanka Palace.
Two-storied wing, separated by an arched gate. The palace was not only their home but also their art collection and library. In 1810 the Yusupovs divorced and sold their mansion. From then on, the palace housed the Railway Engineering Institute of Emperor Alexander I, which underwent a rearrangement of some premises as well as interior design changes. Presently the Railway Engineering Institute museum and its branch are housed in this palace.
Nikolai Yusupov had several palaces in St. Petersburg. A more famous palace is the Yusupov Palace on the Moika River. The Yusupov collections were kept there until the 1917 revolution. In-house visits are arranged upon request.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Central Museum of Railway Transport towards south on the bank of Fontanka river through Yusupovskiy park.

Marina Gisich Gallery

Art gallery

Visiting Time: Daily, by prior appointment only.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Yusupov Palace on Fontanka towards west at Fontanka River Embankment, 121.

Nikolskiye Ryady

Public Space

It opened in 2020 in the courtyard of the former Nikolsky Market building. The 7000 square meter space completely changes its concept twice a year in summer and winter. Throughout the summer you can see jazz concerts and open-air dance parties, workshops, gastronomic and farm markets, street food, an amphitheater with bars. In winter it can be used as a golf course.
How to go: It is located about 360 meters from Marina Gisich Gallery towards west at Sadovaya Street, 62.

Seven Years Old

Tourist Attraction

How to go: It is located northwest corner of Nikolskiye Ryady.

Quests Performances with Actors 2+2

Escape Room

How to go: It is located about 70 meters from the northwest corner of Nikolskiye Ryady towards north after crossing Staro-Nikol'skiy bridge and Pikalov bridge at Griboyedov channel embankment, 131.

St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral

Church

St. Nicholas Cathedral is known locally as the Sailors' Cathedral. The area was settled by sailors during the time of Peter the Great and the first wooden chapel was built here on the banks of the Kryukov Canal in 1743 and named after St. Nicholas the Miracle-Worker. Empress Elizabeth issued a decree to build a stone church. Construction of the new stone church began in 1753, and was consecrated in 1760 in the presence of Empress Elizabeth.
The cathedral actually consists of two churches, an upper church and a lower church. The church officially became a naval cathedral in July 1762 by order of Catherine II. In 1907, two marble plaques were hung on the south wall of the upper church honoring the sailors who died in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-5. At the same time, a memorial to all the sailors of the battleship "Alexander III" who lost their lives in 1905 was built in the square next to the cathedral.
The cathedral houses 10 spectacular icons in gold frames that were a gift from Catherine the Great. The icons depict saints who are celebrated in the celebration of the Russian Navy. One of the most revered places in the cathedral is the image of Nicholas the Miracle-Worker, given to the church by Greek sailors, taken from Russia by the French in 1812 and returned to Nicholas I by the Prussians in 1835.
St. Nicholas Cathedral is one of the few cathedrals in the city that was not closed during Soviet times. In 1941, it became the official residence of the Metropolitan, who served in the cathedral from 1941 to 1944 during the 900-day siege. In 1989, a memorial plaque was placed in the cathedral to honor the 42 sailors who lost their lives off the coast of Norway. The inscription reads "In eternal memory of the sailors of the Russian float who were carried away by the sea on April 7, 1989."
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Semimost'ye towards north.


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Kapustin house

Landmark

The house was built in 1910-1912 for construction contractor Konstantin Kapustin. After graduating from the Institute of Civil Engineers in 1908, Kapustin began his career in contracting. He inherited Dom No 157 and 159 in Fontanka. The rebuilding of Dome No. 159, he entrusted to his fellow practitioner at the institute, the famous architect Alexey Bubyr. Kapustin lived in apartment No. 9, the rest were rented out before the revolution. Now the building is a residential house.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Semimost'ye towards southwest at Fontanka River Embankment, 159.

Fontanka 167, Art Workshop

Art center

How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Kapustin house towards west at Fontanka River Embankment, 167.

Dom-Utyug

Tourist attraction

The former apartment building of Valentina Gustavovna Kudryavtseva. Nice building that attracts a lot of tourist with its shape.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Fontanka 167, Art Workshop towards west at Fontanka River Embankment, 199.

Old Kolomna Library-Museum

Museum

How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Dom-Utyug towards northeast at Griboyedov channel embankment, 168.

Museum of St. Petersburg Angels

Museum

How to go: It is located just opposite of Griboyedov Canal from Old Kolomna Library-Museum, about 110 meters north, cross by the bridge.

Monument to Volodya Yermak

Monument

The monument to Hero of the Soviet Union V. I. Yermak is located on Kulibina square. It was opened on May 6, 1997. The monument is a bronze bust of a height of 90 cm, mounted on a granite pedestal with a height of 230 cm. A soldier of the 42nd Army of the Leningrad Front, Private Vladimir Yermak, during a reconnaissance battle in the Sinyavino Heights area, closed the embrasure of the German bunker on July 19, 1943, scouts performance of combat mission. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union V. Ermak was posthumously awarded on February 21, 1944.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Museum of St. Petersburg Angels towards north.

Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Above the Pryazhka River

Chapel

How to go: It is located on the bank of Pryazhka River. About 350 meters from Monument to Volodya Yermak towards northwest.

Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Chapel

How to go: It is located about 480 meters from Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Above the Pryazhka River towards northeast at Naberezhnaya Reki Pryazhki, 1.

But the Muses were not silent

Museum

The three floors of this building contain collections related to art and culture during the siege of Leningrad. One room is dedicated to Shostakovich’s famous Leningrad Symphony with original manuscripts, photos and instruments on display. Other rooms are devoted to ballet and theatre, poetry and fine arts and contain original paintings, posters, photos and costumes. The last room is dedicated to the children who lived through the siege and has a collection of toys, sketches and clothing.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters from Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker towards northeast.

St. Petersburg House of Music

Museum

How to go: It is located about 200 meters from "But the Muses were not silent" museum towards northeast at embankment River Moyka, 122 A.

Museum-Apartment of A. A. Blok

Museum

This was where poet Alexander Blok lived from 1912 until he died in 1921. Born in 1880, Blok studied at the University of St Petersburg and began publishing his work whilst still an undergraduate. By the time he moved here, he was recognised as a  poet, known for combining symbolism and mysticism with grim realism. Although he originally supported the October Revolution, Blok became disillusioned with it after the publication of his revolutionary narrative poem The Twelve (1918).  In his apartment, he composed many of his most famous pieces, and on the second floor where his mother lived, where he died. A detailed exhibition which illustrates his development as a poet and his place within the Petrograd literary scene.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 120 Rubles (USD 1.29) for adult. 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) for student.
How to go: It is located about 380 meters from St. Petersburg House of Music towards southeast at Ulitsa Dekabristov, 57.

Jaani kirik

Lutheran Church

St. John's Church (Jaani Kirik) is a Protestant church founded in 1859 for the Estonian community living in the city at the time. It is considered a symbol of Estonia's independence. Here in 1888 Jacob Hart called for resistance to the Russian policies of the tsarist government, and on March 26, 1917, 40,000 Estonians began their march to Tauride Palace demanding national autonomy.
The Soviet government closed the church in 1930, the belfry and portal were demolished, and the building was used for warehouses and workshops. The renovation of the church began in July 2009 and was reconsecrated on February 22, 2011 by the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia, and the President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves was present. As of 2014 St. John's Church belongs to Estonia.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from  Museum-Apartment of A. A. Blok towards east at the 54 ulitsa Dekabristov, close to the Mariinsky Theater.

Roman Catholic church of St. Stanislaus

Catholic Church

St. Stanislaus Church was the second Catholic church built in St. Petersburg after St. Catherine's on Nevsky Prospekt. Bishop Stanislaw (1731-1826), donated his money and land for the church which was his residence. The church was built between 1823 and 1825. It has a capacity of seven hundred. A year after the consecration, the archbishop was buried there.
Bishop Antoni Malecki (1861-1935), served there from 1887 to 1921 and was later exiled to Siberia in 1930. A plaque commemorates him in the church. The church was registered again in 1992.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Jaani kirik Lutheran Church towards south at Ulitsa Soyuza Pechatnikov, 22.

Mariinsky II

Theater

The Mariinsky Theater Second Stage is the second part of a theater complex consisting of the 1860 Mariinsky Theater and the 2007 Mariinsky Theater Concert Hall. The second phase construction was completed in May 2013 and a gala concert was held to celebrate the opening on 2 May 2013.
How to go: It is located about 320 meters from St. Stanislaus church towards east at Ulitsa Dekabristov, 34.

Mariinsky Theatre

Theater

The Imperial Drama, Opera and Ballet Troupe in St. Petersburg was founded in 1783 under the direction of Catherine the Great, although an Italian ballet troupe had performed at the Russian court since the early 18th century. In 1783 a permanent theater building was opened for new companies of opera and ballet artists. Known as "Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre". The structure was located on Carousel Square, which was renamed Theater Square in honor of the building.
In 1802-1803, the theater's interior layout, decoration and its exterior were reconstructed. But on the night of January 1, 1811, a massive fire broke out in the Bolshoi Theatre. Within two days, the rich interior was lost and the facade severely damaged by fire. On 3 February 1818 the restored Bolshoi Theater reopened.
In 1836, the cupola ceiling of the auditorium was replaced with a flat one, on top of which an artistic workshop and a hall for decorating sets were placed. The columns were removed from the auditorium because they interfered with the view, the auditorium was given its traditional horseshoe shape and its length and height were increased to seat two thousand people. On 27 November 1836, the reconstructed theater reopened.
On 29 January 1849, the Equestrian Circus opened on Theater Square. The building was designed to double as a theater. When, in 1859, the Circus Theater was destroyed by fire, a new theater was built on the same site. It was named "Marinsky" in honor of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Alexander II. The first theater in the new building opened on 2 October 1860.
The Mariinsky Theater went through several reconstructions. In 1885, when most productions moved to the Mariinsky Theater before the Bolshoi closed, a three-story wing was added to the left side of the building for theater workshops, rehearsal rooms, an electricity substation, and boiler room. In 1886 the ballet, which until then had continued to be performed at the Bolshoi Theatre, moved to the Mariinsky Theatre.
The St. Petersburg Conservatoire was built in the 1890s on the site of the Bolshoi Theater. In 1894, the wooden rafters were replaced with steel and concrete, the side wings were extended, and the visitor foyers were enlarged. The main facade was also reconstructed.
An official decree of 9 November 1917 made the Mariinsky Theater a state property. In 1920 it began to be called "State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet" (GATOB) and in 1935 it was named "Kirov State Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet". In 1944, the theater was evacuated during World War II. Between 1968 and 1970 the theater underwent a major remodel, which resulted in the left side of the building being "extended" to its present form.
On 16 January 1992 the historical name of the theater was restored and it again became "State Academic Mariinsky Theatre". The nearby Mariinsky Theater concert hall opened in spring 2007 Construction of the second phase of the Mariinsky Theater was completed in May 2013 Today, the Mariinsky Theater is home to the Mariinsky Ballet, the Mariinsky Opera, and the Mariinsky Orchestra.
How to go: It is located east of Mariinsky II at Theatre Square, 1.

St. Petersburg Artist Museum-Exhibition Center

Art Museum

This private art gallery is housed in part of a historic building. Exhibitions in the gallery change every few months. Also hosts occasional concerts by local jazz and classical musicians.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 8 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
Photography: Photo and video - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located about 160 meters from Mariinsky Theatre towards north at 100, Moika Embankment.

Saint Petersburg Conservatory

Music School

The conservatory was founded in 1862 by the Russian Music Society and the Russian pianist and composer Anton Rubinstein. After his resignation in 1867. Composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was appointed professor in 1871. The current building was built in the 1890s on the site of the old Bolshoi Theater in St. Petersburg. As the city changed its name in the 20th century, the conservatory was renamed Petrograd Conservatory and Leningrad Conservatory.
Rimsky-Korsakov taught at the conservatory for nearly forty years. The conservatory has borne the Rimsky-Korsakov name since 1944, the centenary of his birth. His bronze monument stands outside the building on Theater Square.
How to go: It is located about 160 meters from St. Petersburg Artist Museum-Exhibition Center towards southeast.

Yusupov Palace on Moika River

Landmark

Also called Moika Palace. The palace was first built around 1776. The building was rebuilt in the 1830s after the Yusupov family acquired the property. During this period the palace acquired its present appearance.
In 1831, Prince Boris Nikolaievich Yusupov (9 June 1794 – 25 October 1849), Marshal of the Imperial Court, inherited his vast family wealth, including over 675,000 acres of land and over 40,000 serfs living on it. Boris was mainly occupied with business concerns. Boris moved with his second wife Zenaida Ivanovna (18 May 1810 – 26 February 1893) to the Moika Palace in Saint Petersburg (also known as the Yusupov Palace). He died in 1849.
Boris's only son, Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov (12 October 1827 – 31 July 1891). Not to be confused with his grandfather for the same name. He bought a large collection, including a 36 carat (7.2 g) diamond known as the Sultan of Morocco. The prince later spent much of his time in southern Europe, as well as serving the Tsar as a diplomat. While in Europe, he bought many things to decorate his Moika palace, including violins and a collection of paintings.
Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov married Princess Tatiana Alexandrovna Yusupova (29 June 1828 – 14 January 1879). The prince was also a talented musician and composer and was a member of several music societies. In 1866, he published a book about the history of the Yusupov family. He died in 1891.
Nikolai's daughter, Princess Zinaida Nikolaievna (2 September 1861 – 24 November 1939), not to be confused with his grandmother Zenaida Ivanovna, inherited and became one of the richest women in the country. Princess Zinaida married Count Felix Felixovich (5 October 1856 – 10 June 1928) on 4 April 1882. After his father-in-law died, Felix was granted special permission from Tsar Alexander III to carry the title Prince Yusupov and Count Sumarokov-Elston, and to pass it to his and Zinaida's heir.
By the start of World War 1 the Yusupovs owned over 100,000 acres of land with over 16 palaces. Zinaida and Felix's eldest son was killed at the age of 26. Felix Yusupov, the youngest son of Zinaida and Felix, is famous for his involvement in the assassination of Grigori Rasputin. Felix Yusupov married Princess Irina, niece of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. Moika Palace was the scene of Grigory Rasputin's assassination.
The exact events surrounding Grigori Rasputin's death are still disputed. What seems clear is that on 17 December 1916, Grigory Rasputin was invited to Moika Palace by Felix Yusupov, along with Vladimir Purishkevich and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich. He took Rasputin to a small but well-furnished cellar room in the palace. There he served Rasputin red wine. When Rasputin is attacked, Yusupov shoots Rasputin from the side.
Presuming him dead, Yusupov went upstairs where the other conspirators were waiting in a downstairs room. Rasputin succeeded in escaping through a side door into a gated courtyard that opened onto the street outside. Purishkevich then shot Rasputin in the back, at the door. The body is carried inside and a third bullet is fired at close range, entering his forehead. The conspirators wrapped Rasputin in a wide cloth, took him out of the city and dumped the body in the Malaya Neva.
Felix Yusupov was exiled to the Crimea after the assassination of Rasputin, but returned to St. Petersburg in 1917 to find the city in great disarray after the February Revolution. He took with him some valuable paintings and jewellery by Rembrandt. In April 1919, he left Russia for Paris, never to return. His daughter, Irina, moved to Greece with their children, and died on 30 August 1983 in Courmayeur, France.
After the Russian Revolution, the palace was nationalized and its artifacts were transferred to the Hermitage and other museums. In 1925, the mansion was handed over to the city's Education Commission. The Education Commissioner decided to preserve the palace as a public museum. Currently the palace serves as "Palace of Culture for Teachers".
The second floor reception area and the part of the building associated with Rasputin's assassination are maintained as a museum open for public tours. The premises where Rasputin tried to escape from his assassins is now occupied by a kindergarten playground next to the main building.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 5 PM every day.
Entry Fee: State Room - 700 Rubles (USD 7.55) for adult, 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for child. Murder of Rasputin exhibit - 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult, 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for child.
How to go: It is located about 60 meters from Saint Petersburg Conservatory towarsd northeast at Ulitsa Dekabristov, 21. East side of Garden of the Yusupov Palace on the Moika.

Museum of Art of St. Petersburg of the 20-21 Centuries

Museum

The building was built in the second half of the 19th century. Once there was a police station and a fire station. In the late 19th century, the building was rebuilt and the police station became a police archive. In 1917, the building was badly damaged by fire and the police archives were burnt. The building was restored only in 1929 and adapted to the Leningrad Party Archives. The building was then used for the printing house, archives of the City Court.
From December 2015, the Museum of Art of XX-XXI centuries of St. Petersburg (MISP) entered here, which completely changed the external and internal architecture. The museum conducts exhibition activities based on its own collection, setting up various temporary exhibitions at four locations in the main building. The premises is a venue for various cultural events such as concerts, performances, film shows, fashion designs.
Exhibition activities are also held outside the museum, such as in various cities of Russia and abroad in Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki), Italy (Rome, Turin), Germany (Hamburg), Mexico (Mexico City).
Visiting Time: Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday - 12 PM to 8 PM. Wednesday - 2 PM to 9 PM.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Yusupov Palace on Moika River towards south at Griboyedov channel embankment, 103.

12 Iyulya

Art Gallery

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Thursday - 3 PM to 8 PM. Friday to Monday remains closed.
How to go: It is located on the south side, crossing the Bridge of Four Lions, about 150 meters from the Museum of Art of Saint Petersburg of the 20th-21st centuries at Griboyedov channel embankment, 100.

The House of Old Lady Pawnbroker

Historical landmark

How to go: It is located about 100 meters from 12 Iyulya towards south at Griboyedov channel embankment, 104.

Catherine's Assembly

Concert Hall

The house was built in the early 20th century for the St. Petersburg First Public Assembly, founded in 1790. In 1906 it got a new name, Catherine Assembly. The house then had a large theater hall for 700 seats. From the beginning there was a plan to set up a theater here. Originally it was the Catherine Theater and in December 1908, the famous theater of political satire "Crooked Mirror" opened here. Now it is a residential house.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from The House of Old Lady Pawnbroker towards north.


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House of Sonechka Marmeladova

Historical Landmark

It is the fictional home of Sonya Marmeladova, one of the characters in Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment".
How to go: It is located about 230 meters from Catherine's Assembly towards east at Griboyedov channel embankment, 73. About 300 meters from Spasskaya Metro station towards northwest.

F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum

Museum

F.M. The Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum opened on November 12, 1971 in the former apartment of Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky lived in the apartment twice in his life: first for a short time in 1846 at the beginning of his career, and again from October 1878 until his death in January 1881. Here he composed some of his most notable works. The apartment is reconstructed based on the memories of the author's second wife and her friends.
The museum library has about 24,000 volumes and a small collection of manuscripts. Every November, the museum hosts an international scholarly conference, Dostoevsky and World Culture, and a journal of the same name is published with the conference proceedings.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from House of Sonechka Marmeladova towards east at Kaznacheyskaya Ulitsa, 7.

Raskolnikov's House

Landmark

The house was built in 1831. According to the researchers of art F.M. Dostoevsky, Rodion Raskolnikov, the main character of Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment", lived here. On the fourth floor, there was an apartment where Raskolnikov rented a room. The house has four floors. On the wall, there are two marble plaques marking the height of the water during the 1824 flood.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum towards north. On the corner of Grazhdanskaya Street and Stolyarny Pereulok.

Museum of Records and Facts

Museum

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 9 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Raskolnikov's House towards northeast at Kazanskaya St, 7.

Kazan Cathedral

Cathedral

Construction of the cathedral began in 1801 and continued for ten years, ending in 1811. After Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812 and Commander-in-Chief Kutuzov appealed to Our Lady of Kazan for help. When the Patriotic War ended, Russians saw the cathedral primarily as a memorial to their victory over Napoleon. Kutuzov was buried in the cathedral in 1813.
In 1815 the victorious Russian army from Europe brought the keys of seventeen cities and eight fortresses and placed them in the sanctuary of the cathedral. In 1837, two bronze statues of Kutuzov and Berkeley de Tolly were erected, which stand in front of the cathedral. Berkeley de Tolly (16 December 1761 – 14 May 1818) was a Russian field marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars.
The cathedral was closed in January 1932. It was opened in November 1932 as the "Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism". Services as a cathedral resumed in 1992, and four years later the cathedral was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. Kazan Cathedral is considered a model for Helsinki Cathedral in Finland. Since 2017 it serves as the mother cathedral of the Metropolis of Saint Petersburg.
The cathedral's massive bronze door is one of four copies of the original door of the Baptistery in Florence, Italy (the other three are Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, USA, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, USA, and the Florence Baptistery itself). There are 6 paintings on the royal gate. The left door has portraits of St. Luke, Archangel Gabriel and St. Matthew. The right door depicts Saint Mark, Virgin Mary and Saint John.
How to go: it is located about 250 meters from Museum of Records and Facts towards northeast at Kazan Square, 2.

Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Lutheran church

Lutheran Germans lived in St. Petersburg from its founding. Initially, they gathered for their prayer meetings in a house where the New Hermitage is now located. In 1709, a small wooden church was built in the backyard, where people from the German Lutheran and Dutch Reformed communities gathered. The founding date of the community is believed to be 1710. Over time, the need arose to build a separate large church building.
By decree of 26 December 1727, Emperor Peter II allocated land to the German Lutheran community in a secluded area. The site was donated 'for the construction of an evangelical church, a school and a parsonage'. The church building was founded on June 29, 1728. On June 25, 1730, the church was consecrated in the name of the Apostles Peter and Paul. The building was made of brick, had a wooden tower and could hold 1,500 people.
In 1735, two wooden houses were built in front of the church building, where the apartments of the ministers of the church and the school were located. On December 27, 1737, the organ from Mitava, a state town in Latvia, was installed. The temple was completed ten years later in 1738. In 1740, all the wooden buildings facing Nevsky Street were demolished. In their place, between 1747 and 1752, new stone buildings were built.
In 1762, behind the church, a two-story Lutheran school building was built, which subsequently underwent many reconstructions, but has survived to this day. In 1820, an educational home for orphan boys was opened in the church. As early as 1832, when the church building fell into disrepair, a design for a new church was drawn up. In 1830-1832, the community rebuilt both corner houses. Three-storied stone houses were later built in place of the old buildings.
The old church building was demolished in the summer of 1833, and the foundation stone of a new church was laid on August 21. The construction of the temple was basically completed in three years. The finishing works were done in 1836-1838. A solar clock was built for the west (left) tower and a mechanical striking clock for the east (right). The striking clock mechanism was preserved until the middle of the 20th century. In front of the church, marble statues of the apostles Peter and Paul were placed.
On October 31, 1838, the new church was consecrated. In 1840, a large organ was installed in the temple. In 1841, an educational home for orphan girls and in 1843, a society for the care of the poor were created in the church. In 1851, oak doors were installed in the central portal. In 1863, the bell was made and placed in the west tower of the church. In 1864, 2 stained glass windows were installed on either side of the organ. Later, in 1866, at the request of the donors, they were moved down.
The church building fell into disrepair, as the soil was too soft and the differential pressure on it caused the walls to settle and crack. In the summer of 1883, the situation was partially rectified with the help of steel ties (which are still clearly visible inside the building), and the condition of the structure stabilized over time. During this same period, wooden roof rafters were replaced with metal trusses. In 1895-1897, the interior of the church was radically changed.
In 1910-1911, both buildings, which belong to the church and face Nevsky Street, were built on two floors. After the October Revolution, many church parishioners emigrated from the city. In 1932, Paul Reichert became pastor, assisted by his son Bruno Reichert. They were arrested in 1937 and executed by firing squad in 1938. The church was closed in December 1937. In 1938, the former church was used to exhibit the North Pole Panorama.
The building housed warehouses from 1939 and military units were stationed here in 1941-1945. After World War II, was heavily damaged. In 1958, construction of a swimming pool began in the building. This time, the interior was completely redone. The pool was inaugurated in 1963. On October 31, 1992, the first service took place in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul. The building was officially returned to the believers in June 1993.
The rebuilding process of the building dragged on until 1997, when it was rededicated on September 16. In 1997-1998, a small organ was installed in the church. It was built in 1958 and was originally located at the Church Conservatory in Harford, Germany.
In 2016, the restoration of the church began. The first phase was the restoration of the sculpture of an angel with a cross on the facade of the temple. The work, which started in June 2016 and ended on October 31, 2016. The lost cross in the 1950s has been recreated according to historical records In April 2017, an organ was transported from the German Church, Stockholm, and its installation was completed on 1 June. The first organ concert took place on July 1, 2017.
The next phase was the restoration of the building's facade, which was completed in 2018-2019. The historic fences of the balconies were rebuilt and the central portal doors were restored. In the summer of 2019, statues of the apostles Peter and Paul were put on display in front of the building's central entrance.
On September 14, 2019, a bronze statue of German composer Johann Sebastian was unveiled opposite a statue of German writer Johann Wolfgang. The restoration of the church was completed on December 17, 2019. On October 29, 2021, the sun and mechanical clocks lost during the Soviet era were returned to the towers. The watch was recreated based on archival materials. The clock was consecrated on October 31, 2021 during a service for Reformation Day.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters from the opposite of Kazan Cathedral towards northwest.

Stroganov Palace

State Russian Museum

The first house for the Stroganovs family was probably built on the site in the 1720s. It was a single storey building. A second, two-story house was built on the site in the 1740s. The Stroganov family had been prominent merchants since the 15th century, but only rose to the rank of aristocracy during the reign of Peter the Great, when massive financial support was provided to the tsar's army in the Great Northern War.
During the reign of Empress Elizabeth, Baron Sergey Griogoryevich Stroganov and his son Count Alexander Sergeevich Stroganov, who was a leading administrator in Saint Petersburg and ended his life as President of the Academy of Arts and Director of the Imperial Public Library, brought the family to national fame. The Stroganov Palace was built in 1753-1754 for Baron Sergei Stroganov, which remains intact to this day.
In the 1790s and 1800s, the interior underwent renovations. After Alexander Stroganov died in 1811, the palace passed to his son Pavel. Pavel Stroganov had four daughters, but his only son was killed in the Battle of Craonne. He then established the Stroganov entail, i.e., an indivisible estate that would pass to the oldest member of the family. This chain of ownership was preserved until 1919 when the last Count Sergei Stroganov sold his rights.
In 1988 the palace was given to the State Russian Museum. Exterior restoration was completed in 2003, and interior work is now slowly being completed. Many of these have now been restored and are open to the public as the State Rooms in the east enfilade of the building, notably, which houses Count Alexander's library and collection of precious stones and minerals, and the picture gallery, which was once home to his impressive art collection.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student.
Photography: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for Photo and video.
How to go: It is located about 60 meters from the opposite from Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul towards northwest at 17, Nevsky Prospekt.


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Armenian Apostolic Church of St. Catherine

Armenian church

The private stables of Empress Elizabeth of Russia stood on this site in the mid-18th century, until it was granted to the Petersburg Armenians on May 2, 1770 by Empress Catherine the Great. Its construction began in the spring of 1771 and was completed in 1776. The church was consecrated on February 18, 1780 in the presence of Catherine the Great's favorite Prince Grigory Potemkin. It is named after empress Catherine of Alexandria.
The church did not have a bell until 1865. The church was completely renovated in 1906-09. The church was closed by the Soviet authorities in May 1930. During World War II, the building served as the headquarters of anti-aircraft defense and later as a decoration room for the Leningrad Theater of Musical Comedy. The Armenian community regained ownership of the church in August 1992, and the first mass was held in March 1993.
The church was consecrated on July 12, 2000 after thorough restoration. It was renovated again in 2014
How to go: It is located south of Nevsky Prospekt Metro station.

Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria

Church

Saint Catherine Church is the oldest Catholic church in the Russian Federation, and the only church with the title of Basilica, granted on 23 July 2013. On December 12, 1705, Peter the Great signed a charter that would allow the construction of Catholic churches in Russia. The church was founded in 1710.
In 1738, Empress Anna gave permission to build structures on this land. Due to constant problems, the church was built late on October 7, 1783. Because the empress at the time was Catherine II of Russia, the church was named after Saint Catherine of Alexandria. In 1798, Stanislaw II Augustus, the last king of Poland, was buried in the church, although in 1938, after 140 years in the crypt, his remains were returned to Poland.
The church was governed by various monastic orders throughout its history. Mainly run by Franciscans (Franciscans are a group of religious orders related to the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by the Italian St. Francis of Assisi).
In 1800 Emperor Paul I returned the church to the Jesuits (The Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuit Order or Jesuits, is a religious order of regular clergy for men of the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome. Founded in 1540 by Ignatius of Loyola and six companions with the approval of Pope Paul III ).
In 1815, the church was run by Dominicans (The Order of Preachers, also known as the Dominican Order, a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right founded in France by a Castilian priest named Dominique de Guzman), and finally in 1892, the church became an order ceased to be governed by and fell under the patronage of diocesan priests, although a Dominican community remained in the church.
On the eve of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the church had a membership of over thirty thousand parishioners. Under the Soviets, church activities were suppressed. The rector of St. Catherine's Church, Monsignor, was first convicted of anti-Soviet agitation for organizing non-violent resistance to anti-Soviet propaganda. He was shot in Lubyanka prison on Easter Sunday, 1923.
The church remained open until 1938. In 1938 the church was closed and ransacked. Artifacts, icons and books from the church's magnificent library were thrown into the streets. The church was further damaged by a fire in 1947, which destroyed the interior decoration of the church and its organs. For 30 years, the building was used only as a storage for the Kazan Cathedral, where the "Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism" was located. The building was again destroyed by fire in 1984.
In the early 1990s the Catholic Church in Russia began to function once more. In February 1992, the city authorities decided to return the building to the Catholic Church. The same year, the rebuilding of the church began. The first phase of restoration was completed by October 1992, with a temporary altar for worship. A chapel was opened in October 1998. The main altar was completed and blessed in 2000. Most of the churches were opened in 2003.
Visiting Time: 8 AM to 8 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Kazan Cathedral towards east near Nevsky Prospekt Metro station.

Embankment of the Griboyedov Canal

Tourist Attraction

Beautiful view of Griboyedov Canal.
How to go: It is located between Kazan Cathedral and Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria.

Museum of Emotions

Museum

The museum consists of a 5 or 6 small rooms dedicated to a different emotions.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 9 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for adult. 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for discount. 990 Rubles (USD 10.68) for family. 999 Rubles (USD 10.78) for combined ticket to visit all objects (the Museum of Emotions, Art-Tir, the art laboratory "Emotional portrait", the art cafe "Snyt" and the photo zone "Sea Camomile").
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Basilica of St. Catherine of Alexandria towards north through Embankment of the Griboyedov Canal.

Muruzi House

Landmark

Muruzi House was built in 1874-1877 for Count Alexander Dmitrievich Mourouzis (Muruzi) which once belonged to Nikolai Rezanov. From 1890 until the Revolution the house was owned by Lieutenant General Oskar Rein. It is the residence or work place of several Russian-language literary figures.
The Poets' House was opened here in 1920 under the poet Nikolay Gumilyov, and the poet Korney Chukovskiy opened a studio to teach young literary translators under the post-revolutionary publishing project "World Literature". In the early 20th century lived the family of writers Zinaida Gippius and Dmitry Merezhkovskiy. From 1955-1972 the Russian poet and Nobel laureate Joseph Brodsky lived in a apartment of Muruzi house, nowadays his memorial museum is opened in his former apartment.
How to go: It is located north of Museum of Emotions.

Isaac Brodsky Apartment Museum

Museum

The memorial museum was built in 2006 on behalf of the Governor of Saint Petersburg in memory of poet and Nobel laureate, Joseph Brodsky (24 May 1940 – 28 January 1996) as he lived in an apartment in Muruzi House from 1955-1972. The poet ran afoul of the Soviet authorities and was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1972 and settled in the United States.
The museum does not officially function, because its founders failed to acquire the entire apartment. Therefore, the museum is still officially a residential unit.
Visiting Time: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 12 PM to 7 PM. Thursday and FRiday - 2 PM to 8 PM.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo.
How to go: It is located in Muruzi House at 3, Ploshchad Iskusstv.

Mikhailovsky Theatre

Theater

The theater was founded in 1833 by decree of Tsar Nicholas I. Before the revolution of 1917, Mikhailovsky did not have his own residential company. Performances were given either by a French company, or by the Mariinsky Theater and Alexandrinsky Theater companies. The French company was forced to leave Russia when the Bolsheviks took power, and the Mikhailovsky Theater closed in 1917. On 6 March 1918 the theater was reopened as an opera theatre.
From 1918 to 1920 it was renamed "Ex-Mikhailovsky Theater". In 1920 it was named "State Academic Comic Opera Theatre", in 1921 the theater was renamed "Maly (Little) Opera Theatre", in 1926 it received the name "Leningrad State Academic Maly Opera Theatre". The first ballet premiered here on 6 June 1933. From 1989 to 2007, the theater was named "Modest Mussorgsky", later reverting to its original name "Mikhailovsky Theatre".
The ballet company of the Mikhailovsky Theater made its London debut in July 2008 at the London Coliseum. This season helped bring the company international recognition and was nominated for the Best Foreign Dance Company award at the National Dance Awards in 2008, although Mikhailovsky lost to the New York City Ballet.
In 2013, the Mikhailovsky opera debuted at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and, in November 2014, the Mikhailovsky ballet made its US debut at New York's Lincoln Center.
How to go: It is located north of Muruzi House.

Arts Square

Square

Before the square was built, the land was the hunting ground of Empress Anna. The structures surrounding the square are the Mikhailovsky Palace to the north, the Mikhailovsky Theater to the west, the Jacot House to the east, and the St. Petersburg Philharmonic to the south. From 1834 to 1918, the square was known as Mikhailovskaya Square and from 1923 to 1952 as Lasalle Square.
How to go: It is located west of Mikhailovsky Theatre.

Mikhailovsky Palace

State Russian Museum

The palace was designed as a residence for Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich, the youngest son of Emperor Paul I. In 1801, Paul was deposed and assassinated. His successor Alexander I ascended the throne. The new emperor decided to follow his father's wishes and gave his approval for the construction of the new palace when Michael was 21 years old. The designs were made in 1817.
First the site of the Vorontsov Palace was proposed, and then the site of the Chernyshev residence, which later became the site of the Mariinsky Palace. Both options were rejected by Alexander I, choosing a new site instead. Construction began on 26 July 1819. The main part of the palace was built between 1819 and 1820, with wings added in 1821, with most of the construction completed by the end of 1822. Interior design and decoration were completed over the next two years.
Grand Duke Michael married Princess Elena Pavlovna in February 1824, and the palace was largely completed by the middle of the following year. The palace was officially completed on 11 September 1825, when the Emperor presented it to Michael. A sumptuous feast was held to mark the occasion, and the next day Alexander set out on his journey south, where he died. Michael and his new wife move from their apartment in the Winter Palace to their new home.
The palace consists of a central block with two wings. The western wing was called the Freylinskiy, or Ladies-in-Waiting Wing, and the eastern wing the Manezhny Wing, or Riding Hall Wing. A separate outbuilding was used by the Manezhny wing for stables, and another outbuilding for laundry. The two lions on the entrance staircase were specially cast for the palace in 1824. At the southeast corner of the mezzanine floor was a house chapel dedicated to Archangel Michael.
Grand Duke Michael died in 1849, leaving the palace to his widow Elena. Elena died in 1873 and the palace passed to her third daughter Catherine Mikhailovna. A new suite of eight rooms for Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna and her daughter Helena was built in the Manezhny Wing in 1865, which became Catherine's main residence until her death on 30 April 1894. The mansion then passed to his children - George Alexander, Charles Michael and Helena.
This created a political conflict over the ownership of the palace. Emperor Alexander III decided to buy the palace at government expense and establish the Keseninsky Institute there, but died in 1894, and on 20 January 1895, the Mikhailovsky Palace passed into the hands of the Romanovs. The departing family was allowed to take some decorations related to family history, which resulted in the removal of many chandeliers, doors and fireplaces.
Finance Minister Sergei Witte suggested that the Mikhailovsky Palace would be suitable for a museum of Russian art in honor of Emperor Alexander III, which Emperor Nicholas agreed to. The Hermitage Museum contains mostly the works of foreign artists, with a single room devoted only to indigenous art. So on 13 April 1895 Nicholas II established the "Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III" by personal decree and selected the Mikhailovsky Palace complex.
The interior of the palace was remodeled. Doors were raised, some were closed and new paths were made. Smaller rooms were combined to create larger exhibition spaces. Concrete ceilings were also installed, as well as measures to improve ventilation and water supply. Work on the main building was completed by the spring of 1896, after which interior work began. The museum was officially opened on 7 March 1898.
The detached building named Benois Wing was founded on 27 June 1914. Due to World War I, it was completed in 1919. It was handed over to Russian Museum in the early 1930s. In November 1941, during the Siege of Leningrad, the building was hit by two high-explosive bombs. Restoration work was carried out between 1947 and 1963. In 1958, a passage was built connecting it to the Freylinskiy Wing, now known as the Rossi Wing.
The Mikhailovsky Palace houses the main building of the State Russian Museum and is used to display a collection of works of art from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Entrances and exits are on the ground floor, which houses the ticket office, cloakrooms, shops, cafes and other visitor facilities. The Rossi Wing, formerly the Freylinskiy Wing, displays examples of 19th-century art and Russian folk art. 20th-century art and temporary exhibitions are displayed in the Benois wing.
Between 1900 and 1911 the former Manezhny branch was demolished to make way for a new building, which now houses the Russian Museum of Ethnography, initially the ethnographic department of the Russian Museum, but established as a separate museum in 1934. Between 2000 and 2002 the original decoration of the palace church was recreated.
Visiting Time: Monday - 10 AM to 8 PM. Wednesday and Friday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Thursday - 1 AM to 9 PM. Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.70) for adult. 170 Rubles (USD 1.83) for pupil over 16 years old and student, 450 Rubles (USD 4.86) for foreign adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for foreign student. Free for child of preschool and school age, members of unions of artists, architects, designers of Russia, cadets.
How to go: It is located north of Arts Square.

Rossi Pavilion

Pavilion

The pavilion formed part of the general reconstruction of the garden and its surrounding areas, begun in 1817 under the orders of Emperor Alexander I. The centrepiece was to be a new palace complex for his younger brother, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich. The palace was designed by Rossi, and approved by the emperor in April 1822. The garden plans followed the style and techniques of English landscape gardens, which had become internationally popular in the eighteenth century. The pavilion and its pier was completed in 1825. Rossi himself designed the railings for the pier.
Construction of the Mikhailovsky garden began in 1817. By order of Emperor Alexander I, a new palace complex was built for his younger brother, Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich. The palace was designed by Rossi and approved by the Emperor in April 1822. The garden plans followed the style and techniques of English landscape gardening, which became popular internationally in that time. The pavilion and its pier were completed in 1825.
Restoration work carried out between 2002 and 2004 included the pavilion, which restored the gardens to Rossi's original design. At this time, Rossi's bust was installed in the pavilion.
How to go: It is located on the bank of the Moyka River in the north end of Mikhailovsky Garden.

Russian Ethnographic Museum

Ethnographic Museum

Between 1900 and 1911 the former Manezhny wings of Mikhailovsky Palace was demolished to make way for a new building, which now houses the Russian Museum of Ethnography, initially the ethnographic department of the Russian Museum, but established as a separate museum in 1934.
Visiting Time: Tuesday - 10 AM to 9 PM. Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday and the last Friday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child.
Photography: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for photo and 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for video.
How to go: It is located east of Mikhailovsky Palace.

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia

Music Society

Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, officially the Saint Petersburg Academic Philharmonia Named After D. D. Shostakovich, is a music society, and is the name of the building where it is housed. Also there is another one building of Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Society: Malii Zal (Small Hall). The society now hosts two symphony orchestras: Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and Saint Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra. The venue is named after Dmitri Shostakovich.
St. Petersburg Philharmonia was established in 1802.
The building currently housing the Philharmonia was completed 1839.
The Bolshoi Zal has a capacity of 1500 seats. It is one of the best known music halls in Russia.
How to go: It is located about 110 meters from Museum of Emotions towards southeast, and south of Arts Square at Mikhaylovskaya Street, 2.

Komissarzhevskaya Theatre

Theater

In 1846, Count Essen-Stenbock-Fermor acquired the grounds and built an elite shopping mall. The name comes from a vast gallery that provides the main passage through the mall. The gallery was covered by an arching glass and steel roof, thus claiming to be one of the world's first shopping malls, along with Passage du Caire in Paris (1798) Burlington Arcade in London, Galerie Vivienne in Paris (1823) and Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert in Brussels.
The three-story building at the Passage opened its doors to customers on May 9, 1848. It was one of the first structures in Russia to use gas for lighting. Another innovation was an underground floor, where an electrical station would be installed in 1900. Although the store specialized in jewelry, expensive clothes, and other luxury goods, ordinary people flocked to see the most fashionable store in the Russian Empire. A 50 kopeck fee had to be introduced to limit admission.
Stenbock-Fermor designed the Passage Building not only as a shopping mall, but also as a cultural and social center. The building housed coffee-houses, confectioneries, panorama installations, an anatomical museum, a wax museum, a small zoo and even a concert hall. The concert hall became famous as an environment for literary readings. In 1897 ownership of the passage passed from the Stenbock-Fermer heirs to Princess Nadezhda Boryatinsky.
A major fire in 1898 necessitated a major renovation, financed by Crédit Lyonnais, a bank that leased a large portion of the store as its offices. In 1900, the building was reconstructed by adding another floor and rebuilt in Radom sandstone. The new owner converted the former concert hall into a theater with Vera Komissarzhevskaya (November 1864 – 23 February 1910) appointed as its artistic director. Komissarzhevskaya died in 1910.
The company was chartered as a drama theater in 1943. It is named after V F Komissarzhevskaya in 1959, and awarded academic status in 1994.
How to go: at Italyanskaya Street, 19.

Hygiene Museum

Museum

The museum displays pictures, models and wax works throughout the rooms devoted to themes such as human anatomy, infectious diseases and bad habits.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday - 11 AM to 6 PM.
Entry Fee: 90 Rubles (USD 0.97).
Photography: Not allowed.
How to go: It is located about 60 meters from Komissarzhevskaya Theatre towards east at 25, Italianskaya Ulitsa.

Italian Courtyard

Tourist Attraction

In 2013, residents of a few houses on Italian Street invited a talented artist to decorate their yards. Venice, Rome and classical Italian architecture, this is what he painted on the walls of the courtyard. The inner courtyard area is very clean and well maintained. There are comfortable benches and a children's playground. The gates are usually closed, so to get in, residents have to wait for one.
How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Hygiene Museum towards east at Italyanskaya Street, 29.

Russkiy Levsha

Museum

Russian Lefty Museum is a collection of micro-miniatures, some of the exhibits of which are smaller than a millimeter in size. The microminiatures were made by master Vladimir Aniskin.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 7 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult and 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for student.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters from Italian Courtyard towards east at Italyanskaya Street, 35.

Fabergé Museum

Museum

The Fabergé Museum is a privately owned museum founded by Viktor Vekselberg (born April 14, 1957). The museum's collection includes more than 4,000 decorative applications and works of fine art, including gold and silver items, paintings, porcelain and bronze. A highlight of the museum's collection is the group of nine Imperial Easter eggs made by Fabergé (a jewelery firm founded in 1842) for the last two Russian tsars.
In February 2004, Vekselberg purchased nine Fabergé Imperial Easter eggs from the Forbes publishing family in New York City. The collection was transferred to Russia and exhibited in the Kremlin and Dubrovnik in 2007. Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg, which had its official opening on November 19, 2013.
Visiting Time: Saturday to Thursday - 10 AM to 9 PM every day. Friday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 450 Rubles (USD 4.86). 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for guided tour.
Photography: Non-flash still photography is permitted. No video.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Russkiy Levsha museum towards east at Fontanka River Embankment, 21.

Svinoye Rylo

Art gallery

Pig's Snout Art Gallery exhibits contemporary art, narrative, ironic, art-brut and naive art.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Friday - 1 PM to 8 PM Saturday and Sunday - 5 PM to 8 PM.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Faberge Museum towards north at Fontanka River Embankment, 5.

Bolshoi State Circus

Circus

Also called Ciniselli Circus. The building, which still stands, was opened on 26 December 1877 with a large stage (13 meters) and stables (accommodating 150 horses). Italian circus performer Gaetano Ciniselli (1815-1881) first visited St. Petersburg in 1845 as part of a troupe. He returned to Russia in 1869, this time working with his brother-in-law, Carl-Magnus Hinne, in his circus. Ciniselli settled in Russia and inherited Hinn's circus in 1875.
The Ciniselli family operated the circus until 1919, when they emigrated. They often leased the building to stage high-profile entertainment events, such as the World Wrestling Championships in 1898. The building houses the world's first circus museum, opened in 1928 and as of 2002 boasts over 80,000 exhibits.
How to go: It is located about 60 meters from Svinoye Rylo museum towards north at Fontanka River Embankment, 3.

Multimedia Center of the Russian Museum

Museum

How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Bolshoi State Circus towards west at Inzhenernaya Street, 8.

Saint Michael's Castle

State Russian Museum

Emperor Paul 1 disliked the Winter Palace where he never felt safe. Because of his constant fear of assassination, Saint Michael's Castle was built for his residence in place of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna's small wooden palace. Construction began on February 26, 1797. The site was surrounded by the waters of the Moica River, the Fontanka River and two specially dug canals (Church Canal and Sunday Canal), which transformed the castle area into an artificial island reached by drawbridges.
The fort was completed on 8 November 1800, although interior finishing continued until March 1801. The fort looks different from every direction. In 1800, the monument to Peter the Great was placed in front of the castle, which was designed during Peter the Great's lifetime and later cast in 1747. By order of Paul I, the inscription "Great Great Grandson to Great Father" was erected on the pedestal depicting the scene of two Russian victories over Sweden during the Great Northern Wars.
Paul I was assassinated just 40 nights after moving into his newly built castle. He was murdered on 12 March 1801, in his own bedroom, by a group of dismissed officers. He was succeeded by his son, Emperor Alexander I, who was actually in the palace at that time. After Paul's death, the royal family returned to the Winter Palace, leaving St. Michael's Castle abandoned.
In 1823, the fort was given to the Army Engineering School. Since then the building has been known as Engineers Castle. In 1994, St. Michael's Castle became a branch of the State Russian Museum and housed the Portrait Gallery, which contains official portraits of Russian emperors and empresses and various dignitaries and celebrities from the late 17th to early 20th centuries. In 1991, the Russian Museum began extensive renovations of the castle. Lasts for over 30 years.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student.
Photography: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for Photo and video.
How to go: It is located about 110 meters from Multimedia Center of the Russian Museum towards north.

Chizhik Pyzhik

Statue

A bird statue of 11 cm height and about 5 kg weight was created in 1994. It is one of the smallest statues in St. Petersburg. The statue has been stolen several times. After the last ceremony, in 2002, the staff of the Museum of Urban Sculpture made a copy from the designs kept in the museum.
How to go: The statue is located just opposite the former School of Jurisprudence. The statue perches on a ledge in the embankment, in the proximity of the First Engineer Bridge.


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Summer Garden

Historic Park

The Summer Garden is a historic public park and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great. It dates back to the early 18th century when Russia took these lands from Sweden in the Great Northern War (1700–1721). The park was personally designed by Tsar Peter in 1704. Beginning in 1712, the planting of the summer garden was more elaborate. The Summer Garden was originally completed in 1719.
It has benches and side walks where Peter the Great used to spend his summer afternoons. Between 1771 and 1784 a fine cast-iron railing was erected separating the park from the public walk on the palace embankment. The grill design is one of the symbols of St. Petersburg. In 1777, the garden was almost completely destroyed by a flood, but was quickly restored. In 1826, a grotto pavilion was rebuilt into a coffee house. In 1827, a tea house was built.
On the shore of the carp pond, a porphyry vase gifted by Charles XIV of Sweden to the Tsar Nicolas I (1796-1855) was placed in 1839.
In 1854, a famous monument to children's writer Ivan Krylov was opened in the park. It was the first monument to a poet in Eastern Europe. On April 4, 1866, Dmitry Karakozov made the first attempt to assassinate the tsar while leaving the Summer Garden. As the attempt proved futile, the wonderful Summergrill Memorial Chapel in a Russian Revival style was built above the gate. After the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks broke this reunification.
There were one hundred marble sculptures. At the end of the 20th century, in order to protect the 90 surviving statues, to protect them from vandalism, the Russian Museum undertook to copy them to the adjacent St. Michael's Castle, and placed the copies in the open garden. They are covered with wooden cases to protect the sculptures from the winter weather and are opened and cleaned again in the warm season.
Visiting Time: Summer - 10 AM to 9 PM every day. Winter - 10 AM to 7:30 PM .

Lebyazh'ya Kanavka

Swan Canal

The 648-meter long Swan Canal separates two of the most famous green spaces of St. Petersburg - the Field of Mars and the Summer Garden. It is one of the oldest canals in Russia, which was dug in 1711-1719. It was named only later, when swans began to settle there. A pier on the canal was built in 1799. The pier was decorated with iron vases.
Two single-span bridges cross the Swan Canal: Verkhniy Lebyazhy (Upper Swan) Bridge over the Palace Embankment and Nizhniy Lebyazhy (Lower Swan) Bridge at the confluence of the Moika River. The first was built in stone in 1768 and replaced with reinforced concrete in 1927, preserving the original form and granite cladding. The second bridge was built in 1837 and rebuilt in 1925. Today small pleasure boats cruise along the beautiful Swan Canal.
How to go: It is located between Summer Garden and the Field of Mars.

Summer Palace of Peter the Great

Palace

The Summer Palace was planned by Peter the Great, the first Russian emperor, in 1710 on the banks of the Fontanka River. The construction of the summer palace was completed in 1714. It was a two-storied stone building with a four-pitched roof. The two floors had similar floor plans, each with seven rooms. Notable rooms include the reception room; Assembly Hall (Grand Hall); the prison where Peter personally tried, imprisoned, and released prisoners; And Peter's favorite room, his workshop.
From 1714, the summer palace became the residence of Peter the Great and his second wife, Catherine I of Russia, and many of their 12 children; Peter occupied the first floor until Peter's death in 1725, and Catherine occupied the second with the children. Peter and his wife Catherine lived in the palace from May to October during the summer and held parties to entertain guests. He also used this palace on his way to and from Europe.
After the death of Peter the Great, the summer palace was occupied by members of the imperial family and their courtiers for several years. During the reign of Catherine the Great between 1762-1796, the interior of the Summer Palace was modified for use by court officials during the summer months. In 1826, the Italian architect Carlo Rossi turned it into a coffee house, but by the end of the 19th century it was empty.
In 1925, the palace was handed over to the Department of History and Living Environment of the State Russian Museum. In 1934 the summer palace was turned into a museum depicting the daily life of Peter the Great and includes the original oak staircase as well as the upper and lower kitchens and the Green Drawing Room with Catherine's apartment upstairs.
During World War II, both the Summer Palace and the Summer Gardens were severely damaged by German bombing. In the early 1960s, the summer palace was completely restored, including its interior, carved oak panels with images of Minerva in the lower lobby, unique Dutch tiles for its heating system, and fireplaces with stucco decorations. The Summer Palace Museum has been a part of the State Russian Museum since 2004.
Visiting Time: Opening hours from June to October daily start at 10:00 (10 a.m.) and last to 18:00 (6 p.m.).[6]
Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40). 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for CIS citizen.
How to go: It is located northeast corner of Summer Garden.

Field of Mars

Square

With the establishment of the royal residence in the Summer Garden in 1704, the area became a buffer zone separating the royal estate from the rest of the city. Between 1711 and 1721 two canals, the "Swan" and the "Red" were dug in the east and west respectively for the purpose of draining the land. It forms a roughly rectangular plot of land, initially called "pustoi", meaning "empty", and from the 1720s "great meadow". In 1712 an inn was built on the north-west part of the estate, rebuilt as a post office in 1714.
Between 1713 and 1717 the area hosted the royal menagerie, which housed a variety of birds and animals, including an elephant. With the construction of the Red Canal, the menagerie moved to Hamovaya Street (now Mokhovaya Street). With the completion of the Red Canal in 1721, the west end of Big Meadow became a popular place for aristocrats to build large townhouses. On the orders of Peter the Great, the land was leveled, cleared and sown with grass, making lanes for walking.
The Great Meadow became a location for military parades and festivals. The celebration of the Treaty of Nystad in 1721 was held here. The Treaty of Nystad was the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721. It was concluded between the Russia and Sweden on 10 September 1721. A triumphal arch was built to commemorate the treaty. The area came to be known as the "Recreation Field".
The Gottorp Globe was displayed in the Neuwerk Gardens at Gottorf Castle in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The globe was completed in 1664. In 1717 the globe was moved to St. Petersburg. It was installed on this field soon after arriving in St. Petersburg. In the summer of 1726, a building was built for it and opened to the public for a time before the Globe moved to the Kunstkamera on Vasilyevsky Island.
During the reign of Empress Anna between 1730 and 1740, the grounds were used to host military exercises and parades for two weeks each autumn. After this parade the officers dined in the summer palace, while the soldiers ate in the meadow. In February 1740 Empress Anna ordered repairs and improvements to the square, including the planting of trees and the removal of some buildings. New paths were laid. Further work was carried out between 1741 and 1762 during the early reign of Empress Elizabeth.
In the second half of the eighteenth century the city continued to expand and large townhouses and palaces were built along the northern border of the meadow along the Neva embankment. The Marble Palace was the first, built between 1765 and 1785. A three-storied Lombard building was built on the western side of the meadow. A flood in 1777 damaged much of the meadow. The Red Canal was filled in in 1780, becoming the street, which was renamed Tsaritsynskaya Street in 1798. Betskoy and Saltykov mansions were built in the 1780s.
In 1799, an obelisk was erected in the middle of the field, and in 1801, the Suvorov Monument was unveiled on the south side of the field. During the reign of Paul I, The Meadow was mainly used for military parades, his son, Alexander I, transferred the land from the city authorities to the army. It was renamed "Field of Mars" in 1805, commemorating Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology.
The obelisk was moved to Vasilyevsky Island while the Suvorov monument was moved to a new square, later named Suvorov Square, north of Mars Field on the Neva Embankment and between the Marble Palace and the Saltykov Mansion. Between 1817 and 1821 a large building was built to the west of the square to house the barracks of the Pavlovsky regiment, the western part of which was completed with the houses between Moyka and the south of the Pavlovsky regiment building.
In 1823, Sadovaya Street was extended to the eastern edge of Mars Square, joining the avenue running parallel to the Swan Canal. From the 1820s Mars Square became the main site of military parades in St. Petersburg. A prayer service was held after the Russo-Turkish War on 23 September 1829, and a parade in 1831 celebrated the end of hostilities with Poland after the November Uprising.
From 1869, folk festivals started once again on the Field of Mars. Along with entertainment, sports competitions are also held. In 1907, festivals on the Field of Mars were banned. Sports events tend to be held in the field. It hosted the World Championship in speed skating in the winter of 1903, and in 1913 the first intercity hockey match was held here. A reinforced concrete skating rink was built that year and demolished shortly after.
In the winter of 1910-1911, deer were brought into the field and offered to citizens for horse riding. On April 17, 1912, a telescope was set up in the grounds for citizens to observe the solar eclipse. After the February Revolution, Petrograd decided to build a cemetery for those killed in the Soviet unrest. Four large graves were excavated centered around Mars Field. On April 5, 1917, 184 people were buried on Mars Fild.
The first private burial took place on 23 June 1918. During this time the Field of Mars continued to be used as a military parade and training ground. A review of the first "Red Officers" was held on 18 September 1918. On its first anniversary, the "Field of Mars" of the October Revolution was renamed "Victims of the Revolution Square". On October 25, 1921, the square was transferred to the city's Parks and Gardens Administration. The last burial in the square was on 8 October 1933.
The square was landscaped with vegetable gardens in the summer of 1942 to feed the city during the Siege of Leningrad. The square's former name, "Field of Mars", was restored on 13 January 1944. It was further reconstructed between 1947 and 1955. An eternal flame was lit in the center of the square on 6 November 1957, commemorating the victims of various wars and revolutions. The flame lit from the open-earth furnace was Russia's first eternal flame.
Between 1998 and 2001 the square was reconstructed once more. Over 3,800 new shrubs and trees were planted and paths and lawns were repaired. The Monument to the Fighters of the Revolution was also restored, again on 14 November 2003 with a flame taken from the furnace of the Kirov factory. The memorial was restored in 2014.
How to go: It is located west of Summer Garden.

Betsky's House

Historical Landmark

In the early 18th century, regimental barracks were located on this site. There was a swimming pool in 1725 and a guardhouse in 1731. And in 1750, the Opera House (a two-story wooden building) was built here, which stood until 1773. Between 1784 and 1787, at this place, by order of Catherine II, a house was built for Ivan Ivanovich Betsky. Betsky is known for his role in establishing the foundations of education in Russia. He was also the author of the reform of school education, and the president of the Academy of Arts.
Betsky moved into a house on the Palace Embankment in 1789. The building included a hanging garden. The building consists of a two-storied building on the Meadow side and a three-storied building on the Never side. The buildings were interconnected by a one-story wing from the Summer Garden side. The owner had a collection of artworks. Famous people like the King of Poland Denis Diderot visited this house. Evenings were held here for the students of educational institutions under Betsky.
Many places in the palace were rented out. Krylov Ivan Andreevich lived in Betsky's house in 1791-96. Here they opened a printing house, where he published magazines. When Betsky died, his daughter Elena became the owner of the house in 1795, and in 1822 the house passed into the possession of Elena's daughters. In 1830 the Treasury bought the Betsky house and handed it over to Prince PG Oldenburgsky.
Oldenburgsky was famous in education. He rebuilt the building. In place of the hanging garden, a floor for a dance-hall was added. Also, a chapel was built here. In the 1850s, another reconstruction of the palace took place, as a result of which its height was equalized on all sides. Regular musical evenings were held at the house and after parades held on the Fild of Mars, the his colleagues and other officers would gather here.
In 1917, Oldenburgsky's son sold the house to the Provisional Government, which handed it over to the Ministry of Education. The artifacts were moved to the Hermitage. After the revolution there were communal apartments here. Currently, the Betsky house belongs to the University of Culture. The building is connected to Saltykovs' house, which also belongs to the university.
How to go: It is northeast corner of Field of Mars.

Saltykov Mansions

Historical Landmark

Catherine the Great initially gave the land to her personal secretary Pyotr Soimonov who soon sold it to the merchant Philipp Grootten (1748–1815). He built a palace for him whose neo-classical facade can still be seen across the Neva. Grootten Palace was sold in 1793, and it changed hands. In 1796, the palace became the property of Count Nikolai Saltykov, interim head of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. Until 1918 the palace was the property of the Saltykov family.
In 1828 the Saltykovs rented out the fully furnished mansion. It was leased by the Austrian government as its embassy in the Russian capital. From September 1831 to 1855 Saltykov Mansion was the residence of the Austrian ambassador. The Saltykov Mansion became the site of two of the most famous salons of the time. Later, the second and third floors were rented by the Danish diplomat Otten Plessen. In 1863, the British government leased the Saltykow Mansion and it became the British Embassy until 1918.
Currently, the Saltykov Mansions belongs to the University of Culture. The building is connected to Betsky's House, which also belongs to the university.
How to go: It is located west of Betsky's House.

Suvorov Square

Square

The land was owned by Alexander Vorontsov. Vorontsov died on 2 December 1805 and it became a garden for the Saltykov mansion. In 1818, the garden was bought by the treasury and redeveloped into a square. The monument to Alexander Suvorov was moved to the center of the new square, and from 1823 it was known as Suvorov Square. In 1824 the Trinity Bridge connected Suvorov Square with Trinity Square across the Neva. From 1895 to 1910, the tramway was laid.
How to go: It is located west of Saltykov Mansions.

Service Building of the Marble Palace

Historic Landmark

The Service Building was built simultaneously with the Marble Palace in 1780-1788. In 1844-1849, the building was thoroughly rebuilt. The building passed to the state in 1915, when one of the previous owners, Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna, continued to live here after the Bolsheviks came to power. On the facade of the building you can see the work of sculptor P.K. Klodt - frieze “Service of the horse to man”.
How to go: It is located west of Suvorov Square.

Marble Palace

Palace

The palace was built as a gift from Empress Catherine the Great for Count Grigory Orlov, her favorite and the most powerful Russian nobleman of the 1760s. Construction began in 1768. The palace derives its name from the different types of marble it adorns. In all, 32 different shades of marble were used to decorate the palace. Each of its four facades has a different design.
In 1797–1798 the structure was leased to Stanislaw II Augustus, the last king of Poland. The palace then belonged to Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich and the heirs of the Konstantinovichi branch of the House of Romanov. In 1843, Grand Duke Constantine Nikolayevich decided to redecorate the building, renaming it the Constantine Palace. Only the original staircase and marble hall survived.
During the Soviet era, the palace was successively home to the Ministry of Labor (1917–19), the Academy of Material Culture (1919–36) and the main local branch of the Moscow-based Central Lenin Museum (1937–91). Currently, the palace houses two permanent exhibitions of the State Russian Museum.
The Marble Palace's other permanent collection is the Ludwig Museum at the Russian Museum, which draws on the assets of Cologne's famous Ludwig Museum and was founded in 1995 by Peter and Irene Ludwig to provide an understanding of later 20th-century art to a Russian audience. Using 118 works presented to the museum by the Ludwigs, including some of the biggest names in modern art, the collection strives to represent as wide a range of styles and media as possible in a limited space.
On May 23, 1909, the monument to Alexander III was unveiled in the center of present-day Ploshchad Vosstaniya in front of the Moscow train station. The monument was desecrated in February 1917. In 1937 it was moved from Ploshchad Vosstaniya to an inner court yard of the State Russian Museum. In 1994, the monument was moved to the courtyard near the entrance to the Marble Palace where previously stood Lenin's famous political rallying armored car.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student.
Photography: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70).
How to go: It is located west of Service Building of the Marble Palace.

Gallery Deuce

Art Gallery

How to go: It is located about 40 meters from Marble Palace towards southwest at Millionnaya Street, 4/1.

Novo-Mikhailovsky Palace

New Michael Palace

The wedding of Mikhail Nikolayevich took place on 18 August 1857. The residence was built for him from 1857 to 1862. The technologies used in palace construction were new to St. Petersburg at the time. Metal rafters and beams were used in the construction of the palace. However, the technology emerged in the 1820s and 1830s and was mainly used for roofing large premises. Another technological innovation was heating, which was done by introducing heated air into palace rooms.
In 1889, the palace was electrified. After the Russian Revolution, the palace housed a branch of the Communist Academy. Then in 1949 it was occupied by the Institute of Oriental Studies (IOS), later the Leningrad branch of the IOS, and it is currently occupied by its successor, the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts. The building is well preserved and restored in 2005-2009. The former stables were recently reconstructed to house some 1,000,000 Oriental books and manuscripts from the Institute's collection.
How to go: It is located west of Marble Palace at Palace Embankment, 18.

Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich

Museum

The Vladimir Palace was built between 1867 and 1872 for Vladimir Alexandrovich (22 April 1847 – 17 February 1909), the third son of Emperor Alexander II. Grand Duke Vladimir was an avid collector and patron of the arts. Much of Vladimir's art collection later moved to the Hermitage collection and elsewhere.
The Vladimir Palace was used since January 31, 1920 as the "Maxim Gorky House of Scientists", a social and cultural club for scientific intellectuals. The former palace is a complex of three buildings - the main four-story building facing the Neva, the service wing, called "Hofmeistersky", facing Millionnaya Street, and a stable building in the middle of the courtyard.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from towards west at Palace Embankment, 26.

Osobnyak G.f Mendena

Tourist Attraction

How to go: It is located about 30 meters west of Vladimir Palace at Palace Embankment, 30.

Pier "Winter Kanavka"

Marina

How to go: It is located about 30 meters west of Osobnyak G.f Mendena at Palace Embankment, 32.


Day-22:

Pushkin Apartment Museum

Museum

This literary museum is dedicated to Russia's most famous poet, Alexander Pushkin. The museum is housed in Pushkin's memorial apartment where he lived between 1836 and 1837 and died after being mortally wounded in a dramatic duel. In a wave of nationwide mourning for the untimely death of this major Russian literary figure, Pushkin's apartment was carefully preserved and remains a fine example of an 1830s nobleman's residence.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Monday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday and last Friday of the month reamins closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
Photography: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for photo and 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for video.
How to go: It is located 210 meters from Hermitage Theatre towards south crossing Moyka river. Admiralteyskaya metro station is nearest metro station, about 560 meters from Pushkin Apartment Museum towards southwest. Nevsky Prospekt metro station is about 680 meters from the museum towards southeast.

Shadow Museum

Museum

It was opened in May 2018. After entering the museum, the visitor will be offered a tour in Russian or English.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 10 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for adult. 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for child. Free for child age below 3. 10% discount for groups more than 5 people.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters from The Pushkin Apartment Museum towards southeast at Bolshaya Konyushennaya street, 5A.

Church of the Saviour Not Made by Human Hand

Church

Named after a legendary Byzantine icon, a copy of which was brought to St. Petersburg by order of Empress Anna, this large church on "Stable Square" is an integral part of the architecture that once formed the Imperial Stables. The first wooden church was built on the site in 1737, while the current building was built in 1817-1823. Significantly expanded and modified forty years later, the church retains its neo-classical grandeur.
In the Soviet Union, the church became Police Precinct No. 28. The building was returned to the Orthodox Church in 1991 and has since been completely restored. In the last years of his life, Alexander Pushkin was a regular visitor to the church from his apartment near the Moika Embankment. The poet's body was taken from here to his final resting place at the Svyatagorsky Monastery, and to this day the bells are rung to mark his birthday (6 June) and the day of his death (10 February).
The church is regularly used for concerts by the church's Sunday school students.
Visiting Time: 9 AM to 7 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Shadow Museum towards northeast at Konyushennaya Ploshchad', 1.

Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines

Museum

Visiting Time: 11 AM to 8 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 450 Rubles (USD 4.86) for adult. 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for Schoolchild, student, pensioner, multi-child family, disabled people. Free for child age below 6. The ticket includes 15 vintage coins to play the arcades, excursion.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Church of the Saviour Not Made by Human Hand towards south at Konyushennaya Ploshchad', 2.

Route 66

Museum

Museum Route 66 focuses on American cars made between 1940-1970.
How to go: It is located at the same building of Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines at Konyushennaya Ploshchad', 2

Savior on the Spilled Blood

Museum

On March 13, 1881, as the carriage of Alexander II passed by the Griboedov, a grenade thrown by a conspirator exploded at this location. But the Tsar got out of the car unscathed. A second conspirator killed himself by throwing another bomb and mortally wounded the Tsar. The Tsar, profusely bleeding, was taken back to the Winter Palace, where he died a few hours later.
A temporary shrine has been built at the site of the attack. Two years later, construction of the present church began in 1883 during the reign of Alexander III. The church was consecrated as a memorial to his father. For the exact location of the assassination, it was decided to narrow the canal so that the road through which the Tsar drove could be included within the walls of the church. Construction was completed in 1907 during the reign of Nicholas II.
After the Russian Revolution, the church was looted, badly damaging its interior. The Soviet government closed the church in 1932. During World War II when many people starved to death due to the siege of Leningrad by the Nazi German military, the church was used as a temporary morgue for those who died in battle and from starvation and disease. The church sustained significant damage. After the war, it was used as a vegetable warehouse.
In July 1970, the management of the church passed to St. Isaac's Cathedral and it is used as a museum. Income from the cathedral financed the restoration of the church. It was reopened in August 1997, 27 years after its restoration, but has not been rebuilt and does not function as a full-time place of worship. The Church of the Savior on Blood is a museum of mosaics. The church was dedicated to the memory of the assassinated Tsar.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. May 1 to September 30 - 6 PM to 10:30 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for audio guide (in Russian, English, German, French, Italian or Spanish). 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for evening openings of the Cathedral in the summer only.
Photography: Allowed.
How to go: It is located about 110 meters from Museum of Soviet Arcade Machines towards east.

Apartment Museum Mikhail Zoshchenko

Museum

Mikhail Mikhailovich Joshchenko (10 August 1894 – 22 July 1958) was a Soviet and Russian writer and satirist. The apartment she lived in from 1934 until her death was rented out to a number of writers and cultural figures. The General Museum has an extensive collection of the author's artifacts and furniture remains, as well as editions of his works.
Visiting Time: 10:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Monday and the last Wednesday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 160 Rubles (USD 1.73) for adult. 80 Rubles (USD 0.86) for child.
Photography: Photo - 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) and video - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Route 66 Museum towards south at     4/2, Malay Konyushennaya Ulitsa (Apartment 119).

St. Petersburg Stamp Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday - 11 PM to 5 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student, retired.
How to go: It is locaetd about 420 meters from Savior on the Spilled Blood museum towards southwest at embankment River Moyka, 32.

Museum of Printing

Museum

The building housed various editorial offices, including the famous communist newspaper Pravda, for six months in 1917, the Printing Museum houses a permanent exhibition of the development of printing in Saint Petersburg from the early 19th century to the October Revolution. Items on display include a collection of a variety of original editions and prints from the early 20th century. Two rooms are dedicated to the reconstruction of the Pravda office.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult. 60 Rubles (USD 0.65) for child or student.
How to go: It is located at embankment River Moyka, 32.

Winter Palace

State Hermitage Museum

Peter I (9 June 1672 – 8 February 1725), commonly known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of All Russia from 1682 and First Emperor of All Russia from 1721. In 1703, he launched the first Russian newspaper. He founded the city of St. Petersburg on the banks of the Neva in May 1703. The first royal residence on the site was a log cabin then known as Domik Petra I, built in 1704. In 1711 it was moved to Petrogradsky Island, where it still stands.
With the site cleared, the Tsar then began work on building a large house between 1711 and 1712. This house is today called the first winter palace. In 1712, Peter moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg. The first Winter Palace was a two-story building under one roof. Peter built the second Winter Palace in 1721. It was here that Peter the Great died in 1725. Some of these new palaces, such as Kikin Hall and the Menshikov Palace, are still stand.
Peter I was succeeded by his widow, Catherine I, who ruled until her death in 1727. She was succeeded by Peter II, grandson of Peter I, who completely redesigned and expanded the Second Palace, known as the 3rd Winter Palace. In 1728, shortly after the completion of the Third Palace, the Imperial Court moved to Moscow and Moscow once again became the capital city. The Winter Palace lost its status as the main royal residence.
After Peter II's death in 1730, the throne passed to Peter I's niece Anna Ivanovna. The new empress re-established the Imperial Court in the Winter Palace, and in 1732 St. Petersburg again officially became the capital of Russia, where it remained until 1918. The empress stayed at Apraksin, overlooking the Winter Palace. The rebuilding of the Winter Palace was an ongoing project throughout Empress Anna's reign.
In 1740 Anna was succeeded by the infant Tsar Ivan VI. Soon Peter the Great's daughter Empress Elizabeth deposed Ivan. The new Empress Elizabeth, whose main residence was the Summer Palace, held court at the Winter Palace. Empress Elizabeth chose the princess Sophie from Germany as a bride for her nephew Peter III. Sophie came to Russia in 1744 at the age of 15.
On 28 June 1744, the Russian Orthodox Church accepted Sophie as a member. It was then that she took the new name Catherine, later known as Catherine II or Catherine the Great. The following year, on August 21, 1745, the long-planned dynastic wedding between Catherine and Peter III finally took place in St. Petersburg. During the reign of Elizabeth, in 1753, an entirely new scheme was erected, on a grand scale, the fourth and present Winter Palace.
The rapid completion of the palace became a matter of honor to the empress. Building work continued throughout the year, even during the ongoing Seven Years' War (1756-1763). Work was stopped when the project cost exceeded the budget. By 1759, shortly before Elizabeth's death, a Winter Palace was nearing completion. After the death of Empress Elizabeth on 5 January 1762, Peter III ascended the throne and Catherine II became Empress. The royal couple moved to the new Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Peter III died on July 17, 1762, six months after ascending the throne. At the time the couple had a seven-year-old son, Paul. Catherine was crowned on 22 September 1762 at the Assumption Cathedral in Moscow. A second suite of state rooms south of the Great Church was built for Catherine II. Between 1787 and 1795, a new east wing was added to this suite containing the throne room, known as St George's Hall. In 1790, five rooms were demolished to create three large halls.
Catherine added a new wing to the Winter Palace. Catherine named it the Hermitage, a name used by Empress Elizabeth to describe her private rooms within the palace. The Hermitage Wing itself was another large palace, connected to the main palace by a walkway. The entire complex, including the Winter Palace, later became known as the Hermitage. The empress's ambassadors in Rome, Paris, Amsterdam and London were instructed to purchase works of art for the palace.
As the palace fills with art, it overflows into the Hermitage. It became necessary to build a second and larger extension to the palace, which eventually became known as the Old Hermitage. Later, Catherine commissioned a third extension, the Hermitage Theatre. This construction required the demolition of Peter the Great's Third Winter Palace. Work continued on the Winter Palace until the empress's death in 1796. Catherine the Great was succeeded by her son Paul I.
For security reasons, Emperor Paul I built St. Michael's Castle and abandoned the Winter Palace. He was assassinated there in 1801, three weeks after taking up residence. Paul I was succeeded by his 24-year-old son Alexander I. The royal family returns to the winter palace. He bought more artwork for the Winter Palace. After his death in 1825, he was succeeded by his brother Nicholas I.
Emperor Nicholas I was responsible for the current appearance and layout of the palace. The second suite, built for Catherine II, was constructed from a few small rooms in the military gallery and inaugurated on October 25, 1826.
Alexander Column in the Palace Square of the Winter Palace was erected after Russia's victory in the war with Napoleon's France. The column is named for Emperor Alexander I of Russia, who reigned from 1801 to 1825. During the reign of Nicholas I, the column was built between 1830 and 1834 and unveiled on 30 August 1834.
The 47.5 meter tall monument is surmounted by an angel holding a cross. The column is a single piece of red granite obtained from Virolahti, Finland and transported by sea to St. Petersburg in 1832. Without the aid of modern cranes and engineering machines, the 600-ton column was erected on 30 August 1832 by 3,000 men in less than 2 hours.
In 1837 the Winter Palace was severely damaged by fire, which burned for several days. Nicholas rebuilt the palace.
The reconstruction of the palace took advantage of the latest construction techniques of the industrial age. The exterior, most of the principal state suites, the Jordanian Staircase and the Grand Church were restored to their original design and decoration. The second largest room in the Winter Palace, the Armorial Hall, became much more ornate. The destroyed Jasper Room was rebuilt as the Malachite Drawing Room.
Alexander III, son of Alexander II and his wife Maria and grandson of Nicholas I, was born on 10 March 1845 at the Winter Palace. Russia's first art museum, the Imperial Hermitage Museum, opened on 5 February 1852 by order of Emperor Nicholas I. But the Winter Palace and other imperial palaces were closed to visitors. Nicholas died in the Winter Palace on 2 March 1855 and was succeeded by his son Alexander II.
Alexander II had further additions to the works of art during his reign, including the Antiquarian and Archaeological Collection in 1861 and Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" in 1865. Nicholas Alexandrovich, another son of Alexander II and Maria, said on his deathbed that his fiancée, Princess Dagmar of Denmark, should marry his brother Alexander III. Alexander's parents also encouraged it.
On 2 June 1866, Alexander III visited Dagmar in Copenhagen, and proposed to Dagmar. On 9 November 1866 in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace, Alexander married Dagmar, who converted to Orthodox Christianity and took the name Maria Feodorovna.
On the evening of February 5, 1880, a time bomb exploded under the dining room of the Winter Palace, killing 11 and injuring 30. The late arrival from Berlin of the Emperor's nephew, the Prince of Bulgaria, delayed dinner. So the emperor and his family were late going to the dining room, and the bomb exploded and so they were unharmed. The explosion was so great that it was heard throughout St. Petersburg. The dining room was completely destroyed.
On March 13, 1881, as Alexander II's carriage passed Griboyedov, the conspirators threw the bomb. But the Tsar got out of the car unharmed. When another bomb was thrown, the Tsar was mortally wounded and bled profusely. He was taken to the Winter Palace, where he died a few hours later. His son, Alexander III, King of Congress Poland and Grand Duke of Finland, became Emperor of Russia from 13 March 1881 until his death in 1894.
Alexander III was advised that the Winter Palace was not safe. So, Alexander moved his family to Gatchina Palace. Under heavy guard, he moved to St. Petersburg, staying in the Anichkov Palace opposite the Winter Palace, when the Winter Palace was used for official functions. Despite his hatred of his stepmother, Catherine Dolgorukova, Alexander allowed her to stay at the Winter Palace for a time after his father's murder.
In 1884, Nicholas II's arrival ceremony was held at the Winter Palace, where he pledged allegiance to his father, Alexander III. Empress Maria, wife of Alexander III, created a garden in the center of the main courtyard of the Winter Palace in 1885. After the death of Alexander III in 1894, Nicholas II became the last reigning Emperor of Russia until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He lived in Gatchina Palace.
On November 26, 1894, Nicholas II married Alix (Alexandra) in a lavish ceremony at the Winter Palace. After the ceremony the newlyweds began their married life at Anichkov Palace. In 1895, they began to live in the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin). From December 1895 they lived in the Winter Palace only for the winter season. In 1896, the wife of Nicholas II created a garden on the former parade ground. It is one of two gardens in the Winter Palace.
The final great Imperial gathering at the Winter Palace was the 1903 Ball at the Winter Palace. The lavish ball was held in two stages during the reign of Emperor Nicholas II, on February 11 and 13, 2003. All visitors were dressed in 17th century style. In 1904, Russia was at war with Japan and their newborn baby Alexei was sick. The Tsar and Empress permanently abandoned the Winter Palace and high society for greater security and privacy at Pushkin's Alexander Palace.
Public ignorance of the tsars' residence resulted in the Bloody Sunday Massacre. It happened on 22 January 1905 during a demonstration march of workers towards the Winter Palace. The carnage broke out when tsarist soldiers opened fire on protesters near St. Isaac's Cathedral at the entrance to the Alexander Garden leading to Palace Square in front of the Winter Palace. Although the number of casualties is disputed, moderate estimates put an average of around 1,000 men, women and children killed or wounded.
In 1913 the Romanov dynasty celebrated its centenary, but there were few crowds, the empress being displeased by her son's illness. The Emperor and Empress declined to hold a celebratory ball at the Winter Palace, instead holding two smaller receptions, both of which the Empress failed to attend.
In 1914, Russia was forced to go to war. The Tsar and Empress returned to the Winter Palace to stand on their balcony to receive salutes and tributes from the departing soldiers. In the early stages of the battle, many of the wounded returned to the Winter Palace. From October 1915, the palace was a fully equipped hospital. After Rasputin was assassinated by the Tsar's nephew-in-law in December 1916, the situation worsened and St. Petersburg fell into the full grip of revolution.
On March 15, 1917, Nicholas II abdicated. A provisional government was appointed and many members of the royal family, including Nicholas II, the empress and their children, were arrested and later executed by the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg in 1918. During the February Revolution in 1917, the Malachite Room in the northwest corner of the Winter Palace was the main council chamber of the Provisional Government. Most of the state rooms, however, were occupied by military hospitals.
By 25 October 1917 the defense of the palace was ordered. On 30 October 1917, the palace was declared part of the Hermitage Public Museum. This first exhibition held at the Winter Palace deals with the history of the Revolution. After the revolution, the policy was to remove all imperial symbols from the palace. During the Soviet era, many of the palace's remaining treasures were scattered in and around museums in the Soviet Union.
After the siege of Leningrad 1941-1944, when the palace was damaged and completely restored the palace. The palace has since restored the symbols of the Romanovs. Golden and crowned double-headed eagles again adorn the walls, balconies and gates. Today, as part of one of the world's most famous museums, the palace is visited by 3.5 million visitors annually. The Winter Palace is said to have 1,500 rooms, 1,786 doors and 1,945 windows.
With 350 rooms of exhibition of State Harmitage Museum. One ticket covers all parts of the Winter Palace complex's collection, except for the Treasure Gallery, which can only be entered as part of a guided tour. Separate tickets must be purchased for video and camera photography within the museum. It is also possible to pre-book tickets online, which is more expensive, but helps avoid queues, which can be a problem for visitors during the peak tourist season during summer.
There are State Rooms, Treasure Galleries, Western European Art (13th to 19th Centuries), Antiquities, Prehistoric Art, Oriental Art, Numismatics.
Visiting Time: Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM every day. Wednesday and Friday - 10:30 AM to 9 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for Main Museum Complex and the branches (General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory). 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for Harmitage Branches (Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center). Free for Preschool child, school child, student.
Free entry: First Thursday of each month.
Photography: Photo and Video allowed withouth flash.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from St. Petersburg Stamp Museum towards northwest.
Inside the Premises: On the main gate you will see Monogram of Alexander III and his wife Maria Feodorovna. Enter the gate, you will reach Great at the Courtyard of the Winter Palace. inside you will see Jordan Staircase. Turn left at the top of the Jordan Stairs and you'll reach the Field Marshal's Room (Room 193). After a fire in 1837 these rooms were renovated in a more classical style. In honor of Russia's military leaders, the room appropriately features full-length portraits of Russian field marshals. Massive gilded bronze chandeliers and grisaille paintings on the ceiling.
The next room off the Great Enfilade is the Small Throne Room (Room 194). This room is also known as Peter the Great's Memorial Hall. The throne, set on a platform, was built for Empress Anna Ioanovna in the early 1730s. Above the throne, there is a painting of Peter. The room also contains two major battle scenes from Peter's victorious Northern War against Sweden. In this royal setting, diplomats gather on New Year's Day to greet the Tsar.
From here enter the opulent Armorial Hall (Room 195), which is over 1000 square meters. This room was designed after the fire of 1837 and was intended for official functions. The hall takes its name from the coats of arms of all Russian provinces that adorn the massive gilt bronze chandeliers. Next to the entrance to the hall is a group of sculptures of the first Russian warriors.
Exiting to the left through the door in the middle of the hall, you reach the War Gallery of 1812 (room 197). This narrow but long room contains 333 gold-framed portraits of distinguished military commanders who fought to defeat Napoleon's Grand Army and march it thousands of miles from Moscow to Paris. The 13 empty frames represent generals who were not available to sit in person.
To the left of War Gallery, an equestrian portrait of the victorious Tsar Alexander 1 in military uniform. Alexander is depicted in the distant background of Paris, mounted on a white stallion that Napoleon had returned to him in friendly times. In 1814, six years after receiving this gift, Alexander triumphantly rode into the conquered French capital.
Exiting the War Gallery, enter St. George's Hall (Room 198) which served as the main throne room for the Russian Czars and thus was the scene of many formal ceremonies and elaborate receptions of the Imperial Court. Like the Armorial Hall, this space was redesigned after the 1837 fire. Flooring made of sixteen different species of precious wood. There are 28 crystal and bronze chandeliers.
Royal imperial throne set on a dais and a colossal double-headed imperial eagle. During the Soviet period the throne was moved and a large map of the USSR was hung in this place. Above, St. George, seated, his long spear making short work of the enemy dragon.
Continue past St. George's Hall through the small rooms, the long west wing of Catherine's original hermitage. Here is Catherine's hanging garden, as it is raised above ground level. During the terrible starvation years of the Leningrad siege, the curators cultivated vegetables here. Walk north, keeping the garden on the right, and you'll reach the exquisite Pavilion Hall (Room 204), designed in the mid-19th century on the site of Catherine's earlier small Hermitage Pavilion. The mandap is decorated with 28 chandeliers.
The centerpiece of the pavilion is the magnificent peacock clock, commissioned for Catherine by one of her favorites, Gregory Potemkin, in the mid-18th century. It features an abundance of moving wildlife, including a dragonfly, owls, squirrels and peacocks perched in oak trees. The peacock, spreading its huge feathers at the opportune moment, rotates 360 degrees and makes a graceful bow, after which the nearby rooster crows. Dial with Roman numerals surmounted by a mushroom head to the right of the squirrel.
Exiting the Pavilion on the further side of the Clock and from the Small Hermitage to step to the Large (Old) Hermitage, where you will see Italian Art. Let's first glance at the Madonna with Child and Two Angels (1385) by Paolo di Giovanni Fei, immediately to the left of the door in Room 207.
An estimated ten surviving paintings by Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) are located in room 214. Madonna and Child with Flowers (Benois Madonna), (ca. 1478). Innovative and influential oil painting technique Leonardo's Madonna and Child (the Litta Madonna) in the first half of the 1490s.
Pass through the door opposite the Benois Madonna and then turn right, past Titian's Confused Wings. Continue through what were once small apartments for honored guests of the Imperial Court but now house 217 rooms of Venetian art. Here is a painting "Judith with the Head of Holofernes" by Giorgione (1477 - 1510).
Now the art Danae (Room 221), by Titian (1490 – 1576). "The Penitent Mary Magdalene" proceeds through the next room of two pieces of art, "The Repentant Mary Magdalene" by Titian, and "St. George." By Tintoretto. Proceed through the glass and lace rooms then turn right down the corridor, the windowed arch, which connects the Old Hermitage to the Hermitage Theater (accessible only during performances) and which offers fantastic views.
At the Raphael Loggia (Room 227). Catherine the Great, was highly impressed by color prints she had seen of frescoes created by Raphael (1483 – 1520) at the behest of Pope Leo X for a loggia in the Vatican Palace. Since the loggia itself could not be purchased, Catherine decided to have the entire space copied. Thus, the architect Giacomo Quarenghi was instructed to build this wing according to the required specifications while a group of artists made careful copies of the frescoes themselves. Looking up, the vaults are decorated with Biblical scenes. Catherine herself so admired the Italian genius that she ordered a portrait of the 'Raphael' installed over the door at the end of the gallery.
Catherine the Great, a loggia in the Vatican Palace, was greatly impressed by the colorful prints of the frescoes by Raphael (1483 – 1520). As the loggia could not be purchased, Catherine was instructed to make a copy of this wing while a group of artists carefully made copies of the frescoes. Looking up, the vaults are decorated with biblical scenes. Catherine herself admired the Italian genius so much that she ordered a portrait of 'Raphael' to be placed over the door at the end of the gallery.
Turn left into room 237 and immediately right into room 229 with two authentic raffles. "Madonna and Child (The Constable Madonna)", by Raphael, was completed around 1504, before he was twenty.
Room 230 is where Michelangelo's (1475 - 1564) only part of the Hermitage is displayed. The Crouching Boy (early 1530s), probably intended for the Medici Chapel in Florence.
Lute Player (1595), an early work by Caravaggio (1571 – 1610) located in room 237, the first of three skylight rooms in Nicholas I's New Hermitage. These impressive rooms with glass ceilings and extensive deep red wall surfaces were intended to display the largest paintings in the collection. Turn right to reach the Rembrandt Collection in Room 254.
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 - 1669) is considered one of Europe's greatest artists. In this room the arts by Rembrandt are Danae (1636), Flora (1634), "Return of the Prodigal Son" (1669).
Continue through the Rembrandt Room and then to the end at room 248, turn left into room 247. The works of painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) are "Descent from the Cross" (1618), "Bacchus", "Persius and Andromeda".
Return from the Rubens Room, through Room 248 and then through the south wing of Catherine's original Hermitage. You can see some Dutch winter landscapes and two gold clocks. Turn left at room 272 to the third floor and then continue past French landscapes by Nicolas Poussin and Claude Lorrain until you reach room 280, where a staircase exits to the right. This part of the palace was for courtiers, ladies-in-waiting.
Through the door beyond a large portrait of Napoleon's wife Josephine by Francois Gérard and paintings by Cézanne, turn left and go to the very end of this wing, passing several French academic works, to reach room 320. A painting by Claude Monet, Sunrise (1872). In Room 320, painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919), known for "Child with Whip" and "Portrait of the Actress Jeanne Samary". Jeanne Samary (4 March 1857 – 18 September 1890 in Paris) was a French actress and a model.
Arts of artist Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) in Room 319. One of the artist's early works, "Woman in the Garden" (1867), "Pond at Montgeron" (1876 – 1877), "Waterloo Bridge, Effect of Fog" (1903). In the first years of the twentieth century, Monet made several trips to London, and his room in the Savoy Hotel overlooked the Thames towards Waterloo Bridge.
Arts by artist Claude Monet (1840 – 1926) in room 319. "Woman in the Garden" (1867), "Montgeron a Pond" (1876 - 1877), "Waterloo Bridge, Effect of Fog" (1903). In the early years of the 20th century, Monet made several trips to London, and his room at the Savoy Hotel overlooked the Thames towards Waterloo Bridge.
Room 318, painter Paul Cézanne (1839 - 1906). His work, "Mount Saint-Victoire". After a stay in Paris, where he fell in love with the Impressionists, Cézanne returned to the city of his birth in the south of France.
Room 317 and Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), who produced nearly 900 paintings during his extraordinarily productive ten-year artistic career (1880-1890), only one of which was sold during his lifetime. "Cottage with Thatched Roofs", painted in the village of Auvers where Vincent had moved in May 1890. Just two months after completing this work, the great artist again took his easel outside and, after working all day on a painting of a wheat field, shot. Some of his last words to himself were "Sadness will last forever."
Room 316, 15 works of art by painter Paul Gauguin (1848 – 1903), such as Tahitian Pastorale (1892).
Painter Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) in rooms 343-345, such as The Red Room (1908), Arab Coffee House (1913), Dance (1910).
Room 348, Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973). He painted "Absinthe Drinker" during his second trip to Paris in 1901 when he was only nineteen.

Hermitage Theatre

Theater

The Hermitage Theater is one of five Hermitage buildings located next to the Palace Embankment of the Neva River. The Hermitage Theater was the second theater in the Winter Palace. It replaced the Russian Imperial Theatre, which operated from 1764 to 1783. Peter the Great's ruined 2nd Winter Palace was demolished, and the Hermitage Theater was built on the site between 1783 and 1787 by order of Catherine the Great. Although its older foundations are still visible on the ground floor.
The theater was officially inaugurated on 22 November 1785. Although the auditorium could seat no more than 250 spectators, it was often overcrowded. Although the building was used for entertaining the imperial family until the Russian Revolution, it was seen as a rare monument to Catherine's personal taste and affections. The empress brought out several comedies specially staged in this theatre.
The Bolsheviks closed the theater and used the building for administrative purposes. It was not until 1991 that performances resumed on this stage.
How to go: It is located south of marina Prichal "Zimnyaya Kanavka" at Palace Embankment, 34.

Winter Palace of Peter I

State Hermitage Museum

The 2nd original Winter Palace of Peter the Great, built in 1721, was completely demolished to make way for the Hermitage Theater, built by order of Catherine the Great in 1782-1785. However, architectural research in the 1970s and 1980s showed that the theater, the architect, did indeed retain many of the palace's structures, including several complete rooms, and a significant portion of the old palace courtyard, below the theater's stage, was still intact.
After considerable renovation work, this enclosed section of the palace and its grounds was opened to the public in 1992 and contains several items from the Hermitage collection directly related to Peter the Great, including his golden carriage and a waxwork of the Tsar by Bartholomew. Rastrelli created in 1725, as well as various personal effects and paintings from his reign.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:20 AM to 5 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for Main Museum Complex of Winter Palace and the branches (General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory). 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for Harmitage Branches (Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center). Free for Preschool child, school child, student.
How to go: It is located in Hermitage Theatre.

General Staff Building

Museum

The General Staff Building was built between 1819 and 1829. The curved facade of the building stretches for about 600 meters and is four stories high. The west and east wings are connected by a gate, which brings pedestrians from Nevsky street to Palace Square. Above the gate are sculptures. The sculpture commemorates the Russian victory over Napoleonic France in the Patriotic War of 1812.
Before the revolution it housed not only the office of the General Staff in the eastern wing, but also the tsarist Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance in the western wing. The Hermitage took over the eastern part of the building in 1993, and later it was decided to house a collection of 19th and 20th century art. Renovation of the building was completed in 2014. A permanent exhibit on the second floor of the museum, houses an amazing collection of gifts from the Tsars.
Three exhibits can be found on the third floor, "The Art of Empire", which compares decorative arts and costumes of the French and Russian periods, 19th-century French painting and sculpture, 19th-century Western European art. (from Germany, Holland, Belgium) and the 18th century Russian Guard Museum. Also on the third floor is a display that follows the history of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire.
The fourth floor of the General Staff Building is devoted to works by Impressionists and Post-Impressionists. This collection, though controversial as to its provenance, is still one of the Hermitage's biggest draws. There is also a collection of pre-revolutionary Russian art.
Visiting Time: Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday and Friday - 10:30 AM to 9 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for Main Museum Complex of Winter Palace and the branches (General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory). 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for Harmitage Branches (Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center). Free for Preschool child, school child, student.
Photography: Photography is permitted. No video.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from south from Vorontsov Palace at 6/8, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad.

Museum of the Russian Guard

Army museum

Museum of the Russian Guard.
How to go: It is located northeast wings of General Staff Building.

Dom Velikana

Amusement Center

How to go: It is located south of General Staff Building at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 5.

Dom Naoborot

Upside Down Museum

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 11 PM every day.
How to go: It is located east of Dom Velikana at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 10.


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Palace bridge

Bridge

Palace Bridge spans the Neva River in between Palace Square and Vasilievsky Island. It was built between 1912 and 1916. The total length of Palace Bridge is 260.1 metres, width is 27.8 metres.
How to go: It is located northwest corner of Winter Palace.

Admiralty

Navy Headquarter

The original Admiralty Yard was built to the plans of Peter the Great in 1706, and the site was chosen within the canon limits of the Peter and Paul Fortress, so the building could be destroyed if captured by the enemy. It was built as a shipyard. The stone Admiralty building was built in 1719, and it marked the first appearance of the Admiralty Spire with its weathervane, which would become one of the most recognizable symbols of St. Petersburg.
The present building, with its 400m facade and its massive wings, took 17 years to build and was built between 1806 and 1823. At the top most of the main building's archway is a 72 meter tower, having a weather-vane in the form of a ship on its top, which has become the city's symbol. Below the tower is a gilded spire and around it 28 statues in human form, such as four seasons of the year, four elements of nature, four main winds, there are Isis (the patroness of shipbuilding) and Urania (the Muse of Astronomy among them as well as the goddess Isis (shipbuilders protector) and Urania (astrological muse).
Golden domes and statues stand atop a colonnade of white pillars. One level below, in the attic corner of the tower, are statues of Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus, Ajax, and Achilles. A 22m alto-relief entitled The Establishment of the Russian Fleet shows Neptune handing over his trident to Peter the Great.
The shipyard officially closed in 1844. In about 140 years it built 262 warships. The building then became the home of the Ministry of Marine, the Central Naval Headquarters, the Naval Museum and the Revolutionary Naval Committee. Since 1925, it has housed the Dzerzhinsky Higher Naval College. The building housed one of the Soviet and Russian naval engineering schools named after Felix Dzerzhinsky since 1927, until its consolidation and relocation to the city of Pushkin in 1998.
How to go: It is located west of Winter Palace.

Alexander Garden

Garden

Alexander Garden is located in the very center of St. Petersburg, next to the Palace Square and behind the Admiralty. Until 1806, the area was covered by the Admiralty Fort, but after it was removed it became Admiralty Square. In 1872-1874, as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great, the garden was officially opened in the presence of Alexander II, after whom the garden was named.
A fountain was installed between 1876 and 1880. It is called a musical or dancing fountain because of the way it reacts to any music played in the garden. At the end of the 19th century, statues of great Russian cultural figures were erected.
Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (9 February 1787 – 24 April 1852) was a leading Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature. The monument was unveiled in the Alexandrovsky Garden in 1887 on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The poet was close to the imperial family and was a mentor to Alexander II. It was unveiled in the eastern part of the park.
Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (April 12, 1839 – November 1, 1888) was a Polish-born Russian geographer and noted explorer of Central and East Asia. In 1892, a statue of Przhevalsky was unveiled in the southwest corner of the Alexander Garden.
Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol (1 April 1809 – 4 March 1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. In 1896, a statue of Gogol was unveiled west of the fountain in the Alexander Garden.
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (15 October 1814 – 27 July 1841) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, the most important Russian poet since the death of popular poet Alexander Pushkin in 1837. In 1896, a statue of Lermontov was unveiled in front of the fountain in the Alexander Garden.
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (1 June 1804 – 15 February 1857) was the first Russian composer to become widely known in his own country and is often considered the fountainhead of Russian classical music. In 1899, the statue of Glinka was unveiled north of the fountain in the Alexander Garden.
In 1918 - 1989, the garden was renamed the Maxim Gorky Workers' Garden.
Statue of Gerakla Farnezskogo is located in the southwest corner of Admiralty.
During the Siege of Leningrad in World War II (started on 8 September 1941), the garden was severely damaged by air raids and shelling, but was restored and opened to the public as soon as the siege was lifted.
Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov (15 July 1798 – 11 March 1883) was a Russian diplomat and statesman. He has an enduring reputation as one of the most influential and respected diplomats of the mid-19th century. In 1997, his monument was unveiled northwest of the fountain in Alexander Gardens.
How to go: It is located south of Admiralty.

Monument to the First Line of the Saint Petersburg Tram

Tram Monument

Saint Petersburg once had the second largest tram network in the world, consisting of about 340 km of track in the late 1980s. St. Petersburg saw the arrival of street rail transport in the form of horse-drawn rail cars in the 1860s. The first, freight-only street railway track opened in 1854 to serve one of the industrial city suburbs. In 1863, three passenger lines opened in the city center. The horse carriage network eventually expanded to 25 routes covering over 100 km of track.
The first demonstration of an electric tram in Saint Petersburg took place on August 22, 1880. But the proposal was rejected. In the winter of 1894, the electric tramway returned to St. Petersburg. This time, however, they ran on tracks (in winter) over ice covering the Neva River. On September 3, 1902, the Horsecar Company's contract expired. St. Petersburg begins planning for an electric tramway network.
Narrow-gauge horsecar tracks were replaced by heavier rail-grades, the network was electrified, and new depots suitable for electric trams were built. On September 29, 1907, the electric tramway network opened in St. Petersburg. In 1921 the new line was built. The last line was electrified in 1922. From 1936, tram development stopped due to the introduction of the trolleybus.
After the Soviet era, many existing tramway tracks were demolished and this trend continues to this day. As of 2015, 41 tramway routes currently operate in Saint Petersburg.
How to go: The Monument to the first line of the Saint Petersburg tram is located south of Alexander Garden on Admiralty Street.

Museum of the History of Political Police

Museum

Now part of the excellent Museum of Political History, the collection relies heavily on access to KGB and NKVD archives, so the focus is on operational methods and historical cases. The building was the Home of Fitingof.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday remain closed.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult. 60 Rubles (USD 0.65) for student. 40 Rubles (USD 0.43) for child.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located south of Alexander Garden at Gorokhovaya Street, 2

Upside-Down House

Trick Art Museum

Upside-Down House (Russian: Dom Vverkh Dnom).
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 11 AM to 10 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 10 AM to 10 PM.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78).
How to go: It is located east of Fitingof House at Nevsky Avenue, 5.

Petrovskaya Akvatoriya

Museum

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 10 PM every day.
Photography: Free.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Dom Vverkh Dnom towards southeast.

The State Russian Museum and Exhibition Centre ROSPHOTO

Museum

The activities of The State Russian Centre for Museums and Exhibitions of Photography "ROSPHOTO", founded in 2002 by Ministry for Culture of the Russian Federation, embrace exhibitions, scientific research and educational programs. Most important projects in ROSPHOTO are the ones that unite exhibition with research.
The State Russian Center of Museums and Exhibitions of Photography, established by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation in 2002, undertakes the activities, exhibitions, scientific research and educational programs. The most important projects at ROSPHOTO are those that combine exhibition with research.
Such projects, carrying an undoubted scientific value, are usually carried out by Rosfoto in collaboration with the Russian National Library (St.-Petersburg), the Musée d'Orsay (Paris), the European Institute of Restoration and Graphics (Paris), the Musée de l' . Elysee (Lausanne, Switzerland) and other important research and museum centers.
Visiting Time: Thursday, Friday and Tuesday - 12 AM to 9 PM. Saturday to Monday and Wednesday - 11 AM to 7 PM.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult. Free for student or child.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Petrovskaya Akvatoriya museum towards southwest at 35, Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa.

Saint Isaac's Square

Square

Between 1923 and 1944 St. Isaac's Square was a major city square. The Monument to Nicholas I is a bronze equestrian monument to Nicholas I. It was unveiled on July 7, 1859, the six-meter statue was considered a technological marvel at the time of its construction. It is one of the few bronze statues with only two support points.
To the south of St. Isaac's Square is the Mariinsky Palace, separated by the Blue Bridge. The Russian Institute of Plant Breeding is located southeast of the square. North of Plant Breeding Institute is Astoria. West of Astoria is the German Embassy just past Isaac Square. Angleterre Hotel north of Astoria. Dom Lobanova-Rostovskogo north of Angleterre Hotel. St. Isaac's Cathedral, separated by Senate Square, north of Isaac's Square.
How to go:  sprawling between the Mariinsky Palace and Saint Isaac's Cathedral, which separates it from Senate Square.

Blue Bridge

Bridge

The Blue Bridge is a 97.3-meter wide bridge that spans the Moika River. The Blue Bridge is the widest bridge in Saint Petersburg and is sometimes claimed to be the widest bridge in the world, but is not recognized by international reference works such as Guinness World Records. The Blue Bridge is located in front of the Mariinsky Palace on St. Isaac's Square. The first cast iron bridge on the site was designed in 1805, and built in 1818.
In 1842-1844, the bridge was widened on its northern side. Today, most blue bridges serve as parking lots. The bridge's name comes from a 19th-century tradition of color-coding bridges crossing the Moica River. Like other colored bridges, the blue bridge gets its name from the color of its sides facing the river. Currently only four colored bridges survive, the rest being Red Bridge, Green Bridge and Yellow Bridge respectively. Three of them kept their original names, while the Yellow Bridge was renamed the Pevchesky Bridge.
The bridge is usually thought of as an extension of the square, although in reality it forms a separate square, called Mariyinskaya. To the right of the bridge is the so-called Neptune's Scale, with a granite top. It is a stele that marks the water level during major floods.
How to go: It is located south of Saint Isaac's Square.

Mariinsky Palace

Palace

The site was formerly owned by Zakhar Chernyshev, a prominent military commander who played a key role in the Seven Years' War and was Minister of War during the reign of Catherine the Great. His house was built between 1762 and 1768. In 1839 the Chernyshev Palace was demolished and the materials were reused in the construction of the Mariinsky Palace.
The Mariinsky Palace, also known as the Marie Palace, was the last neoclassical imperial residence built in Saint Petersburg. It was built between 1839 and 1844. The palace was conceived by Nicholas I as a wedding gift to his eldest daughter, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna. In 1884, the Mariinsky Palace was purchased by the Imperial Estate from the heirs of Maria Nikolaevna, where it remained until 1917.
During that period, the palace housed the Council of State, the Imperial Chancellery and the Committee of Ministers, which after 1905 became the Council of Ministers. The Grand Hall was designed for the sessions of the State Council. On April 15, 1902, Stepan Balmashov, a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, assassinated the Minister of Internal Affairs, Dmitry Sipyagin, while the minister was meeting in the palace.
The Russian Provisional Government took full possession of the palace in March 1917. After the October Revolution, the palace housed various Soviet ministries and academies. During the war with Germany, the palace was converted into a hospital and suffered intense bombing. After the war, the palace became the residence of the Petrograd Soviet. During the 1991 coup attempt, the Emergency Committee used the palace as a base of operations.
The Mariinskiy palace has been the seat of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg since 1994. The Palace is not open to the public.
Visiting Time: Not open to the public.
How to go: It is located south of Blue Bridge.

Russian Institute of Plant Breeding

Institute

The Russian Institute of Plant Breeding is named after academician Nikolai Vavilov. The institute has a unique collection of 160,000 cultivated plants, collected by Vavilov during his travels to every continent from 1921 to 1940. After the war ended, a journal published in London reported that Vavilov's collection had been lost during the siege of Leningrad. But the report was false.
How to go: It is located southeast of Saint Isaac's Square.

Hotel Astoria

Hotel

To the east of the cathedral is the six-story Hotel Astoria. It opened in 1912 and was one of the most luxurious hotels in the Russian Empire.
How to go: It is located north of Russian Institute of Plant Breeding.

German Embassy

Historical Landmark

In the 1740s, Nikita Shestakov built a two-story building. Nikita sold the building in 1743 and it changed hands again, and from 1760 to 1812 it was owned by a jeweler at the court of the Russian Empire. From 1815 to 1820, it was redesigned, and in 1832, Pavel Aleksandrov, the illegitimate son of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, bought the building and lived there with his wife Anna Alexandrovna.
The couple regularly held balls at the residence, with frequent visitors including Alexander Pushkin. The house was given to their daughter, Princess Alexandra Pavlovna Lvova, and the building's facade was designed between 1870 and 1871. In 1873, the German ambassador announced an intention to acquire the building, and that same year the building was purchased by the German Empire for the German embassy to the Russian Empire.
A 2nd storey was added in 1889 over part of the facade on Bolshaya Morskaya Street. The building was redesigned again in 1911–1913, which is said to have been admired by Adolf Hitler, with the facade of the building made of red granite. The Castor and Pollux sculpture, symbolizing the reunification of the Germanic nation, adorned the tympanum. The embassy building was officially opened on 14 January 1913.
It was rumored at the time that the embassy was connected to the German-owned Hotel Astoria by a tunnel, and on 1–2 August 1914, after Germany declared war on Russia, mobs of anti-German sentiment stormed the building. The building sustained considerable damage. At this point the Dioskouroi sculpture disappears from the roof. After the war, the Germans returned to Petrograd in 1922, and operated a consulate from the building until 1939.
It operated a hospital during the siege of Leningrad and established the Institute of Semiconductor Physics after the Great Patriotic War. Subsequent tenants of the building have been used as bank and the Committee for City Property Management of the St. Petersburg City Administration. Today the building houses the Administrative Board of the Ministry of Justice and the Main Technical Commission of the President of the Russian Federation for the Northwestern Federal District. Restoration of the building began in 2001.
How to go: It is located west of Astoria.

Hotel Angleterre

Hotel

The Angleterre Hotel adjacent to Astoria is one of the oldest and most famous 4-star hotels in St. Petersburg. The building on the corner of Malaya Morskaya Street is associated with the novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky, who lived there in 1848-1849. During this time, he published his first work of fiction, "White Nights". It is the death place of the poet Sergei Yesenin (3 October 1895 – 28 December 1925).
How to go: North of Astoria.

Saint Isaac's Cathedral

Cathedral

The church in St. Isaac's Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I to replace an earlier structure and was the fourth consecutive church to stand on the site. The construction of the cathedral took 40 years from 1818 to 1858. In 1931, it was converted into the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, the dove sculpture was removed and replaced by a Foucault pendulum.
In 1937, the museum was transformed into the Cathedral Museum, and the former collections were transferred to the Kazan Cathedral Museum. With the fall of communism, the museum was removed and regular worship services resumed in the cathedral, but only in the left chapel. The main part of the cathedral is only used for services on feast days. Currently the building is a museum. Today, church services are held here only on religious occasions.
The rotunda is surrounded by a walkway accessible to tourists. 24 statues stand on the roof and another 24 above the rotunda. The columns were manufactured at Pieterlati Quarry in Virolati, Finland. The main dome of the cathedral is 101.5 meters high, with a golden exterior. The dome was gilded by a technique similar to spray painting, the solution used included toxic mercury, the vapor of which caused the death of sixty workers.
The dome is decorated with twelve statues of angels. Facing each other across the interior of the rotunda, dozens of golden statues of angels, each six meters tall, were created using galvanoplastic technology, making them only millimeters thick and very light. The dome rests on a supporting cast iron structure. The third historical examples of this cast iron cupola were the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk (1732) in Nevyansk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia and the Mainz Cathedral (1826) in Mainz, Germany.
With an interior height of 69 meters (from the floor to the level of the oculus), it ranks among the tallest domes in the world. The building rests on 10,000 tree trunks that were sunk by a large number of workers on the banks of the reservoir on which the cathedral stands.
How to go: It is located north of Saint Isaac's Square.

Dom Lobanova-Rostovskogo

Historic Landmark

The Lobanov-Rostovsky House, also known as the "House with Lions", was built in 1817-1820 as an apartment building for Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Lobanov-Rostovsky. The building is triangular and the main facade is decorated with a portico with eight columns. The portico surmounts the front arcade, flanked by white marble statues of lions. In 1824 Lobanov-Rostovsky surrendered the building to the Ministry of War.
In 1829, the building was remodeled internally for the needs of a state institution. In 1926-1928, an outstanding Russian scientist - biologist and geneticist, educator Nikolai Vavilov lived in this house. In Soviet times, the building was occupied by a school, then a design institute. Today, the fashionable Four Seasons St. Petersburg Hotel is located here.
How to go: It is located east of Saint Isaac's Cathedral.

Saint Petersburg Manege

Exhibition Hall.

The Manege is a former riding hall in front of the Imperial Horse Guards on Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1804-07 to designs by Quarenghi. It replaced a disused canal connecting the Admiralty with the naval warehouses. Horse Guards Boulevard takes its name from the building. Marble statue of the Dioscuri standing beside their horses.
After the Russian Revolution the Riding Academy was rebuilt to house an NKVD garage. A second floor was added to the building in 1931. Since the last reconstruction campaign in the late 1970s, the main exhibition hall of the city of St. Petersburg Manege has been kept.
How to go: It is located northwest corner of Saint Isaac's Cathedral.

Columns of Glory

Monuements

Two 12 meters high granite columns, bronze statue of Nika, goddess of victory on the jar, with laurel wreath in her hands. In 1843, Emperor Nicholas I presented two bronze groups of "Horse Tamers" to King Frederick William IV of Prussia. As a return gift, the king gave two copies of the statue of victory. The first copies of the statues were placed in the park of the Archduke's Palace in Charlottenburg in Berlin in 1839, and in 1843 a couple decorated Bell-Alliance Platz in Berlin.
The two twin statues were cast in November 1844 in the town of Lauchhammer in the Oberspreiwald-Lasitz district of Germany. In January 1845, the sculptures were delivered to St. Petersburg. To immortalize his exploits in the Patriotic War of 1812, statues were placed at the beginning of the new Konnogvardeisky Boulevard on the site of the filled Admiralty Canal on November 17, 1845.
How to go: It is located north of Saint Petersburg Manege.


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Dom Arkhitektora

Museum

Baron Stieglitz was the largest Russian financier, banker, philanthropist. He was an educated and wealthy man. But they had no children. One day, returning from a ball with his wife, they found in the dacha garden a six-month-old girl in a basket, in a lace dress, a wooden cross and a note that the girl had been named. Nadezhda Mikhailovna. The girl was taken home, educated, pampered and nurtured.
The girl grew up and married Senator Polovtsov for love. And for her wedding she received this palace as a gift from Stieglitz. The palace is quite modest on the outside and stunning on the inside. The couple often traveled to Europe, brought amazing interior items, furnished the house with expensive types of wood, and even installed heated floors, the first in St. Petersburg. Even before the war, original chandeliers, fireplaces, doors, wooden floors were preserved.
Stiglitz willed everything to his adopted daughter. The building is also known as Polovtsov Palace.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Monument to Nicolas the 1st in St. Isaac's square towards west at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 52.

Vladimir Nabokov House Museum

Museum

The house was built in the 19th century for the Polovtsev family. Between 1897 and the October Revolution, the house was the property of the liberal statesman and jurist Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov, who received it as a dowry for Elena Rukavishnikova. Thus, it became the host of many political meetings. It was in this house that the final session of the National Congress of Zemstvos was held in 1904.
The house is also notable for being the home of Vladimir Vladimirovich, who lived in the house until November 1917. The house is described with great care in his autobiography The Other Shores and Speak, Memory. For Vladimir, the house was the only house in the world. Later, even when he became rich, he never acquired another house and preferred to stay in hotels. The house was demolished by Bolshevik revolutionaries during the October Revolution (1917).
Since April 1998, the first floor of the building has been occupied by the Nabokov Museum and the top two floors by a newspaper office. The museum includes the phone room, dining room, library, committee room (where most meetings of the Constitutional Democratic Party were held) and kitchen.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Friday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 12 PM to 5 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located opposite of Dom Arkhitektora at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 47.

Palace of Culture of Communication Workers

Landmark

This mildly Constructivist-style building, with an unfinished tower and odd-shaped balconies, is actually a listed building. During the 19th century, there was a German Reformed Church on the site. It was an attractive building with a two-tiered bell-tower. The church was later burnt down. The building that now stands here was built by Pavel Greenberg and Grigory Raiz. They turned the site into a culture palace for communication workers. This monument achieved listed status in 2001.
How to go: It is located about 70 meters west from Kvartira Vladimira Vladimirovicha Nabokova Museum at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 58.

Dom-Usad'ba Lomonosova Mv

Museum

How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Palace of Culture of Communication Workers towards west at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 61.

Museum of the History of Religion

Museum

The Museum of the History of Religion was created in 1932 by a decision of the Presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences as the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism and was housed in the former Kazan Cathedral until 2000. Its first exposition was based on an anti-religious exhibition opened in 1930 in the Winter Palace. In 1991, the house of Count Sergey Yaguzhinsky, which later belonged to the Russian imperial Post Office, was transferred to the museum of the History of Religion.
Visiting Time: Friday to Tuesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Thursday - 1 PM to 9 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for student. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student of ISIC. 180 Rubles (USD 1.08) for audio guide.
Free Entry: First Monday of each month.
Photography: Allowed.
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Palace of Culture of Communication Workers towards north at 14, Pochtamtskaya Ulitsa.

Architectural monument of the 18th century

Historical landmark

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Sunday and Monday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters from State Museum of the History of Religion towards east at Pochtamtskaya Ulitsa, 7.

Popov Central Museum of Communications

Museum

A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications is a museum of science and technology. The museum opened on 11 September 1872 as the Telegraph Museum. In 1884, the Post Office branch was added and the museum was converted into the Postal and Telegraph Museum. In 1945, the museum was named after Russian scientist and inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov.
By the late 1970s, the museum housed more than 4 million stamps, stamped envelopes and postcards. The museum's archives and collections contain more than 8 million items.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Sunday Monday and last Thursday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 120 Rubles (USD 1.29) for adult. 60 Rubles (USD 0.65) for student of child.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo and video.
How to go: It is located north of Architectural monument of the 18th century at 4, Pochtamtsky Pereulok.

Museum of Russian Vodka

Museum

Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for Tour + Vodka Testing (30 minutes). 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for Tour (30 minutes). 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for Vodka testing.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Popov Central Museum of Communications towards northeast at 4, Konnogvardeisky Boulevard.


Day-25: English Embankment

English Embankment

Street

The English embankment is a road along the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva River. From east to west, it stretches 1260 meters between Senate Square and the Novo-Admiraltysky Canal. The English Embankment was built between 1763 and 1767. It is named after the former British Embassy and the English church, which was built in 1814-1815. In 1994, shortly before the arrival of the British Queen Elizabeth II in St. Petersburg, the name was returned. Tourist buses run along the embankment.
How to go: It starts from the Senate Square towards west.

House 2:

It was built in 1829-1834, now now occupied by the court headquarters, had been completed by 2008.
How to go: It is located east of Laval Palace and west of Senate Square at English Embankment, 2.

Laval Palace:

Laval House was not only an aristocratic residence, but also a meeting place for many prominent Russian musicians, politicians and poets. The first owner of the site was the first governor of St. Petersburg, Prince Alexander Menshikov. A house was built for him here in the 1710s. After the fall of the powerful Menshikov, the estate was handed over to the Vice-Chancellor Count Osterman. However, Osterman was soon arrested and exiled to Siberia.
The House changed hands several times and then to Commander in Chief Baron Alexander Stroganov. Stroganov's illegitimate brother, Andrey Voronikhin, rebuilt the palace in 1791. Voronikhin expanded the house to 50 rooms and redesigned both the interior and exterior. Stroganov did not live in the house and eventually sold it to Countess Alexandra Laval, daughter of Secretary of State Grigory Kozitsky.
Alexandra married Ivan Laval, a poor French immigrant. Laval Mansion was rebuilt in 1806-1809. Because of them the modern form of the building and some parts of the interior that still survive. It was in this house that Laval kept a vast collection of antiquities, paintings and a library of 5,000 books. The most valuable parts of this collection, the priceless works of ancient Egypt, were acquired by the Hermitage Museum in 1852 which preserves them to this day.
The House of Laval was always crowded with well-known writers. Even Alexander Pushkin read some of his poems here. It was also the site of a quarrel between Mikhail Lermontov and Ernest de Barante, the son of the French ambassador, which eventually led to a confrontation and Lermontov's exile from St. Petersburg. The eldest Laval daughter, Ekaterina, married Prince Sergey Trubetskoy, one of the Decembrist leaders, and exiled with him to Siberia.
The high life of the House of Laval came to a close in 1850 with the death of its mistress. In the 1880s, the palace was sold to Samuel Polyakov and then transformed into the Ministry of Justice. After the revolution, the building housed the state historical archive which is still in operation today. The historic interiors were carefully restored in 1947 and are now accessible to all visitors.
How to go: It is located east of Paskevich House at English Embankment, 4.

Paskevich House:

The mansion of I.F. Paskevich. The mansion was built in the first third of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1856-1857.
How to go: It is located east of Naryshkin House at English Embankment, 8.

Naryshkin House:

An architectural monument. Built in 1736-1738 for A. L. Naryshkin, since 1812 belonged to Count A. I. Osterman-Tolstoy, and since 1867 Vorontsov-Dashkov until 1917.
How to go: It is located east of Markevich House at English Embankment, 10.

Markevich House:

The house of the merchant M. Markevich, built in 1845. At the beginning of the 20th century, the owner of the building was Lazar Polyakov.
How to go: It is located east of Tenishev House at English Embankment, 12.

Tenishev House:

Tenishev House, built in the first third of the 18th century. Former owner was E.P. Cazalet. Prince Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Tenishev (born: 2/14 February 1843 in Warsaw; died: 8 May 1903 in Paris) bought it before his marriage. He was a Russian anthropologist, archaeologist and sociologist. The house was remodeled in 1870-1872. The prince and his wife, Princess Maria Klavdievna Tenishev, settled here in 1891.
During Tenishevs residence, a studio was built here in preparation for entering the Arts Academy under the leadership of Repin. In this House many famous cultural figures visited here. In 1898, the prince founded a college in St. Petersburg that still bears his name. After his death, Maria Tenisheva lived here until the October Revolution. The house received a third floor in 1909 under its last owner M K Chaplitz. He rebuilt the house in 1909.
The monogram on the canopy grill, in which the letters M and CH are intertwined, are the initials of the name and surname of Polish-born home owner M K Chaplitz. The Polish Consulate was located here from 1926-1939. Tenyshev Palace, now Gazprom offices.
How to go: It is located east of PP Durnovo House at English Embankment, 14.

PP Durnovo House:

The building was built in the 18th century. It was rebuilt in 1837, and in 1872.
How to go: It is located east of Lobanov-Rostovsky House at English Embankment, 16.

Lobanov-Rostovsky House:

A. House of A. Lobanov-Rostovsky, and later the house of the merchant of the 1st guild D.I. von Gardera and his successors until 1872. In 1872-1904, it was the home of the Private Commercial Bank of St. Petersburg.
How to go: It is located east of Orlov-Davydov House at English Embankment, 18.

Orlov-Davydov House:

House of Count V.P. Orlov-Davydov. The mansion was presented to Count Alexei Orlov by Empress Catherine II. Built in in 1866-1867.
How to go: It is located east of Gorstkin House House at English Embankment, 20.

Gorstkin House:

house of S. P. Gorstkin (profitable house of N. V. Tolstoy). The mansion of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, 1896.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Museum of Russian Vodka towards north at English Embankment, 22.

Yusupov House / Chelyshev House:

The house was built in the first third of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1835. The building is distinguished by a wide balcony at the second floor level, located above the central entrance of the building.
How to go: It is located west of Gorstkin House at English Embankment, 26.

Von Derviz Mansion:

P. G. Derviz’s mansion was built in the 18th century, rebuilt in 1889-1890. In 1904-1917, the palace of Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich. Currently, the house is occupied by the Wedding Palace No. 1.
How to go: It is located west of Yusupov house at English Embankment, 28.

Meyer House:

Mansion of the Bavarian Consul General E. M. Meyer. The building was built in 1720-1740 and rebuilt in 1869-1871.
How to go: It is located west of Derviz’s mansion at English Embankment, 30.

Kurakin House:

The eight-column building was erected in the 1750s for Prince B. A. Kurakin, and was rebuilt in 1782-1783 for the College of Foreign Affairs. In 1802–1832, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was located in the building, in 1832–1855 the Imperial Military Academy was located, and in 1855–1904 the Academy of the General Staff was located.
How to go: It is located west of Meyer House at English Embankment, 32 and 32A.

Von Derviz House:

The mansion of S. P. von Derviz, in 1883 the mansions of A. N. Dolgorukova and G. G. Vineken were combined into one mansion from the side of the embankment and rebuilt. Today, the building houses the State Chamber Music Theater "St. Petersburg Opera", which also conducts tours. Entrance from Galernaya Street, 35.
How to go: It is located west of Kurakin House at English Embankment, 34.

St. Petersburg Opera Theatre:

The St. Petersburg Opera Theater was created in 1987 by director Yuri Alexandrov. The troupe performed in many places in the city: The Yusupov Palace, The Hermitage Theater, the Beloselsky-Belozersky mansion. In 1998, it acquired its own stage in the palace of Baron Von Derviz. Originally the owner of the palace was Artemy Volynsky. In the 1880s, Baron acquired two houses, numbers 33 and 35, on Galernaya Street.
His son Sergei Pavlovich (1863–1918), an outstanding pianist who graduated from the Moscow Conservatory, inherited his father's love of art. In 1885, Sergei rebuilt the building into an impressive modern-day palace. In 1900, the third floor was built from the side of the embankment. In 1903-1905, Baron A. Alftan acquired the house and divided the site again into two properties.
The new owner of the building, Imperial Court Ringmaster N. Shebeko continued Sergey's cultural heritage and opened the Shebeko Theater Hall. In the fall of 1911, the theater troupe toured Moscow with a combined program, which was well received, but not financially successful. Therefore, in December 1911, after returning to St. Petersburg, the theater was closed.
After the revolution of 1917, the palace was looted and used for various purposes in the following years. In 1946, rooms overlooking Galernaya Street were given to the Admiralty Shipyard Workers' Club. The club had a romantic name Mayak meaning lighthouse. For years the building had fallen into disrepair. In 1998, the building was given to the State Chamber Musical Theater St. Petersburg Opera.
Visiting Time: 12 PM to 3 PM, and 4 PM to 7 PM.
Ticket Range: 500 - 3000 Rubles (USD 5.40-32.47).
How to go: It is located about 120 meters from House of V.p.orlov-Davydov towards west at 33 Galernaya street.

Blagoveshchenskiy Bridge:

From the English embankment across the Neva River is thrown Blagoveshchensky Bridge, which was completed in 1850. It connects the embankment (2nd Admiralty Island) with Vasilievsky Island.
The total length of the Blagoveshchensky Bridge is 349.8 meters, and its width is 38.7 meters. The bridge consists of 8 spans.

Clark House:

House of A.F. Clark. The building was built at the end of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1883 and 1889-1890. Today, the 51 Central Design and Technological Institute of Ship Repair, established in 1954, is housed within the walls of the building.
How to go: It is located at English Embankment, 38.

Rumyantsev Mansion:

After the death of Count Nikolay Rumyantsev in 1826, his brother Count Sergei Rumyantsev inherited his estate. Sergei knew that his brother Nikolay wanted his personal art and book collection to be accessible to society. For this he decided to use the Rumyantsev house, where Nikolay's collections were already stored. The Rumyantsev Museum was founded in 1828. It was opened to the public in 1831.
Since the 1930s the house has been used by the Museum of the History of Leningrad. In the mid-1830s, 12 columns were added to the facade built from the first floor. In 1863 the Rumiansev house was sold to a newspaper editor. Now the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg. The museum exhibits books and manuscripts, art, coins, medals, items from the Russian expedition and circumnavigation, and places such as the Museum of Antiquities in Vilnius.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child and student.
How to go: It is located west of Dom A F Klarka at English Embankment 44.

Dolgorukova House:

Today, an 18th-century manor house, houses the 2-star Park River Hotel.
How to go: It is located west of Rumyantsev Mansion at English Embankment 46.

Ferzen House:

P K Ferzen / A ya Prozorov's Palace. The building was built in the first third of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1838.
How to go: It is located west of Dolgorukova House at English Embankment 48.

Kapnist House:

Kapnist's house / Stenbock-Fermor house. The building was built in the first third of the 18th century and rebuilt in the 1830s.
How to go: It is located west of Ferzen House at English Embankment 50.

Golovin House:

House of A M Golovin / house of O K Briskorn / house of the Strukovs / house of the Potemkins. The building was built in the 1730s and rebuilt in the early 19th century. In March 1832, Pushkin began the poem "Yezersky" in this house. The poem remained unfinished. In 1887-1888, the famous traveler and anthropologist N.N. Miklukho-Maklay lived in this house.
How to go: It is located west of Kapnist House at English Embankment 52.

Palace of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich:

The small palace that has stood on the site since the 18th century was once the home of Princess Tatiana Yusupova. The palace was later bought by Prince Alexander Sergeevich Menshikov (1787–1869), Adjutant-General and Minister of the Navy. His son Vladimir Alexeevich rebuilt the palace in 1870-1874. The house was later acquired by Mikhail Alexandrovich (1878–1918). Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich, younger brother of the last Russian Emperor Nicholas II.
The building was modernized in 1910. As a result, beautiful buildings are seen today. Mikhail Alexandrovich rarely stayed in his palace. When he was on vacation he liked to relax at his residence in Gatchina Palace. In March 1917, Emperor Nicholas II abdicated. On March 7, 1918, Mikhail and his secretary were arrested and imprisoned by the Bolsheviks at the Bolshevik headquarters at the Smolny Institute.
In 1920 it became the first country theater for the deaf. In 1922, the palace was nationalized and handed over to the deaf community. Today it is the only specialized cultural and educational institution for the hearing impaired in the St. Petersburg region. It is possible to tour the palace, where some of the interior survives, including marble staircases and fireplaces, fine wood paneling and doors, and an ancient elevator.
How to go: It is located about 70 meters from Rumyantsev Mansion towards west at English Embankment, 54.

Pristan

Marina

How to go: It is located opposite of the Palace of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich at English Embankment, 76.

Anglican Church of Jesus Christ

Church

The church building was rebuilt from the mansion of P.B. Sheremetev in 1814-1815. In 1876, the building was once again rebuilt. From 1723 to 1919, the Church of England community in St. Petersburg was located in the walls of the building. The church was closed in 1919. The temple interior (including the only English romantic organ of the 19th century in Russia) is well preserved. In 2017, the building was transferred to the Music Hall.
The church building was rebuilt from the palace of P.B. Sheremetev in 1814-1815. In 1876, the building was rebuilt again. From 1723 to 1919, the Church of England community in St. Petersburg was housed within the walls of the building. The church was closed in 1919. The interior of the temple (including the only 19th century English Romantic organ in Russia) is well preserved. In 2017, the building was transferred to the Music Hall.
How to go: It is located west of Palace of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich at English Embankment, 56.

Zanadeorova House:

House of E. Zanadeorova. The building was built in the first third of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1858. Today, within the walls of the historic building, a guest house is located.
How to go: It is located west of Anglican Church of Jesus Christ at English Embankment, 58.

Teplov House:

Palace of NN Teplov. The first building on the site, which belonged to a cousin of Peter I's first wife, was mentioned in plans from the mid-1730s and rebuilt in 1870.
How to go: It is located west of Anglican Church of Jesus Christ at English Embankment, 60.

Chelishcheva House:

Mansion of M.N. Chelishcheva. Later it was bought by I.L. and I.L. Varshavskikh. Then it was the house of Y.S. Polyakova. The house was built in the 18th century. It was rebuilt in 1858 and 1908.
How to go: It is located west of Teplov House at English Embankment, 62.

Betling House:

P. Betling's palace. At the end of the 19th century, the building was owned by Sofya Vasilyevna Lindes. She was rebuilt the house. From 1913 to 1936, the building housed the Swedish Embassy.
How to go: It is located west of Chelishcheva House at English Embankment, 64.

Prince Vyazemsky House:

House of Prince L. D. Vyazemsky. The building was built in the first third of the 18th century and rebuilt in 1875.
How to go: It is located west of Betling House at English Embankment, 66.

Mansion of Baron Stieglitz:

At one time, two residential buildings stood on the site of the palace, one of which was the first stone house of the English Embankment (1716). In 1830, the plot belonged to Barons Stieglitz, a native of the German principality of Waldeck. During the Stieglitz period, in 1859-1862, a large mansion was built on the site of two old houses. The building was built for Alexander Ludvigovich Stieglitz, Russia's largest financier, founder of the Central School of Technical Drawing and the museum in the building.
In 1887, the palace was purchased for the Greek Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, and in 1889 it was converted into a palace on the day of the Grand Duke's wedding to Royal Alexandra of Greece. After his wife's death in 1891, Pavel Alexandrovich moved to Tsarskoye Selo. The palace had a house church of St. Alexandra. The temple was located on the second floor of the transverse courtyard wing and was decorated in the old Russian style.
The palace, which was little used for many years, was sold in 1917 to the Russian Society for the Procurement of Shells and Military Supplies. In 1938–1939, the right courtyard wing was built on one storey and in 1946–1947 a storey was built over the former Moorish Hall of the palace. In 2011, Baron Stieglitz's former mansion on English Embankment was transferred to the disposal of St. Petersburg State University. Subsequently, the building underwent a major renovation.
How to go: It is located west of Vyazemsky House at English Embankment, 68.

Demidov House:

N.A. Demidov's house / Ya.V. Willie's house / A.F. Gaush's house. This two-story house of Demidov was already marked on the city plan by 1737. By 1799, the building was slightly altered and rebuilt in the 1820s. This house closes the English Embankment buildings and is a corner house, also facing the Novo-Admiralty canal embankment.
How to go: It is located west of Mansion of Baron Stieglitz at English Embankment, 74.

Cathedral of Christ the Savior Savior-on-Vody

Church

How to go: It is located west of Demidov House at English Embankment, 76.


Day-26:

Nicholas Palace

Palace

Also called Nikolaevskiy Palace was commissioned by Emperor Nicholas I for his third son Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich and completed in 1861. The palace formed part of a vast complex that included a palatial church, a manor and several outbuildings that were separated from Labor Square by a cast-iron fence.
After the death of the Grand Duke in 1891, in 1894 the building was converted into the Kseniinsky Institute for Noble Young Ladies, a finishing school named after Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna, daughter of Alexander III. After the October Revolution, the Bolshevik government handed the building over to the trade unions, who made it their local headquarters and renamed it the Labor Palace. It still serves this role today, although parts of the palace are rented out to private enterprises.
The palace is notable for its ornate main staircase. Although the palace is not open to the general public, parts of it are used for regular folk music and dance performances, offering a glimpse of the interior.
Visiting Time: Not open to the public,
How to go: It is located south of St. Petersburg Opera Theatre at 4, Ploshchad Truda.

Peter the Great Central Naval Museum

Maritime Museum

The museum's permanent exhibits include relics such as Peter the Great's Botik, Catherine II's naval throne, trophies captured in sea battles, and personal belongings of prominent Russian and Soviet naval commanders. The collection includes paintings by Ivan Aivazovsky, Alexey Bogolyubov, Lev Lagorio and other marine artists, ship sculptures, navigational instruments, 17th to 20th century naval equipment and machinery, and numerous models of ships.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for adult. 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for student. Temporary Exhibition - 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for adult and 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for student.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters south from Nicholas Palace at Bol'shaya Morskaya Ulitsa, 69A.

New Holland Island

Island

The island was created in 1719, when the newly constructed Kryukov Canal (east side) and Admiralty Canal (north side) connected the Moika River (south side) to the Neva River. Peter the Great brought Dutch shipbuilders, giving them a workplace here. The area soon began to resemble a foreign port, known as "Holland Island". In 1721, it was handed over to the Navy. Originally, there was a small shipyard for sailing boats.
In 1732 the Navy built wooden barracks to store wood for shipbuilding. By 1738, there were eight wooden barns on the island. In 1765, there was a project to rebuild the warehouses with bricks. The project began in 1773, although their construction was not completed until 1779.

Archway:

By 1770, when the project was shelved, a high arch was built over the canal connecting the Moika River with the inland basin. Known as the "New Holland Arch", this red-brick entrance to the island is flanked by massive red granite columns. It was completed in 1777.

In 1782, the gateway was already in need of rebuilding and reworking of the embankments, which were completed only in 1784. The Turkish and Swedish wars (1788–1789) intervened. Construction work inside the water tank complex remained unfinished, plans for a second arch over the Kryukov canal were abandoned, and even the walls of the complex did not receive their final coating.

The Naval Prison:

A naval prison building was constructed in 1828-29. The ring-shaped, three-story prison can hold up to 500 prisoners at a time. First, it was not used as a prison. It was used as a temporary hospital, a gymnastics, a tailoring workshop and warehouses. It was only in 1863 that it was finally converted into a prison. The prison's unusual shape earned it the nickname, "Bottle" (Butylka), giving rise to the colloquialism: "Stay out of the bottle".
Now in the courtyard of "Butylka" there is a stage where concerts take place. During the summer season, open terraces of various cafes and restaurants serve around the stage. The building has four floors. On the first floor, there are restaurants. On the second floor they sell books, clothes, cosmetics, furniture, children's products and more. On the third level, barber shops, a beauty salon, boxing and ballet schools, cycling studios, etc. The fourth floor houses a design studio, archives and New Holland headquarters.

Commandant's House:

Quarters for the commandant were built attached to the guard tower. The structure has been restored and, as of 2017, houses the Mayak School of Creative Industries within its walls. Mayak School aims to develop students' creativity. Here they teach computer games, design, photography, music, drama skills and other arts development.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 3 PM to 9 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 11 AM to 9 PM. Training and master classes are paid.

Kuznya:

Kuznya is one of the oldest buildings, it was built in the middle of the 19th century. The reconstruction of the object lasted more than three years. During the reign of Peter I, there was a blacksmith's workshop, today the club and restaurant "Kuznya House" is open in Kuznya.
Visiting Time: Sunday to Thursday - 12 PM to 11 PM. Friday and Saturday - 12 PM - until the last guest.

The Scientific Laboratory:

From 1890-1891, a mid-19th-century building in the New Holland complex was converted into a laboratory for the Navy. In addition to the laboratory, library and a reception area, there was also a space designated as the "Explosion Room", where they conducted experiments with smokeless gunpowder.

The Water Tank:

In 1882, saw the idea of building a water tank, where ships could be tested for the first time. In 1892, New Holland Island was selected as the site and construction began on a massive concrete canal. The tank was housed in a two-story building that also housed administrative quarters and maintenance facilities. The first such tank in Russia, it was the sixth such test facility in the world. The official date of construction of the water tank is March, 1894.
On January 3, 1900, the tank became the main laboratory for testing new ship prototypes. From 1910 to 1914, the water tank played an active role in the development of submarines, including battleships. By 1930, the water tank was once again operating at full capacity. It even spawned a research institute for military ships. The tank itself was modernized and extended to 27 meters.

Radio station:

In 1915, the island of New Holland became the host of a radio station, whose transmission signals were able to provide continuous communication with ships as far as the Baltic and Black Seas. The three-story building was built next to the Kruków Canal on a site originally designated for the columns of the island's second arch. It was from this radio station that Vladimir Lenin broadcast his famous missive announcing the beginning of the revolution. This century-shattering broadcast was broadcast on November 9, 1917.

During World War II and the Siege of Leningrad, New Holland was severely damaged by artillery fire; The island suffered more than seventy shelling and more than ten bombing raids. Warehouses along the Moika River and the Kryukov Canal were heavily damaged, as were water tanks and radio stations.
In 2004, the island was no longer under the control of the Navy. In January 2011, an architectural competition was held to transform the island into a multi-use complex and a cultural center. Contestants are Russia, UK, Germany, France, Netherlands, USA. The USA Architecture Bureau, WorkAC, was named the winner of the competition. The island was opened to the public in July 2011.
During the opening summer project in 2011-2013, the park attracted more than 700,000 people. In 2016, the restoration of the former blacksmith's building, the commandant's house and the old naval prison was launched. A communal herb garden has also been created. An ice skating rink has been installed. There is an information center for visitors, located in a small pavilion to the left of the entrance. For children and teenagers on the island, there is a playground "Fregat", which has a large frame of a ship.
Visiting Time: Monday to Thursday - 9 AM to 10 PM. Friday to Sunday - 9 AM to 11 PM.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located west of Peter the Great Central Naval Museum.

Zifergauz Gallery

Art gallery

Zifergauz Gallery is located in the historic building DOM 12 on New Holland Island. It showcases Russian stars of digital art, film screenings and lectures. Notable art projects from around the world and new talented works in the Russian media industry are displayed here.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 9 PM. Monday reamins closed.
How to go: It is locoated about 70 meters from Peter the Great Central Naval Museum at Naberezhnaya Admiralteyskogo Kanala, 2.


Day-27: Vasilevsky Island

Ivan P. Pavlov Apartment Museum

Museum

Home to the Nobel Prize-winner, Ivan Pavlov (26 September 1849 – 27 February 1936) was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs. This apartment was left unchanged by Pavlov's wife for thirty years before becoming a museum.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 11 AM to 5 PM only by group.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from the north end of Blagoveshchenskiy Bridge towards northwest at 7 Liniya Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 2.

Museum-Pharmacy of Doctor Pel and Sons

Museum

Alexander Poehl was the son of a German pharmacist who owned his own pharmacy in St. Petersburg. His grandfather, Georg Poehl, came to Russia as a cobbler at the Imperial Court. In 1871, Poehl Pharmacy began supplying the Imperial Court. In 1873, Alexander Poehl graduated from the Imperial Medical Academy and went abroad to continue his studies at the University of Giessen in Giessen, Germany, and then at Yuriev (Tartu) University in Tartu, Estonia.
After returning to St. Petersburg, Poehl went to work in his father's pharmacy and established his own laboratory there. Poehl died in 1908 while attending a conference in Berlin. His two sons, Alfred and Richard Poehl, both graduated from the Imperial Medical Academy and continued the family business after their father's death. The remaining members of the family left St. Petersburg after the Bolshevik Revolution, but the pharmacy continued, and in 1983 a museum was established in the building.
How to go: It is located 200 meters north from Academician I.P. Pavlov's Museum-Apartment at 7 Liniya Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 16.

Saint Andrew's Cathedral

Cathedral

St. Andrew's Church is similar in design to St. Paul's Cathedral in London, and exceeds 430 feet in length. The site behind the "Twelve College" building was cleared and a wooden church was built, which was consecrated on 8 October 1732 in the name of St. Andrew. Empress Anna donated furniture for the church and the icon screen was taken from the chapel of the nearby Menshikov Palace.
As the wooden church seemed too small for its growing congregation, a stone church was established on 2 July 1740 adjacent to the wooden cathedral. The church shell was built within five years, but decorative works prevented its consecration until 1760. It was here that Mikhail Lomonosov and Vasily Trediakovsky were sworn in as professors of the Imperial Academy of Sciences on 30 July 1745.
The structure was dedicated to three holy men (also known as the Three Wise Men, the Three Kings, and the Three Magi, distinguished foreigners who brought gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh to pay homage to Jesus after his birth). On July 4, 1761, the wooden cathedral burned down in a lightning strike. A new cathedral of stone was founded on 18 July 1764, the church took 22 years to complete. Delayed by the collapse of its cupola on 6 August 1766, the architect was taken into custody.
The five-domed pastel pink cathedral was consecrated on 21 March 1780. A special place in the cathedral was reserved for the tsars until 1813. The pyramidal bell-tower, connected to the church by a refectory, was built in 1784-86 in two tiers, and contained ten bells, the largest of which weighed over four tons. The upper part of the belfry was rebuilt in 1850. Seven years later, the interior of the cathedral was renovated, and the icon screen was enlarged.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks confiscated many valuables from the church. On 24 April 1924 a crowd of several hundred worshipers attempted to protect the icons and clashed with members of the "Confiscation Committee". As a result of the disorders, the cathedral was handed over to the Reformers. On 16 May 1938 the cathedral was closed, its priests arrested and the bells destroyed.
During the Siege of Leningrad, the dome was equipped with cannons that helped protect the area from intensive bombardment. In 1992 St. Andrew's Cathedral and the Church of the Three Holy Men were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church. In 2001, an obelisk was unveiled in front of the church to commemorate the centenary of the restored Order of St. Andrew.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Vasileostrovskaya Metro station towards south. About 120 meters from Museum-Pharmacy towards north at Line 6, Vasilyevsky Island 11.

Monument to I.F. Kruzenshtern

Monument

The monument was erected on November 8, 1870, on the sailor's 100th anniversary. The monument is located opposite the Naval Cadet Corps building, from which Kruzenshtern graduated in 1788 and was director from 1827-1842.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters from the north end of Blagoveshchenskiy Bridge towards west at Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, 17/2.

Mosaic school Pomegranate Garden

Art center

How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Monument to I.F. Kruzenshtern towards west at Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, 21A.

Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God

Church

Construction began in 1895. In September 1896, a temporary church was built inside the temple under construction, where services were held continuously. On September 14, 1897, the cross was placed on the dome. The main chapel was built in honor of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and consecrated on 18 December 1897. In the summer of 1898, the domes were gilded. In 1903, the church was completed.
In 1922, a chalice, a cross and an altar gospel were stolen from the church's altar. On August 25, 1934, the temple was closed, although services continued until January 23, 1935. In 1936, it was used as a sports hall. In 1956, a project was developed to build the first indoor ice rink in Leningrad. As a result, several paintings were destroyed. The ice rink was decorated with portraits of Lenin. The rink was inaugurated in 1961.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Mosaic school Pomegranate Garden towards southwest at Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, 27/2.

Home Church of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia

Orthodox Church

Anastasia the Pattern Maker is a saint who suffered during Diocletian's persecution of Christians. This house church is dedicated to him. The church house is located on the second floor, and is not always open, and there is nothing special inside. The church has a Sunday school, a library with a reading room, which is also used as a meeting room for parishioners.
How to go: It is located about 220 meters from Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God towards southwest at Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, 39.

State Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family

Museum

The museum is dedicated to the study and appreciation of the life and work of the exceptionally talented Roerich family, whose most famous member was the painter, poet and mystic Nicholas Roerich.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 60 Rubles (USD 0.65) for adult. 30 Rubles (USD 0.32) for child.
How to go: It is located west of Home Church of the Holy Great Martyr Anastasia at 1, 18th Line, Vasilyevsky Island.

Submarine C-189

War museum

The C-189 is a 613-class diesel-electric submarine, built in 1954. Served 35 years in the Soviet fleet, and was decommissioned in 1990. The C-189 eventually sank in Kronstadt harbor, but was salvaged in 2005 by a local businessman, who turned the ship into a museum. The submarine has been fully restored, and guests can walk around the ship and touch whatever they want.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for student. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child.
How to go: It is located opposite of State Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family through St Petersburg Port Passenger Terminal.

DiDi Art Gallery

Art Gallery

DiDi Gallery has been open since 2003. DiDi Gallery's art collection contains numerous works of great historical and artistic value. Once every month or two, DiDi organizes a new exhibition, giving visitors the chance to enjoy the art of famous artists in this intimate space.
Visiting Time: 12 PM to 8 PM (7 PM at weekend).
How to go: It is located about 700 meters from State Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family towards northwest at 62, Bolshoy Prospekt V.O.

Mining Museum in St. Petersburg

Museum

The museum has exhibits on gemstones and minerals as well as some fossils.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 9 AM to 5:15 PM. Friday - 9 AM to 4:15 PM. Saturday - only Russian-language tours for individual visitors at 11 AM and 1 PM. Visit by prior appointment only.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located about 280 meters from State Museum-Institute of the Roerich Family towards southwest at Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, 45/2.

Icebreaker Krasin

Ship Museum

Despite its age, "Krasin" is still in good working order and a seaworthy vessel, but after extensive restoration work it is now a floating museum. It was built in 1916 in Britain. The museum displays some of the ship's equipment and details its participation in various rescue missions, convoys and research.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday and every last Wednesday of the month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student. 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) for child.
Photography: Photo and video - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Mining Museum towards south at Leytenanta Shmidta embankment, 23.


Day-28: Vasilevsky Island

Temple in the name of the icon of the Mother of God “Joy of All Who Sorrow”

Church

How to go: It is located about 1.15 km from Icebreaker Krasin towards northwest at Bol'shoy Prospekt Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 85 in the Intercession Hospital.

Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art

Modern art museum

Erarta is said to be the largest private museum of contemporary art in Russia.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Munday - 10 AM to 10 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 550 Rubles (USD 5.93). Audio guide - 200 Rubles (USD 2.08).
How to go: It is located north of Temple in the Intercession Hospital at 2, 29th Line, Vasilyevsky Island.

Love Tree

Sculpture

Love Tree (Russian: Derevo Lyubvi), is a tree sculpture inside the park.
How to go: It is located about 780 meters from Erarta museum towards west.

Hyper Port

Amusement park

Hyperport is a space created to bring the digital industry together. New digital technology, light, sound and 3D-mapping. A two thousand square meter hyperport that can transport you to different worlds, galaxies and a black hole.
How to go: It is located northwest corner of Derevo Lyubvi at Bol'shoy Prospekt Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 103.

Monument Torpedo Boats

Historical landmark

How to go: It is located 100 meters west of Hyper Port Amusement park at Bolshoy VO Avenue, 103 building 3.

Factory of Christmas Toys

Museum

Factory of Christmas Toys (Russian: Fabrika Yelochnykh Igrushek).
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 7 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 30 meters northwest of Monument Torpedo Boats at Sredniy Street VO, 103K5.

Prichal

Observation Deck

How to go: It is located 130 meters from Fabrika Yelochnykh Igrushek Museum towards west.

Narodovolets D-2 Submarine

Museum

Commissioned in the Baltic Fleet in 1931, Narodovolets was a diesel-electric, torpedo-carrying submarine that saw active service on four missions during World War II, launching 12 torpedo attacks and sinking four enemy ships. Since 1993, Narodovolets have been placed in the Baltic Fleet as a monument to the heroism of submariners.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for student.
Photography: Allowed.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Prichal Observation Deck towards north at Shkiperskiy Protok, 10.

Water Tower

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 800 meters from Narodovolets D-2 Submarine museum towards northwest at Shkiperskiy Protok, 25.

Monument to the cruiser Kirov

Monument

Kirov was a battleship completed on 26 September 1938. Kirov left for Riga on 22 October 1939, when the Soviet Union began occupying Latvia, continuing to Liepaja the next day. During the Winter War, Kirov, on November 30, 1939, attempted to bomb the Finnish coast defense guns 5 km south of Hanko, Finland. Kirov was stranded in the Gulf of Riga when Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941.
In late June, Kirov provided gunnery support during the defense of Tallinn, Estonia, and in late August 1941 served as commander of the evacuation fleet from Tallinn to Leningrad. Kirov was seriously injured by three bombs by Germany on April 4-5, 1942. After the liberation of Leningrad in early 1944, Kirov remained there and took no further part in the war except to provide gunfire support for the mid-1944 Soviet Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensive against Finland.
Kirov was hit by a German magnetic mine while leaving Kronstadt on 17 October 1945. She took part in fleet maneuvers in the North Sea in January 1956. She was reclassified as a training cruiser, regularly visiting Poland and East Germany. She was sold for scrap on 22 February 1974. When the Kirov was decommissioned, its two gun turrets were erected as a monument. The monument was unveiled on September 30, 1990.
How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Water Tower towards northwest near Baltflota Square Bus station.

Seaside promenade

Scenic Spot

Seaside promenade (Russian: Morskaya Naberezhnaya).
How to go: It is located about 330 meters from Monument to the cruiser Kirov towards north near Abordazh Cafe in Morskaya Naberezhnaya, 19.


Day-29: Vasilevsky Island

Petersburg Metropolitan Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: 9 AM to 9 PM every day.
How to go: It is located near Primorskaya metro station at Ulitsa Odoyevskogo, 29.

Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God

Church

At the Smolensk cemetery, this church dates back to the mid-18th century. It is said that a beloved 18th-century saint of the town, also known as "Holy Fool", secretly helped the builders of the stone church by carrying bricks to the site under the cover of night. There is a separate stone chapel built in the cemetery near her tomb as well as a chapel within the church dedicated to her. The stone church, which was replaced by a wooden church consecrated in 1760, was completed in 1776.
In 1809, the North Chapel was added, and again in the mid-19th century, the iconostasis was added to the Chapel of John the Baptist. The church was closed between 1940 and 1947. Due to the closure of many churches during this period, the church received many valuable holy relics, including the famous icon of the Merciful Mother of God, a gift from the monks of Mount Athos in the 19th century.
The icon after which the church is named is one of the most celebrated in Russian history. It originally came to Russia in 1046, when Emperor Constantine's daughter Anna married, and it was moved to Moscow in 1812. It disappeared during the Nazi invasion. In 2005, it was placed in a private gallery in London, and negotiations are underway to return the icon to Russia. A copy was brought to St. Petersburg.
How to go: It is located in Smolensk cemetery, about 1.1 km from Petersburg Metropolitan Museum towards southeast at 24, Kamskaya Ulitsa.

Xenia the Blessed of St. Petersburg Museum

Museum

It is said that on the site where the temple was built there was a house where Ksenia lived with her husband Andrei Petrov. Here the saint rests, and from here she departs for the feat of folly. The temple was built on June 6, 2019.
How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Church of the Smolensk towards east at Kamskaya Ulitsa, 22.

St Petersburg Puppet Museum

Museum

Museum of Dolls.
Visiting Time: 10 AM to 6 PM everyday.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult. 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) for student or child.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Xenia the Blessed of St. Petersburg Museum towards east at Kamskaya Ulitsa 8/90.

Artmuza

Art Gallery

The mechanical factory was established in 1938 and its first products were fireproof cabinets, beds and counters. Until 1991, the company produced sports equipment. From 1991, the factory was rebuilt to manufacture acoustic guitars. After demand for musical instruments declined, the premises were leased out to various institutions. Since 2013, Artmuza started working as an exhibition hall. The official inauguration took place on January 8, 2014.
Visiting Time: 11 AM to 10 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from St Petersburg Puppet Museum towards southeast at 13-Ya Liniya Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 70.

Museum of Urban Electric Transport

Museum

The museum was founded in 1967 and is the oldest museum of electric transport in Russia. It is located in the old Vasiliostrovsky tram depot in St. Petersburg which was built in 1906-1908. To celebrate the 90th anniversary of St. Petersburg trams, examples of trams used in St. Petersburg have been restored. The museum also displays documents and photographs, cards, breadboard models of carriages and trams, examples of tram workers' uniforms and original cash registers.
Visiting Time: Russian-language tours at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 2 PM and 4 PM.
Entry Fee: 230 Rubles (USD 2.48) for adult. 65 Rubles (USD 0.70) for child and student.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters from the southeast corner of Smolensk cemetery. About 1 km from Artmuza towards southwest at Sredniy street VO, 77A.

Central Geological Exploration Museum

Museum

Central Geological Exploration Museum named after Academician F.N. Chernysheva.
It displays dinosaur bones and an impressive jewel-encrusted map of the USSR.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 9:30 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: Free.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Museum of Urban Electric Transport towards south at Sredniy Prospekt Vo, 74.

Church of the Annunciation on Vasilevsky

Orthodos Church

Saint Petersburg once had ten churches named after the Annunciation of the Mother of God. This church on Vasilevskiy Island is one of only two surviving. The first wooden church was built here in the early years of St. Petersburg. In 1750, construction of a stone church began. Its tiered bell-tower was for many years the tallest building on Vasilevskiy Island.
The round church had seven side-chapels, each containing a holy relic or copy of a famous icon. In the mid-19th century, the church became part of a convent, whose ancillary buildings can still be seen around the church. After the revolution, the church was closed, its treasures looted and the building used as a warehouse and workshop. During the siege of Leningrad, the building was repeatedly bombed and fell into ruins until the early 1990s.
The exterior of the church has since been restored, and work continues on the interior with work already completed on the second floor, including restoration of the original frescoes.
How to go: It is located about 620 meters from Artmuza towards east at 7 Liniya Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 68. About 350 meters north from Vasileostrovskaya Metro station.

New Museum of Modern Art

Museum

Based on the private collection of a prominent Russian art-lover, from the 1950s.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Friday = 11 AM to 7 PM. Saturday and Sunday - 12 PM to 8 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child and student.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Church of the Annunciation on Vasilevsky at 29, 6th Line, Vasilyevsky Island.

Apartment Benoit Families Museum

Museum

The museum-apartment of the architect Leonty Nikolaevich Benois was built by the descendants of famous architects living in Russia and abroad. The authentic interior contains material from the family archive, including rare photographs and works of art by both Leonti Benoit and representatives of the Benoit family, made in various techniques and materials: painting, sculpture, graphics, ceramics and more.
Visiting Time: The museum is open by organized groups and events only.
How to go: It is located about 520 meters from New Museum of Modern Art towards east, or about 500 meters from Vasileostrovskaya Metro station towards southeast at 3rd Line, Vasilyevsky Island.

Court of the Spirits

Tourist Attraction

Court of the Spirits (Russian: Dvor Dukhov).
Vistiing Time: 10 AM to 7 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Apartment Benoit Families Museum towards southwest at 4-Ya Liniya VO, 5.

House Tanya Savicheva

Historical Landmark

Tanya Savicheva lived in this house from 1936 to 1942. There are memorial plaques on the wall and in the courtyard of her home on Vasilievsky Island.
Tanya was born on 23 January 1930, the youngest child in the family. Her father died when Tanya was six years old, leaving his widow with five children: three daughters - Tanya, Zhenya and Nina, and two sons - Mikhail and Leka. Mikhail had left Leningrad before the start of the war. Mikhail's story was unknown to the rest of his family who assumed he was dead. One day Nina went to work and never came back. The family was unaware of this and assumed he was dead.
Tanya had a diary in which she recorded her daily life, but they had to burn the diary during the siege as there was no fuel left to heat the stove. Later Tanya found a small notebook, which later became her diary. Her elder sister, Zhenya, died of complications from malnutrition. Tanya records her sister's death in her notebook. "Zhenya died on December 28th at 12 noon, 1941".
A month later, her grandmother died, two days after Tanya's twelfth birthday. Tanya recorded her death as "Grandmother died on the 25th of January at 3 o'clock, 1942". Nina went missing on February 28. The family assumed her dead. Tanya makes no mention of Nina in the notebook. Nina eventually found the diary on returning to Leningrad. Tanya's brother Leka died at the shipyard hospital. Tanya recorded this in her diary, "Leka died March 17th, 1942, at 5 o'clock in the morning, 1942".
Tanya's uncle Vasya died at the age of 56. Tanya recorded his obituary, "Uncle Vasya died on April 13th at 2 o'clock in the morning, 1942". Her eldest uncle Lesha died of malnutrition the following month at the age of 71. Tanya recorded his death: "Uncle Lesha May 10th, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, 1942". After 3 days, finally her mother died. Tanya recorded her death, "Mom on May 13 at 7:30 in the morning, 1942". With that Tanya recorded, "The Savichevs are dead". "Everyone is dead". "Only Tanya is left".
After her mother's death, Tanya stays with a neighbor the next night and then, at her aunt's house. Then transferred to public orphanage number 48 in Smolny area. In August 1942, Tanya was one of 140 children rescued from Leningrad and brought to the village of Krasny Bor. In May 1944, Tanya was sent to a hospital in Satki, where she died a month later, on July 1, of intestinal tuberculosis. Nina and Mikhail returned to Leningrad after World War II and found the diary.
Tanya's original diary is now on display at The State Museum of History of Saint Petersburg in the Peter and Paul Fortress, with a copy also on display at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery. Tanya's red marble mausoleum is located at the Krasny Bor Cemetery with a gray marble tombstone depicting her image in bas relief. Nearby is a monument depicting pages carved from her diary.
2127 Tanya, a minor planet discovered in 1971 by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh, is named in her honor. There is also a mountain pass named after her in the Dzungarian Alatau mountain range between Kazakhstan and China.
How to go: It is located about 220 meters from Dvor Dukhov at 2-Ya Liniya VO, 13.

Spice Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: 11 AM to 9 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for family. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child age 7-14 and retired. 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for child age above 14. Additional 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for foreign language tour.
How to go: It is located north of House of Tanya Savicheva at Bol'shoy Prospekt Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 6.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Catherine

Lutheran church

In 1728, a Lutheran community was formed. It occupied a wooden house. A prayer room was consecrated there on 16 June 1729. Later, the house was used as a base for the construction of a separate wooden church, which was consecrated on 29 July 1744 and dedicated to Saint Peter the Apostle. On 22 June 1768, the foundation stone of the present church was laid, and on 26 January 1771 the entire building was consecrated in the name of St. Catherine.
Two copies hung on the altar: one of "The Last Supper", the other "The Resurrection". "The Temptation of Adam" and "The Crucifixion" were original paintings on the walls. The two golden statues represent faith and charity. During the reconstruction of 1852, a new organ was installed in the church. In 1857 and 1868, some changes were made inside. In 1883, a marble statue of the Savior appeared. Choir stalls were built inside during restoration work carried out between 1895 and 1897.
In 1902 and 1903, the building was enlarged by adding space for a staircase. In 1903, the large Walcker organ appeared in the interior. The church maintained a parish and trading school, two orphanages, a non-traditional middle school, a kindergarten, a widow's residence and cheap flats. In the early 1920s, the church passed to the Baptists and became their center. On August 1, 1935, it was closed and taken over by the Student Activities Center.
In 1990, several rooms in the building, which were then used as recording studios, were returned to the Lutheran community. On Christmas Day 1990, divine services were resumed. However, they were held regularly from August 1997, after the entire building was handed over to the believers. At the beginning of 1999, the largest soiree organ in the city was installed in the church.
Visiting Time: Wednesday - 7 PM to 9 PM. Saturday - 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Sunday - 12:30 PM to 6 PM. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Spice Museum towards northeast at Bol'shoy street Vasil'yevskogo Ostrova, 1/20.


Day-30: Vasilevsky Island

Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts

Museum

Academy of Fine Arts Museum.
Visiting Time: Wednesday, Friday to Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Thursday - 12 PM to 8 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for local adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student and retired. 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for foreign Tourist. Free for child age below 16.
Photography: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for photo and 1000 Rubles (USD 10.79) for video.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from House of Tanya towards south at University Embankment, 17.

Grifony

Statue

A statue.
How to go: It is located opposite of Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Sfinksy

Statue

How to go: It is located opposite of Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Rumyantsev Garden

Park

The Rumyantsev Obelisk is a granite obelisk commemorating Count Pyotr Rumyantsev's victories during the Russo-Turkish War between 1768 and 1774 and his service in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792. The idea of a monument to honor Rumiansev's victory arose in 1795, towards the end of the reign of Empress Catherine the Great. Both the empress and Rumyantsev died in 1796, although Rumyantsev's sons continued to press for the monument to be implemented.
Emperor Paul I granted the request in February 1798. The monument was erected in early 1799 south of the "Field of Mars". Above the obelisk is a golden ball on which an eagle spreads its wings. The obelisk was moved to the north end in 1801 when Mikhail Kozlovsky's Suvorov monument was erected nearby. In 1818, with the approval of Emperor Alexander I, the monument was moved to its present location on Vasilyevsky Island.
In 1710 there was a market here, named Menshikov, because it was located next to the first governor's palace. The square was then used as a parade ground for the Cadet Corps. Between 1866 and 1867 the garden was built on the square at the expense of city merchant SF Solovyov. In the garden, there were lanes, fountains, marble vases, cast iron fences. A music pavilion has been opened in the garden. The square was rebuilt again in 1927.
It was renamed "Shevchenko Square" on 22 February 1939, in memory of the poet Taras Shevchenko. In 1999, busts of painter Ilya Repin (5 August 1844 – 29 September 1930) and realistic history painter Vasily Surikov (24 January 1848 – 19 March 1916) were installed here. It was restored to its original name of "Rumyantsev Square" on 21 May 2001. On the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg in the Rumyantsevsky garden, a complete restoration was carried out, the fountains were restored in 2011.
How to go: It is located east of Scientific-research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Menshikov Palace

State Hermitage Museum

The Menshikov Palace was founded in 1710 as the residence of Alexander Menshikov, Governor General of Saint Petersburg. It was opened in 1711, but construction continued until 1727, when Menshikov was exiled to Siberia with his family and his property confiscated. In 1731 the first cadet corps was established and occupied the palace and surrounding buildings. At the end of the 19th century, the Menshikov Palace was restored and turned into a corps museum.
In 1924, its collections were transferred to the Hermitage and other museums. From 1956 to 1981 the Menshikov Palace was again restored and finally opened to the public as a branch of the Hermitage Museum with a collection of late 17th-early 18th century Russian art.
Visiting Time: Tuesday, Thursday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday - 10:30 AM to 9 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for Main Museum Complex and the branches (General Staff Building, Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory). 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for Harmitage Branches (Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center). Free for Preschool child, school child, student.
Free entry: First Thursday of each month.
How to go: It is located east of Rumyantsev Garden in Vasileostrovskaya island.

Message Through the Ages

Monument

Message Through the Ages (Russian: Poslaniye Cherez Veka).
How to go: It is located on the University Embankment on the banks of the Neva River, just opposite Saint Petersburg State University, about 180 meters east of the Menshikov Palace.

Twelve Collegia

State University

The largest surviving structure in Saint Petersburg from the Petrine era, the over 400 meters long building was commissioned by Peter the Great in 1718 to house the new structure of government. The building was built from 1722 to 1744. Originally twelve separate buildings. As the 18th century progressed and the city center was gradually established on the left bank of the river, with no permanent connecting bridge to Vasilevskiy Island, the site became increasingly inconvenient, the higher departments of the government began to search for new premises on the opposite bank.
In 1804, a portion of the twelve colleges were assigned to the Pedagogical Institute. During that time, the building was significantly altered. Of the original interior, only the sculptures, friezes, ceiling murals and fireplaces of the Petrovsky Hall survive. The grand staircase and assembly hall were rebuilt. On 8 February 1819, Alexander I reorganized the main educational institute into the University of Saint Petersburg.
The Pedagogical institution was restored in 1828 as an educational institution independent of Saint Petersburg University and trained teachers until it was finally closed in 1859. In 1830, Tsar Nicholas returned the entire Twelve Collegia building to the university. Saint Petersburg University is considered the second best university in Russia after Moscow State University.
Visitors have access to some of the public halls of the twelve colleges, which regularly host concerts, and the building also houses two museums - the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg University and the Dmitri Mendeleev Apartment Museum.
How to go: It is located east of Menshikov Palace.

Mineralogical Museum of SPBGU

Museum

Part of the Mineralogy Department of the Geology Faculty of St. Petersburg State University, this small museum has a rich collection of mineral specimens that are only displayed in traditional wood cases.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 11 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: Free.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located in Twelve Collegia building.

Museum of the History of St. Petersburg University

Museum

St Petersburg University History Museum was founded in 1945. Its exhibits the main periods of the life of the University in the 18th to 19th centuries, and about outstanding graduates, including great scientists and politicians.
Visiting time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
How to go: It is located in Twelve Collegia.

Dmitri Mendeleev Apartment Museum

Museum

Dmitri Mendeleev (8 February, 1834 – 2 February, 1907) was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is famous for establishing the periodic table of chemical elements arranged by their atomic mass, which predicted the properties of elements not yet discovered. The museum is located in the Twelve Collegia building. In 1956, the Museum opened for public.
Visiting Time: 10 AM to 1 PM, and 2 PM to 4:30 PM
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for adult. 175 Rubles (USD 1.89) for discount.
Ticket Counter: Ticket office of St Petersburg University at the Faculty of Philology at 3 Philologichesky lane.
How to go: It is located in Twelve Collegia.

Botanical Garden of St. Petersburg State University

Botanical Garden

Visiting Rules: A visit to the Botanical Garden is only possible as part of a scheduled excursion. After purchasing a ticket, a payment receipt will be sent to your email; it must be presented at the entrance. 10 minutes before the start of the excursion, a representative of the Botanical Garden will meet you at the main entrance to the building of the Faculty of Philology (Universitetskaya embankment, 7-9-11B). You must have a passport or other identification document with you.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) per person.
How to go: It is located in Twelve Collegia.

Monument to Mikhail Lomonosov

Monument

Unveiled in 1986 to mark the 275th anniversary of the great polymath and father of Russian science, Mikhail Lomonosov, this three-meter bronze statue. Lomonosov was a member of the Academy for over 20 years and, from 1758 until his death, rector of the Academic University, the forerunner of the modern university.
How to go: The statue stands on Mendeleevskaya Liniya between the Twelve Colleges (the main building of St. Petersburg State University) and the Academy of Sciences.

Museum of Optical Technologies

Museum

It was opened on December 16, 2003.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Thursday - 11 AM to 8 PM. Friday to Sunday - 11 AM to 9 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: On weekend and holiday - 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for child age above 1 years, student, retired. Free for child age 0-1 year.
How to go: It is located north of Twelve Collegia at Birzhevaya line, 14.

Arkhip Kuindzhi Apartment Museum
Museum

Arkhip Kuindzhi (27 January 1841 – 24 July 1910) or Arkhyp Kuindzhi was a landscape painter of Greek descent from the Russian Empire.
Visiting Time: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 12 PM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo.
How to go: It is located about 60 meters northwest from Museum of Optical Technologies at 1-10, Birzhevoy Proezd, apt. 11.

Literary Museum of the Institute of Russian Literature

Museum

The Literary Museum of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences is often called simply "Pushkin House". The Institute of Russian Literature began its life in December 1905 as the main center for the study of Alexander Pushkin. Alexander Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist of the Romantic era. Many consider him the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.
In 1927 the Pushkin House was moved from the Academy of Sciences building to the Customs House built in 1829-1832. The museum not only has the works of Pushkin, but also works of many other Russian writers such as Leo Tolstoy, Blok, Remizov, and others.
Visiting Time: Monday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 4 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student. 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for audio guide.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Arkhip Kuindzhi Apartment Museum towards southeast at Makarova Embankment, 4.

Central Museum of Soil Science

Museum

Central Museum of Soil Science named after. V.v. Dokuchaeva was founded in 1902 at Saint Petersburg by Vasilli Vasil'evich Dokuchaev (1846–1903). Commonly regarded as the father of Soil science.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 11 AM to 5 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed. individual visitors on Tuesday only. Organized groups and tours by prior arrangement on the other days.
Photography: Allowed.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Literary Museum of the Institute of Russian Literature towards south.

Old Stock Exchange

Landmark

The stock exchange was established by an order of Peter the Great, inspired by the stock exchange in Amsterdam, ordering the establishment of a stock exchange for his capital city. In 1767 the City Building Committee decided to develop the vacant lots on Vasilevsky Island. The area was built over six years from 1783 to 1789. Construction of the Stock Exchange building itself began in 1783, but was suspended in 1787.
The project resumed in 1805, with the design inspired by the Greek Temple of Hera at Paestum, but by 1810 work had stalled due to the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars. The architectural ensemble was completed between 1826 and 1832. Decorations were designed for the stock exchange, while further work, including the installation of a reinforced concrete arch in the main hall of the exchange, was carried out between 1913 and 1914. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, the building ceased to function as a stock exchange.
In 1939 it was assigned to the growing collection of the Central Naval Museum. In 2010 work began on the relocation of the naval museum to the renovated complex "Kryukov (Marine) Barracks". In December 2013 the Governor announced that the exchange would be transferred to the State Hermitage Museum. The director of the Hermitage announced that the building would be used to house the museum's heraldry collection.
How to go: It is located south of V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil

Rostral Columns at the Exchange

Monument

Once the main port of St. Petersburg was located at this point, where the Neva River splits into two - Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva. During planning in 1810 it was decided to install two beacons indicating the two channels. It was decided to build the towers in the style of rostral columns. A rostral column is a type of victory column that originated in ancient Greece and Rome, where they were erected to commemorate a naval victory.
At the base of the columns are four allegorical figures representing the four major rivers of Russia - the Volga and Dnieper on the north column and the Neva and Volkhov on the south column. The massive 32-meter-high columns are decorated with sculptures of naiads, sea creatures and anchors. Above the column, there is a large bowl for the oil lamp. Later electric lights were installed as beacons. In 1957, the rostral columns were connected to the gas supply and now, on major public holidays, the columns are topped with seven-meter-high flames.
These two columns standing in Strelka on Vasilevsky Island are also symbols of St. Petersburg. Rostral columns in the modern world can also be seen in the Columbus Monument (1892) at Columbus Circle in New York City.
How to go: These columns are located east of Old Stock Exchange.

Spit of Vasilyevsky Island

Historic Area

Spit (in Russian: Strelka) of Vasilievsky island is one of the oldest sights of Saint Petersburg. It was established in the times of Peter the Great as a business, educational and governmental centre of the city. The architectural complex of the Spit is one of the most beautiful in Petersburg. Rostral Columns of 32 meters high and the Stock Exchange building are in the centre of the composition.
How to go: It is located where Rostral Columns, Old Stock Exchange, etc are located.

Zoological Museum

Museum

The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian museum dedicated to zoology. It is one of the ten largest natural history museums in the world. The Zoological Institute was founded in 1832 as the Zoological Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences on the basis of the zoological collection deposited in the chamber of the Kunstkammer created by Peter I in 1714. In 1931 the museum was renamed the Institute of Zoology.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Monday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 70 Rubles (USD 0.76) for student or child.
Free Entry: Last Thursday of each month except high school holiday.
How to go: It is located south of Old Stock Exchange.

Kunstkamera

Museum

Officially known as the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, this was the first museum in Russia, and is one of the oldest in the world. The museum's founder, Peter the Great, had begun collecting - stuffed animals, model ships, tools and astronomical instruments. In 1718, The Tsar gave the order for the establishment of a 'kunstkammer' (a chamber of art), and himself enriched the collection.
The present Kunstkamera building foundation stone was laid in 1719 and it was fully completed in 1727.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Monday and last Tuesday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for student or child.
Free Entry: Third Friday of each month.
Photography: Allowed.
How to go: It is located west of Zoological Museum.


Day-31: Zayachy Island

Peter and Paul Fortress

Fort

The first structure built in St. Petersburg by Peter the Great, and thus the birth of the city. The original six bastions, erected on 16 May 1703, were of earth and wood, connected by walls. Within the castle walls, the first building to appear was the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, a wooden church consecrated on April 1, 1704. A Lutheran church of St. Anne existed next to it until 1710. From 1706 the bastions were replaced by stone.
In place of the two wooden churches, a large stone cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul was built in 1712-1733. Long before it became clear that the Peter and Paul Fortress would never be enough to protect St. Petersburg, it had earned a reputation as one of the prisons of the Russian Empire and the headquarters of the secret chancellery. The first prisoner in the fortress was Peter's son, Tsarevich Alexei, who was accused of leading a conspiracy against his father and died in the fortress in June 1718.
From the 1720s, the fortress was used to incarcerate political prisoners, the Trubetskoy Bastion and the Secret House of Alexeevskiy Ravelin (built in the 1790s). The Saint Petersburg Mint is one of the largest mints in the world. A mint is an industrial facility that produces coins that can be used as currency. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1724, so it is one of the oldest industrial enterprises in St. Petersburg.
Other surviving 18th-century structures are the Commandant's House (1743–1746), the Engineering House (1748–1749), the Guardhouse (1748–1749), the Boathouse (1762–1765), the Main Treasury (1837–1838), the Capital Funds Building (1843-1844), Grand-Ducal Burial Vault (1896-1908). On October 25, 1917, the fortress quickly fell to the Bolsheviks, who bombarded the Winter Palace from this fortress at night. On 28 January 1919, four Grand Dukes of the House of Romanov were shot. Soon after the revolution, most of the castle was converted into a museums.
During the time of Peter the Great, a cannon shot from the Peter and Paul Fortress was heard in honor of military victories, on holidays and to warn residents about rising water levels in the Neva. Since 1873, the cannon has been fired at noon. City dwellers even check their watches by shots. The gun was silenced only during revolutions and wars. But these days gunshots are heard every day at 12 noon.
Visiting Time: The grounds of the fortress at open 6 AM to 10 PM. All exhibitions are open Thursday to Monday - 10 AM to 6 PM, Tuesday - 10 AM to 5 PM, Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for Peter & Paul Cathedral and Grand-Ducal Burial Vault.
Photography: Allowed
How to go: Nearest Metro station is Gorkovskaya Metro station. Entry point to the island is Kronverkskiy Bridge on the northwest and Ioannovskiy Bridge on the northeast of the island.
Inside the Premises:
Ioannovskiy Ravelin: Named in honor of Tsar Ivan V, Ioannovskiy Ravelin is the main visitor entrance to the Peter and Paul Fortress, housing ticket offices, a tourist information center, and several exhibition halls, including the Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology. Built in 1731-1740 and faced with granite tiles in 1778, Ioannovskiy Ravelin has been rebuilt twice, and previously housed a guardhouse and barracks and a gas dynamics laboratory for a brief period in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Hares During the Flood: If you look to your left past Ioannovskiy Ravelin, you will see this sculpture.

Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology

Museum

The museum has been open since 1973, tracing the history of the development of rocket technology in the Soviet Union and Russia. Among the exhibits, visitors will find several historic rocket engines, as well as a Soviet-era re-entry capsule, cosmonauts' space suits and a St. Petersburg flag that was flown from the Mir space station 161 days ago. Returning to the city in time for the 300th anniversary celebrations in 2003.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday and last Tuesday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located Ioannovskiy Ravelin.

Petrovskiy Curtain Wall and Gate: Petrovskiy Gate is the official entrance to the Peter and Paul Fortress, which dates back to 1708 and was built to commemorate the Russian victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War. This part of the main outer wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress was built in 1717-1719 and originally consisted of 20 two-story casemates that housed barracks for the artillery and engineering companies of the fortress garrison, as well as officers' apartments and warehouses. A part of the premises was used to house prisoners. Now it use as a museum of porcelain and glass, opens on December 18, 2012 at the Peter and Paul Fortress. It features about 5000 items of porcelain and glass of Russian and Western European production.

Menshikov Bastion: Named after Alexander Menshikov, Peter the Great's closest confidant and first governor of Saint Petersburg, the Menshikov Bastion is located at the northern corner of the Petrovsky Curtain Wall. The pentagonal stone structure was completed in 1729 and the exterior remained largely unchanged. In the first half of the 18th century, the tower housed the holding and torture cells of the secret chancellery. Later the premises were used as barracks and workshops.

Artillery Stores: Built at the very beginning of the 19th century, the Artillery Stores is a simple, one-story building located just inside the Petrovsky Gates. They were built to store weapons and military equipment, but were later used as the fort's fire depot, a telephone station and eventually for training the fort garrison. They are now in the exhibition hall and offices of the Museum of History in St. Petersburg.

Wax Museum: West of Petrovskiy Gate is a Wax Museum.

Engineering House: Built in 1748-1749, the Baroque Engineering House is one of the oldest unaltered buildings in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was originally the workshop and storeroom of the engineers who built and repaired the fortifications of the fort, as well as their living quarters and a conservatory. Now it is part of the exhibition space of the History Museum of St. Petersburg.

Gosudaryev Bastion: Facing the Neva River at the eastern end of the Peter and Paul Fortress, this key defensive structure was first overseen by Peter the Great himself (hence the name, which roughly translates as "Lord's Bastion"). The stone structure was built in 1717-1732 and covered with granite in the 1780s. In the 18th century, the interior of the castle was used to house Peter's dinghy - the "grandfather of the Russian Navy". Visitors can look inside the tower and walk across the roof as part of the Nevsky Panorama.

The Keramarch Architectural Art Ceramics Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: Thursday to Monday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday and last Tuesday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 120 Rubles (USD 1.29) for child.
How to go: It is located in Gosudaryev Bastion.

Nevsky Panorama: One of the two viewing platforms of the Peter and Paul Fortress, the second one in the bell tower of the Peter and Paul Cathedral. The walking route "Nevsky Panorama" has a length of 300 meters and is placed on a wooden bridge on the roof of the Nevsky Curtain Wall and Gate, from Gosudaryev to Naryshkin Bastion. Ticket offices are located in Gosudaryev and Naryshkin bastions. 350 rubles (USD 3.78) for adults and 250 rubles (USD 2.70) for children.

Naryshkin Bastion: Named after Kirill Naryshkin, one of Peter the Great's military commanders. The Naryshking Bastion was rebuilt in stone in 1725-1728, and the Neva River facade was granited in 1779-1780. In the 1730s, the Flagstaff Tower was added to the fort, from which the fort's own flag was flown on holidays and during Imperial visits. This tradition has been repeated since 2000. Another 18th century tradition, since 1957, a cannon has been fired daily from the fort at 12 noon.

Torture instruments of the Middle Ages: It is located near Naryshkin Bastion.

The Sundial "Time of master": 'Time of Master' sundial in St. Petersburg. Within the Peter-and-Paul fortress a large equatorial sundial was installed in 2014 is located north of Naryshkin Bastion.

12 Chairs: Sculpture is located east of The Sundial "Time of master".

Nevsky Curtain Wall and Gate: On the southeast wall of the fortress is an arch of the Nevsky Gate, which leads to the fortress from the commandant's pier. The wall built in 1727-1731, the structure was clad in granite in 1779-1781. The inner courtyard was used as a barracks, warehouse and prison and now houses the Pechatnya graphic workshop.

The Guardhouse: Built in 1748–1749, the palace, with a second floor added in the early 20th century, the guardhouse (or senior officers' guardhouse) was the headquarters of the fort guard and also housed arrested officers. Today, the building, facing the Nevsky Curtain Wall, houses the management offices of the Museum of History of Saint Petersburg.

Monument to Peter the Great: Statue of Peter the Great. It was based on the death-mask and wax figure of Peter kept in the Hermitage. The statue, installed in 1991 on a bench in front of the main guardhouse building, is one of the most popular sights in the fort.

Commandant's House: Now located in the central exhibition of the History Museum, the building was built between 1743 and 1746. The original facade has remained almost entirely unchanged since then, while additional wings were added to form four wings around a central courtyard. This building housed not only the fort commandant and his family, but also a house chapel, laundry and stables. In October 1917, the building briefly became the headquarters of the Petrograd Revolutionary War Committee.

Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral

Church

Peter and Paul Cathedral is Saint Petersburg's first and oldest landmark, built by Peter the Great between 1712 and 1733 on the site of two wooden churches. A wooden Peter and Paul church, consecrated on April 1, 1704, and the other, the Lutheran church of St. Anne, stood next to it until 1710, but was demolished to make way for the present one. The cathedral's bell tower is the tallest Orthodox bell tower in the world.
Its gold-painted spire is 123 meters high and features an angel holding a cross at the top. This angel is one of the most important symbols of Saint Petersburg. The cathedral has a typical Flemish carillon, a gift from the Flemish city of Mechelen, Belgium. Saint Petersburg has another Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, located in Peterhof.
When Tsar Peter I visited the Netherlands in 1698 he heard perfectly tuned Hemney carillons in Amsterdam and Leiden pealing 24 hours a day, every quarter of an hour automatically. Later in 1717 he visited Flanders in disguise and climbed the tower of the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp, where he must have heard one of the two Hemney carillons in one of the cathedral's towers.
He was fascinated by the sound of a carillon and wanted one for his new cathedral in St. Petersburg. So he ordered it from the Netherlands in 1720. In 1756 the tower burned down after a thunderstorm. All its bells were lost. In 1757, a new carillon was ordered from the Netherlands. But the installer died in 1764 before the tower was completed.
This new carillon was installed in 1776 by a clockmaker from Germany. Audibly, it was not a success. Thus in 2001 a new set of 51 bells was created in the south of the Netherlands. Bells were cast and carillons were installed. The carillon has 51 bells with a total weight of 15,160 kg, the largest bell weighs about 3 tons, the smallest only 10 kg. The carillon has four octaves, so most classical and modern music can be played on this instrument.
The cathedral was closed in 1919 and became a museum in 1924. It is still a museum, although religious services resumed in 2000. The cathedral contains the remains of almost all Russian emperors and empresses from Peter the Great to Nicholas II and his family, except Peter II and Ivan VI. Tsar Alexander III's wife, Maria Feodorovna, died in exile in her native Denmark on 13 October 1928. On September 28, 2006, her remains were reinterred in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.
How to go: It is located inside the Peter and Paul Fortress.

The Boathouse: The Boathouse, located northwest of the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, was built in 1762-1765. The pavilion was built to house Peter the Great's dinghy, a small sailing boat used by the young tsar to learn seamanship on lakes in the Moscow area and thus hailed as the "grandfather of the Russian Navy". Housed in the pavilion from 1767 to 1931, its place is now taken by a scale replica. The boathouse is also used as a ticket office for the fort's exhibitions and museums.

Grand-Ducal Burial Vault: Standing next to Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Grand-Ducal Burial Vault is the final resting place for 13 junior members of the Romanov family. The building was built in 1896-1908. Connected to the cathedral by a covered walkway, the Grand-Ducal Burial Vault is included in tours of the cathedral.

Capital Funds Building: Between Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral and Golovkin Bastion, the Capital Fund Building was built in 1843-1844. It was created to secure the financial funds that backed the Imperial Bill of Credit. In 1882 it was transferred from the Winter Palace to the Ministry of Imperial Estates as a store of valuables. It is now part of the Mint, and closed to the public.

Main Treasury: A large building next to the Kronverskaya Curtain Wall, the Main Treasury was built in 1837–1838 to house the state treasury of the Ministry of Finance. In part, it serves as a storeroom for mint production. It then became the headquarters of the Engineering and Artillery Board of St. Petersburg. From 1868 it was used for housing and offices by the Mint and then from 1900 to 1940 it was occupied by various military departments.

Kronverkskaya Curtain Wall and Gate: Part of the stone fortress built in 1708–1709, the Kronverkovskaya Curtain Wall faces northeast and its gate once led to the wardroom of the Peter and Paul Fortress. The courtyard inside the curtain wall housed the barracks of various companies of the garrison regiment and, in 1826, was used for the pre-trial detention of the leaders of the Decembrist Rebellion, all of whom were subsequently hanged.

Golovkin Bastion: The central northern defensive structure of the Peter and Paul Fortress, Golovkin Bastion was named after Count Gavril Golovkin, the first Chancellor of Russia and a longtime companion of Peter the Great who oversaw the construction of the original fortress. The stone tower was completed in 1730, while a cavalry was added in 1731-1733. The complex of buildings was mainly used as a warehouse, with a few isolated rooms on the north side of the fort.

Nikolskiy Curtain Wall and Gate: The northwestern part of the curtain wall of the Peter and Paul Fortress was named after a church of St. Nicholas that stood next to Petrograd in the 18th century. The stone fort was completed in 1729, and the inner parts of the walls were used as barracks, warehouse space and prison cells. Unlike other curtain walls, the inner courtyard of the Nikolsky curtain wall was not adapted in the early 20th century and retains its original two floors.

The Mint: The Saint Petersburg Mint is one of the largest mints in the world. A mint is an industrial facility that produces coins that can be used as currency. It was founded by Peter the Great in 1724, so it is one of the oldest industrial enterprises in St. Petersburg. The main building of the mint was built in 1800-1805 to replace the minting workshops, which had been producing money and medals since 1724. The original building was supplemented by further workshops and a surrounding stone wall in the 1830s and 1840s. The mint continues to produce coins, state awards and other official medals.

Zotov Bastion: At the northwest corner of the Peter and Paul Fortress, Zotov Bastion was named after Count Nikita Zotov, a teacher and close friend of Peter the Great, who had been virtually the head of the Tsar's administration since 1701. Stone defenses were erected. In 1707-1709 and 1727-1729. The interior of the castle was used for storage and for the dreaded secret chancellery office.

Vasilievskaya Curtain Wall and Gate: The western defensive wall is named after Vasilievsky Island, which faces it. The stone fort and gate were built in 1708-1710. The inner courtyard of the curtain wall to the south of the gate was used as accommodation for the prison wardens at the Trubetskoye Bastion, while the areas to the north were used as barracks and storage space.

Trubetskoy Bastion: At the southwest corner of the castle, Trubetskoy Bastion was named after Count Yuri Trubetskoy, who oversaw the original earthworks in 1703. The pentagonal stone structure was built in 1708-1709. First it was used to hold and torture Tsarevich Alexei, Peter the Great's illegitimate son. In 1870-1872, a prison was built within the fort. The premises are now used for a museum documenting the history of the prison and its inmates.

Alexeevskiy Ravelin: Alexeevskiy Ravelin is an outer fortress at the western end, built in 1733-1740. Alexeevskiy Ravelin was was home to a wooden prison, which was built in 1769, replaced in 1797 by a stone version known as the Secret House. The building was demolished in 1893 and replaced by a building housing the archive of the Ministry of War.

Peter and Paul Fortress Beach: It is located south between Naryshkin Bastion and Trubetskoy Bastion.


Day-32: Petrogradsky Island

Saint Petersburg Mosque

Mosque

In 1882, Selim-Giray Tevkelev who was appointed mufti of Orenburg in 1865 received permission from the minister to build a mosque in St. Petersburg. The biggest donor was Said Abdoul Ahad, Emir of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. Permission to purchase this site was granted by Emperor Nicholas II on 3 July 1907. The foundation stone of the building was laid on 3 February 1910, attended by government, religious and social figures. The mosque was completed on 1921.
The front is decorated with Quranic verses. The mosque has a dome 39 meters high and two minarets 49 meters high. The mosque has a capacity of 5 thousand worshippers. In 1940, the services closed and turned the building into a medical equipment storehouse. At the request of Indonesia's first president, ten days after his visit to the city, the mosque was returned to the Muslim religious community of St. Petersburg in 1956. The mosque underwent a major restoration in 1980.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Gor'kovskaya Metro station towards southeast.

Museum of Political History

Museum

The building which houses the museum was originally built for Mathilde Kschessinska, the prima ballerina at the Mariinskiy before the Revolution, and Nicholas II's mistress before he became Emperor. The building was built in 1904-1906.
In 1917, the building was seized by the Bolsheviks and turned into their headquarters in the city. Lenin made a historic speech from one of the balconies after his arrival in the city. It was later passed through a number of organizations, before eventually becoming the Museum of the Revolution in 1957.
At the beginning of the 1990's, the museum was renamed the Museum of Political History. Among nearly 500,000 exhibits on display here, there is a rich collection of original documents including a signed decree from Napoleon and the correspondence of Mikhail Gorbachev.
The museum also exhibits the video camera used by Mikhail Gorbachev to record his messages to the nation during the August 1991 and a piece of the Berlin Wall.
Visiting Time: Friday to Wednesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Thursday  and the last Monday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child or student. 100 Rublles for audio guide.
Photography: Photo allowed. Video not allowed.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Saint Petersburg Mosque towards south at Kronverkskiy street, 1.

Art-Tir

Art Gallery

Visiting Time: 11 AM to 9 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 750 meters from Museum of Political History towards east at Petrogradskaya Embankment, 6.

Cruiser Aurora

Museum

The ship Aurora was built between 1897 and 1900 and joined Russia's Baltic fleet in 1903. The length of the ship is 126.8 meters, and 16.8 meters in width. The ship took part in the Battle of Tsusima during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–05. Among the ship's exhibits, visitors can see a portrait of the ship's captain, who was killed during the battle.
In 1917, as the main training ship of the Baltic Fleet, Aurora took an active part in the Bolshevik Revolution. On the night of 25–26 October 1917, it fired a blank shot at the Winter Palace, signaling the city's rebellious workers, soldiers and sailors to storm the palace. That moment marked a dramatic episode in Russian history and marked the beginning of Communist leadership. Aurora is now maintained by cadets from the nearby Nakhimov Naval School.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Thursday, Saturday and Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday and Friday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for adult. 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for student.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo and 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for video.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Art-Tir Art Gallery towards south at Petrogradskaya Embankment.

Fountain at the Nakhimov School

Fountain

There is a Monument to the sailors of the fleet and the creators of Russia is located southeast of fountain premises.
How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Cruiser Aurora towards south.

Synagogue "Shaarei Shalom"

Synagogue

Visiting Time: Monday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Tuesday to Friday - 10 AM to 9 PM. Saturday - 10 AM to 3 PM. Sunday - 12 PM to 3 PM.
How to go: It is located west of Fountain near the Nakhimov School at st. Michurinskaya, 1, lit. And pom. 21-N.

Domik Petra I

Palace

Peter the Great's Cabin is a small wooden house that was Tsar Peter the Great's first St. Petersburg palace. The log cabin was built in three days near the Winter Palace in May 1703. The wooden cabin covers only 60 square meters and has three rooms - living room, bedroom and study. Peter lived here between 1703 and 1708, when he oversaw the construction of the new Imperial City and the Peter and Paul Fortress.
In 1711 the cabin was moved to its present location. Peter encased it in a red brick pavilion in 1723 for its protection and ordered that it be preserved for posterity as a memorial to his nobility. Catherine the Great ordered protection for the cabin in 1784, and the defensive brick pavilion was rebuilt by Nicholas I in 1840. It was the first St. Petersburg museum to reopen in September 1944 after the end of the Siege of Leningrad.
Personal and household items owned and used by Peter are still displayed inside, and a bust of Peter stands outside. The cabin is open to the public.
Visiting Time: Friday to Monday, Wednesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Thursday - 1 PM to 9 PM. Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16).
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Synagogue "Shaarei Shalom" towards west at Petrovskaya Embankment, 6.

Monument to the Artist Andrey Mylnikov

Monuement

Andrei Andreevich Mylnikov (22 February 1919 – 16 May 2012) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, Stalin Prize winner, and Lenin Prize winner.
How to go: The monument is located east of Domik Petra I.

Monument to Georgy Tovstonogov

Monument

Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov (28 September 1915 – 23 May 1989) was a Russian-Georgian theater director. He was the leader of "Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater" which was renamed "Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater" after him in 1992.
How to go: It is located west of Domik Petra I.

Chinese Guardian Lions Shi Jia

Sculpture

How to go: It is located south of Domik Petra I at Petrovskaya Embankment.

Palace of Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolaevich

Palace

This palace was built for Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich Romanov (the Younger), nephew of Emperor Alexander II. It was the last Grand Ducal Palace built in Saint Petersburg before the October Revolution. The palace was built in 1910-1913 as a wedding gift for the Grand Duke. In 1913 he was 57 years old. He fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and was the supreme commander of the Russian army at the outbreak of World War I.
He married Anastasia, daughter of King Nicholas I of Montenegro and sister of the King of Italy and Serbia. After the Revolution of 1917 and the Grand Duke's move abroad, the palace housed a brain institute and a limnology institute. After it was restored at the end of the 20th century, it became the Marriage Palace, the only place in the city where a foreigner could be registered to marry. Today it is the residence of the representative of the President of Russia.
How to go: It is located at the west side of Domik Petra I at 2, Petrovskaya Naberezhnaya.

Church-Chapel of the Holy Trinity

Church

Old Trinity Cathedral, also known as Peter's Trinity Cathedral, was the oldest church in Saint Petersburg. The simple wooden church was built in 1709. It was there that Peter the Great celebrated the end of the Great Northern War in 1721 and was proclaimed the first emperor of all Russia. It was one of the city's most cherished monuments until the Soviets ordered its destruction in 1933. The site on the banks of the Neva River is commemorated by a chapel.
The small church was built in 1743-46 by Peter the Great as a copy of the wooden building, with a bell/clock tower from 1713. Despite its small size, the Russian Orthodox Church considered it the main cathedral in the city, second only to St. Isaac's. In 1913, after a fire destroyed the dilapidated structure, plans for a larger church building on the site were blocked by a group of history enthusiasts.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Domik Petra I towards southwest at Petrovskaya Embankment, 1.

Solovetsky Stone

Tourist attraction

The Solovetsky Stone is a monument to the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union and to those who fought for independence. The monument is located on Troitskaya (Trinity) Square. The monument is a large stone brought from the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea, where Solovki prison camp was opened in 1923 as an inaccessible place of detention. Primarily intended for socialist opponents of the new Bolshevik regime in Soviet Russia.
There on 19 December 1923, guards and a special firing squad shot and killed protesting prisoners. The idea of commemorating the victims of Soviet oppression was first proposed in October 1961, but the idea was abandoned. In 1988, the St. Petersburg branch of the Memorial Society was established, the idea became active. On 27 March 1990, a competition was held to propose the best concept, location and design of the monument.
Troitskaya Square was chosen as the preferred location. On 4 September 1990, a square granite base was installed in the square. The memorial society's co-founder, Veniamin Joffe, requested permission to place a stone from Solovki Island. After Joffe's untimely death in 2002, his widow Irina Flige took over the initiative. The Solovetsky Stone was designed by artists Yuly Rybakov and Yevgeny Ukhnalyov. Both were victims of political repression during the Soviet era.
Rybakov, Ukhnalyov and Irina Flige found a huge granite slab of 10,400 kg boulder and transported it to St. Petersburg. It was installed on the pedestal on 4 September 2002. Inscriptions were added around the four corners of the base. Every year on September 5, a ceremony to commemorate and mourn the victims of "political persecution and Red Terror" in Soviet Russia is held near the Solovetsky Stone.
The first Saturday of June is a day of remembrance for the victims of the Petrograd and Leningrad prisons, which takes place near the Solovetsky Stone. On December 17, the anniversary of Stalin's 1933 penal laws against homosexuals, LGBT activists laid wreaths at the monument's foot. Demonstrations usually take place every year on December 20, "Day of Secret Police Workers".
How to go: It is located north of Church-Chapel of the Holy Trinity.

Aleksandrovskiy Park

Park

It is one of the first public parks in St. Petersburg.

Inside the Premises: Girl Draws Sculpture, Sculpture “Girl with a Bird”, Sculpture "Alonushka", Sculptural composition “Architects”, Mini-Gorod, Giant Park Movie Theater.
Monument to the Destroyer "Guarding": Monument to the war with Japan in 1904-1905. Russia lost. It was immediately decided to erect a monument. The monument was inaugurated on 10 (23) May 1911 in the presence of Emperor Nicholas II.
Baltic House Festival Theater: It is a theater on Petrogradsky Island, founded in 1936 as "Lenin's Komsomol Theater" and renamed Baltic House in 1991. From 1939 it was shifted to its present location.
Flower Clock: North of Musical Hall.
Music-Hall: A medium-sized venue for plays and shows.
Memorial Plaque to V.I. Lenin: It is located west of Music-Hall.
Skazkin Dom: Childrens theater is located southwest of Music-Hall.
Young Zoologists Club: Childrens club is located south of Skazkin Dom.

Saint Petersburg Planetarium

Planetarium

Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child and student.
How to go: It is located west of Baltic House Festival Theater in Aleksandrovskiy Park.

Leningradskiy Zoopark

Zoo

Visiting time: 10 AM to 7 PM every day.
Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for student. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
How to go: It is lcoated west of Aleksandrovskiy Park.


Day-33: Petrogradsky Island

Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps

Museum

It is located in the "Kronverk" historical area. The Kronverk area is consist of Aleksandrovskiy Park in Petrogradsky Island and Sts. Peter and Paul Fortress separated by Kronverksky Canal. Now here houses Artillery Museum. On 13 July 1826, five participants of the Decembrists' conspiracy were hanged on the eastern rampart of the Kronverk. in 1975, an obelisk was installed on the supposed site of execution.
The museum exhibits - Cannons made by Andrei Chokhov (1545 – 1629), An official chariot used for transportation of the artillery banner in the middle of the 18th century, The cannons from "the entertainment regiments" of Peter the Great, Personal arms, medals, and gifts received by Russian emperors and military commanders, Trophy arms, The famous Katyusha rocket launcher of World War II, A room dedicated to the Kalashnikov AK-47 and its designer Mikhail Kalashnikov (10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013), Array of Cold War (Between United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, between 1947 and 1991) era artillery pieces, anti-aircraft systems, armored vehicles, and missiles.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Monday, Tuesday and the last Thursday of each month remain closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for child.
Photography: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for photo. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for video.
How to go: It is lcated northeast of Leningradskiy Zoopark at Park Aleksandrovskiy, 7.

Boiler house Kamchatka

Museum

The boiler-house "Kamchatka" is a legendary place, where such famous people worked as stokers. Today the Kamchatka Boiler House is both a museum and a music club.
Visiting Time: 1 PM to 12 AM every day.
How to go: It is located northwest of Aleksandrovskiy Park at Ulitsa Blokhina, 15.

Prince Vladimir Cathedral

Russian Orthodox Church

The first wooden church built on the site in 1708 was dedicated to St. Nicholas. This church was replaced by a masonry church dedicated to the Assumption completed in 1719. In 1740, a stone church was built next to the Assumption Cathedral by order of Empress Anna. The building remained unfinished when Empress Elizabeth came to the throne in 1742. A new project was started in 1763, but after a fire in 1772 it too remained incomplete.
The side altar was dedicated to the Assumption in 1772, but the entire building was only completed in 1789 and dedicated to St. Vladimir. During the Soviet period, the cathedral was closed in 1928. From 1938 to 1941 it served as the city's metropolitan cathedral. From 1941 to 2001, the icon of Our Lady of Kazan was located in the cathedral before being moved to the Kazan Cathedral on Nevsky Street.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Boiler house Kamchatka museum towards west at Ulitsa Blokhina, 26.

Hemp Warehouses on Tuchkovy Buyan

Historical Landmark

There were wooden warehouses. In 1761, the wooden warehouses were destroyed by fire and a new stone building was built in their place. Until the revolution, the warehouses were used for purposes owned by the City Port Authority. Now Tuchkov is called the whole area between Dobrolyubov Avenue and Birzhev Bridge. It was the Institute of Applied Chemistry, which was disbanded in 2012. The building now houses the Supreme Court Hospital.
How to go: It is located about 580 meters from Prince Vladimir Cathedral towards south on the bank of Reka Malaya Neva river at Bolshoy Street, 1A.

Freud Museum of dreams

Museum

The museum occupying two rooms, the first hall of the museum is devoted to the twelve stages of personality development according to Freud, each of which is illustrated with text, photography, and paintings based on Freud's dreams. The second hall is an attempt to simulate the subconscious using images, audio material, and snippets of Freud's texts.
Visiting Time: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday - 12 PM to 5 PM. Monday, Wendnesday, Thursday and Friday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 80 Rubles (USD 0.86) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child and student.
How to go: It is located 420 meters from Prince Vladimir Cathedral towards north at Bolshoy Prospekt, 18A.

Military Space Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky

Educational institution

The Military Engineering School was founded in Moscow on January 16, 1712 by Peter I. In 1719 the school moved to St. Petersburg. On May 12, 1758, decree of Empress Elizabeth creating a combined Artillery and Engineering gentry (noble) School. On August 22, 1758, the artillery and engineering schools were merged into one military educational institution - the combined "Artillery and Engineering School of the Szlachta".
On October 25, by decree of Catherine II, it was transformed into the "Artillery and Engineering Cadet Corps". In 1775, a Greek Gymnasium was established and closed by Paul I in 1796. On March 10, 1800, decree of Paul I renaming the "Artillery and Engineering Cadet Corps" the "2nd Cadet Corps".
On March 21, 1805, Alexander I approved the decision to have the 1st and 2nd Cadet Corps as military educational institutions for higher military education. On March 14, 1807, the Volunteer Corps was created. In 1808, the Volunteer Corps was renamed the "Regiment of the Nobility" under the 2nd Cadet Corps. In June-December 1812, students of the 2nd Cadet Corps took an active part in the Patriotic War of 1812.
On January 1, 1832, the "Regiment of the Nobility" separated from the "2nd Cadet Corps" to become an independent military educational institution. On January 16, 1912, the "2nd Cadet Corps" was named after Emperor Peter the Great. The Moscow School of Mechanical Technicians of the KVF was moved to Petrograd and renamed "Petrograd School of Mechanical Technicians of the KVF" in May 1921.
In December 1922, the Petrograd School of Mechanical Technicians of the KVF was located in the building of the 2nd Cadet Corps and renamed "Military Technical School of the Red Air Fleet". In June 1924, it was renamed the "Leningrad Military Technical School of the Red Army Air Force". In May 1938, it was transformed into the "1st Leningrad Military Aviation Technical School named after KE Voroshilov".
In November 1939, it was transformed into the "Leningrad Aviation Technical Improvement Courses of the Red Army Air Force". On March 27, 1941, the "Leningrad Air Force Academy of the Red Army" was created. During World War II in 1941-1945, the educational buildings and course buildings housed a military hospital, army property depot and military units. From September 1, 1946, it was renamed to "Leningrad Red Banner Air Force Engineering Academy".
On March 19, 1955, the name of the academy was changed to "Leningrad Red Banner Air Force Engineering Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky". Mozhaisky was the inventor of the world's first airplane. On March 21, 1958, a monument to the Russian inventor AF Mozhaisky was unveiled on the territory of the Academy. On January 4, 1963, the name of the Academy was changed to "Leningrad Military Engineering Red Banner Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky".
On October 30, 1967, for the first time in the world, the automatic docking of spacecraft "Kosmos-186" and "Kosmos-188" was carried out with the help of an onboard measuring Rendezvous complex, in the creation of which scientists of the Academy participated. On April 18, 1972, it was renamed to "Military Engineering Red Banner Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky". On February 25, 1991, it was named "Military Engineering and Space Institute of the Red Banner named after A.F. Mozhaisky".
On April 27, 1993, it was transformed into the "A. F. Mozhaisky Red Banner Military Space Engineering Academy". On August 29, 1998, it was transformed into the "Military Space Engineering Red Banner University named after A. F. Mozhaisky". In November 2002, it was renamed the "Military Space Red Banner Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky". In December 2008, it was named "Military Space Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky".
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Freud Museum of dreams towards northwest at Zhdanovskaya Ulitsa, 13.

Museum of the Military Space Academy named after AF Mozhaisky

Museum

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Military Space Academy named after A. F. Mozhaisky towards north at Ulitsa Krasnogo Kursanta, 16.

Florentine Mosaic Museum

Museum

How to go: It is located about 1.3 km from Museum of the Military Space Academy named after AF Mozhaisky towards northwest at Zhdanovskaya Ulitsa, 45.


Day-34: Krestovsky Island

Kartinnaya Galereya

Art Gallery

How to go: It is located about 400 meters from St. Petersburg Dolphinarium towards east.

St. Petersburg Dolphinarium

Aquarium

How to go: It is located about 700 meters from Krestovskiy Ostrov Metro station at Konstantinovskiy Prospekt, 19.

Dino Park

Children's Museum

How to go: It is located 180 meters west of Krestovskiy Ostrov Metro station.

Belosselsky-Belozersky Residence

Landmark

The main structure of Krestovsky Island was badly damaged during the nearly 900-day siege of Leningrad, from shelling during World War II. It was repaired and used for various purposes, but was finally demolished around 1956. The present building has been rebuilt on the same site. The renovated "Datcha" is similar to the original structure from the outside, but has all the modern amenities inside. It has recently been put up for sale in the market.
Meanwhile, the only original structure from the Belosselsky-Belozersky era that remains today is the still beautiful landscaped park with some horse stables and a small pond on Belosselsky Lane, and adjacent walking paths on its northwest and west sides area of the house.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Krestovskiy Ostrov Metro station towards south at Krestovskiy street, 22.

Japanese Stone Lantern

Structure

How to go: It is located about 500 meters north from Artificial Beach near Cross Pond.

Divo Ostrov

Amusement Park

There is a fountain inside the park.
Entry Fee: Free. Only ride cost. Around 2000 Rubles (USD 21.58) for all. and 200-300 Rubles (USD 2.16-3.24) for individual roller coasters.
How to go: It is located north of Dino Park Children's Museum.

Monument to a collective farmer

Monument

How to go: It is located about 100 meters northwest from the fountain.

Swan Pond

Pond

Gazebo Rotunda on the shore of Swan Pond.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Monument to a collective farmer towards west.

Monument to S.M. Kirov

Monument

Sergei Mironovich Kirov (27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Russian and Soviet politician and early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. On 1 December 1934, Kirov was shot and killed at his offices in the Smolny Institute for unknown reasons.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters west from Swan Pond. About 200 meters East of Gazprom Arena Stadium.

Arch-Belfry With Carillon

Landmark

The belfry arch with carillon containing 41 bells. The arch was opened on May 27, 2002 in preparation for St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary celebration. The 27-meter bell tower has 23 automatic bells, controlled by electronics, and 18 traditional Russian bells. According to the makers, the carillon can reproduce 200 classical and modern tunes.
The bells were cast in Holland, the snow-white concrete for the walls was imported from Denmark. The hanging bell constructions are made of stainless steel and covered with 1.5 kg of natural sheet gold. The carillon is damaged, the electronic equipment was dismantled 10 years ago. Backlight doesn't work either.
How to go: It is located northwest of Gazprom Arena Stadium.

Novokrestovskaya Embankment

Observation Desk

The site also has a flagpole zenith.
How to go: It is located west of Zenit Metro station. About 350 meters west from Gazprom Arena Stadium.

Minizoopark Imeni Cheburashki

Mini Zoo

Visiting Time: 9 AM to 9 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Swan Pond towards south.

Wooden Embankment

Artificial Beach

How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Minizoopark Imeni Cheburashki.


Day-35: Petrogradsky Island

Levashovsky Bakery

Bakery

How to go: It is located at Baroque Street, 4AA.

Omega Fountain

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 220 meters from Levashovsky Bakery towards north at Pesochnaya Embankment, 40.

Museum-Apartment of the Elizarovs

Museum

The preserved 5-room apartment was the home of Lenin's sister and her husband Elizarov. Lenin and his wife also lived here from April to July 1917. This is the place to get close to the everyday objects that Lenin used, such as his chess set, bed, toothbrush and even his wheelchair (specially brought to the museum from Moscow in 1927) in which he spent his last dying days.
Visiting Time: Monday and Tuesday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Wednesday to Sunday remain closed.
Entry Fee: 50-200 Ruble1 (USD 0.54-2.16).
How to go: It is located about 700 meters from Omega Fountain towards west at Ulitsa Lenina, 52, Kv.24.

Nelson's Courtyard

Yard

A yard full of junk, decorated with colorful paint.
How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Museum-Apartment of the Elizarovs towards southeast at Polozova Ulitsa, 6.

Kolobov House

Landmark

Home of the Kolobov brothers. They were timber merchants. The building was built in 1908-1910.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Nelson's Courtyard towards southeast at Lenin Street, 8.

Sergei Kirov Museum

Museum

Sergei Mironovich Kirov (27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Russian and Soviet politician and early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. On 1 December 1934, Kirov was shot and killed at his offices in the Smolny Institute for unknown reasons.
In the apartment where Sergei Mironovich Kirov spent the last eight years of his life, the museum is a memorial to Bolshevik revolutionaries and a museum of the history of Leningrad in the 1920s and 1930s. The Sergei Kirov Memorial Apartment Museum is housed in a 1900s apartment building. At the center of the museum's collection are eight rooms in Kirov's apartment, which have been completely preserved or restored using contemporary photographs.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for student and child.
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Kolobov House towards northeast at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 26-28.

Benoit House

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located northwest of Kirov Museum at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 26-28.

Monument to Nizami Ganjavi

Sculpture

The sculpture of the Azerbaijani poet and thinker, Nizami Ganjavi, was erected in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, and then presented to St. Petersburg as a gift to mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of St. Petersburg. It was erected here on June 5, 2011. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijan's then-President Heydar Aliyev also attended the inauguration of the monument.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters from Kirov Museum towards north at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 27.

Academician Pavlov Memorial Museums

Museum

The Nobel Prize-winner, Ivan Pavlov (26 September 1849 – 27 February 1936) was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs.
How to go: It is located about 550 meters from Monument to Nizami Ganjavi towards northeast at Ulitsa L'va Tolstogo, 6-8, building 30.

Dom S Bashnyami

Landmark

The house stands with two strong hexagonal bay-window towers. Today, the first floor is occupied by the St. Petersburg Theater "Russian Enterprise" named after the actor Andrei Mironov. The purchase of a part of this house, shortly before the revolution, was acquired by the grandfather of Andrei Mironov, Simon Menaker.
How to go: It is located about 630 meters from Academician Pavlov Memorial Museums towards southwest at Bolshoy Street, 75. East of Petrogradskaya Metro station.

Palace of Culture Lensoveta

Cultural Center

In 1910, the "Sporting Palace" was built on this land, which housed the city's largest cinematography, a restaurant and a hall for roller-skating - the "Skating Ring." The existing building was constructed in 1931-1938. A 30 meter high tower was built. The House of Culture, one of the largest in the city, includes: a theater hall for 2,200 spectators, a cinema, two lecture halls, exhibition and dance halls, a library, club rooms.
Currently, some parts of the building are occupied by various shops and offices and some are still occupied by the club. Concerts, theater performances, lectures are held in the building.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters from Dom S Bashnyami towards north at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 42A.

St. Petersburg Toy Museum

Museum

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 11 AM to 7 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
How to go: It is located about 680 meters from Palace of Culture Lensoveta towards northwest at Naberezhnaya Reki Karpovki, 32.

Income House 1912 Arch. Berlin AL

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 60 meters from St. Petersburg Toy Museum towards west at Naberezhnaya Reki Karpovki, 36.


Day-36: Aptekarsky Island

Income House of A. F. Lobek 1905 Arch. P. V. Rezvyi

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 130 meters east of St. Ioanna Kronshtadtskogo at Naberezhnaya Reki Karpovki, 39.

St. Ioanna Kronshtadtskogo

Monastery

John of Kronstadt founded the monastery in 1900 as a branch of the Sura monastery of St. John the Theologian. Main Pentacupular Church of the Twelve Apostles (1902). On the ground floor is the marble tomb of St. John of Kronstadt. The Soviets dismantled the convent in 1923. It reopened in 1991 as a branch of the Pühtitsa convent.
There is a Kaplica Chapel on the northeast corner of the Ioannovsky Convent.
How to go: It is located in Aptekarsky Island. About 120 meters from St. Petersburg Toy Museum towards north, crossing Karpovskiy over the Karpovka River.

Vyazemsky Garden

Garden

Vyazemsky Garden is located on 3.5 hectares of land. In the first half of the 19th century the estate belonged to Princess Vyazemsky. Inside the garden was a memorial workshop of sculptor MK Anikushin (19 September 1917 – 18 May 1997). The building was specially constructed for the sculptor in 1969. Many famous monuments were born here. The workshop is now, a branch of the State Museum of Sculpture in the city. The park was opened to the public in April 2013.
The entrance to the museum is paid, but an interesting art space has been created around the workshop, where you can see unusual sculptures and compositions. They are available to all visitors.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 12 PM to 6 PM.
How to go: It is located about 270 meters from Kaplica Chapel towards north.

Feodor Chaliapin House Museum

Museum

Fyodor Chaliapin (February 13, 1873 – April 12, 1938) was a Russian opera singer. Possessed of a deep and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career in major opera houses.
Chaliapin left the Soviet Union for good in 1922, however, and this apartment on Aptekarsky Island, his home since 1914, was preserved with its contents by his secretary. The Chaliapin House Museum was officially opened to the public in 1975 and completely renovated in the 1990s.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 12 PM to 6 PM. Monday, Tuesday, and the last Friday of each month reamin closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult.
Photography: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo and 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for video.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from the southeast corner of the Vyazemsky Garden towards east at 26, Ulitsa Graftio.

Museum of History of Institute of Experimental Medicine

Museum

The IEM History Museum began in 1990 on the eve of IEM's 100th anniversary. The exhibition uses relics, paintings, sculptures and graphics, personal equipment, devices and arrangements, items, copies of documents, letters, photographs of employees, diagrams and diagrams, copies of original articles and monographs, diplomas and awards. The museum exhibits a large number of materials, reflecting the connection between medicine and biology.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 5 PM.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from the southeast corner of the Vyazemsky Garden towards east at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 69/71.

Russian Empire, Arts Center

Museum

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Friday - 5 PM to 4 AM. Saturday to Monday remain closed.
How to go: It is located about 50 meters north of Museum of History of Institute of Experimental Medicine at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 73-75.

Dacha Kuptsa V F Gromova

Landmark

Gromov's wooden dacha is located in the Lopukhinsky Garden. At the beginning of the 19th century, the site belonged to Prince PV Lopukhin (1753 - 1827), from whose estate the Lopukhinsky Garden originated. VF Gromov, entrepreneur and patron, who bought the site in 1848. A wooden two-storied dacha was built here, a striking example of early architectural eclecticism. A number of greenhouses were constructed with ponds, canals, bridges and arbors.
VF Gromov arranged an art gallery at the dacha, artists from the Mariinsky Theater performed here, and in the early 1890s a writer, Yasinsky, lived there. Currently, Gromov's dacha and a greenhouse are under restoration. Now there is a Boat tour agency at the northeast of the Lopukhinsky garden.
How to go: It is located about 370 meters from Russian Empire, Arts Center towards northeast at Ulitsa Akademika Pavlova, 13.

Memorial office of academician Ivan Pavlov

Museum

Nobel Prize Winner, Ivan Pavlov (26 September 1849 – 27 February 1936), was a Russian and Soviet experimental neurologist and physiologist known for his discovery of classical conditioning through his experiments with dogs.
In 1886, Pavlov returned to Russia after completing his studies in Germany. His application for physiology at St. Petersburg University was rejected. Pavlov was offered pharmacology at the University of Tomsk in Siberia and the University of Warsaw in Poland. He didn't go. In 1890, he was appointed to the role of Professor of Pharmacology at the Military Medical Academy and held this position for five years.
In 1891, Pavlov was invited to organize and direct the Department of Physiology at the Institute of Experimental Medicine. Over a period of 45 years, under his guidance, the institute became one of the most important centers of physiological research in the world. While in physiology at the Medical Military Academy, Pavlov continued to direct the Institute's Department of Physiology in 1895.
In the courtyard of the Institute, there is sculpture of one of Pavlov's dogs commemorating his experiments.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Dacha Kuptsa V F Gromova.

St. Petersburg TV Tower

Television Station

The Saint Petersburg Television Tower is a 326 m Russian steel lattice television tower. Construction of the St. Petersburg TV Tower began in 1962. Upon its completion in the same year, the tower was considered the first dedicated television tower to serve the Soviet Union, and has broadcast FM/TV ever since.
The TV tower has an observation platform at a height of 191 meters. The St. Petersburg TV Tower is ranked as the eleventh lattice tower in the world.
How to go: It is located about 570 meters from Memorial office of academician Ivan Pavlov towards east at Aptekarskaya Naberezhnaya, 16.


Day-37: Aptekarsky Island

Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Church

The first church on the site was built in a house near the Botanical Gardens and consecrated on August 6, 1808. Construction of the new stone church began in the spring of 1840 to accommodate the growing population of the island, and on 14 September 1841, the cross was placed on its head. In 1844 the exterior works were completed. Two local icons painted on a gold background in May-July 1845. On September 16, 1845, the church was consecrated in the name of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
On December 27, 1873, the Holy Synod handed over the church to the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment. The church was closed in 1930, it was converted into a laboratory. The domes were demolished, interior paintings were done, facades and interiors were redone. After 76 years, the temple was returned to the believers.
Today, the interior layout of the building has nothing to do with the church. Inside the building of the Church of the Transfiguration was a large hall, now with several floors. In the basement, where 30 officer-grenadiers, heroes of the First World War, are buried, there is a pool for scientific experiments. Since 2015, the temple has gradually started its restoration work.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from St.Petersburg TV Tower towards southeast at Instrumental'naya Ulitsa, 3, lit. A.

Museum of the History of St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"

Museum

On September 4, 1886, the Technical College of Posts and Telegraphs Department was opened. The building has been allotted elsewhere. On June 11, 1891, the name of the Technical College was changed to Electrotechnical Institute (ETI). On 4 June 1899, ETI attained the status of a higher educational institution. In August 1899, the institute was renamed "Electrotechnical Institute of Emperor Alexander III". The present building was constructed. ETI moved to its present location in 1903.
During World War II and when Leningrad was under siege, many academic and administrative staff members as well as students of the Institute went to the front. A monument to the students and employees of LETI who died in the Great Patriotic War was erected on November 5, 1986. In 1992, the institute got the status of a technical university. In 1998, the Ugra branch of ETU "LETI" was opened.
How to go: It is located west of Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord.

Museum of Porcelain and Chess

Museum

It exhibits a collection of more than 160 Porcelain Chess sets.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 11 AM to 6:30 PM.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for student. 20 Rubles (USD 0.22) for school child and retired.
How to go: It is located opposite of Monument to the students and teachers of the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute who died during the Great Patriotic War at Aptekarskaya Naberezhnaya, 6.

Memorial Apartment Museum Popov

Museum

The museum was named after Russian scientist and inventor Alexander Stepanovich Popov. Popov Memorial Museum was opened on June 27, 1948 at SPb ETU "LETI". It includes the professor's memorial museum-laboratory and his memorial flat.
How to go: It is located in the premises of ETI at Ulitsa Professora Popova, 5 lit. Shch corp. D, 33.

Botanical Garden of Peter the Great

Botanical Garden

The Botanical Garden of Peter the Great is the oldest botanical garden in Russia. It is situated on 18.9 hectares of land. It was founded in 1714 by Peter I as a herb garden for growing medicinal plants and re-established as a botanical institution in 1823 as the "Imperial Botanical Garden". In 1930, the garden came under the auspices of the Academy of Sciences. Soviet Union and, in 1931, merged with the Botanical Museum at the Botanical Institute.
The park has five main areas: a garden of tropical plants, a garden of subtropical plants, an arboretum, a palm tree greenhouse, an aquatic plant greenhouse. The garden consists of 25 greenhouses built in 1823-1824. They are numbered from 1 to 28 (No. 5 and No. 25 do not exist, No. 10 and No. 11 are shared into one).
It includes azaleas and other Ericaceae (No. 6), ferns (No. 15), cacti and other succulents (No. 16), various tropical plants (No. 18), 23.5 m high Big Palm Greenhouse with an important collection of orchids (No. 26) and a greenhouse with a pond containing Victoria amazonica (No. 28). The night blooming cactus Selenicereus grandiflorus, cultivated there since 1857, is open to the public in the 16th greenhouse in June-July.
The outer gardens include a small rock garden in front of the Big Palm greenhouse (built in the late 19th century) and a 0.16 km² arboretum, organized partly as an English garden and partly as a formal garden. The park opposite the greenhouse is closed to visitors from October 1 to May 8. The herbarium building built in 1913 stands in front of the main entrance. The Sakura Festival is held in the garden every year from May 14 to 15.
Visiting Time Arboretum Park: Tuesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee Arboretum Park: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for adult. 50 Rubles (USD 0.54) for child.
Visiting Time: Greenhouse complex: Saturday and Sunday - 11 AM to 4 PM.
Entry Fee Greenhouse complex: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for child.
How to go: It is located south of St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University.

Museum of the History of Photography

Museum

The Museum of the History of Photography was founded in 2003 to showcase an overview of photography as a technology and art form. The two large halls that make up the permanent exhibition trace the development of photography from the early daguerreotype to the late 20th century. Exhibits include a wide range of antique cameras and developing equipment, as well as historic photographs illustrating each stage of innovation.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 1 PM to 5 PM. Sunday and Monday remain closed. July and August months remain closed.
Entry Fee: Free.
How to go: It is located 550 meters from Botanical Garden of Peter the Great towards west at Ulitsa Professora Popova, 23.

Museum of St. Petersburg avant-garde

Museum

Dedicated to the Russian avant-garde in literature, music and visual art of the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, this small museum is housed in a wooden house once occupied by the painter and musician Mikhail Matyushin. Over the years the house has housed many of Futurism's greatest figures.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult. 60 Rubles (USD 0.65) for child or student. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for audio guide.
How to go: it is located south of Museum of the History of Photography at Ulitsa Professora Popova, 10.

Mansion of M. G. Savina

Historic Landmark

The former mansion of A.E. Molchanova - M.G. Savina. Erected in 1905-1906. It was built by order of the entrepreneur and passionate theatergoer A.E. Molchanov for his wife, actress M.G. Savina, who was called the Russian Sarah Bernhardt.
The former palace of A E Molchanova and M G Savina. Built in 1905-1906. It is the entrepreneur and avid theatergoer A E Molchanov ordered his wife, actress M G Savina, who was called the Russian Sarah Bernhardt.
How to go: It is located 420 meters from Museum of St. Petersburg avant-garde towards south at Ulitsa Literatorov, 17.


Day-38:
Today starting point is Ploschad Lenina Metro station near Finland Train Station.

Vladimir Lenin Atop an Armored Car

Statue

The statue of Vladimir Lenin was erected in 1926. It shows Vladimir Lenin speaking from the top of an armored car, shortly after Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia by train from exile in Switzerland on 3 April 1917. It was damaged in a 2009 bombing but has since been repaired.
How to go: It is located about 420 meters from Museum of Bread, south of Finland Station.

Museum of Bread

Museum

The museum showcases the history of bread making in St. Petersburg and the world. Exhibits include a variety of historic baking tools, baked goods packaging, and a reconstruction of a small 19th-century St. Petersburg bakery. Also on display are several examples of traditional Russian bread, buns, and biscuits, including a section devoted to World War II baking, including an example of a 125 gram per capita daily ration distributed during the Siege of Leningrad.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saturday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Sunday and Monday remain closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for adult. 60 Rubles (USD 0.65) for child.
How to go: It is located about 280 meters from Kresty Prison towards west at Ulitsa Mikhaylova, 2.

Kresty Prison

Historical Landmark

The history of the prison dates back to the 1730s. During the reign of Anna Ionovna, there was a wine warehouse complex where all the wine of the city of St. Petersburg was kept. After the Emancipation Reforms of 1861 the need for prison space increased greatly. In 1867 the wine warehouse was converted into a 700-bed prison, separated into women and men.
In 20 years the jail became too small for the city. The project for the new city prison was created by Antony Tomishko, a citizen of Austria-Hungary. Tomishko studied prison organization in Germany and was fascinated by the Moabit prison. He admired the Philadelphia system. Tomishko designed a prison consisting of two five-storey buildings. There was a prison hospital, an infectious disease ward, a morgue, an ice house and a blacksmith shop.
He also built a prison church of St. Alexander Nevsky inside the prison. A religious significance, encouraging penance among the prisoners. The crosses were joined by a red brick Russian Revival church with a massive five onion dome atop an administrative building.
Construction began in 1884 and continued until the 1890s. Inmates were moved to the new building, the old building was demolished and construction continued. It was considered the most advanced prison in the world when it was built. It was the largest prison in Europe. On the evening of March 12, 1917, during the February Revolution, rebels stormed the prison, freed the prisoners, and burned all prison papers on the premises.
In 1920 the prison was renamed "Second Special Camp for Involuntary Labor". The prison operated a research and development facility called OKB-172, which used inmates as weapons engineers and researchers. The facility produced torpedo boats that were used extensively by the Soviet Navy during World War II. In the mid-1990s the prison housed more than 12,500 inmates, more than ten times its design capacity (1,150 inmates). In 1983 the prison was deemed unsuitable for women and minors.
In 1993 a museum was opened inside the prison dedicated to the history of the prison, famous inmates and unusual objects found on the inmates. In December 2006 a monument to the poet Anna Akhmatova was erected on the bank of the Neva River opposite the Kresty Prison in accordance with her wishes in her poem Requiem. A replica of the monument was erected in a prison corridor that same month.
In the summer of 2006 Vladimir Putin (President of Russia) announced that the prison would be relocated. The Cresty building will be auctioned off to be converted into a hotel-entertainment complex after the move is complete. The new prison, Kresti 2, was completed in 2017 in Kolpino, 20 miles outside St. Petersburg.
Museum Visiting Time: Saturday and Sunday at 12 PM, 1:30 PM, and 3 PM.
How to go: It is located about 2.27 km from Lenrezerv Museum towards west along the Neva river at Arsenal'naya Naberezhnaya, 7.

S P Botkin

Statue

Sergei Petrovich Botkin (5 September 1832 – 12 December 1889) was a famous Russian physician, therapist and activist, one of the founders of modern Russian medical science and education. He introduced triage, pathological anatomy and postmortem diagnostics into Russian medical practice.
How to go: The statue is located about 500 meters from Ploschad Lenina Metro station towards west, north of Vmeda Vpkh Hospital at Botkinskaya Ulitsa, 20.

Ludvig Nobel's mansion

Historical landmark

Ludvig Immanuel Nobel (27 July 1831 – 12 April 1888) was a Swedish-Russian engineer, a noted businessman. His elder brother was Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel Prize). His brother, Robert, ran an oil company called Branobel in Baku, Azerbaijan, which at one time produced 50% of the world's oil. Ludvig Nobel is credited with creating the Russian oil industry. Ludvig Nobel was one of the richest men in the world. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Communists confiscated the Nobel family's vast fortunes in Russia.
How to go: It is located about 1.14 km from S P Botkin Statue towards north at Pirogovskaya Embankment, 19.

Saint Sampson's Cathedral

Church

Saint Sampson's Cathedral is the oldest surviving church in Saint Petersburg. Rumor has it that Catherine II secretly married Grigory Potemkin in 1774 at St. Sampson's Church. The original wooden church was built in 1710 to honor Sampson the Hospitable. On that saint's feast day, Peter the Great defeated Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava. The existing church was built under Empress Anna. It was consecrated in 1740.
The bell tower was built later. The original church had only one dome, four auxiliary domes were added in 1761. In the 1930s the Soviets dismantled the parish and the building was converted into a warehouse. It was restored in the late 1970s and reopened in 2000 as a museum attached to St. Isaac's Cathedral. The statue of Peter the Great in front of the cathedral was removed by the Soviets and restored in 2003.
How to go: It is located about 540 meters from Ludvig Nobel's mansion towards northeast at Bol'shoy Sampsoniyevskiy Prospekt, 41.

Monument to first builders of St. Petersburg

Monument

How to go: It is located about 180 meters east of Saint Sampson's Cathedral. Vyborgskaya metro station is located about 150 meters from the Monument towards north.


Day-39: Kamenny Island
Today our starting point is Chyornaya Rechka Metro station. It is locateed about 400 meters from the island. You have to cross Ushakov Bridge.

Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist

Church

This small church was once the private chapel of the Kamenustrovsky Palace. When Kamenny Island was bought by Catherine II in 1765 as a gift for her son Pavel (Emperor Paul 1). In 1766, Pavel established a home for wounded sailors and veterans of the Battle of Chesme on the island, who built the church for their use. A decade later, when Felten's palace was completed for the future emperor, the church became its chapel.
Here two children of the poet Alexander Pushkin's (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) were baptised. The church was only opened to the public after the revolution and closed soon after. It became a sculptor's studio and then a sports hall. The interior almost completely destroyed. Returned to the Orthodox Church in 1990. The Church was reconstructed in 2016, and is once again a fully functional church. There is a Orthodox chapel north of the church.
How to go: It is located east of the southern end of the Ushakov Bridge.

Kamennoostrovsky Palace

Palace

The former royal palace on the northeast side of Kamenny Island. It was built in the 1770s by Catherine II of Russia for her son Paul I. Emperor Paul gifted the palace to the former Polish king, Stanislaw August Poniatowski. Emperor Alexander 1, son of Paul 1, also lived in the palace. After the death of Alexander I the property was inherited by his brother Michael, then by Michael's widow Helen and their daughter Catherine.
The palace has been neglected since the early 20th century. It was used as a convalescent home for soldiers during the Soviet era. Kamennoostrovsky Palace is part of the World Heritage Site. It is currently closed for major repairs to accommodate city guests.
Closed to the general public, the Kamennoostrovsky Palace is rarely seen from the street and is best seen from the Lopukhinskiy Garden on the opposite bank of the Malaya Nevka River.
How to go: It is located northeast side of Kamenny Island.

Sunday School of the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist

Church

How to go: It is located at the northwest corner of the Kamennoostrovsky Bridge, which connects Kamenny Island with Aptekarsky Island to its south at Naberezhnaya Reki Maloy Nevki, 7.

Villa Oldenburg

Landmark

A wooden structure built in 1831-1833. The palace was built on the lands of Prince V V Dolgorukov and after construction was sold to Prince Peter Georgievich of Oldenburg (21 November 1868 – 11 March 1924). In 1928, the house was converted into a residential building with communal apartments and later a dormitory. In 1978, a fire occurred and damaged it, it remained in disrepair until 1982, after which it was demolished and rebuilt in the late 1980s. Currently the villa is vacant.
How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Sunday School of the Church of the Nativity of St John the Baptist towards west at Naberezhnaya Reki Maloy Nevki, 11.

Sfinksy

Sculpture

How to go: It is located south of Villa Oldenburg on the bank of Malaya Nevka River.

House of V. M. Bekhterev

Landmark

A doctor, scientist Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev (1857-1927) lived and owned this house. The house was built in 1914. In 1956, the half-timbered building was rebuilt in stone and plaster. Now there are residential apartments here. A memorial plaque was placed on the facade: "The greatest Russian scientist and doctor, academician Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, lived in this house from 1914 to 1927"
How to go: It is located about 370 meters from Villa Oldenburg towards west at Naberezhnaya Reki Maloy Nevki, 25.

House of E. P. Leonova

Landmark

How to go: It is located abuot 80 meters from House of V. M. Bekhterev towards west at Naberezhnaya Reki Maloy Nevki, 4.

House of Gausval'd

Landmark

Gauswald Cottage, built in 1898. It is one of the rarest examples of Art Nouveau in wooden architecture. The house was named after its first owners, built for the wife of the bakery master Eugenia Karlovna Gauswald. In 1918, the 3rd Children's Colony named after A V Lunacharsky existed here until 1923. The building then occupied the sanatorium of the Leningrad Metal Plant for many years. At the beginning of the 21st century, the cottage fell into disrepair, it was restored in 2017-2019.
How to go: It is located about 700 meters from House of E. P. Leonova towards northwest at Srednyaya Alleya.

Dom Follenveydera

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 200 meters from House of Gausval'd towards north. Just after crossing the bridge, the house is on the right.

Beautiful House

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 450 meters from Dom Follenveydera towards northwest.

Kamennoostrovsky Theater

Theater

The theater was built in 1826 in just 40 days. The building was intended to last seven years, but it lasted much longer. The reconstruction of the theater mainly changed the facade of the building. In 1964-1967, the auditorium of the theater was completely rebuilt, and the theater became the property of the St. Petersburg Television Company. Later in 2005, it became the second stage of the Bolshoi Drama Theatre.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from the Beautiful House towards southwest at Ploshchad' Starogo Teatra, 13.

Mansion of Countess Kleinmichel

Landmark

In 1834, a mansion was built for the French actor Zhenes. In 1874, the house burned down. The new owner of the plot, the wife of the master of silver affairs N. A. Verkhovtseva, built a wooden two-story villa. In 1893, the villa was rented by Countess Maria Eduardovna Kleinmichel, a famous Grande dame of the late 19th and early 20th century. Famous dress balls and salons were held in her palace, where all high-society Petersburg gathered.
The house was rebuilt several times. Many people compare it to a fairytale castle, for its structure. The interior of the palace has not been preserved. During World War I, the countess ran a hospital here, and after the revolution, she left the country. Currently, the palace is privately owned, and you can only see it from the outside.
How to go: It is located south of Kamennoostrovsky Theater.


Day-40: Yelagin Island
Nearest Metro station from Yelagin Island is Krestovskiy ostrov metro station in Krestovsky Island. About 500 meters north from the metro station towards north with crossing the 2-Y Yelagin bridge. From Staraya Derevnya Metro station, the island is located about 650 meteters south with crossing 3-Y Yelagin bridge.

Monument to Kirov

Monuemnt

Sergei Mironovich Kirov (27 March 1886 – 1 December 1934) was a Russian and Soviet politician and early revolutionary in the Russian Empire and member of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. On 1 December 1934, Kirov was shot and killed at his offices in the Smolny Institute for unknown reasons.
How to go: It is located north of of 2-Y Yelagin bridge.

Statue of Hercules Farnese

Sculpture

Sculpture "Farnese Hercules" (one third of the 19th century) on the banks of the 4th Southern pond.
How to go: It is located about 520 meters from Monument to Kirov towards west.

Mini-Zoopark

Zoo

How to go: It is located about 510 meters from Statue of Hercules Farnese toards northwest.

Cape With Lions on Elagin

Sculpture

How to go: It is located on the western most site of Yelagin Island. About 450 meters west from Mini Zoo.

Maid of Honor

Museum

How to go: It is located about 1 km from Mini-Zoopark towards east at 10 Elagin Island Street.

Museum of Glass Art

Museum

In the Orangery of Yelagin Palace, this museum showcases the work of the Leningrad Glass Art Factory, which operated from 1940 until its closure in 1997. The factory produces crystal and glassware for household use as well as mirrors, architectural details and experimental glass sculptures. The museum's three small halls display not only 8000 examples of the factory's products, but also video displays showing examples of the manufacturing process and the tools used to cut and cut glass molds.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday and the Last Tuesday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
Photography: Allowed.
How to go: It is located east of Maid of Honor Museum at 1, Yelagin Ostrov.

Creative Dacha Tspkio named after S M kirov

Landmark

How to go: It is located north of Museum of Glass Art.

Stable housing Showrooms

Museum

How to go: It is located southeast of Museum of Glass Art.

Kitchen Building

Museum

How to go: It is located east of Stable housing Showrooms after crossing Butter Meadow.

Yelagin Palace

Palace

The island was owned by Ivan Yelagin (1725-94). There was a villa on the island for him. Alexander I, son of Empress Maria, bought the estate from Yelgin's heirs and he rebuilt the palace in 1822 on the site of the former villa. It served as a royal summer palace of Alexander I. After Maria's death, the palace was deserted for a long time. Nicholas II (reigned: 1 November 1894 – 15 March 1917) leased it to his prime ministers.
In June 1908 Stolypin (third prime minister and the interior minister of the Russian Empire from 1906 to 1911) lived in a wing of Yelagin Palace, in July 1914, the Council of Ministers was also held there under Ivan Goremykin (prime minister of the Russian Empire in 1906 and from 1914 to 1916). It was damaged by a shell and burned during the siege of Leningrad. The house was rebuilt in the 1950s to serve as a resort for workers. It houses the glass museum since 1987. The entrance features two lion sculptures, inspired by the Medici lions in Florence.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Monday and the Last Tuesday of each month remains closed.
Entry Fee: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08). 260 Rubles (USD 2.81) for joint ticket with Yelagin Palace and exhibitions. Small admission fee to the park is charged on weekends and national holidays.
How to go: It is located easter side of the Yelagin Island.

Pavilion under the flag

Museum

How to go: It is located northeast corner of Yelagin Island.


Day-41:
Today our starting point is Chyornaya Rechka Metro station or Pionerskaya Metro station.

Place of duel of Alexander Pushkin

Monument

Alexander Pushkin (6 June 1799 – 10 February 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright and novelist. Many consider him the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature. At this place, on the evening of January 27, 1837, Puskin was mortally wounded in a duel (a duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two men with matching weapons) with the French military officer and politician Georges d'Anthes.
D'Anthes met Pushkin and his wife Natalia, a flirtatious young woman with many admirers. By the fall of 1836, Pushkin had to face scandalous rumors that his wife was having an affair with D'Anthes. On 4 November, he sent d'Anthes a challenge to a duel. With the efforts of the poet's friends, the conflict was cancelled. To stop the rumors and save their reputation, on January 10, 1837, d'Anthes married Natalia's sister, Ekaterina.
The marriage was not settled between the two new sons-in-law. D'Anthes continues to pursue Natalia in public. On January 26, 1837, Pushkin sent D'Anthes a very insulting letter. Pushkin received the formal challenge to a duel approved by d'Anthes through the Viscount of the France Embassy on the same day. A pistol duel took place with D'Anthes at Black River on 27 January.
The duel they fought was known as a sort of barrier duel. Rules of this type indicate that the duelists started at an agreeable distance. After starting the signal they walk towards each other, closing the distance. They could fire at any time they wished, but the duelist who was fired first had to stand still and wait for the other to fire at his leisure.
D'Anthes fired first, seriously wounding Pushkin, the bullet entering his hip and abdomen. D'Anthes was slightly wounded in the right arm by Pushkin's shot. Two days later, at 2.45 pm on January 29, Pushkin died. D'Anthes was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg. Dueling was illegal in Russia and D'Anthes was summoned to court, but was pardoned by the emperor. He was ordered to leave Russia permanently. He went to Berlin, and then to France.
How to go: It is located about 720 meters from Pionerskaya Metro station towards south. About 1.1 km from Chyornaya Rechka Metro station towards north.

Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov

Church

How to go: It is located about 1.8 km from Place of duel of Alexander Pushkin towards west at Serebryakov Pereulok, 1.

The Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre

Museum

This project, in 2010, is designed to safely and scientifically store the Hermitage's voluminous items that are not part of the permanent display, the Hermitage storage facility covers 35,000 square meters of floor space. It contains more than 3,500 canvases by Russian artists from the 17th to 20th centuries, as well as ancient frescoes, icons, sculptures, and antique Russian furniture from churches in Pskov and Smolensk. Field tents presented to Catherine the Great by Turkish Sultan Selim III in 1793, displaying carriages.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Saturday - 11 AM, 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for Harmitage Branches (Winter Palace of Peter the Great, Menshikov Palace, The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center). Free for Preschool child, school child, student.
Photography: Not Allowed.
How to go: It is located about 820 mwters from Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov towards southwest at Zausadebnaya Ulitsa, 37. About 400 meters from Staraya Derevnya Metro station towards northeast at Zausadebnaya Ulitsa, 37.

Datsan Gunzechoinei

Buddhist temple

In 1909, Agvan Dorzhiev received permission from the Tsar to build a Buddhist Datsan, or temple, in St. Petersburg. The first service was held on 21 February 1913 and construction was completed by 1915. A second large service was held on 9 June 1914 to consecrate a large golden copper statue of the seated Buddha Shakyamuni, a gift from King Rama VI of Thailand and a standing Buddha, a gift from the Russian Council in Bangkok.
Datsan's consecration took place on 10 August 1915, when it was named "Gunzechoinei". After 1917, the building was vandalized and used for many purposes. It was briefly occupied and damaged by a Red Army in 1919. About 1926 the main restoration was done, but soon there was a general persecution of Buddhism, and the monasteries were closed and their property confiscated, including holy books, altar ornaments.
The last Buddhist service was held at the temple in late 1933 in honor of the 13th Dalai Lama of Tibet, who died on 17 December 1933. The temple survived the bombing during the Siege of Leningrad. The Buddhist community was officially recognized in St. Petersburg in 1989. A service was held that year. It was the first service in 50 years.
On 14 July 2004, Agvan Dorjiev's 150th birthday was celebrated at the Buddhist temple in St. Petersburg. Since 2013, the temple has been actively maintained and is a practice site for scholars and students of the Tibetan Gelugpa School.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 840 meters from The Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Centre towards southeast. About 400 meters from Staraya Derevnya Metro station towards south at Primorskiy Prospekt, 91.

High Rise City

Indoor Activity

High Rise City (Russian: Vysotnyy Gorod).
Entry Fee: 700 Rubles (USD 8.52) for 2 hours.
How to go: It is located about 3 km from Datsan Gunzechoinei towards west. Go by Tram. From Savushkina St / Lipovaya valley Transit stop (Near Datsan) to Yakhtennaya St Tram stop. Then walk to south. Nearest Metro station is Begovaya Metro station is about 900 meters from the park towards northwest.

Retro Car Show

Museum

How to go: It is located south of Vysotnyy Gorod at Primorskiy Prospekt, 72.

Waterpark Piterlend

Waterpark

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Saunday - 10 AM to 10:30 PM. Monday - 3 PM to 10:30 PM.
Entry Fee Weekday: 1200 Rubles (USD 12.95) for adult for 5 hours, after each 15 minutes 100 Rubles (USD 1.08). 1500 Rubles (USD 16.19) for aduld for all day. 800 Rubles (USD 8.63) for child for all day. Free for child age below 5.
Entry Fee Weekend (Saturday, Sunday, and holiday): 1500 Rubles (USD 16.19) for adult for 5 hours, after each 15 minutes 100 Rubles (USD 1.08). 1700 Rubles (USD 18.34) for aduld for all day. 900 Rubles (USD 9.71) for child for all day. Free for child age below 5.
How to go: It is located south of Retro Car Show.

Park 300 Letiya Sankt Peterburga

Park

"300th Anniversary Park of St. Petersburg" started in 1995. In 2003, the city celebrated its 300th anniversary. To commemorate this, hence the park's name. Entrance to the park is free. Walking straight (south) after entering the park you will see a pool and fountain. Behind it is a three-tiered granite column 22 meters tall in the style of a lighthouse. Its 3 layers symbolize the city's three centuries of history. Behind the column is a large and wide beach called "Plyazh Beach".
If you walk about 200 meters to the left (east) from the column, you will see a heart shaped sculpture. Another 200 meters to the east end, you will see the Korean stone statue "Dolharban". A path goes to the left (east) before the pool and fountain. After walking a few meters you will see a monument to the national hero of Venezuela, Francisco de Miranda, gifted to Russia in March 2012. It is said that if the newlyweds rub the left shoes of the monument, family life will be peaceful and happy.
Before the pool and fountain, walk about 200 meters to the right (west), you will find a children's sports complex, a sports field for skating, smooth paths for roller skaters and cyclists. At the western end, there is an observation deck overlooking the Gulf of Finland. There are many apple trees gifted in St. Petersburg by Helsinki, Finland. The territory of the park is covered with a free unlimited WiFi.
How to go: It is located west of Waterpark Piterlend.

Lakhta Center

Skyscraper

Lakhta Center is an 87-storey skyscraper in the northwestern suburb of Lakhta. At 462 meters tall, it is the tallest building in both Russia and Europe and the sixteenth-tallest building in the world. It is the second tallest structure in Russia and Europe behind the Ostankino Tower in Moscow. it is the second tallest twisted building in the world after the Shanghai Tower in Shanghai, China.
Construction of the Lakhta Center began on 30 October 2012, with the building topping out on 29 January 2018. The center is designed to be a mixed-use development comprising offices, indoor exhibition spaces. There is a free public observation deck at the top of the skyscraper at a height of 357 meters.
How to go: It is located west of Park 300 Letiya Sankt Peterburga.

Poltava

Museum

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 6 PM every day.
How to go: It is located west of Lakhta Center.

Church of St. Peter the Apostle

Church

How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Poltava towards northwest at Lakhtinskiy Prospekt, 94.


Day-42: Beaches in Saint Petersburg
Starting point Sestroretsk Train station.

Museum "N.A. Emelyanov's Barn"

Museum

Sometimes called Razliv Museum Center. In 1917, wanted by the police, Vladimir Lenin was forced to hide in this small village with a family of workers, first in a shed and then in a nearby field. This museum has recreated these two astanas.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 80 Rubles (USD 0.86) for Makeshift shelter of hay. 80 Rubles (USD 0.86) for the barn. Audio-guide - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
Photography: 20 Rubles (USD 0.22).
How to go: It is located about 2 km from Sestroretsk Train station towards south. About 550 meters from Razliv Train station towards east.

Monument to Vsevolod Bobrov

Monument

Monument to Vsevolod Bobrov (Russian: Памятник Всеволоду Боброву), is a monument to Vsevolod Bobrov (1922-1979). The only person in the history of Soviet sports who became a participant in the Olympic Games, being the captain of the USSR national football and hockey teams. The bronze monument was unveiled in 2002, at the age of 80 -year anniversary of the birth of V.M. Bobrov.
How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Sestroretsk Train station towards west.

Dubkovskiy Plyazh

Beach

How to go: It is located about 1.2 km from Sestroretsk Train station towards west end.

Sestroretsk

Beach

How to go: It is located north of Dubkovskiy Beach. Nearest station is Sestroretsk Train station.

Yestroretskiy Plyazh

Beach

How to go: It is located north of Sestroretsk Beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Plyazh Sestroretskiy

Beach

How to go: It is located north of Yestroretskiy Beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Plyazh "Sestroretskiy Kurort"

Beach

Beach "Sestroretsky Resort".
How to go: It is located north of Sestroretskiy beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Sestrotskiy Kurort

Beach

Sestrotsky Resort
How to go: It is located north of Sestroretskiy Kurort beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Plyazh Stantsii Kurort

Beach

Beach Station Resort.
How to go: It is located north of Sestrotskiy Kurort beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Za Dubkami

Beach

How to go: It is located north of Stantsii Kurort beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Naturist Beach

Beach

How to go: It is located north of Za Dubkami beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Dyuny

Beeach

Dunes Beach.
How to go: It is located north of Naturist beach. Nearest station is Kypopt Train station after Sestroretsk Train station.

Beach Laskoviy

Beach

How to go: It is located north of Dunes Beach. Nearest station is Solnechnoye Train station.

Penaty Estate Museum of Ilya Repin

Museum

Ilya Repin (5 August 1844 – 29 September 1930) was a Ukrainian-born Russian painter. He became the most famous artist in Russia in the 19th century. He won his first prize in 1869 and 1871. He spent two years in Paris and Normandy, seeing the first Impressionist expositions and learning the techniques of plein air painting. In 1898, with his second wife, he bought The Penats, a country house in Kuokkala, Finland (now Rapinoe, St. Petersburg).
Repin died on 29 September 1930 at the age of 86 and was buried in Penates. His house is now a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The museum has over 600 of his works.
Visiting Time: Wednesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 5 PM. Monday and Tuesday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 300 Rubles (USD 3.24) for adult. 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for child.
Photograpy: 100 Rubles (USD 1.08) for photo.
How to go: It is located about 1.8 km from north end of Beach Laskoviy.


** If you go more north, you may also visit.

* Repino Cronwell Park Hotel Beach
* Plyazh Chudnyy - Beach
* Komarovo beach
* Zolotoy Beach
* Plyazh Detskiy - Beach
* Plyazh Ushkovo - Beach
* Finskiy Zaliv Beach
* Beach Lautaranta


Day-43: Kotlin Island
The city of Kronstadt was founded on Kotlin island by Peter the Great, who took it from the Sweden in 1703, and Kronstadt forms part of a World Heritage Site. The Kotlin programming language is named for the island, such as the Java programming language shares its name with an Indonesian island. Bus N 101 from Staraya Derevnya, Bus K-405 from Chernaya Rechka, Bus K-407 from Prosvescheniya Street.

Saint Petersburg Dam

Dam

A 25.4 km long complex of dams for flood control near Saint Petersburg. The northern and southern parts of the dam act like two giant bridges, providing access from the mainland to Kotlin Island and Kronstadt.
The construction of the flood prevention complex started in 1978 and it was comppleted in 2011. It incorporates two large openings for shipping, which can be closed when floods threaten.
It strethes from Primorsky district with Petrodvortsovy District via Kronshtadtsky District in Kotlin district.

First Nothern Fort

Ruined Fort

How to go: It is located about 1.3 km from Saint Petersburg Dam towards north.

West Kotlin Island

Island

If you walk western side of Kotlin Island from Saint Petersburg Dam, you will see - Coastal Battery No. 4, Monument to the Defenders of Kronstadt Fraternal Burial, Monument to Those Who Died on the Battleship Marat, Kronstadt City Cemetery, Chapel At the Tomb of Sergius Theodora Vlasyevna - Mother of John of Kronstadt Mother, Holy Trinity Church. Chapel At the Tomb of Kovrigina Paraskeva Ivanovna - Companion of John of Kronstadt.
If you walk about 500 meters west you will see - Kronstadt Necropolis Cemetery, Coastal Battery No. 6, Mortar Battery No. 1.
If you walk about 570 meters from  Mortar Battery No. 1 towards south, you will see - Patriot Park Museum, 100-mm Anti-Aircraft Gun 1947 Ks-19, Demidov Battery, Southern Mortar Battery, Horse Riding, Icon of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious.
If you walk about 280 meters towards northwest, you will see - Mortar Battery No. 2.
If you walk about 320 meters towards northwest, you will see - Observation Tower.
If you walk about 250 meters towards north, you will see - Wild West Kotlin Wildlife Refuge, Fortress Moat, Fort Shanets, Recreation Museum, Ecological trail “Western Kotlin”
If you walk about 2 km towards northwest, you will see - Naval officer quarters, Coastal Fort "Reef", western point of Kotlin island.


Day-44: Kotlin Island

Island of forts

Park

A "panoramic swing" designed for 24 people at once, a "Rope Park" with instructors-animators (this service is paid), an apple orchard with a pond, and viewing platforms with binoculars "Beacon of Memory".
For those who are interested in military history, the "Avenue of Heroes" of the Russian Navy, A small beach where surfing is available, and the Lighthouse of Memory with 200 names of famous sailors from the era of Peter I to the present day have been created here.
How to go: About 450 meters walk along te path from the beach, you will see Fort Petr 1'

Monument to A.I. Marinesko

Monument

Alexander Marinesko (15 January 1913 – 25 November 1963) was a Soviet submarine commander.
How to go: It is located about 1.3 km from Island of forts Park towards southeast.

19th Century Crane

Historical

The Merchant Harbor was a wintering place for merchant ships. To prevent winter storms from damaging the ships, a special crane removed the masts, and in the spring they were reinstalled. On the shore you can see a monument, and a preserved crane from the 19th century.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters from the monument towards north.

Kronstadt Sea-Gauge

Pavilion

Depth and height zero-levels of the Kronstadt sea-gauge Baltic system with tide gauge pavilion. In Russia and some other countries all depths and heights are measured from Kronstadt sea level. Sea level observations began in 1703 in St. Petersburg. On Kotlin Island, where the main naval fortress of the Russian Empire is located, the same service appeared in 1707.
The level of the Gulf of Finland can change significantly in a short period of time. This change will create a problem for shipping. Also monitoring of water level is required for flooding. In 1840 a symbol was conceptually placed on the granite abutment of the Blue Bridge in Kronstadt. This mark became a zero-point for the national system of elevation. In 1898 the first wooden building for tide measurement was constructed. The modern building was built in the mid-20th century.
How to go: It is located at the southwest corner of Central Naval Museum. About 130 meters from 19th Century Crane towards north at Makarovskaya Street, 1.

Central Naval Museum

Museum

How to go: It is located at Makarovskaya Ulitsa, 3.

Monument PK Pakhtusov

Monuement

Pyotr Kuzmich Pakhtusov, a native of Kronstadt, was a Russian navigator and hydrographer. He was the first to make detailed hydrographic descriptions and first soundings of the depths of the White Sea. The monument to PK Pakhtusov was erected near the building of the former navigation school, where he studied in 1816 - 1820. On October 19, 1886, the monument was erected. His son and two daughters were present.
How to go: It is located about 90 meters southeast from Kronstadt sea-gauge at Makarovskaya Ulitsa, 5.

Anchor

Monument

Anchor Installed in Honor of the 310th Anniversary of the Kronstadt Fortress.
How to go: It is located about 40 meters from Monument PK Pakhtusov towards southeast at Makarovskaya Street.

Monument to I.K. Aivazovsky

Monument

Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (July 29, 1817 – May 2, 1900) was a Russian Romantic painter who is considered one of the greatest masters of marine art. He was born into an Armenian family in the Black Sea port of Feodosia, Crimea, and lived there most of the time.
How to go: It is located about 30 meters from Anchor monument towards southeast at Makarovskaya Ulitsa, 5.

Petrovskiy Dock

Dock

The unique canal with Russia's first dry dock was built by Peter I in the first half of the 18th century. It was intended to repair the underwater part of the ship. Construction of the dock channel began in 1719, but Peter died before the work was completed. The canal was opened on July 30, 1752 in the presence of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna, who herself operated the lock mechanism. At the dock, up to 10 large ships can be repaired at once.
In 1774-1776, Russia's first steam pump was installed to pump water to the banks of the Petrovsky dock basin. The car was brought from Scotland, it served for more than 75 years. Part of the Petrovsky Dock served for ship repair until 2008. The length of the dock is 300 meters, width - 20 meters, depth - 12 meters.
On the banks of the Petrovsky Docking Channel, the lighthouse, one of the oldest in Kronstadt, is located. Nearby are the Dutch mess buildings, where ships cooked meals for their crews, cause, fires were forbidden on ships. Over the Petrovsky Docking Channel, Kronstadt's only dock bridge is erected. A metal crossing of riveted structure was built in 1854-1856. The bridge is currently being reconstructed.
How to go: It is located about 80 meters from Monument to I.K. Aivazovsky towards northwest.

Russia-Japan Friendship Memorial

Memorial

A trade agreement between Russia and Japan was finalized on 7 February 1855 with the signing of the "Treaty of Shimoda". This treaty laid the foundation for relations between Russia and Japan. Trade will be conducted through the ports of Hakodate,  Nagasaki, and Shimoda. In 2005, the monument was unveiled in Kronstadt to commemorate the 150th anniversary of friendship between Russia and Japan.
How to go: It is located about 40 meters south from Monument to I.K. Aivazovsky.

Orudiye 150 Mm

Memorial

How to go: it is located about 80 meters from Russia-Japan Friendship Memorial towards south.

Dutch Cuisine Museum

Museum

Nearby is the building of the Dutch cuisine, where ship cooks cooked food for their crews (it was forbidden to make fire on the ship).
How to go: It is located about 90 meters from Orudiye 150 Mm Memorial towards southwest.

Museum-Model of the Kronstadt Forts

Museum

How to go: It is located west of Dutch Cuisine Museum.

Park Patriot

Open Air Museum

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Dutch Cuisine Museum towards south.

Wooden Lighthouse

Lighthouse

29 meeters square steel frame tower, with wooden siding, lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is painted white and red. The lighthouse was repainted in 2007. This light is an aft range light that guides ships as they enter Kronstadt Naval Station.
How to go: It is located south of Park "Patriot" open air museum.

Destroyer Restlessly

War museum

Bespokoyny is a decommissioned Sovremenny-class destroyer of the Russian Navy preserved as a museum ship. Bespokoyny was founded on 18 April 1987 and launched on 9 June 1990. She was commissioned on 28 December 1991. In September 2016, the ship was docked at Yantar Baltic Shipyard for conversion, so that it could float without maintenance by a permanent crew. On September 28, the press service of the enterprise reported that the destroyer would remain at the plant for about a month.
On May 13, 2018, Bespokoyny reached a permanent anchorage at the Baltic Fleet base. It became an exhibition of the military-historical complex of the Western Military District, and for students of the St. Petersburg Regional Branch of the Army, the destroyer became a place of educational excursions. In 2020, it was reported that two of the propellers of the Bespokoyny were stolen.
How to go: It is located about 30 meters from Wooden Lighthouse towards south.

Battery Prince Menshikov

Historical Landmark

How to go: You can see it from the southend from Destroyer Restlessly.

Surveillance and Communications Post

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 210 metesrs northwest of Battery Prince Menshikov.

Astronomical Gazebo

Historical Landmark

Alexander Popov (March 16, 1859 – January 13, 1906) was one of the first to invent a radio receiving device. On May 7, 1895, he presented a paper on a wireless lightning detector. This day is celebrated today as Radio Day in Russia. In a demonstration on March 24, 1896, he transmitted a radio signal 250 meters between various campus buildings in St. Petersburg. His work is contemporary with that of other physicists Oliver Lodge and Marconi.
Astronomical Gazebo With Memorial Plaque of A.S. Popov
How to go: It is located about 110 meters north east of Petrovsky Dock.

Monument to Alexander Popov

Monument

Alexander Popov (March 16, 1859 – January 13, 1906) was one of the first to invent a radio receiving device. On May 7, 1895, he presented a paper on a wireless lightning detector. This day is celebrated today as Radio Day in Russia. In a demonstration on March 24, 1896, he transmitted a radio signal 250 meters between various campus buildings in St. Petersburg. His work is contemporary with that of other physicists Oliver Lodge and Marconi.
How to go: It is located about 40 meters southeast from Astronomical Gazebo.

Museum of lighthouse service

Museum

Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 12 PM to 8 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for child, student and retired.
How to go: It is located east of Monument to Alexander Popov at Kommunisticheskaya Street, 1.

Petrovsky Park

Park

The monument to Peter the Great, the founder of Saint Petersburg and Kronstadt, was built and erected in 1841 in Kronstadt's Petrovsky Park. The 4.55-meter-high sculpture on a 4-meter pedestal was officially unveiled on June 27, 1841 in Mark. A Jubilee of the Battle of Poltava.
The Marina was built here for the meeting of the Emperor and other dignitaries of Kronstadt. The first wooden pier was built in 1836, then in 1874-1875 it was reconstructed with granite and decorated with vases.
There is a monument in the southeast corner of the park commemorating Russian sailors who died during the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War in May 1905. There is a Arsenal Store at the central east of the park, and Petrovskaya Pristan historical landmark on the northeast.


Day-45: Kronstadt

Kronshtadt / Sredney Gavani Front Range light

Lighthouse

25 meters triangular cylindrical skeletal tower was built in 2008.
How to go: It is located about 400 meters north of the Lomonosov Kanal Range Rear lighthouse.

Kronstadt Lighthouse rear

Lighthouse

This 177-foot high concrete tower is located on the southeastern tip of Kotlin Island, adjacent to Kronstadt Naval Station. It was built in 1915.
How to go: It is located southeast end of the Kotlin Island.

Military Harbor Lighthouse

Lighthouse

11.5 meters high hexagonal cylindrical cast iron skeletal tower was built in 1863. The lantern was removed in 1938. The lighthouse was originally named for the 18th century warship Friedrichstadt. It was recognized as a cultural heritage site in 2001.
How to go: It is located at the corner of a pier at the extreme southeastern tip of the Kronstadt naval base, about 400 meters southwest of the Lomonosov Kanal lighthouse.

Kronstadt City Beach

Beach

There is a Beach Pavillion near the beach.
How to go: It is located northeast end of Kotlin Island.

Northeast Defense Tower

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 120 meters from the north end of Kronstadt City Beach towards north.

Eastern Defense Barracks

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 100 meters southwest of Northeast Defense Tower and southeast of St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church.

Guardhouse Building

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 340 meters from Northeast Defense Tower towards northwest.

Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Church

How to go: It is located about 150 meters south from Guardhouse Building at the Naval Hospital in Kronstadt.

St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church

Place of worship

St. Elizabeth's former Lutheran Church which stands directly opposite the City Water Supply Tower. The present stone church building was built in 1834-1836. The Water Tower building, built in 1836-1839, was designed to look like St. Elizabeth's Church, with a dome and a six-column portico. In 1925, St. Elizabeth's Church was closed.
After World War II, a pumping station was installed in the building to supply water to the city. The building survives almost entirely except for the dome. House of the Pastor of the temple also built in 1836 is located southwest of the churh.
How to go: It is located southwest of Eastern Defense Barracks.

Savior on Waters Chapel

Chapel

The Savior on Waters Chapel is located nearby. It was built in 1903 of granite and a pot stone. The chapel was completely rebuilt in 2004 for Kronstadt's 300th anniversary.
How to go: It is located nearby of the Lutheran Church.

Museum of Underwater Archeology

Museum

Kronstadt Ecological Arts Festival Kronfest is located east of the museum. Water carrier is located west of the museum. Solar World Clock is located south of the museum.
How to go: It is located opposite of St. Elizabeth Lutheran Church.

Engine School of the Baltic Fleet

Historical Landmark

In 1885, a new educational institution called the Machine School of the Baltic Fleet appeared. Its graduates will be enlisted as non-commissioned officers in the engine and stoker divisions of the steam fleet. The school had classrooms, machine rooms, workshops and a rich technical library. The complex was built in 1904-1905.
During the Soviet period, the school continued its work. The recruits it produced were renowned for both excellent theoretical knowledge and excellent practical skills. After the end of World War II, the Machine School was upgraded to a Marine Technical School. There have been several changes in the premises as well. For example, the boiler room created a pool where future divers are trained, is located north of the building. Currently, the school building is empty, and the rooms, as well as the entire structure, are not in good condition.
How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Museum of Underwater Archeology towards southwest at Petrovskaya Ulitsa, 9.

Summer Garden in Kronstadt

Park

The history of the Summer Garden is linked to Peter I, the founder of Kronstadt and St. Petersburg. In fact the park was originally used as Peter's kitchen-garden, with Peter the Great having a small wooden house there. The flood of 1824 severely damaged Peter's garden and house. In 1828 the reconstruction in the English style landscape began. In 1873, surrounded by an iron fence. In December 2018, it was reopened to the public after renovations.
There are several monuments in the garden.
Monument to the clipper "Oprichnik": This ship was built in Archangelsk. In 1858 she left Kronstadt and moved to Vladivostok. On the way back “Oprichnik" fell into a storm in the Indian Ocean and disappeared in 1861. The ship has not been seen since. The crew, consisting of 95 people, is believed to be missing. Half-mast naval banners and a broken anchor are symbols of mourning for lost sailors.
Monument to Midshipman Domashenko: In the Russian Imperial Navy rank "Midshipman" matches with rank "Ensign" in the Royal Navy. The monument is dedicated to the heroism of midshipman Domashenko, who rushed from the stern of the ship "Azhov" to save the sailor from the waves. It happened in 1827 near the island of Sicily. It is the oldest monument in Kronstadt, it was opened in 1828.
John Paul Jones Memorial: John Paul Jones (1747 - 1792), father of the United States Navy, was also a Russian admiral. During the Russo-Turkish War (1787-1792) John Paul Jones was invited to the Russian service by Catherine II. As rear admiral in the 24-gun flagship Vladimir, he took part in the Liman naval campaign against the Turks. On June 8, 1788, Jones was awarded the Order of St. Anne. Due to the political intrigues of the English, he was forced to leave the Russian service.
Granite Sign: This granite sign was unveiled in the 2000s but the actual bronze monument project has yet to materialize.
Dock Basin: The northern boundary of the summer garden is an artificial drainage canal and a special pool for water from the dockyard. The wonderful granite staircase connects Anchor Square and the Summer Garden. Drainage Machine Building is located east of the pool. Oak Tree planted by Admiral Makarov is located west of ot the pool.
How to go: It is located about 230 meters west of Engine School of the Baltic Fleet.

Bust VM Zhiltsova

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 110 meters west from the north-west corner of Summer Garden at Krasnaya Ulitsa, 15.

Panel "Triumph of the Russian Fleet"

Monument

The commemorative sign "Triumph of the Russian Fleet" is a stele with a large-scale mosaic panel in Kronstadt, symbolizing the revival of the tradition of holding major naval parades during the Kronstadt campaign. The commemorative sign was unveiled on July 27, 2018, and it was dedicated to several events: the 330th anniversary of the discovery of the "St. Nicholas" boat by the young Peter I, the 295th anniversary of the founding of the Kronstadt fortress, and the day of the first naval parade with the participation of boats.
The monument has been seems like an open-air museum. The main facade of the monument features a commemorative panel with a colorful mosaic reproduction of the "Triumph of the Russian Fleet" painting. The panel depicts the first parade of the Baltic Fleet in 1723, held in honor of the second anniversary of the end of the Northern War. Below the panel is an inscription on the monument: "The Triumph of the Russian Fleet. In memory of the first naval parade of the Baltic Fleet in Kronstadt, held on August 11, 1723".
On the reverse, armorial side of the monument, Kronstadt's coat of arms is surrounded by ships, anchors, cannons and arms.
How to go: It is located north of Summer Garden in Kronstadt at Yakornaya Ploshchad.

Kronstadt History Museum

Museum

Here you will learn everything about the long history of the city.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 11 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 280 meters from Panel "Triumph of the Russian Fleet" towards northeast at Kronshtadt, Anchor square, 2A

3rd Northern Defense Barracks

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 420 meters from Kronstadt History Museum towards northeast at Ulitsa Vosstaniya, 5.

Coast Beach

Beach

How to go: It is located northeast of 3rd Northern Defense Barracks.


Day-46: Kronstadt

The Anchor Square

Square

Anchor Square is the central square of the city. The name dates back to the 18th century when the area around the Kronstadt Admiralty was used to house old anchors and ship equipment. Later the Naval Cathedral was built there between 1903 and 1913. The Naval Cathedral became a symbol of Kronstadt. The square was built around the Naval Cathedral.
Painting of the giant anchor located directly in front of the cathedral. South of the square is a monument to military hero Stepan Makarov (1849-1904). In the Russo-Turkish War, on January 16, 1877, Makarov became the first in the world to launch a torpedo from a boat, at an Ottoman naval ship. In two Arctic expeditions in 1899 and 1901, Makarov commanded the world's first icebreaker (Ermak). Stepan Makarov was commander of the Russian Pacific Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War.
Many historical events took place at Anchor Square. For example, during the Russian Revolution of 1905-1907 and 1917, crowds gathered to protest against the political regime. In late February 1917 another 40 naval officers were killed in Anchor Square under the Makarov Bridge, just 50 meters east of the Makarov Monument. The Memorial Eternal Flame, has been erected to the west of the square dedicated to those who died in the uprisings of 1905 and 1921, as well as during the civil war of 1919.
The Naval Cathedral was used as an observation point during World War II. The wall of the Kronstadt Admiralty was transformed into a monument to all those who fought against the Nazis. The unique cast-iron sidewalk is located in Anchor Square. The concept was borrowed in United States in the 1850s. During the war, many cast-iron pavements melted into shells, but an area of Anchor Square and a bridge in Kronstadt were preserved.
Ivan Tombasov, sailor, was a commander of twin artillery mounts during World War II. In April 1943 the battleship "Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya" was attacked and started a fire. Tombasov fired incendiary shells to prevent the explosion of shell magazines on the battleship. The last shell exploded in Tombasov's hand. He died but the ship was saved. In commemoration of this feat, the Ivan Tombasov gun was preserved as a monument to courage and dedication. The ship's two anchors, armor section and twin artillery mounts are located here.
Fyodor Fyodorovich Ushakov (24 February 1745 – 14 October 1817) was a Russian naval commander and admiral. He is notable for winning every engagement he participated in as admiral of the Russian fleet and is considered one of Russia's most accomplished naval commanders of all time. An impressive four-meter monument to Admiral Ushakov was unveiled in 2015 in the Sea Garden, north of the Naval Cathedral.
How to go: It is located west of Kronstadt History Museum.

Kronstadt Naval Cathedral

Church

Kronstadt's first wooden Orthodox church was built in 1728-31. The church was the main place of worship on Kotlin Island until the 1840s. Emperor Nicholas I ordered the unsafe church closed and it was demolished in 1841. Worship was held temporarily in hospitals, barracks and even rented private houses. A temporary wooden church built in 1861 was initially inadequate for ten thousand Kronstadt sailors.
Makarov took control of the project and invited the architect Vasily Kosyakov (1862–1921). Kosyakov had previously served in the Navy as the architect of the Church of Our Lady the Merciful in Vasileostrovsky District on Vasilievsky Island. In 1900–01, Kosyakov traveled to Istanbul and Greece to refresh his understanding of authentic Byzantine art. In April 1901, he presented two preliminary drafts to the Naval Commission, the selected draft was approved by Nicholas II on 21 May 1901.
Construction began on 27 October 1901. The laying of foundations continued until 1902, when the walls were laid on 8 May 1903 in a grand ceremony attended by the Emperor. Despite social unrest resulting from the Russian Revolution of 1905, the cathedral was structurally completed in 1907. Heating and ventilation were in place in 1908. On 19 August 1908, the drawings were revised. In the summer of 1909 the exterior was finished, and the scaffolding was removed.
Electric lighting has been installed with 5000 light bulbs. The cathedral was consecrated on 10 June 1913 in a public ceremony attended by Nicholas II and his family. The cathedral was closed by the Communist regime on 14 October 1929 and its valuables were nationalized in the state treasury. A small part of these relics were displayed in the Naval Museum and the Russian Museum.
In 1930–1931 the communist authorities defaced the cathedral, its crosses and bells were dismantled and taken to the foundry. A bell weighing 4,726 kilograms (the second largest) remains in place. Internal marble items were broken or reused for other construction needs. In 1932 the cathedral nave was converted into a cinema, named "New Star". In 1939 the cinema was converted into the Officers' House of the Kronstadt Garrison.
It was closed during World War II. In 1953-54 it was converted into a concert hall. At this time, builders added a roof to separate the nave from the dome, which remained in place until late 2007. The Russian Orthodox Church attempted to restore the cathedral in the 1990s. The cross was successfully installed on 24 November 2002. The cathedral reopened in September 2008, but services were conducted only on special occasions. The cathedral was rebuilt on 30 May 2013.
How to go: It si located in Anchor Square.

Patriot Military Historical Park

Park

The Patriot Park at the Dock Admiralty in Kronstadt is slowly becoming a huge open-air museum complex. You can enter it from Anchor Square. It was built after the first Patriot Park in Alabino near Moscow. It was founded in 2014. Patriot Park in Alabino is dedicated to the Russian Ground and Air Force. Kronstadt's Patriot Park is dedicated to the Russian Navy.
In 1752, Dry Peter Dock was built here, where ships were repaired for almost two centuries. So, this place was called "Dock Admiralty of Kronstadt". In the 18th century, ships were made of wood and this created a fire hazard. In 1783, a major fire broke out at the Admiralty in St. Petersburg. It is located in the very center of the city and there was a danger of the fire spreading to the royal residence in the Winter Palace.
After this fire, Catherine II, in 1785, ordered the digging of a bypass canal in Kronstadt to protect the city from fire while the Kronstadt Admiralty remained at its center. However, Paul I canceled Catherine II's order, so Kronstadt's admiralty became a warehouse complex, not a shipbuilding site. Over the past few decades, the warehouses have not been used, so now they are in a dilapidated condition.
It was decided to build Patriot Park in Kronstadt. Near the entrance to Patriot Park is a chapel of Peter and Paul and a memorial to the participants of the Kronstadt Uprising. Then the path goes along Peter Dry Dock. Behind the chapel, the apple orchard has been recreated. To the right of the Patriot Park entrance, you can see a large display of anchors and military equipment. There are more than 50 anchors made in the 18th and 20th centuries. The heaviest among them weighs 15 tons.
How to go: It is located west of Anchor Square.

The revolutionary sailors of the Baltic

Monument

How to go: It is located about 100 meters north from Anchor Square just crossing the Soviet bridge at Sovetskaya Street, 35.

Monument to Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen

Monument

Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, in whose honor the Bellingshausen Sea in the Southern Ocean is named, was an Imperial Russian naval commander, cartographer and explorer who participated in von Krusenster's first Russian circumnavigation of the world and led the second circumnavigation (1819–1818) of the continent of Antarctica. discovered The historic home of the Russian fleet is located in Kronstadt's Summer Garden. This monument was built in 1817.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from monument "The revolutionary sailors of the Baltic" towrds west.

Tree of Wishes

Sculpture

A metal trunk with an ear where you can speak your wishes, three owls with the symbols "love", "health", "success" on the branches. At the top is a nest where you can throw a coin to grant your wish. But it is not so easy, the nest is located high up. It's not true, just for fun. Local boys collect coins.
How to go: It is located about 570 meters from Monument to Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen towards southwest at Karla Marksa street, 13.

Boiler

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 60 meters west from Tree of Wishes.

Singing Fountain

Fountain

The Musical Fountain, also known as the "Singing Fountain", was installed next to the Gostiny Dvor trading hall in 2004 to mark Kronstadt's 300th anniversary.
How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Boiler Sculpture towards northeast at Sovetskaya Street, 49.

Memorial Museum-Apartment of St. John

Museum

John of Kronstadt (31 October 1829 – 2 January 1909) was a Russian Orthodox patriarch and member of the Most Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was known for his extensive confessions, numerous miracles and charitable works, as well as his anti-monarchist, anarchist and anti-communist views. John is a saint of the Eastern Orthodox Church and is known by the title "Righteous". John Kronstadt lived in this apartment in the 19th century.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Singing Fountain towards west at Posadskaya Street, 21.

Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God

Church

The Cathedral of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God in Kronstadt is a functioning Orthodox church. The first wooden church was built in 1730-1735 for the Kronstadt Garrison Regiment. A fatal fire destroyed the wooden church in 1874. Then in 1875 the stone building was erected. The height of the belfry is 50 meters. The church can accommodate up to 3000 people. The main alter of the church is consecrated in honor of the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, which was the main icon of the cathedral.
The icon was removed in 1991. Two other alters were consecrated in honor of the Icon of Our Lady "Assume My Sorrows" and in honor of Blessed Nicolai Kochanov. A few years later another change was made in honor of the icon of Our Lady of Kazan. In 1931 the church was closed and used as storage. In 1990 the church returned to the Eparchy. Services began to be held in 1999. Restoration work was carried out in 2000 and 2006.
How to go: It is located about 540 meters from Memorial Museum-Apartment of st. John towards northeast at Vladimirskaya street, 32.

Kronstadt Fortress

Fort

In November 1703, the first foreign ship of the Dutch captain Vibes arrived in St. Petersburg, delivering salt and wine. The captain received the prize announced by Peter I, 500 gold. And on 22 June 1715, Peter I met 45 Dutch and English merchant ships at once. The need to build spacious harbors for anchoring and discharging ships became evident. In March 1719, Peter built the first merchant harbor. A plan for the development of the island was approved by Peter I in 1721.
On 18 October 1723, Peter personally laid the foundation stone of the fortress, which was named Kronstadt. Extensive fortification walls, barracks and towers were built above the embankment. The fort was armed with 358 cannons, 11 howitzers and 19 mortars. The garrison consisted of 71 officers and 2664 lower ranks. To facilitate the transport of goods within the city, canals and docks were built, after which the city became a first-class shipyard. For residential buildings, plots were allotted.
Soon after the death of Peter I on 8 February 1725, almost all the works of the fortress came under the control of Field Marshal Burkhard Minnich (until his resignation in 1740). In 1734, as an experiment, work began on replacing the wooden harbor fence with stone. However, due to a shortage of masons and the outbreak of war with Turkey, these works were curtailed after three years. The storm of October 1757 again caused considerable damage to the fort.
On 29 January 1785, Admiral Greig was transferred from the Admiralty of Saint Petersburg to the Admiralty of Kronstadt by Catherine II. Gregg's plan originally outlined the development of the city, including office and residential buildings, warehouses, and hospitals. Finally, the stone construction of the fort began. The harbor was also dredged and used as prisoner labour.
During the disastrous flood of November 1824, almost the entire surface of the island was under water, except for a few hills outside the town. By the evening of 7 November, the Kronstadt fortress had virtually ceased to exist. The forts were destroyed, the weapons swept away by the waves. many soldiers who were not removed from their posts were killed. Urgent renovation work has started. By the summer of 1826 most of the work was completed.
From the west, the city was covered by an escarpment wall, which was partially replaced by a half-tower (built 1826-1828, rebuilt 1903-1906) by the walls of the 1st Western (Citadel) defensive barracks. As the 2nd Western (Kronstadt) defensive barracks (built 1826-1829 and rebuilt in the same year as the 1st). In front of the escarpment wall, the Kronvarsky canal was dug, covered by a batardo from the north and south.
The defenses of the northern city consisted of four Northern Defensive Barracks built at different times from 1831 to 1871. Formerly there was the Fifth, Eastern Defense Barracks. Until now, several barracks and the north wall of the fortress survive along Vosstaniya Street and partially from Zosimov Street to Kronstadt Gate.
The complex includes:
* Demidov battery with a casemate for a kerosene engine and a rangefinder pavilion 1902-1905.
* Southern Mortar Battery. 1902-1905.
* Mortar Battery No. 1 with rangefinder pavilion. 1893-1902.
* Mortar Battery No. 2. 1902-1906.

The list of monuments of history and architecture protected by the state includes the following structures:

* Defensive wall on Vosstaniya street.
* Northern defensive barracks No. 1–5 on Vosstaniya Street.
* Northern semi–towers No. 1–3 on Vosstaniya Street.
* Western defensive barracks No. 1–2 on Zosimov Street.
* Protective dam No. 1.
* An earthen rampart, a defensive ditch, a scarp wall, a southern and northern batardo on Zosimov Street near the Kronverksky Canal.
* Eastern defensive barracks and northeastern tower on Manuilsky street.
* Guardhouse building on Leningradskaya Street.

How to go: It is located about 650 meters from Cathedral of the Vladimir towards east at Vosstaniya street, 7.

For Sailors For Submariners

Monument

In May 2000, a cut fence with the inscription S-156 was installed in Kronstadt at the corner of Flotskaya and Vosstaniya. However, the submariners claimed that the cabin belonged to another boat of Project 613, namely S-362 (which was cut in metal in Kronstadt).
How to go: It is located at Flotskaya Ulitsa.

Stela "Kronstadt - City of Military Glory"

Historical Landmark

How to go: it is located about 1.13 km from Kronstadt Fortress towards northwest at Kronshtadtskoye Shosse, 5.


Day-47: Islands around Kotlin Island

Northern Forts: Northern Forts is the circuit of 9 artillery forts (7 number forts and two new forts - Obruchev and Totleben). This forts are the sea artillery instalations on the artifical islands which were built for protectoin of northern fairway to St.Petersburg. Distances between them are near to 2-2,5 kms for continuous gun's fire zone and convenient ammunition supply of forts by water.

Fort Totleben

Fort

Totleben is an artificial island about one km long in the shape of a lying "C" with an area of 4.8 hectares and a former fortress in the Baltic Sea near St. Petersburg. A continuous road between the command post, the casemate and the harbor connects the residences of about 700 people. In 1895 plans to build Fort "A" fort under the military name began. Survey work was completed in 1896 and construction began in January 1897. In 1903 the construction of the artificial island and harbor facilities was completed.
It took until 1913 to construct the building and install the equipment and guns. Fort "A" was renamed the "Totleben" fortress in 1910 in honor of the Russian General Eduard Ivanovich Totleben in the construction of a fort near Kronstadt. After the October Revolution in 1917, the fort was renamed Fort "Parvomaisky" (German: May Day). In 1990 the castle was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other buildings in Kronstadt.
Inside the Premises:
Port of Fort: Breakwater with MG pillbox covers the port. Naval "John" also appears. A rifle embrasure is visible on the front.
Water toilets: Naval "John" of special fortification design. It has holes above the sea and a special dumb barge was fixed under them. After dumping the garbage it is dragged to neutral water and emptied into this water.
Artillery positions: Open emplacements for 11-inch guns in the central part of the fort.
Anti-Cutter Fire Post: The fire post of the fort's anti-cutter defense was built in the 1930s. The system included machine gun pillboxes and light artillery (45-76 mm caliber) concrete emplacements. A 45-mm K21 gun emplacement can be seen in the foreground.
Inside Traverse: Inside the concrete traverse are ladders to the basement casemates of the fort. They are rusty and dilapidated and not safe for movement.
Underbreastwork Gallery: This gallery is located on the upper level of the fort. It goes close to the 130 mm gun emplacement and connects to it by special hatches for the supply of shells. Shell racks are visible on the right. The gallery also served as a shelter for gunners when the fort caught fire. 130-mm B1-130 guns were installed here in the early 1950s.
Staircase: Old iron staircase and electrical switchboard can be seen in upper level casemate.
Basement Casemate: Was a powder cellar. The 130-mm ammunition rail is visible on the floor of the tram.
Cook-galley: Furnaces can be seen in the cook-galley of the fort. The room is cleaned and prepared for restoration work.
Powder Cellar: Passage to the powder cellar on the first floor of the central part of the fort.
Memorial: The graves of sailors killed in the 1942 raid on the Finnish battery at Kelomaki. After World War II the grave was moved to Kronstadt and this memorial was erected at this location.
Postal Address: An address appears on a plate. Boevaja ulitza, 76, Fort Totleben, Kronshtadt, Russia, poste restante...PS: 76 - A 152-mm "cannet" battery no.
Seaside Resort: Not far from here is the well-known noisy and crowded Sestrorezk resort area, but the fort itself is a quiet and intimate place. It is permanently cleaned by volunteers from St. Petersburg and Sestrorezk.
Gun Emplacement: 6 inch Canet gun emplacement on the right side of the fort. 120-mm Vickers machine guns were installed here in 1923.
Museum: Several casemates on the right side of the castle have been restored and comprise the Totleben Castle Museum. The museum exhibits Soviet 45 mm anti-aircraft gun (21-K), 6" canet gun recoil system components, various projectiles, weapons, tools, household items etc. All these were found during the restoration work of the fort.
Gun Emplacements: Artillery and battery commander posts on the right side of the fort.
Left side of the fort: View of the so-called "Fighting Street" of the fort. The antilanding defense rifle embrasures can be seen.
Sentry Post: Concrete observation post for defense against shell fragments and shrapnel.
Ditch: Pair of 8-inch gun turrets in the central part of the fort. Two turrets with twin guns were erected here in 1927. The turrets originated from the battleship Rurik. Rurik was wounded in 1923. The fort's turrets were tarred in 1960, soon after the military abandoned the fort.
Shell's Cellar: The surviving casemates were refitted in Shell's cellar for the 8-inch turret battery. Here is one of them. In the 1960s all the shelving, including the turrets, was wound up. Remains of shell transporters are seen.
Delivering Hole: This hole connects the cellar and underturret room of the shell. It was intended to distribute shells from the turret.
Aeration System: Here is the device for the aeration system of the 8-inch turret battery. It was intended for airing and heating the turrets. It was taken off the battleship Rurik and built with it in England.
Boiler-Room: There was a laundry room.
Shell Elevator: The fort has sound and powered shell elevators. It is located near the 11-inch battery. The device was recovered by volunteers from Saint-Petersburg and Sestrorezk.
Shell Buckets: Elevator shell buckets are moved in shafts and are intended to deliver ammunition from the lower floor cellars to the gun emplacements.
Shell Hatch: Shell hatch in gun emplacement. It was intended to deliver shells from the elevator to the guns. Armored flaps protect interior rooms with elevators.
Living Apartment: In the old days there were bunks for 20-25 people. The bunks were fixed on special metal ears, which can be seen on the walls of this casemate.
To the right of the fort: the remains of anticutter 45-mm battery in front. Heavy storms have killed batteries which is a common deal here at the end of the year.
45-mm Gun Emplacement: Fort's AA and antilanding defense provided by four 45-mm batteries.
Firepost: 1920s firepost near 10-inch battery. The room has an armored roof covered with half a meter thick concrete.
Rangefinder Post: In the old days it had a one-inch thick armored roof, which was tarnished in the 1960s.
Holy Place: There was the Church of St. Maria Magdalena. The church was in a separate compartment of the wooden canteen house. During the ministry the compartment was removed and all the canteens were converted into churches.
10-inch Gun Emplacement: The 10-inch gun emplacement is visible along the central dowel.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island. The journey took a couple of hours and you will pass a number of other fortified islands.

Obruchev Fort

Fort

Construction of Fort Obruchev began in 1896. The size and strength of the fortress, which is still impressive today, was named in honor of Chief of the General Staff Obruchev. He formulated plans for modernization. The castle survived several sieges during the Soviet-Finnish War and World War II. The fort was completely abandoned in the 1950s. Currently, the building is unfortunately very damaged.
Almost all of the metalwork has been cut away, and the camouflage of the old casemates has been abolished. However, the small artificial island on which the half-ruined fort is located is rarely empty in summer. Tourists come here by boat. Some vacationers bring their tents in the summer. The length of the fort facade is more than 1 km.
Inside the Premises:
Obruchev's Harbour: Berth seen on right. The fort has eight berths. In the old days there were beautiful pig-iron handrails, windshields for unloading ammunition, rails and more.
Central Part of the Fort: Main entrance with moat. It is the parade and ceremonial meeting place of the Commander-in-Chief of Kronsdot fort.
Inner Courtyard of the Central Part: On the first level is the large hall from which the long corridor leading to the privates and officers barracks begins. The garrison of the fort consisted of 342 men (the total combat detachment was 998 men). In olden times the church of the fort was here.
Left Edge of the Fort: The length of the fort is over 950 meters, and it is one of the largest sea fortifications in Northern Europe. There were more than 20 guns of various calibres: from 57mm rapid-firing guns to 11-inch cannons. Artillery positions for 130-mm guns can be seen in the foreground, anti-aircraft command points (built during WWII) are also visible.
Shaft of Disappearing Searchlight: The moving platform with searchlight "Schtukert" system was installed in this shaft. The searchlight had a mirror 1.5 m in diameter. Below the shaft are the remains of the metal platform for the searchlight system. This disappearing search-light system had a 2 meter diameter mirror and was designed to produce so-called "curtain light". The remains of the platform of the search-light are visible. The search-light was destroyed in the 1960s.
Front of the Fort: View to the center of the fort above the 10-inch gun artillery yard. The gun itself was cut up for scrap metal in the 1960s. The guns were placed in open artillery positions separated by concrete parapets (so-called "travers") for protection from shell splinters. There are many premises, shelters and traverse bodies for powder cellars.
Observation Post: It is located in the center of the fort. It was built in Soviet times just before World War II.
Fire Post: World War II fire post.
Embrasure: Motherland guard. Kronstadt is seen with the Marine Cathedral in the background.
Range-Finder's Pavilion: The hole in the armored roof of the pavilion bears the markings of World War II. The armored roof was pierced by German aerial bombs. But it is strange, but there is no sign of explosion inside the pavilion.
On the Right Side of the Castle: the entrances to the so-called "Fighting Street" and the inner courtyard of the second level are visible. The shaft end of the searchlight is visible in the foreground. Doors are smashed to reveal valuable (and not so) metal tools.
Remains of Observation Post: This armored observation post was painstakingly cut for scarp metal.
Fighting Street: Central part of the fort.
Lower Level Barracks Windows: The window frames are not of wood, but of iron, i.e. fire-hazardous. This is a common convention throughout this fort.
Machine Gun Pillbox: This 3-embrasure bunker is located in the dike opposite the central part of the fort. It is intended to protect against German landings and the storming of Kronstadt by ice. Machine gun mountings for the 7.62 "Maxim" typical of the Kronstadt and Kaur designs (PS-31 type), pipes for machine gun cooling, ventilation tubes can be seen.
Altar: The central part of the fort facade including the site of the former altar. There may have been icons in the old days.
Corridor of Barracks: It connects all the quarters of the first level together along the facade of the fort.
Second Level Ladder: This is a very rare item in this fort as all the metalwork was cut for the scarp metal. The common square area of all the fort premises is about eight and a half thousand square meters.
Powder Cellar: Level 1 Powder Cellar. Rails are visible for fixed windlass on a roof. All along the fort it is possible to move from one end to the other by corridors connecting powder cellars. There are remnants of rails in that corridor for special trolleys to deliver ammunition from the cellars to the guns. Thus, it was easy to carry ammunition throughout the fort.
Windlass: Remains of ancient windlass are still visible on the rails.
Ammunition Trolley: It is trolley for transporting gun shells and charges.
Fort Right Side Square: lower level. The foreground contains a piece of unknown electrical equipment.
First Level Casemate on the Right Flank: this is the powder cellar for the 6-inch gun and later - the 130-mm B-130 artillery system. There were special elevators to convey the ammunition to the top level of the fort.
Lathe: It is old and rusty. There were large workshops in the fort.
Second Level Premises: Coming here alone is quite dangerous.
Covered Gallery: Covered concrete gallery on the second level of the fort. It connects together the entire battery (10-12 guns). The ladder runs up to the invisible gun shaft. The gallery has rifle embrasures targeting the inner courtyard of the fort.
Vault: This underground gallery curved around the 11-inch gun emplacement. The floor has rails for ammunition trolleys. The pass to the right is the way down to the gallery of the breastwork.
Ammunition Elevator: The gallery ends near the ammunition elevator with manual drive through which the shells were supplied from the powder cellar on the lower level to the guns on the upper level. The device with manual drive (the handle is missing) is visible. Two ammunition buckets are moved up and down on special shafts. Here is a view of the gun emplacement from the window. There were more than 20 such devices in the fort. Most of them were wounded and taken out or simply dismantled.
Ammo Bucket: The ammo bucket was dropped by the chain. These buckets are on the first floor.
Fire Post: Concrete fire post of 6 inch canette battery on the right side of the fort.
Skvoznik: The word "skvoznik" refers to a special system of access that provides protection of the powder cellar door against shell splinters and blast waves.
First Floor: The first floor passage in the central part of the fort. The entrance to the powder cellar of the 10-inch battery and ammunition elevator shaft can be seen.
1910 Inscription: The inscription can be seen above the entrance to the powder cellar. Gun #4 had a cellar for 10-inch shells.
Caves: Traces of large-scale reconstruction dating to the 1950s are visible. New 130-mm guns were installed in the fort and remodeling of the inner courtyard of the fort was started.
"Ghost" Galleries: Long technical galleries go under the breastworks near all the forts. There was a cable, water and air tubes, etc. It is a very exiting and remote place.
Beacons: In olden times these beacons were used as fast beacons (water-anchors).
Delivering Shaft: A repair was made in the fort with differential bench, machine etc. Devices with such shafts had a belting transmission.
Ammunition Box: Ammunition box around the 130-mm gun emplacement in the gallery. It was used for the first shot of the gun.
Installation of 8-inch Turret Battery: The 8-inch turret of the "Rurik" battleship was located here. Two such bastions with two guns were installed in the fort in 1928 and stained in the early 1960s.
Armored Door: The turret battery powder cellar's armored door is here. 1930's inscription is also seen.
Powder Cellar: Here is the rack for charging. Each 8-inch gun had an ammunition allowance of 300 shots.
Shell Elevator: 8 inch battery shell cellar is here. The hole provided in the turret placement is close to the ceiling of the casemate and the shells are to be lifted into it.
8-inch Turret Battery Aeration Device: Made in England. Rurik battleships were built in England just before World War I. The aeration device was removed from the battleship Rurik and installed in the fortress. Its remains are visible.
Equipment: 8-inch turret battery housing for electrical equipment.
Motor: The inscription on Russian means - motor. All equipment was dismantled in the 1960s.
Boiler Room: The 8-inch turret battery had its own boiler-room. It was not scarped because it would be very hard work. There are several asbestos isolation tubes around.
Cooker: Interior of kitchen.
Fighting Street: "Fighting Street" is an artillery term meaning a path connected gun emplacement. Central part of the fort on a summer day.
Old Metal: Protective cover over casemate entrance and safety grating over vent shaft.
Gun Emplacements: These emplacements were originally intended for 11-inch guns.
Left Side of the Fort: The left side facade is here. Cobbled basement can be seen on the ground floor of the fort.
Bullet Holes: These are not signs of war. These holes were built by cadets at the Naval Academy Frunze in the 1970s. They used to practice machine gun shooting here.
Antilanding Batteries: 45-mm antilanding and anticutter batteries were demolished by sea storms.
Pillbox: The large pillbox of this machine gun concrete was removed by the storm surge.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island.

7th Northern Fort

Fort

Inside the Premises:
Inner Harbour: The fort has a horseshoe shape in plan with an inner bay.
Casemate: The cannon is a casemate of 1840-50s construction.
Gun Casemates: This is the standard gun casemate for 3 guns. The installation was used as a warehouse and was reliably closed. Ground floor entrance to casemate. It is not closed, so it is very dirty as all the surrounding open spaces are generally dirty.
The Flying Dutchman: It doesn't fly now but sits gracefully on the rock on the north side of the castle.
How to go: It is located in a island that is connected with dam.

6th Northern Fort

Fort

The fortress is now a restricted area as a secret lab for a naval institute in St. Petersburg. Some areas of the fort are still nearby.
Inside the Premises:
Guns: A single fence is preserved as a pile of old guns in the fort. The main entrance of the fort.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island.

5th Northern fort

Fort

The fort was built of mud and wood during the Eastern (Crimean) War to protect the Northern Sea Route. The famous Russian fortification engineer Eduard Totleben was in charge of this work. Construction was completed in the summer of 1856. The fort was rebuilt in 1863 with brick and stone. The artificial island has new granite escarpment laid and three brick casemates for two guns constructed. In 1896 the fort was disarmed and turned into a warehouse.
Inside the Premises:
1863 Gun Casemates: Casemates have two floors. There are two guns on the upper floor and the powder cellar and gun crew shelter on the lower floor. Each of the casemates has three large rooms. Two of them are for the gun and the middle one is for the feed powder cellar. Embracers were modified when casemates were rebuilt for warehouse use. Later in the 1870s the fort was re-equipped with new guns of the 1877 model.
1877 Model Replacement of Guns: These 11-inch guns were mounted on old casemates behind earthen breastworks. In 1880 the fort was extended to build a thicker breast around the artificial island.
MG Bunker: Here is the front of a 1930s anti-landing machine-gun bunker. 1931 PSN-31 MG mounting showing. It is in good condition and still ready to fight. It is chambered for the 1910 Model 7.62 Maxim MG.
AA Emplacements: There are numerous emplacements of anti-aircraft and anti-cutter artillery on top of old gun casemates.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island.

4th Northern fort (Zverev)

Fort

The fort is named Zverev after one of the builders of Kronstadt Castle. General-engineer Konstantin Zverev (1821–1890) was in charge of the construction of the Kronstadt fortress in the 1870s.
Inside the Premises:
Emplacement: 45-mm 21K gun emplacement on the right side of the fort. They were developed in the 1940s and were intended for anti-cutter and anti-storm defence.
MG Bunker: This type of machine gun bunker was built in the Kronstadt fortress in the 1930s. It is on the west side of the fort.
MG Mounting: 1930s wooden machine gun mounting still preserved in the bunker. Water tubes for cooling the MG can be seen on the floor.
Left End of the Fort: The left end of the fort has the same small caliber gun emplacement. The two-story casemates on the left flank are better placed than those on the right flank. Windows, armored doors have armored shutters and lattices.
Central Part of the Fort: The fort has a T-form bird's eye view. It has the main battery on the top and the gun casemates on the bottom - intended to cover the space between the fort and the fort next to it.
AA Fire Post: See the fire post itself. It was built in 1930. There are stairs with railings inside the posts.
Observation Point: This observation and command point for anti-aircraft guns was built on the right side of the fort in the 1930s just before World War II.
Artillery Positions: These WWII-era artillery positions were probably for anti-aircraft artillery 120mm Vickers guns. They are built on old gun casemates from the 1850s-60s.
Concrete placement: Wooden log box with outer concrete cover.
Range-Finder Pavilion: This pre-World War 1 construction has a 5 mm thick armor roof.
Casemates: The antique gun casemates (1850-60) are pictured on the left. They are in a dilapidated state and were burnt to ashes in the 1970s. The ancient gun casemates on the left were reconstructed as warehouses in 1890. Wall - In 1970 there was a terrible fire. It was tolerated for several weeks. Was there napalm or some pyrogel that could develop temperatures over 2000 on fire
Warehouse: To the right of the castle island are the ruins of a large old warehouse. Warehouse windows with bars are visible.
Parapet: Iron parapet over old casemates from the 1860s.
Command Post: Command Point and H.Q. To the left of the fort is the World War II compound. The ladder leads to the upper observation point. Remnants of electrical equipment can be seen on the walls.
Basement: In olden days gun casemates had powder cellars on the lower floor. The diesel engine generator room was here in the 1930s-40s.
Right Side Casemate: This is a view from the cellar to the casemate. The thick brick vault was burnt.
The courtyard of the central part of the fort: All the scenes are quite surreal. The entrance to the central large part of the fort can be seen. The dark spots on the walls are the marks of an old powerful fire.
Inner courtyard: View of the inner courtyard of the central part of the fort. The parade and drill ground of the fort's garrison in old times. On the day Stalin's death was announced in March 1953, the crew of the fortress was forced to stay here for 4 long hours.
Lava Flow: A steady stream of molten bricks enters the reservoir.
Windlass: Windlass for unloading ammunition on the pier in the eastern part of the fort. Labeled, made in Russia in 1868 at Bird's Plant in St. Petersburg.
Barracks: The fort had barracks for its garrison.
Gun Embrasure: The ruined gun casemates in the eastern part of the fort. This is not a war effect. View of the gunshot wound from the inside. I understand this granite roadmetal production track.
Right side of the fort: Unfinished architectural work on the right side of the fort.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island.

3rd Northern fort

Marina

This fort was decommissioned in 1896 and no repairs have been done. The embrasures of the cannon were defaced and used as warehouses for ammunition and war property of former fighting casemates. To the right, the construction features a 1941 machine gun pillbox and a granite pier from the 1860s.
Inside the Premises:
Antilanding Defense Fire Post: This is a World War II installation. It is situated near the battery on the left side of the fort. In ancient times there was a water line right near it.
Bunker: MG Bunker of anti landing and anti cutter defense was built in 1930. Kronstadt had a special construction program during that time and such pillboxes were installed in all the fortifications of the castle. It is sand bounded nowadays due to dam construction.
Casemates: The casemates of the fort are partially ruined and sand bound. Here's a rear view of the left side battery casemates. It has two floors, but the lower floor is completely buried by sand. The casemate on the right side of the fort. You can approach the low floor casemates from the deep ditch in front of the back wall of the battery. Casemates on the top floor led to a special metal bridge that could be removed in an emergency. Three large courtyards are included by narrow passes. Store the powder.
Right Side Battery: The fort has three brick batteries dating from the 1860s. Each of them had two rifled 11-inch guns. The battery has two levels. On the upper floor there are three large casemates - the central one is intended for the feed powder cellar, the other - for the installation of guns. The lower floor was intended for the main powder store.
Central Battery Face: You can see the granite face of the battery with two embrasures, which were walled with stone in the 1890s.
Battery face on the left: After it was disarmed the battery area was used as a warehouse for ammunition and naval artillery equipment until the 1960s, when they were abandoned. Nowadays they are cleaned of sand and vegetation.
Machine Gun Pillbox: This is a large 4-embracer single storey blockhouse. Inside it has wooden MG mountings, various dust, rust flanks and sand residue.
Beach: However, it is a good place for a picnic and to relax after a tiring expedition. All we need is to clean it up and get it done in Finnish style.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island.

2nd Northern fort

Fort

Inside the Premises:
Pillbox: Machine gun pillbox of anti-landing defenses during World War II. There are three such pill boxes in the fort grounds. Anti Landing MG pillbox on the right side of the fort. It has three machine gun embrasures. The early 20th century brick guard house can be seen.
Guard-rails: Remains of old guard-rails can be seen above the central gun casemates of the fort. Anti-aircraft artillery command post with triangle insignia visible in background.
Central Area of the Fort: View from the command point mentioned above. In the 1870s this old brickwork was reconstructed as a gun casemate warehouse. A machine gun pillbox is visible on the right.
Artillery emplacements: 100-mm gun emplacements were built on top of old casemates during World War II. The Kronstadt Fortified Sector had 154 companies of Artillery Division 15. The guns were removed in the 1960s.
Casemates: Casemates were built in the 1830s-50s. Now completely abandoned. There are three large casemates on the top tier of the battery. These batteries were built in the 1830s-50s before the Crimean War and became obsolete within the next ten years as larger caliber rifle guns appeared. There are also three large rooms in the basement of the battery. They were intended as reserve powder cellars and shelters for gun crews. This stove is made after rebuilding a warehouse from a battery.
Defense Shaft: Casemates' basement exit. There were powder cellars in old times with its exit from the defense ditch.
Right side of the fort: Gun casemates are seen on the right side of the fort. The old rusty armored door is riddled with bullet and shell fragments. Remnants of World War II.
Manholes: There are long manholes with metal stairs leading from the anti-aircraft artillery command post to the basement of the old brick casemates. It was created in 1940.
Machine Gun Mounting: Mounting of machine gun Maxim 7.62 in pillbox of Anti Landing Defence. Its hull is covered by a thick armored shield. There are water tubes and turrets for cooling the machine gun water.
Alarming: 1940s alarm device still in pillbox.
Anti-aircraft artillery positions: 159s battery of 45-mm anti-aircraft guns emplaced on the left side of the fort. The semi-automatic 21-K was a universal artillery system. Fort #1 can also be seen on the horizon.
100mm gun emplacements: These emplacements were built in the 1940s and were intended for the 1940 model 100mm Universal Desk Artillery System B-34. There were four such guns during World War II.
Casemate on the Left Side of the Fort: The old brick cannon battery on the left side of the fort is here. The fort has three such two tier batteries for two guns each. In the 1890s they were all remodeled for warehouses. The fire post of the 1940's 100mm battery can be seen above the casemates.
Fire Post: Observation and control position of 100 mm gun battery. These guns can be used as AA and anti landing weapons.
Panorama of Casemated Batteries: Soon after these casemated batteries became ill for the Crimean War in Russia, E. Totleben and Kronstadt castle builders. Built under the direction of Zverev.
Fortress Brick: The brick is marked with the name "Elisiv" (without the hard sign), which indicates that this brick was made in the St. Petersburg factory of Jacob Elisiv.
How to go: From Kronstadt rent a boat to go the island.

1st Northern fort

Fort

The artificial island was built with wooden piles and so-called rajas (wooden frames filled with rocks). The fort was connected to Kotlin Island by a dam in the early 1900s. Concrete gun emplacements built on old brick casemates from the 1860s are visible in the foreground.
Inside the Premises:
Port of the Fort: The fort was established in 1860 and originally consisted of three brick casemated batteries of two guns. Fortifications were built on artificial islands and were supplied by barges and boats. The harbor was lined with granite pillars on the eastern side of the fort.
Fort Gate: Inscription reads "No Trespass! Military Zone". The fort remained closed to visitors until the late 1990s. It was recently abandoned.
Fighting Street: View of the northern part of the fort. The metal mast is the buzz rod, since the powder warehouses were here after WW2. To the right is visible the ancient granite pillar for unloading ammunition (the fort was supplied by water).
Gun Emplacements: Guns stood in open artillery positions separated by two-story concrete traverses. Shelter was available for workers on the upper floors. All corners of the construction were rounded to reduce the number of concrete splinters from the blast wave, should it occur.
Access to Powder Cellar: There are elevators for lifting gun ammunition to the powder cellar and upper floors. There is also a special construction entrance, called "skvojnik" and it was designed to protect the inner premises against blast waves. Entrance door, military property. In 1891-96 the necessary design improvements of the installation were tested at the nearby fort "Rif".
Ammunition Elevator: This elevator was intended to supply ammunition from the powder cellar on the ground floor to the guns on the second floor. The lid of the elevator shaft is visible.
To the Right of the Fort: The concrete range-finder pavilion can be seen atop the massive concrete block. Warehouses, shelters, diesel rooms and other premises of unknown assignment are on the ground floor of this massive. Armored doors are also crummy these days.
Range-Finder's Pavilion: It has armored roof and narrow sight slit. Its armored roof and other metal parts of the fort were demolished in the mid-2000s.
Search-Light Ahaft: The pavilion of the range-finder can be seen. The sliding metal roof of the search-light shaft is visible in the foreground. Shaft for marine searchlight. The searchlight can be moved towards enemy ships, blinding them all or identifying them. The device was manufactured by the Siemens-Schuckert plant in Saint-Petersburg and consisted of a 2-m-diameter mirror and was mounted on a 4-m-high tower, which stood on a movable metal platform.
Vault: The armored door leads to the depths of the castle (warehouse number 20). The plates are visible names of those responsible for storage and fire safety. This is an antique cannon built in the 1860s. They are under the concrete artillery position of 1900-1910. The old brick casemates were dismantled in 1895 and the fort was rebuilt in 1900. New concrete gun emplacements were built on top of old casemates.
Casemates: After World War II, casemates were used as warehouses for rifle and machine gun ammunition. Now only empty ammo is available. Before the First World War the fort had shelters/barracks for the workers. Now it's a nice place for a cheap restaurant or a castle museum, maybe.
1863 Brick Casemate: This casemate was built in 1863 by Chief E. was built by order of Tottleben. An 11-inch rifled gun model 1865 of Krupp production was installed here. Seen on the wall in front of the picture. There was a gun emplacement in the 1890s, when these casemates were rebuilt in warehouses.
Barracks: On the left side of the fort are the old barrack rooms. One needs to be very careful here because there are many deep holes in the dark.
World War II Machine Gun Pillboxes: Many such installations were built in Kronstadt fortress in 1931-32. They have 3-4 embrasures for the 7.62 "Maxim" machine gun and were intended for landing protection. There are two such structures in the fort. The original wooden machine gun "Maxim" can be seen mounted in good condition. A machine gun (dark blue and red color) has water pipe and embrasure armored furnace door for cooling.
How to go: This island is connected with dam and Kotlin island.

Fort Porokhovoy

Fort

How to go: It is located south east from Kotlin Island.

Middle Harbor Rear Rank Light

Lighthouse

40 meters tapered round tower with gallery.
How to go: It is located about 4 km east of Kotlin Island. Accessible only by boat.

Front Gate Lighthouse of the Sea Channel

Lighthouse

Still active lighthouse was built in 1914. 20 meters octagonal concrete tower with lantern and gallery, recently repainted white with a black vertical stripe on the range line; lantern roof painted red.
How to go: It is located about 1.6 km southwest of the Kronstadt lighthouse. Accessible only by boat.

Kronshtadt, Reyd

Museum

How to go: It is located south from Kotlin Island.

Fort "Kronshlot"

Fort

Just six months after the founding of St. Petersburg, Peter I ordered the construction of a fortress near Kotlin Island to protect the new city from Sweden. The model of the castle was built by Peter himself and sent in late 1703. In 1704, Peter was directly involved in the construction of the first fortress. He measured the depth at the future construction site. The name of the castle is "Kronslot", which means "crown castle" in German.
Originally, Kronslot fortress was made of wood. It had only 14 six-inch guns. But even this weapon was enough to repel the first attack of the enemy. It gave its first battle - an attack by a Swedish squadron of 13 ships was repulsed. A year later in June 1705, Kronslot successfully repulsed an attack by a new Swedish squadron, which already had 22 ships, with heavy artillery fire blocking the approach to Petersburg.
Kronstadt was given a facelift from 1717 to 1724, during which the castle's guns were installed in a more conventional manner. The mini-harbour was added during this period. The wooden tower was demolished in 1749. Another 8 sided, 3 tier tower was built in 1750. It is located on the eastern side of the island. In the late 18th century, with granite walls and pointed turrets, 120 "large caliber" cannons were installed.
In 1824, in a severe flood, the fort was almost completely destroyed. During this period, eight more forts were immediately built on man-made islands. From 1850 to 1863 Kronshalt was upgraded with a two-tiered, casemated battery on its western side. This battery mounted 11" guns, which were quite large at the time. When the Nikolaev Battery was completed in 1863, it became a formidable barrier to enemy naval vessels.
The Front Kronstadt Gate lighthouse was built in 1891 on the southern tip of the island. 16 m round cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted red, built just outside the walls of Fort Kronsholt (formerly Nikolai Fort). The current Fort Kronshalt light was the rear light of this range. The light became redundant after the current Kronstadt rear light was built in the 1920s. Kronshalt was withdrawn from frontline service in 1896, and converted into ammunition storage.
In 1914, during World War I, a brick layer was built over the concrete walls of the Nikolaev Battery, where the barracks were located. During World War II (1939–1945) anti-aircraft guns were installed at Kronstadt and some of the troops defending Kronstadt were stationed there. Today, Kronstadt is the best maintained of Kronstadt's fortifications, as it still houses an official demagnetization station.
How to go: It is located south from Kotlin Island.

Nizhniy Stvornyy Mayak "Kronshtadtskiy"

Historical landmark

How to go: It is located west of Kronshlot fort island. Accessible by boat.

Kronshtadt front range lighthouse

Lighthouse

Active lighthouse. 16 m height red flash every 1.5 seconds. 15 m (49 ft) square skeletal tower, mounted on a square concrete pier. This light is a front range light that guides naval vessels as they enter the Kronstadt naval station.
How to go: It is located about 600 meters north of Fort Kronshlot.

Rear beacon of the Sea Canal

Lighthouse

41.5 meters octagonal tower with lantern and gallery was built in 1914. The Morskoy Kanal is the dredged channel through Neva Bay from Kronstadt to St. Petersburg; the channel is ruler straight and has a length of about 28 km.
How to go: It is located about 1 km southwest of Fort Kronshlot. Accessible only by boat.

Fort "Emperor Paul I"

Fort

At the beginning of the 19th century, in preparation for war with England, another fort called Risbank was built. But the British turned from enemy to ally and the fort was not needed for 50 years. At the beginning of the Crimean War, it was fortified and named after Emperor Paul I. Later there was a warehouse for sea mines. In the 1920s, revolutionary sailors accidentally blew up the fort and warehouse. Since then the fort has stood in a dilapidated condition.
How to go: It is located 680 metesrs from Rear beacon of the Sea Canal towards southwest.

The fort "Count Milyutin

Fort

The first artillery battery was built here in 1807-1808. There was only the threat of war with Britain, so the Kronstadt fortress was quickly armed. But the situation quickly changed and after the French invasion of Russia in 1812 all sea-forts almost ceased to be armed. The modern fort was built in the mid-19th century according to the plans of military engineer Eduard Tottleben. This fort was known as the "Third South Battery". It was armed with 11-in guns.
The fort was rebuilt several times after the Crimean War (1853-1856). Tsar Alexander II visited the castle in 1880 and ordered it to be named "The Count Milyutin". Dmitry Milyutin was Minister of War during the reign of Alexander II and the last field marshal of Imperial Russia. The old 11-in guns lost their importance with the development of artillery. It was for this reason that the fort was re-equipped with 6-in guns in the early 20th century.
6-in Canet guns were placed there. All steam engines gave way to modern diesel generators and electric lighting. In 1899 some experiments were conducted on wireless radio communication between neighboring forts. Milyutin was an important part of the Kronstadt fortress after the Russian Revolution. It was one of the most modern fortifications in Kronstadt fortified area. During the uprising of 1921 the Red Army attacked the fort several times and suffered heavy losses.
All casemates were renovated in 1930. Anti-aircraft guns were installed at Fort Milutin before World War II. The fort played an important role in the air defense of Kronstadt. After the war, the Kronstadt fortress was demilitarized in the 1950s-1960s. As a result, Milutin fortress and almost all other fortresses can be seen by visitors.
How to go: It is located about 1 km from Fort "Emperor Paul I" towards southwest.

Fort “Emperor Alexander I”

Fort

The fort was built in 1838-1845. It was built on an artificial island. Builders drove more than 5,500 12-meter-tall piles into the seabed to reinforce the soil. They then cover the piles with a layer of sand, a layer of concrete blocks and a layer of granite slabs. The fort was officially opened in 1845. Emperor Nicholas I decided to name it "Emperor Alexander" after his brother Russian Emperor Alexander I.
The area of ??the fort is 90x60 meters. It was the first multi-storied fortress in the Russian Empire armed with 103 cannons. Additionally 34 guns could be adjusted on the roof, so the fort provided a perimeter defense. Fort Alexander never participated in the war. A mine weapon was successfully used for the first time in the world during the Crimean War. Among the two forts - Fort Alexander and Fort Paul 1. Several ships of the United Anglo-French fleet were damaged.
The fort lost its military value in the 1860s due to the development of rifle artillery replacing smoothbore guns. It was used as a mine and munitions warehouse, and in 1896 Kronstadt was struck off the list of fortifications. But the fort was not empty for long. In 1894, plague prevention was established in Russia. Fort Alexander was converted into a laboratory. Hence the fort is also called Plague Fort.
The laboratory was very well equipped. Instead of stone casemates, rooms for scientists with wooden floors, a library, conference rooms were built. It was here that doctors investigated the plague pathogen and developed a vaccine. It was the world's third anti-plague laboratory. The vaccine was produced from the lymph of animals: horses, camels, etc. The work in the laboratory was extremely dangerous. The director of the laboratory was one of the victims. His body was cremated in the fort.
In 1917 the laboratory was closed, all equipments were removed. The fort was fallen into military’s hands again. By the end of the 20th century fort became neglected. After the WWII, many forts are been destroyed by time and fort Alexander too.
How to go: The fort is situated about 2.15 km from the "Count Milyutin" fort on the north-east side. About 1.5 km from the fortress "Emperor Paul I" on the northwest side. In winter it's about a 700 meters walk over the ice to the Gulf of Finland from Kronstadt, but in summer you need to rent a boat.

Fort "Grand Duke Constantine"

Museum

"Grand Duke Constantine" is one of the largest former artillery forts in Kronstadt, with preserved batteries, barracks, a rangefinder pavilion and other fortifications. Its history dates back to 1807, when Alexander I signed a decree to strengthen Kronstadt's fortress before the war with England. The first fortress "Constantine" was made of wood. In the winter of 1808, the Navy Department decided to build a battery in two tiers for 45 guns.
The battery, called the "Double South," was armed with twenty-five 36-pounders, twelve 30-pounders cannons. The garrison consisted of 250 men. The battery was continuously destroyed. The fort was severely damaged by a flood that occurred on the night of 6–7 November 1824. Fort Constantine got its name in 1834. Tsar Nicholas I, who visited the battery, ordered it to be named in honor of his son, Grand Duke Constantine, who was the head of the naval department at the time.
The wooden fort was built on a stone one in 1861. Only in the 1960s was the fortress "Constantine" removed from the list of fortresses and demilitarized. In the early 2000s the castle was one of the trendiest youth dance venues where famous rave festivals were held. Since 2006, there is a yacht club and a cultural and tourist center with a museum of lighthouses, a floating hotel and a restaurant.
In summer, there is a rope park and cable wakeboard with a springboard complex, a sauna and warm-up trampoline. With the legendary ferry "Reeperbahn", moored at the quay, you can take a boat trip through the fortress of Kronstadt. There is an Observation deck, and statue of Bird Garuda.
How to go: It is connected with dam.

Neva Bay Floodgate Inner North Mole

Lighthouse

10 meters round cylindrical tower was built in 2008.
How to go: It is located on the south mole at the east entrance to the floodgate.

Neva Bay Floodgate Outer North Mole

Lighthouse

10 meters round cylindrical tower, painted red with a white horizontal band was built in 2008.
How to go: It is located on the north mole at the west entrance to the floodgate.

Neva Bay Floodgate Inner South Mole

Lighthouse

10 meters round cylindrical tower, painted green with a white horizontal band was built in 2008.
How to go: It is located on the south mole at the east entrance to the floodgate.

Neva Bay Floodgate Outer South Mole

Lighthouse

10 meters round cylindrical tower, painted green with a white horizontal band was built in 2008.
How to go: It is located on the south mole at the west entrance to the floodgate.


Day-48: Petrodvortsovy

Menshikov Palace, Oranienbaum

Palace

Oranienbaum is a Russian royal residence. The palace and city center are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. In 1707, four years after Peter the Great founded St. Petersburg, he gave the seaside estate to his right-hand man, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov. The Grand Menshikov Palace was built from 1710 to 1727 (not to be confused with the Menshikov Palace in St. Petersburg, built around the same time by the same architects).
Menshikov was deposed soon after Peter's death and exiled in 1727, and Oranienbaum's estate passed to the state and Menshikov's palace became a naval hospital. In 1743, Empress Elizabeth gifted the estate to her nephew, the future Peter III. During this time, the West Pavilion became known as the Japanese Pavilion, housing a collection of Japanese and Chinese ceramics. The Upper Park was laid out from 1750 to 1770.
In 1762, a granite staircase and semi-circular porch were added to the north terraces. After serving as a naval cadet college since the late 18th century, the palace was used as a residence by both Alexander I and his brother Mikhail. The monument "Oranienbaum" is located on the southwestern border of the palace near the Karpiny pond. The Nizhniy (Lower) Garden is located in front of the palace, where the sculptures of Zima and Osen are located.
Visiting Time: 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Monday remains closed from May to October 9. Tuesday remains closed from October 10 to April. Last Wednesday of each month reamins closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child.
How to go: It is located in Lomonosov.

Picture House Museum

Landmark

The one-story building was built in the middle of the 18th century, when the palace was owned by the future Emperor Peter III. Peter III was an avid collector and the building of the Picture House was intended to house the Grand Duke's collections. A large part of the art collection was housed in the central hall and in the west wing, the Picture Gallery, its walls were completely covered with canvases by Italian, Flemish, Dutch and German masters.
Apart from zoology and anatomy, it has a collection of rarities imported from China and Japan as well as a unique set of minerals, especially amber. To the east of the picture house was an opera hall. Peter was fond of music and theatre. He hosts and participates in opera performances, concerts. Other rooms in the picture house housed a huge library. Peter III willingly read travelogues, war books, works of art and history.
After the palace coup in 1762, the picture house lost its function. Apparently, Catherine II was not interested in preserving the collections of the Picture House collected by Peter III. During the 18th century, all collections were dismantled. The building was used by military hospital patients; At various times it housed apartments, a college and a high school. Only the facades of the Picture House have been preserved without significant alteration.
How to go: It is located to the north of the palace.

Oranienbaum Park

Park

Upper Park has canals, bridges and ponds. Built during the reign of Catherine the Great, the Chinese Palace and Sliding Hill, a three-story pavilion that was once the starting point for a 500-meter "rollercoaster" using sleds. Other buildings in the Upper Park include the Stone Hall, used for masquerades during Catherine's reign, the late 19th-century pergola and the typical neoclassical Cavaliers' Room, which now houses a café. Upper Park also has a deer enclosure.
How to go: The Upper Park is located to the south-west of the Grand Menshikov Palace.
Inside the Premises:

Stone Hall

Pavilion

Beginning in the 1750s, the "Stone Hall" pavilion was designed for the future emperor Peter III and his wife to host concerts, masquerades and dances during their stay at Oranienbaum. A large hall with stage is placed in the central stone building. On days of celebration, the square in front of the pavilion was set with tables lit by colorful lanterns. The lane leading out through the park became a scene for a great performance.
In the 19th century the wooden wings of the new palace were demolished and its central space "Stone Hall" was preserved as an independent structure. In the mid-19th century, the building housed a Lutheran church called St. Elena's. At the time, Oranienbaum's hostess was Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. He was born in Germany and raised in the Lutheran faith. She came to Russia as the bride of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich and was baptized Orthodox.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a bell tower was attached to the church. The building remained in this appearance until the 1960s, when it was rebuilt to its present form. Currently, "Stone Hall" hosts concerts. The pavilion houses interactive cinemas of the works alongside festivals and exhibitions. The museum exhibition in the "Stone Hall" presents sculptural works from Oranienbaum's historical collection. The Stone Hall is about 250 meters west of the palace.

Sliding Hill Pavilion

Pavilion

It was built in 1762-1774. The complex of sliding hills, pavilions, sliding slopes and covered gallery-colonnade stretches for 532 m. The coastal site was located at a height of 20 meters, visible even from a distance. The sliding hill had one straight and three wavy wooden ramps. The sliding hill was used until 1801. In 1813, the colonies collapsed and by the late 1850s, the ruins were demolished. Of all the constructions, only the pavilion has been preserved.
A particularly valuable piece of art is the porcelain cabinet, which accommodates unique porcelain groups made specifically for this interior in 1772-1774. After the construction of Sliding Hill was completed, Catherine the Great held gala dinners and receptions here, including meetings with foreign ambassadors. For example, on June 30, 1777, a gala dinner was given here in honor of King Gustav III of Sweden.
During World War II, the Sliding Hill Pavilion was severely damaged. It has been restored. The former appearance of artificial marble floors, unique in Russia, was returned. In 1959, the Sliding Coasting Hill Pavilion reopened its doors to visitors as a history and art museum. The Sliding Hill Pavilion is about 170 meters west of Stone Hall. P-Obrazny Pond is located south of the Stone Hall.
Visiting Time: 9 AM to 8 PM. May to October - 9 AM to 5 PM in Saturday , Sunday and holiday.
Entry Fee: 200 Rubles (USD 2.16).
How to go: It is located around the palace.

Chinese Palace

Palace

The Chinese Palace, built between 1762 and 1768, was the first major building project commissioned by Catherine the Great, who planned the building as her private dacha. In fact the empress spent only 48 days there during the 34 years of her reign. The building has richly decorated interiors featuring a range of late 18th-century styles, including chinoiserie imported from England. Seventeen rooms inside.
The interiors of Chinese palaces are particularly valuable because they survive almost completely intact from Catherine's reign. A "Laocoön and his Sons" sculpture is located east of the Chinese Palace, and the Apollo Belvedere sculpture is located south of the palace in front of the Chinese Pond. Catherine II has stone benches and a Mercury sculpture is located west of the Chinese pond. A Triton Saving Children sculpture is located south of the Chinese Pond.

Chinese Kitchen

Landmark

The Chinese Kitchen Pavilion was built in 1760-1770. The pavilion was rebuilt in 1852-1853 and the building became known as the "Chinese Kitchen". Food was prepared here, and later distributed to Chinese palace pantries. The roof of the pavilion resembles a Chinese pagoda. In the center of the first floor hall is a chimney flanked by two Russian stoves. A serving room, as well as a bathroom, and a place to wash dishes. Service workers lived on the second floor.
Adjacent to the Chinese kitchen, there was a brick icehouse for storing produce. Later, the Chinese kitchen was used as a hospital, housing stables, a court and the Cavalry Block. In Soviet times, the furnaces were dismantled, leaving only the chimney in the center of the room. Currently, the lower hall, free of all partitions, is used for temporary exhibitions of the Peterhof State Museum-Reserve.

Cavalry Corps:
It is located about 110 meters east of the Chinese Palace. Deer enclosures are located to the east of the Cavalry Corps.
Visiting Time: Only May to October 9 - Tuesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Monday and October 10 to April remains closed.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32) for adult. 200 Rubles (USD 2.16) for child.
How to go: It is located about 700 meters south from stone wall.

Palace of Peter III

Historical Landmark

It was built in 1758-1762 for the future Emperor Peter III. Here, there were military buildings, the Lutheran church, as well as the Imperial Palace which, unlike other buildings, had two floors. Only the palace and the gate have been preserved. This building was not intended for receptions and ceremonies, but served as a place to rest after military exercises. The ground floor is occupied by service premises, the first floor contains six rooms: front room, pantry, picture hall, study, bedroom and boudoir.
Peter III's palace was barely damaged during World War II and remains in its original form today. Visitors have the opportunity to walk through the halls, as well as up the secret spiral staircase from his chambers to the "Peterstadt" castle area. The museum displays Peter III's personal belongings, cocked hats, scarves and the uniform of colonels of Holstein infantry regiments. He often appeared in this attire to greet his people on the palace verandah.
Today, the Peter III Palace houses first-class works of 18th-century arts and crafts, as well as originals and copies of paintings, by 17th-18th-century painters from Italy, Belgium and Germany. Near the building is a monument to Peter III. The riding gate of Peterstadt Castle is located about 80 meters northeast of Peter III's palace. Petrovsky Bridge is located about 150 meters west of the Riding Gate. South of Nizhnly Pond.
How to go: Entrance to the Palace of Peter III through the gate of Stravinsky Square in the city of Lomonosov.

Church of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky

Orthodos Church

The first wooden one was erected in the middle of the 19th century. The second, to replace the dilapidated one, was made of stone at the end of the 19th century. In Soviet times, the temple naturally suffered and the building, being used for other purposes, also fell into disrepair. The current temple is the third on this site.
How to go: It is locate about 400 meters from the east corner of the Menshikov Palace, Oranienbaum towards east. About 400 meters from Riding Gate towards north.

Zoougolok "Elafion"

Animal park

Not so in good condition.
How to go: It is located southeast corner of the church.


Day-49: Petrodvortsovy

Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel

Church

Lomonosov, St. Michael the Archangel is an Orthodox Church. In 1865, the wooden church was erected on a stone foundation with a wooden bell tower. The church was built in memory of the owner Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich Oranienbaum. The consecration of the church took place on December 17, 1866. The church had three altars: the main one - in the name of the Archangel Michael, and the side one - St. Nicholas, consecrated on June 18, 1867, and the Kazan Icon of the Blessed Mother of God on December 24, 1866.
How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Church of St. Spyridon of Trimifuntsky towards north at Dvortsovyy street, 61.

Sculptural Composition

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 120 meters from Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel towards south.

Chapel in the Name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, St. Seraphim of Sarov and Queen Alexandra

Church

How to go: It is lcoated about 530 meters from the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel towards south at Mikhaylovskaya Ulitsa, 21A.

Fountain in honor of the 300th anniversary of the city

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Chapel in the Name of St. Nicholas towards east.

Local History Museum of the Municipality, Lomonosov District

Museum

How to go: It is located about 320 meters from Fountain in honor of the 300th anniversary of the city towards southeast at Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa, 7.

Stele City of Military Glory

Memorial

Atop a pillar sits a double-headed eagle on a granite base, decorated with bronze bas-reliefs depicting glorious episodes in the city's history. It was built to commemorate the soldiers who fought against the Nazis for over two years from the fall of 1941 to January 1944.
How to go: It is located about 380 meters from Fountain in honor of the 300th anniversary of the city towards northeast.

Oranienbaum Town Gates

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 200 meters from City of Military Glory towards northwest.


Day-50: Petrodvortsovy

Leuchtenberg Palace

Palace

How to go: It is located about 5 km from Oranienbaum Town Gates towards southeast at Oranienbaumskoye Hwy, 2.

Valen "Adam's Head"

Sculpture

How to go: It is located about 110 meters from Leuchtenberg Palace towards west in Park Sergievka.

Ruins of the Gazebo-Staircase with Pillars

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Adam's Head towards northeast in Park Sergievka.

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Leuchtenberg Palace towards east in Peterhof.

His Imperial Majesty's Own Dacha

Landmark

Construction of the stone dacha began in 1727 during the reign of Emperor Peter II. A two-story stone house, it was called "Primorsky House". In 1741, the estate was donated to Elizaveta Petrovna and the "Primorsky House" was renamed "Her Imperial Majesty's Own Dacha". Own dacha occupies a very important place in the history of Russian architecture in the middle of the 19th century, from this building opens a new direction, the stylistic "Second Baroque".
How to go: It is located 70 meters east from Church of the Holy Trinity at Sobstvennyy street, 84.

Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov

Church

How to go: It is located about 750 meters from His Imperial Majesty's Own Dacha towards northeast at 41A-007, 11.

Lighthouse "Raskat"

Lighthouse

How to go: It is located about 520 meters from Temple of St. Seraphim of Sarov towards north Primorskaya street, 16.

House of L. I. Krona

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 259 meters from Lighthouse "Raskat" towards west at Rimorskaya Street, 8 building 2.


Day-51: Petrodvortsovy

Church of the Holy Trinity

Church

How to go: It is located at Babigonskaya road, 5.

New Peterhof Railway Station

Station

The railway station building was constructed in 1854-57. The tower is directly adjacent to the building, which has rooms designed for passengers and staff.
How to go: It is located about 7 km from Church of the Holy Trinity.

Dacha P A Vinogradovoy

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 600 meters from New Peterhof Railway Station towards northwest at Ulitsa Avrova, 32.

Museum of the Leningrad S. M. Kirov Higher Combined Arms Command School, Twice Red

History Museum

Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 5 PM. Saturday and Sunday remains closed.
How to go: It is located about 700 meters from Dacha P A Vinogradovoy towards northwest at Konstantinovskaya Ulitsa, 25A.

Kaskad

Cultural Center

Visiting Time: 10 AM to 10 PM every day.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters from Leningrad Higher Combined Arms Command School towards north at Tsaritsynskaya Ulitsa, 2.

Tsaritsyn and Olga's Pavilions

Pavilions

Olgin Pond was created on 1840s. The Pavilions at the Olgin Pond was built for Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (reign: 26 November 1894 – 15 March 1917) during the development of the area south of the Upper Park. They created a flowing pond with two islands, on which two pavilions were built, first Tsaritsyn, then Olga. The architect designed the first one, which was fashionable at the time. Alexandra Feodorovna loved to relax here from tiring palace ceremonies.
Olga`s pavilion in Peterhof on Islands was a gift of Emperor Nicholas I to his daughter the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna (15 November 1895 – 17 July 1918).
Visiting Time: May 28 to October 9 - 10:30 AM to 6 PM every day. Pavilions can only be visited with organized group booked in advance.
Entry Fee: Pavilions - 550 Rubles (USD 5.93). Gardens - 100 Rubles (USD 1.08).
How to go: The island is located at the Olgin Pond, which is located about 200 meters west from Kaskad Cultural Center.

Cathedral of Peter I Paul

Church

Emperor Alexander III approved the cathedral's design in 1893. It was completed in 1905 but closed in 1935 and was severely damaged in World War II when it was used by German troops to house artillery. The cathedral was eventually restored and services resumed in the space in 1990.
A Fountain is located east of the church.
How to go: It is located north of Olgin pond.

Upper Garden

Garden

The 15 hectare Upper Garden is on the south facade of the Grand Peterhof Palace, as a grand entrance to the royal residence. Its layout was executed according to the sketches of Peter I and changed slightly over time. From 1733 to 1739, the Upper Garden acquired an exceptionally grand appearance. From there the vegetable beds were removed, trellis pavilions and gold statues were installed, and fountains were installed in the pools.
From 1754 to 1760, for the rebuilding of the palace, the garden was slightly expanded and surrounded on three sides by a fence, with stone pillars and a lattice of wooden spears. The grand entrance from the Peterhof Road side was adorned with massive arches and iron doors.
Visiting Time: 9 AM to 8 PM every day.
Entry Fee: free.
How to go: It is located about 350 meters west from Cathedral of Peter I Paul.
Inside the Premises:

Mezheumny Fountain:
The Mezheumny Fountain was built in 1734-1738. The fountain "Mezheumnny" ("Between brains") is located in the central axis of the upper garden, near the main gate. By the end of the 18th century it was decorated with a sea dragon and four dolphins, with jets of water coming out of their mouths. In the 19th century, the decoration of the fountain changed twice. There was, and eventually, during the post-war restoration, the bronze dragons and dolphins returned to their place.

Neptune Fountain:
The Neptune Fountain is located after the Mezheumny Fountain. The water pool was built in 1721-1724. In 1737, the center of the basin was decorated with a sculpture of Neptune, and the cascade on the south side of the pool was the "Winter" statue. The statues were replaced by bronze statues in 1798-1799. It was made in Germany in the 1650s, acquired by Emperor Pavel I in 1797. The place of "Winter" on the cascade of the pool was taken by a bronze copy of an antique statue of Apollo Belvedere.
The sculptures were stolen and taken to Germany during World War II. Later, at the request of the Soviet government, they were returned, put in their place, while the statue of Apollo was recreated according to his gypsum impression.

Zephyrus Statue:
In Greek mythology and religion, Zephyrus, also spelled Zephyr in English, is the god of the west wind and the personification of several wind gods, the Anemoni. In mythology, he is represented as the gentle wind. The statue was erected in 1757. It is located north of Neptune Fountain and south of Oak Fountain.

Oak Fountain:
The Oak Fountain was built in 1734-1738. It was originally decorated with a gilded oak tree. Hence it is still known as Oak Fountain. The tree was removed from the pool in the mid-18th century and later used to create the "Oak Trick Fountain" in Lower Park. The tree was replaced with a sculpture of "Cupid, with a Theatrical Mask". This statue was created in 1809. Cupid is flanked by six dolphins set on rays of stars, with thin streams of water issuing from their mouths.
Near the "Oak" fountain, decorated with marble statues, the work of Italian sculptors, made in 1757: Flora, Zephyr, Vertumnus and Pomona. Since the time of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna (reign: 1741-1762), in the basin of the "Oak" fountain, every year on August 1, there was a ritual of blessing and sprinkling of holy water, regimental banners of all military units were placed in Peterhof. Currently, this tradition is being revived.

Square Ponds Fountains:
The square ponds, excavated by order of Peter I in 1721, were used as water reservoirs for the fountains of the Lower Park and initially had no fountain decoration. In 1737, lead gilded sculptures were placed inside them. The western pool was decorated with the "Bathing of Diana" group, depicting the goddess of the hunt surrounded by nymphs, dogs and dolphins. In the eastern pool, statues of the river god Alpheus and the nymph Arethusa were placed, surrounded by dolphins and sirens.
By the end of the 18th century, there were only six golden dolphins left among them all. At the beginning of the 20th century, the basins of the ponds were decorated with 18th-century marble sculptures of "Spring" and "Summer", and during the post-war restoration, their places were taken by "Venus Italica" and the young god "Apollo". The dolphins for the fountains were cast in bronze according to the preserved model.

Peterhof Palace

Palace

Peter the Great built the Peterhof Palace inspired by the Palace of Versailles of Louis XIV of France. The palace is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1714, Peter began construction of the Palace of Montpellier based on his own sketches. He designed not only the site but also the interior layout. The palace would be used by Peter on his way to and from Europe through the port of Kronstadt. The palace was completed in 1721.
On the walls of the palace Peter hung hundreds of paintings brought from Europe. In the sea corner of his palace at Montpellier, Peter had his nautical study, from which he could see Kronstadt Island to the left and St. Petersburg to the right. Later, he planned to include more interior palaces and a large royal palace with gardens, which would become Peterhof Palace. After Peter's death in 1725, work stopped and the complex was almost abandoned until 1740.
When Peter's daughter Elizabeth came to the throne in 1740, she completed the palace. The Grand Peterhof Palace, with its facade extending for about 300 meters, connects the Upper Gardens and the Lower Park. From 1745 to 1755, an additional floor was added to the central palace, which was extended by single-story gallery wings, with pavilions added at either end - the church (at the east end) and the coat-of-arms (at the west end).
The church was built in 1747-1751. Originally consecrated on September 10, 1751, it occupies the eastern block of the Grand Palace, crowned with five golden domes at the request of Elizabeth Petrovna. On July 12, 2011, the church opened in the Peterhof Museum-Reserve after restoration work was consecrated in the name of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. Built at the behest of Empress Elizabeth.
By order of Empress Catherine II (reigned: 9 July 1762 – 17 November 1796), the dining, throne and chasm halls were redesigned. Two Chinese cabinets were made in 1766-1767. In 1846, by order of Emperor Nicholas I, a third floor was built overlooking the upper garden on the eastern side, on the occasion of the marriage of the Emperor's daughter, Olga Nikolaevna, to Prince Karl of Württemberg. From then on, the eastern wing began to be called "Olga's half" of the Grand Peterhof Palace.
On September 23, 1941, German troops captured Peterhof. The employees were able to preserve a part of the treasures of the palace and the fountains. Two weeks later, on 5 October 1941, Soviet troops attempted to recapture the city and block the highway with a naval landing, but the landing operation failed. The last pockets of resistance were destroyed on 7 October. Dozens of German Shepherd dogs were released into the garden to track down the hiding marines.
The German occupation forces partially blew up and burned the palace. Restoration work began almost as soon as the war ended and continues today. The Lower Park was reopened to the public in 1945. Today the Petrodvorets Museum is located in the heart of the palace. The Scientific Archives of the State Museum-Reserve "Peterhof" is a storehouse and research library. It is located on the west side of the palace. The Fountain Museum is located on the eastern side of the palace.
Visiting Time: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 7 PM. Thursday - 10:30 AM to 9 PM.
Entry Fee: 600 Rubles (USD 6.47) for adult. 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for student. Audio Guide - 500 Rubles (USD 5.40).
Photography: Not allowed.
How to go: It is located north or the Upper Garden.
Inside the Premises:

Special Treasury:
"The Special Treasury" museum is located on the west side of the Grand Peterhof Palace. The wing, known as the "Coat-of-Arms Pavilion", emerged from the reconstruction of Peter's Upper Chambers, built in 1745-1755 during the reign of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. The name is linked to the fact that the dome of the pavilion was crowned with a weathervane in the form of a heraldic double-headed eagle.
The "Coat-of-Arms Pavilion", played a special role in the history of the royal suburban residence. Its rooms were designed to accommodate distinguished guests and members of the royal family. European Emperors, Crown Princes and Grand Dukes have been guests here at various times. Empress Catherine II lived in the Pavilion Suite - the museum displays a complex of her private quarters. The museum preserves items from the dowry of Nicholas I's middle daughter, Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna.
Children were brought to the "Coat-of-Arms Pavilion" before the baptism ceremony. Four of Emperor Nicholas II's five children born in Peterhof were baptized in the Court Church of the Grand Palace. "The Special Treasury" museum exhibits church utensils, as well as works of decorative, applied and jewelry art. Items of clothing are kept here, including: a suit of Peter I, shoes and the uniform dress of Catherine II and the uniform coat of Nicholas I.

Lower Park:

Garden

Lower Park is divided into three connecting parts: Central ("Grand"), West ("Marly") and East ("Monplaisir"). 150 fountains adorn the park within an area of 102,5 hectares.

Grand Cascade:
The building of the Great Cascade was started in May 1716. The grand opening took place in July 1723, but after the launch of the fountain, building works continued.
The Great Cascade is the main fountain in Peterhof and is one of the largest fountains in the world. It has three waterfall ladders and two grottoes, 75 fountains and 255 bronze sculptures, mascarons and bas-reliefs as well as other decorative details. The Grand Cascade complex can be divided into an outdoor section, which is 42 meters long, and also an underground section below the falls, the Upper and Lower Grottoes, which can be visited with a tour.
In the central part of the Grand Cascade, where the Lower (Big) Grotto is located, there is a fountain "trash", 28 curved jets entwined like the rods of a flower basket. On the right and left are two cascading staircases of seven steps, which are decorated with sculptures alternating with gilt bas-reliefs as well as vases. The upper (smaller) grotto above the lower grotto is decorated with vases surrounded by a marble balustrade with a terrace. In the crevice of the fence is a sculpture of Triton's trumpet.
A little further on the balcony were two mascarons - Bacchus and Neptune, and in the niche between them - marble busts - allegorical figures of the four seasons. The most famous sculpture is placed at the foot of the Grand Cascade - a three-meter figure of "Samson, tearing the jaws of a lion". The Great Cascade is connected to the ocean by the Sea Canal, which is 12 meters wide. The lawns are accompanied by 22 fountains, whose water rises up to four meters and resembles a crystal tree.
During the reign of Peter the Great along the Sea Canal, light ships passed through the harbor at the Great Palace. Soon after 1723, two new mascarones appeared here, alongside sculptures of Perseus and Actaeon, Galatea and Mercury. Restoration of the fountains and sculptures began in the mid-19th century, but was not completed and as a result the original view of the fountain complex was lost. During the war, many sculptures and decorative elements disappeared.
The Great Cascade was restored after the war and officially opened in August 1946. In 2010-2011, 37 sculptures in the fountain were repaired.

Grottoes of the Grand Cascade:
Peterhof being the architectural center of the Grand Cascade, the upper and lower grottoes were built according to the ideas of Peter I in 1716-1720. They are decorated with fountains, marble and a gilded sculpture. The facade of the Large Grotto is pierced by five tall arches, decorated with golden mascarons. Above this grotto is a terrace, which leads to a smaller grotto.
Marble, with two bronze gilded Triton figures, serves as a demarcation between the grottoes. The Lower Grotto is a large hall with a high ceiling. The grandeur of the hall is highlighted by marble sculptures of Peter's time and original gilded galvanoplastic copies of antiques made in the 19th century. In the Lower Grotto, Peter was planning to install a trick-fountain - "splashing table" and "water curtain", but the idea was implemented only after the death of the tsar.

Samson Fountain:
In the middle of the pool at Big Cascade is the Samson Fountain, and its full name is "Samson Fountain, the lion's jaws torn". It is the largest waterfall in the Grand Cascade, reaching a height of 21 meters. Only in 1835, during the time of Empress Anna Ionovna, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the victory over the Swedes in the Battle of Poltava, the Samson Fountain was erected.
It should be recalled that the victory over the Swedes was obtained on June 27, 1709, St. Sampson's Day, and the image of the lion was the symbol of the enemy, as the lion is depicted on the flag of Sweden. Thus, Samson symbolizes the greatness of the Russian state and the vanquished lion symbolizes defeated Sweden. 8 dolphin-fountains are placed at Samson's feet and jets of water about 21 meters high burst from the mouth of the vanquished lion. The lions placed at the base of the pedestal represent the four directions of the world.
The Samson sculpture was made of tin. It was replaced by a bronze one in 1802. Now Samson was without clothes, completely naked. At the same time, a new pedestal was built with niches in which four gold-plated lion heads were placed. In the post-war period, the Samson statue was recreated from photographs and archival materials. The fountain was inaugurated on September 14, 1947 and a few years later, bronze dolphins were also installed.

Bowl Fountains:
The two fountains on either side of Samson Fountain are called "bowl" fountains. Their construction was completed by the end of 1722. The trial took place in the presence of Peter I. The eastern fountain is sometimes called "French" and the western fountain "Italian". Originally, the bowls and pedestals were made of wood, covered with lead and painted to look like marble, but in 1854, the dilapidated wooden bowls and pedestals were replaced with new ones.

Nymph and Danaid Fountains:
In 1853-1856, two fountains were built. "Nymph Fountain" northwest of West Bowl Fountain and "Danaide Fountain" northeast of East Bowl Fountain. Above the west bench is a statue of a nymph, a river goddess, a copy of an ancient Roman sculpture from the 3rd century BC, which is kept in the collection of the State Hermitage Museum. Above the east bench is a statue of Danaida, holding a jug - one of the fifty daughters of Danaus, king of Libya.

Terrace Fountains:
"Terrace" fountains get their name because of their location. They adorn the green slopes south of the East and West Bowl Fountains. Five fountains on each side. They were built in 1799-1800. The Pudost limestone, from which the terraced water cannons were originally built, was replaced with white Carrara marble in 1852-1854, preserving its structure and original appearance. Their tops are finished, with triangular attics and decorated with gilded bronze mascarons, from which water flows down stairs.

Voronihinskaya Colonnade:
In 1722-1724, galleries with small pavilions of brick and wood were built on both sides of the meeting point of the Samsonovskiy Canal and the Samson Fountain Pool. By tsar's decree, in the east gallery, was placed a glockenspiel, a musical instrument with crystal bells set in motion by water. A water organ was built in the west gallery in the mid-18th century. The water, falling on the water wheel, forces into motion colorful wooden sculptures of Jaegers, horns blowing, flutes playing, dogs barking, deer and twelve singing birds.
In 1800-1803, the dilapidated galleries were demolished. Granite, brick and stone colonnades were built in their place. Fountains were placed above the golden domes of the side pavilions and on the roof of the gallery. Statues of lions carved from granite were placed at the entrance of the gallery. The new construction received its name "Voronikhin Colonnades", after their creator, architect Andrey Voronikhin. In 1853-1854, the colonies were built with marble and acquired a modern look.

Samsonovskiy Kanal:
The Samsonovsky Canal is a water channel or Sea Channel (Morskoy Kanal) that connects the Samson Fountain at the southern end and the Gulf of Finland at the northern end. It is about 600 meters long and about 12 meters wide. From the first days of the construction of Peterhof, Peter I devoted much attention to the decoration of the sea canal, which connected the central palace to the sea and immediately became a magnificent entrance to the residential area.
Guests arrived at Peterhof by ship and were then transferred to smaller boats and lighter ships, which were driven through the canal in special scoops, which served as a harbor. In the time of Peter I there was no "Samson" fountain. The water level in the scoop of the Grand Cascade was higher than in the Gulf of Finland, so Court Hydraulic Engineers built the canal lock.

Favourite Fountain:
The fountain "Favourite" behind the West Voronihinskaya colonnade was built in 1725. Four ducks moving in a circle in a deep pool, a dog trying to catch them. Animals were first made of wood, and later in copper. Water sprays from the duck's beak and the dog's jaws. This action was accompanied by the barking of dog and quacking of ducks, produced in the 18th century by means of vibrating plates inside embedded copper tubes. There is a water wheel that rotates under the pressure of the falling water, causing the animals to move.
During the German occupation, the fountain was destroyed, all the sculptures disappeared except for a duck found in 1946 on the park grounds. In 1957, the fountain was restored. And now again, as many years ago, the duck is circling the basin, and dog is actively barking.

Fountain Alley:
The original decoration of the Grand Entrance included 22 fountains. They were located along canals, in niches of trellis fences, and were thus named "Niche fountains". In 1735, the "Niche fountain" were moved along the border of the canal. In the 1850s, Pudost limestone was replaced with marble in bowls. The vertical jets of 22 water cannons, formed a magnificent aquatic colonnade, leading from the sea to the Grand Palace. This is "Fountain Alley".

Imperial Yachts Museum:
The "Imperial Yacht Museum", opened in 2004 on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. It shows the unfamiliar pages of the imperial family life. Here you can see the navy overcoat and captain's jacket of Peter I, the tunic dress in the fleet uniform style of Empress Catherine II, photographs and models of the yachts of the Imperial and Grand Dukes. The Peterhof Landing Force monument is located to the north of the museum.

Pier of GMZ "Peterhof":
It is located north end.

Hermitage pavilion:
The "Hermitage" pavilions were two-story buildings: on the ground floor there was a cook and servants, who prepared and served food delivered by a hoist to the upper floor, where a circle of the host's close friends would gather. The first Russian hermitage was built in Peterhof, by decree of Peter I. Peter saw similar constructions for the first time during his travels in European countries. This pavilion served as a prototype for all Russian "hermitages" built later.
Its construction began in 1721 and was completed only after the death of Peter I in 1725. The pavilion is a small two-storied building, surrounded by a deep, wide moat. The moat was filled with water and spanned by a drawbridge in the first half of the 18th century. Vast glass windows and doors allow light and air to the front, due to which, the palace seems transparent.
The guests were going up to the first floor with the help of a special elevator, lifting chair. But in 1797, during Emperor Pavel's stay at the Hermitage, one of the chair's hawsers collapsed. It was ordered to destroy the lifting device and build a staircase, which still exists today.
The walls of the first floor hall are covered with 124 paintings. The collection of paintings was donated by artists of the 17th-18th century art schools in Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany and France. Catherine I and her daughter, Elizabeth Petrovna, liked to host dinners here. The hermitage was often visited by Catherine II. During his presence here, important state affairs were discussed at the Hermitage. Opened to visitors after the war in 1952.

Marly Palace:
The Marly two-storied palace was built in 1720-1723. It stands west of the large Marley pond, used for fish breeding since the time of Peter I. Now the fish are fed by ringing the bell at certain times. A new method of planning was used in the construction of "Marly": the first corridor system appeared, when there would be different rooms adjacent to the central axis of the corridor. On the ground floor are the kitchen, pantry, cavalier's room, bedroom and small plane-tree study.
A staircase, with openwork handrails, leads to the first floor, where there are dressing-rooms, bathrooms, sitting-rooms with small corner rooms, dining-rooms, oak studies and libraries, which were used for books on mathematics, park construction, fortifications. , maritime affairs and many others, located. Today, the Marley Library has 69 books on display. From the moment of its construction, "Marley" was used as a guest house to accommodate noblemen and members of the royal family.
Catherine I lived in the "Marley", her eldest daughter Anna Petrovna lived here for a time with her husband, the Duke of Holstein. The French ambassador stayed at the "Marly", Nicholas I was resting here and had tea with Alexandra Feodorovna and other representatives of the Romanov family, as well as their distinguished guests. The palace, which was destroyed during World War II, was rebuilt. It was reopened to visitors in 1982.
Presently, Peter's personal belongings presented in the palace include: a cloth japancho-coat, two brown glass flasks he brought from the spa town, colored glass damasks signed "Danzig" and "London". The foundation of the museum's collection consists of paintings.

Peter I with Louis XV in His Arms

Monument

The sculptural "Peter I with Louis XV in his arms" was cast in 1899. On the eve of the 200th anniversary of St. Petersburg, the monument was erected in the park of the Peterhof granite factory. During the Great Patriotic War the monument was lost. On September 13, 2005, on the 300th anniversary of Peterhof, a copy of the monument "Peter I with Louis XV in his arms" was erected in the merchant's harbor, recreated by the author's plaster model.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters west of Marly Palace.

Golden Hill Cascade:
The Golden Hill cascade is a near copy of a cascade at the French royal residence "Marly-le-Roi" visited by Peter I in 1717. Marly-le-Roi is a town in the Yvelines department in the administrative region of Île-de-France, France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, 18.4 km from the center of Paris. "Marly-le-Roi" was the location of the Chateau de Marly, the famous retirement residence of the Sun King Louis XIV which was destroyed in 1806. Golden Hill Cascade is also known as Marley Cascade.
The architect built the cascade from 1722-1724 according to the detailed instructions of the Tsar and taking into account the relief of the area. However, due to the death of Peter the Great, the project was not fully implemented. Finally ended in 1732. The cascade was marble and lead gilded statues of ancient gods, the steps were white marble. The vertical sides of the steps were covered with golden copper sheets, hence Marley gave the cascade its contemporary name of "Golden Hill".
In the 19th century, lead statues were replaced by replicas of ancient statues imported from Italy. In the center of the attic, there is a statue of Neptune, lord of the sea, holding a trident. On either side of him, Triton blows a conch shell and Bacchus, the god of wine and pleasure. Three gilded mascarons of sea monsters, water from their jaws began to flow down the stairs. There is an "Andromeda" statue. The water falls into the marble pool, which houses the statue of Flora, goddess of spring.

Triton Fountains:
In the late 1720s, miniature fountains called "Tritons" appeared on the shores of Marley Pond. Made in England in 1721, sculptures of four identical boy-tritons, holding flat bowls in their hands. Over the heads of the "Tritons" four jets of water flew from the bowl. In the late 18th century, the set-up of the fountain was changed and the water came out in the shape of a bell. Since then, the fountain has been named "cloches", a French word meaning "The Bells".
"The Triton Bells" stood in their place until the war and were stolen by German soldiers. In 1954, new bronze "Tritons" were created. The water used for these fountains comes from the two menagerie water cannons located in the south.

Menager Fountains:
The Menager fountain, at the foot of the "Golden Hill" cascade, was built in 1722-1724. The word "Menager" comes from the French word meaning "to save". The design of the nozzles of these fountains was proposed by Peter I himself. Inside the 30 cm diameter pipe, at the outlet of the water jet, an inverted copper cone is embedded. Water, flowing around the cone, emerges at a high pressure through a narrow circular gap, forming a hollow column, creating an impression of tremendous power. This nozzle design is still used today.
In the second half of the 18th century, the water columns of the fountains were raised and maintained by gilded copper balls, which would become copper nets after the fountain was turned off.

Lion Cascade
The initial draft for the construction of this fountain was made in 1720 by peter 1, but the project failed. Sp Peter's idea to build a cascade was realized only in 1799-1801. Pudost stone waterfall edged pool, decorated with two bronze sculptures of guarding lions. The cascade began to be called "The Hermitage". In 1854-1857, the Hermitage Cascade was demolished due to its heavy destruction. In its place, a new cascade was built, which retained the name "Lion Cascade".
Former sculptures of lions made of granite and marble were placed on both sides of the colonnade. In the center of the basin, on a granite boulder, is a statue of the patron saint nymph Aganipe. Lion Cascade is the only one of the four cascades in Lower Park that is not located on a slope. Restoration of Lion Cascade in 2000, completing the post-war rehabilitation of the Lower Park fountain construction.

Bench Monument:
It is located about 50 meters south of Lion Cascade.

Whale Fountain:
There is a sandy pond. It was excavated in 1724 to build a new granite cascade, but never cascaded. It was then that the pond was named "Sandy". In 1738, the pond was deepened, the banks were chained, and in 1740, a large wooden sculpture "like a whale" was placed in its center, with water activity at its head. All around were lead bulls coming out of the water.
In 1800, in their place, a Menager-type fountain was arranged: a column of water spouting from the flat surface of the pond surrounded by four golden dolphins. In the middle of the 19th century, the fountain was demolished and rebuilt only later in 1963. The fountain retains its original name "Whale".

Adam and Eve Fountains:
There are 2 springs at a short distance. Peter 1 ordered marble statues of "Adam" and "Eve" to be made for them. In 1718, made copies of the famous sculptures located in the Palace of the Doges in Venice, Northern Italy. The decoration of the fountain "Adam" was finalized in 1722, although the statue had been placed on the pre-arranged base on Marley Avenue two years earlier. Fountain "Eve", started working in 1726. Each of the pools of water has eight edges, corresponding to eight paths diverging from it.
In the center of each fountain, there is a marble sculpture surrounded by sixteen water jets, which do not spray when they reach a height of seven meters, but are divided into separate large drops, which are well visible from a distance. In the 18th century, the fountains were surrounded by trellis arbors, which served as shelter in bad weather. The fountains have not undergone any significant changes, which is why their original appearance is still the same.

Orangery Fountain "Triton":
There is a small garden in front of the south side of the Orangery building, where fruit trees, vegetables and flowers were grown. There is a basin set in the middle of the garden, where gardeners used to take water for irrigation. In 1726, according to the idea of Peter I, the pool was decorated with the "Triton" fountain. The sea monster sinks its teeth into Triton's thigh, but with his mighty strength, the Lord of the Waves opens the jaws of the tearful teeth, from which an eight-meter jet of water shoots out.
The sculptural group "A Triton Tearing Apart the Jaws of a Sea-Monster" presents an allegory of Russia's victory in the Baltic Sea struggle. Triton represented the young Russian navy, which suffered a final defeat at Cape Gangut on July 27, 1714, to a Swedish squadron. Charles XII's fleet is described as a sea-monster. The four turtles are scurrying in different directions in fear, reminiscent of the infidel allies of the Swedish king. A two meter water jet comes out of their mouth.
The fountains in the Orangery Gardens were destroyed during the German occupation of Peterhof. In 1956, based on preserved drawings, a bronze reproduction was made.

Chessboard Hill Cascade:
The "Chessboard Hill" cascade is located on a natural slope, so named because of the steps painted in black and white squares in a checkerboard pattern in the mid-18th century. It was created by Peter I as a "cascade of ruin", as it was supposed to represent a ruined castle tower, symbolizing the capture of Swedish castles by Russian troops.
In the 1730s, the appearance of the cascade changed, and the entrance to the upper grotto featured three winged dragons. Hence it is also called "Dragon's Hill" Cascade. Dragons carry streams of water. It slides down the slope of four waterfalls to close the entrance to the grotto below. On either side of the cascade, there are marble statues of ten ancient gods. They were made by Italian masters during the time of Peter I.
The "Chessboard Hill" cascade sculpture represents naval victories, political success and the prosperity of the Russian state. In 1941, at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, all the marble statues were removed from their pedestals and buried in the ground. In 1953, the destroyed cascade was rebuilt. The marble statues were recovered, and returned to their place.

Roman Fountains:
About 80 meters north of the "Chessboard Hill Cascade" is decorated by two fountains. The name "Roman" is associated with the fact that, structurally, they resemble the stone spouts in the square in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. They were conceived in the first quarter of the 18th century, but they were built only in 1739. Originally, the fountains were made of wood, but in 1800, it was rebuilt in granite and marble.

Water Road Trick Fountain:
It was built according to the idea of Peter I, and its first launch took place in 1721.

Fir Tree Trick Fountains:
The "Fir Tree" trick-fountain is a group of three small jetting metal trees, located about 60m west of the "Water Road Trick Fountain". The main fountain was built in 1784. Composed of interconnected tubes, terminated in the form of a trunk and branches and covered with "needles" of wire. Destroyed during the war, the "Fir Tree" fountain complex was rebuilt in 1958.

Oak Trick Fountain:
The trick-fountain "The Oak" was built in 1735 and originally decorated one of the round pools in the Upper Gardens. After being removed from there in the middle of the 18th century, in 1802, it was installed at its present location. The six-meter hollow trunk of the tree's branches, lined on the outside with lead that imitates bark, is filled with water from the roots up and up to the tips of each branch, from which the water sprays. "The Oak" is surrounded by large "tulips" and two wooden benches nearby.
Behind their backs hide 41 nozzles, which unexpectedly shoot out jets of water, drenching passing visitors. After the war, the magic tree was recreated in 1953, with a metal trunk, 500 cylindrical branches and 2500 leaves.

Umbrella Trick Fountain:
The idea of the fountain comes from Peter I. Although the trick-fountain "Umbrella", was created in 1796 under the influence of Pushkin's "Chinese" buildings. The fountain is shaped like an umbrella. The pillar is flanked by chairs with carved arm rests. As guests gather under its roof, a strong stream of water begins to flow through one hundred and sixty-four tubes hidden behind elegantly carved festoons.
In the 1860s, the roof of the fountain was given a mushroom look. Since then, for almost a century, this trick-fountain was called "mushroom". In 1949, during the restoration, it returned to its original appearance and name, but the name "mushroom" is still used among residents of St. Petersburg.

Sun Fountain:
In 1719, the menagerie garden was organized, which was planned by Peter. A significant portion of the garden was occupied by menagerie ponds for the rearing of swans and rare waterfowl. In 1721-1724, it was turned into the Grand Garden and the Menagerie Pond was decorated with a fountain. Half a century later, during the reign of Empress Catherine, the Imperial Beach was built on the pond. The fountain was rebuilt and received the name "Sun" by the drawing of its jets.
Round pedestal decorated with sixteen gilded dolphins has a bronze column topped by gilded discs and inside the pedestal is a hidden mechanism with a water wheel. The wheel turned under the influence of water and with the help of a gear, the rotation was transmitted to the column with gilded discs. Streams begin to flow simultaneously along the edge of the disc and from the open mouth of the dolphin.
After World War II, the fountain, destroyed by German soldiers, was restored and resumed its work in 1956.

Aviaries:
To the east and west of the "Sun" fountain, there are two light wooden pavilions, the aviary. Bird cages were hung there during summer. In the eastern aviary there were parrots and in the western singing feathered species: nightingales, thrushes, siskins, finches and bullfinches. In winter, the "singers" were housed inside heated huts. They were built in 1721-1722 during Peter's reign, surviving for centuries. French painter L. Caravaque's original artwork is preserved inside the Aviary.

Catherine Block:
On the western side of "Monplaisir" there is a single-storey building, "Catherine Block". It was built for Empress Elizabeth in 1746-1759. The palace was intended for receptions and banquets. Then it was called 'Stone Block'. When Catherine II was Grand Duchess, she lived in the wooden lodge room adjacent to the "Stone Block". From there, on the morning of June 28, 1762, she went to St. Petersburg to lead a conspiracy to overthrow her husband, Emperor Peter III.
The marble statue of Catherine II in the vestibule of the palace commemorates this historical event. After ascending the throne, Catherine II reformed Elizabeth's "Stone Block". The new color of the walls defined the names of the rooms: yellow hall, blue parlor, green reception room. The only room in the palace, the heating room, which preserved the unchanged decoration. Porcelain cups and glasses with portraits of heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812 are displayed in glass cases.
The museum has a first class collection of domestic furniture. The furniture presented here displays distinct Empire style motifs, such as rook-beds, bowl-chairs, sofas with legs in the shape of a sphinx. The decorative bronze collection of "Catherine Block" is a variety of clocks, chandeliers, candlesticks, censers, which were an indispensable decoration of the imperial interior.
The tapestry of Peter I commemorates the founder of Peterhof rescuing fishermen during a storm on Lake Ladoga. It was woven in the famous manufacture of Paris. The tapestry was commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte, but completed by King Louis XVIII of France (reign: 1814–1824), who presented it to Alexander I.
The pride of "Catherine Block" is the yellow hall of the famous gala Guryev presented service. It contained about 5000 items and was used only on special occasions. There are dozens of pictures of Russian people on plates and wine refrigerators - scenes of St. Petersburg, Moscow, and the surrounding area. The grandeur of the service is emphasized by the order of Emperor Paul I in England in the late 18th century. On the graduation day of the Smolny Institute in the 19th century, receptions were held in the Yellow Hall for graduate-girls.

Bathhouse Block:
The bathhouse block is built on the east side of Monplaisir Gardens. The oldest construction of Peter's time is the guest quarters. The guest quarters accommodated the emperor's relatives and close friends. Adjacent to the guest quarters is a suds bath for equestrians. It is located on the site of the first wooden bathhouse built for Peter I. The tsar not only bathed in the bathhouses of Monplaisir, but also underwent traditional medical manipulations, such as: taking medicine.
The stone building of the Bathhouse block was built in 1865-1866 for Maria Alexandrovna, wife of Emperor Alexander II. The empress, who was suffering from her lung disease, adopted various methods of hydrotherapy, fashionable at the time in Europe. The bathhouse block has a steam room - traditional sweat room with stove-heater, with a pyramid of iron core instead of stone.
Next to the steam room, there is the courtyard where the empress took warm baths and bathed with medicinal herbs. A separate hall was designated for cold water treatment, the cold bath, with an attractive display of showers, a bronze and glass chandelier, decorated with bunches of grapes and bindweed flowers. Near the Bathhouse Block, on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, a miniature garden was created for the empress, later known as the "Chinese Garden". There were arched bridges, marble statues, and fountains.
The Assembly Hall was built in 1726–1732 on the site of Peter's Cooking Chamber to the south of the Bathhouse Block, intended for formal dining. The walls are decorated with unique tapestries woven by Russian craftsmen in Petersburg in the first half of the 18th century and reproduce scenes from the "Indian tapestries" received as a gift by Peter I during his visit to France in 1717. The table in the center of the room is late 18th-early 19th century.
The tablecloth pantry, kitchen and coffee pantry were built in 1748-1750. Food and table linen tablecloths were stored in the pantry, where food was served through the kitchen window, equipped with Russian ovens and stoves, extractors for smoke extraction. Unique kitchen utensils from the 18th-19th centuries are presented here. Tea, coffee and hot chocolate were prepared in the adjoining coffee pantry.

Monplaisir Palace:
The idea of the building Peter I's "Monplaisir" (meaning "my delight") palace on the shores of the Gulf of Finland was sketched and drawn by the tsar himself, who designed not only the site but also the interior layout. On the shelf-consoles attached between the panels, there are porcelains which were highly prized and were a matter of special pride to the owners. Family events and victories of Russian arms were celebrated in the Grand Hall of "Monplaisir", receptions of foreign ambassadors were also held here.
Tsar's wife, Catherine Alekseevna, occasionally cooked in the kitchen here. A unique feature of Monplaisir's kitchen is the presence of a stone sink for washing dishes, with water coming from a "Sheaf" fountain through pipe. The water supply and sewage system developed for "Monplaisir" was a significant innovation for the 18th century. The working cabinet of Peter I is connected to the maritime theme. One of the most important lines of activity for the Tsar was the building of the fleet.
From the cabinet window there is a view of the Gulf of Finland, Kronstadt and St. Petersburg. The lower part of the cabinet wall is decorated with tiles painted by masters, thirteen types of sailing boats of the period. Monkey on painted roof. Navigational and measuring instruments, presented on the shelves of a book-type cabinet, are evidence of the emperor's naval practice.
The special atmosphere of a bygone era is created by Jar's preserved personal items, which he used in his daily life: felt night caps, towels, jugs and bowls for washing.

Cloche Fountains:
The Cloche Fountain was built in 1721-1723. In 1817 the corroded lead statues were replaced by bronze ones. Sculpture of a young god Apollo, called "Apollino" and is a copy of an ancient statue from the 4th century BC. To the east is a statue of Psyche - a copy of the original, made by an Italian sculptor. The "Faun with the Kid" sculpture, a copy of the antique original from the 1st century BC, is on the south-east side of the garden. In the southwest, "Bacchus" is set.
The fountains are distinguished not only by the sculpture, but also by the bases: two pedestals have the shape of a vase with acanthus leaves, and the other two - the shape of fluted columns - with vertical grooves, on the barrels of the furrows. Columns of water, sliding from them, create bells of clear water, which is why the fountains are called "cloche" (meaning "bell"). Statues preserved during World War II remain to this day. Their pedestals, stolen by German soldiers, were rebuilt after the war.

Sheaf Fountain:
The "Sheaf" fountain, set in a deep pool of 12 meters in diameter, is the main water jet in Monples' gardens. The central water jet, rising four and a half meters from the tufa pedestal in the center of the basin, is surrounded by twenty-four curved water jets arranged in two tiers. The first test of the fountain was successfully completed in April 1723.

Benches Trick Fountain:
Trick-fountain 'The Bench' at the corner of Monplaisir's garden on the south side. They are the oldest trick-fountains. They were built in 1723. Since then, their appearance has not changed. By their appearance, the "benches" are typical park constructions of the 18th century trellis type, with mesh backs and legs. Curved back centers hold triton mascarons. The sculptor gave the Tritons a human face. Triton's head seems to have just emerged from the water, its hair overflowing.
When one tries to approach the bench, the water comes out with a sound. At the same time, high water jets rise up, hidden among the stones of the platform, located in front of the "bench". In Peter's time, these trick-fountains were called "wet places." To get to the park area, guests had to step on small stones scattered on "benches". Here a "curious thing" met them. Tsar Peter was amused by these scenes. Today the "benches" in Monplaisir's gardens are children's favorite fountains.

Pyramid Fountain:
The "Pyramid" fountain is one of the most beautiful and original fountains in Peterhof. It is considered to be the most watery of the fountains in the Lower Park, as it consumes about one hundred liters of water per second. In 1721, by order of Peter I, the construction of the "Water Pyramid with small cascades" began. In 1724, the construction of the fountain was completed, which received marble framing only in the late 18th century. The fountain is represented by a seven-stepped tetrahedral pyramid formed by 505 water jets.
The shape of the tetrahedral obelisk is made entirely of water. It has a deep symbolic meaning. At the beginning of the 18th century, there was a tradition in the Russian army, to erect obelisks, at the final points of their courses and at the places of battles. Therefore, this fountain on the shores of the Gulf of Finland, which looks like a victory obelisk from afar, is a strange monument in honor of the victory of the Russian troops, who liberated this land from Swedish rule during the Northern War.

Labyrinth:
The Labyrinth, built by Peter I in 1722-1724, is located about 450 meters east of the "Pyramid Fountain". In perspective, it is a rectangular area with an oval platform in the center. Eight roads radiating from the centre, crossed by ring roads, formed the copse. All the paths and edges of the labyrinth are covered with a tapestry of linden bushes, growing along wooden trellises. The fountain in the center appeared in the mid-18th century.

Great Imperial Stables

Historical Landmark

The stables were built in the mid-19th century. The collection of stables occupies an entire quarter surrounded by 4 streets. In royal times the stables housed 330 horses. Its mange, which has been recently reconstructed, has a magnificent wooden floor made of fumed oak and linden trees. All areas of the stables have large lancet windows which do not require additional lighting during the day.
When the horses grew old, they were not killed, but sent to the stables for Pushkin's retired horses. The Nazis turned the stables into a hospital during World War II. The buildings were not destroyed. During the Soviet era and until 2013, the former stables had a sanatorium with healing water that was pumped in the exact same place. Some Soviet and Russian films were shot there. At this point, the stables are slowly decaying
How to go: It is located about 450 meters south from Labyrinth Fountain.

Benois Family Museum

Museum

The Benois family, with a mixture of French and German blood, became Russian and became the stipple of many Russian artists. Over two hundred years in Russia, the family grew, enriching the dynasty with new names. Among them are many talented people who have achieved recognition beyond artistic pursuits. However, for its real glory, the dynasty owes to those who associated their lives with art. It is a constellation of talented architects, painters, sculptors, composers and artists.
"Benois Family Museum" is dedicated to those who enriched Russian and world culture. In the mid-19th century, near the Imperial Summer Palace, two fraulein (ladies-in-waiting) houses were built by architect Nicholas Leontievich Benois. Namely this man, who was appointed by Emperor Nicholas I as the chief architect of Peterhof, became the founder of the artistic Benois dynasty.
On September 27, 1988, in a block of Fraulein Houses, an art museum dedicated to the unique dynasty was inaugurated. The idea of its creation is the grandson of the architect NL Benois, a well-known artist of the "La Scala" theater, Nicolas Alexandrovich Benois. His theater work, letters and photographs from the family archive are presented in the museum.
Graphics and architecture, theater decorative arts and sculpture, painting and cinematography, music and literature - representatives of the Benois family made a great contribution to the development of all these arts. An intimate character of the exhibition allows to show not only recognized masterpieces, but also children's drawings, through which one can find the beginnings of the formation of the signature of one or another artist.
The museum in Peterhof, became the center of artistic heritage of the Benois family, and today, many people have the opportunity to get acquainted with such a unique phenomenon of Russian and global culture.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.50).
How to go: It is located about 770 meters from Great Imperial Stables towards west at Dvortsovaya Ploshchad', 8.

Historical and Cultural Project "The Court Entertainments":
The exposition, deployed in the nine halls of one of the Cavalier houses, in chronological order, tells us about the bright and meaningful events and entertainment of Peterhof, an important part of the court's culture.
How to go: Oto s ;pcated west pf Benois Family Museum at Pravlenskaya Ulitsa, 1.

House of Playing Cards:
The exposition features more than 10,000 items. Various types of decks of cards, i.e. souvenirs, educational, advertising, for kids, to name a few, accessories for playing are exhibited in halls decorated in style of ancient epochs. The museum uses virtual installations, videos, interactive lighting and "live" exhibits.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 5 PM. Monday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (USD 2.70).
How to go: It is located south of Historical and Cultural Project "The Court Entertainments" at Pravlenskaya Ulitsa, 2.

Museum of Art Collectors

Museum
These unique collections as a "gift of the century", consisting of paintings, decorative and applied art, as well as a collections of books and magazines.
How to go: It is located south of House of Playing Cards at Pravlenskaya Ulitsa, 4.


Day-52: Petrodvortsovy

Alexandria Park

Park

The park is located east of Peterhof's main garden, named after Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas I. Mainly divided between favorites of Peter the Great, including Alexander Menshikov, who soon began building a palace here. Before he was disgraced and exiled, the land was used as a royal hunting ground for much of the 18th century and then became wild after the court moved to Sarskoye Cello.
In 1825, the land was granted to Nicholas I, who commissioned an architect and landscape gardener from Scotland to create an English-style estate with a "cottage" palace and farmstead. The Cottage Palace was completed in 1829 and became the permanent summer residence of the Tsar family. Surrounding the palace are the ruins of Nicholas' Farm Palace, where Alexander II spent his leisure time, and the Alexander Nevsky Church, later the private chapel of the Romanovs.

House of Children's Creativity

Art Center

How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from New Peterhof Railway Station towards north at Sankt-Peterburgskiy Prospekt, 4A. You can go through Aleksandriysky Park watching Kurinka Pond.

New Farm

Museum

How to go: It is located about 280 meters from House of Children's Creativity towards northeast at Sankt-Peterburgskiy Prospekt, 5.

Palace Telegraph Station

Museum

The building of the Palace Telegraph Station in "Alexandria" was built in 1858.
Visiting Time: May 28 to October 9 - Tuesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Monday remains closed. October 10 to May 27 - Saturday and Sunday - 10 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: 250 Rubles (US$ 2.70) for adult. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for student and chid.
How to go: It is located west of New Farm Museum.

Farm Palace

Palace

Farm Palace is a pavilion in Alexandria Park in Peterhof. It was later expanded into a summer residence for the family of Emperor Alexander II. The main pavilion was built in 1828-1831. It was made to resemble a farm with a row of outbuildings. A two-story house with habitable rooms was added in 1838-1839. The palace became a favorite summer residence of Alexander II and his family.
After many renovations, the house was renamed "The Farm Palace" in 1859. After the death of Alexander II, his son Tsar Alexander III preferred to live in the cottage palace, while his son Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived in the new palace. The 55-room two-story palace included the tsar's study and sitting room, royal bedroom and bathroom, Empress Maria Alexandrovna's sitting room and dressing room, blue and floral drawing room, royal children's bedroom and dining room.
The palace grounds featured several statues, a well and a fountain, and a formal garden with a white marble outdoor tub and a wood and stone bridge over a creek. Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, and her sister-in-law Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, eldest daughter of Alexander III, gave birth to their daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna on June 10, 1897, in the palace, and Princess Irina Alexandrovna on July 15, 1895.
The house has been open to visitors since 2010. Here Feld "Jager's house and kitchen building are located south of the palace, Children's Fortress is located northeast of the palace. Obelisk to Working People is located about 80 meters east from Children's Fortress. Gothic Well is located about 100 meters northwest of Obelisk to Working People.
Visiting Time: May 28 to October 9 - Tuesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM. Monday remains closed. October 10 to May 27 - Saturday and Sunday - 10 AM to 5 PM.
Entry Fee: 500 Rubles (USD 5.40) for adult. 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for child and student.
How to go: It is located about 220 meters north from Palace Telegraph Station.

Erler's grave

Grave

Grave of gardener P.I. Erler. Although Erler was buried at the Saint Trinity cemetery, his remains were transferred here, to Alexandria, in 1970.
How to go: It is located about 180 meters southwest of Gothic Well.

Gothic Chapel

Church

The Gothic Chapel of Peterhof is an Orthodox church named after St. Alexander Nevsky. It was designed in 1829 at the request of Nicholas I in the Gothic Revival style and consecrated in July 1834. Before the Russian Revolution of 1917 this Gothic structure served as the private family church of the House of Romanov. Later, in the 1860s, the Church acquired copies of paintings by the same artist; It contains numerous icons donated by the Romanovs.
Much of this art perished was destroyed in World War II; The interior was not restored until 1998. During the restoration of Empress Maria Feodorovna in September 2006, her coffin was brought to the chapel that served as her home church during the reign of Alexander III. A funeral was held at the church on September 27.
How to go: It is located about 60 meters northwest of Erler's grave.

Alexandria Park Beach

Beach

How to go: It is located about 620 meters northeast of Erler's grave.

Ruins of the Sea Gazebo

Pavilion

How to go: It is located northeast of the Alexandria Park Beach.

Stone Bench

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 420 meters from Ruins of the Sea Gazebo towards south.

Granite Artifacts Lie on the Shore

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 400 meters from Stone Bench towards northeast.

Monument to the Peterhof Landing of 1941

Memorial

This memorial commemorates the failed landing at Peterhof on 5 October 1941. Of the 510 paratroopers or marines who participated, 509 were killed or captured by German troops over the next 2 days.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters east from Granite Artifacts Lie on the Shore.

Ruins of Nizhnyaya Dacha

Historical Landmark

The Nizhnyaya Dacha, where the tsarevich was born, is currently not accessible for the celebration of services.
How to go: It is located about 150 meters from Monument to the Peterhof Landing towards southeast.

Guardhouse With Gate

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 100 meters from Ruins of Nizhnyaya Dacha towards southeast.

Ruins of the Tea House

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 140 meters from Guardhouse With Gate towards northeast.

Parish of the Church of the Passion-Bearer Tsarevich Alexy

Church

The foundation stone of the Chapel of the Holy Royal Martyr Tsarevich Alexei was laid on December 12 at the Zamenka Estate in Peterhof. This site is very symbolic for people: in the last ten years, the cross procession, which lasts for many days, has come to this destination with an icon of Tsarevich Alexei from Pushkin. Other cross processions through Russia, including the Marine procession, also visited this place. Nizhnya Dacha, where Jarvich was born. No services are held in all these churches
How to go: It is located about 480 meters from Guardhouse With Gate towards south.

Cottage Palace

Cottage

The cottage palace was designed as a private residence for Nicholas I and his family. As the name suggests, the estate itself was designed in the English style, more specifically in the Gothic style of the 1820s. A simple, two-storey exterior, with patterned ceilings, chandeliers and wood panelling, beautifully decorated with cast iron balconies and partitioned garden areas.
How to go: It is located about 200 meters from Parish of the Church of the Passion-Bearer Tsarevich Alexy towards southwest.

Hop Gazebo

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 250 meters northwest from Cottage Palace.

Bridge Ruin

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 300 meters from Hop Gazebo towards southwest.

Maze

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Bridge Ruin towards southeast.

Konyushenny Dvor

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 130 meters from Maze towards southeast.

Stables Building

Landmark

How to go: It is located about 700 meters from Konyushenny Dvor towards east.

Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

Church

How to go: It is located about 170 meters from Stables Building towards east.

Usad'ba Znamenka

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located northeast of Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul.

Dom Vodokachal'ni

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 430 meters from Usad'ba Znamenka towards northeast.


Day-53: Petrodvortsovy

Usad'ba Mikhaylovka

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 1.5 km from Mikhaylovskaya Dacha Train station towards north.

Gatchina - City of Military Glory of the Leningrad Region

Historic Landmark

How to go: It is located about 680 meters from Usad'ba Mikhaylovka towards north.

Temple in the Name of the Holy Blessed Prince Peter and Fevronia

Church

How to go: It is located about 920 meters from Strelna Train station towards south at Borovaya Street, 6.

Orlovsky Park

Park

Orlovsky Park in Strelna was built in the middle of the 19th century on the banks of Orlovsky Pond. Orlovsky Park is named after Alexei Orlov, who served under Tsar Nicholas I and owned an estate here. Alexei Orlov, son of Grigory Ivanovich Orlov, Governor of Novgorod, and brother of Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov. Both Alexei and Grigory played important roles in the palace coup of 1762, when Empress Catherine II ascended the throne.
In the war with Napoleon, Alexei Orlov distinguished himself by bravery. It was a time when the military quickly climbed the career ladder. By 1817, Alexei Orlov had attained the rank of major general. During the Decembrist uprising on December 14, 1825, Alexei Orlov, without receiving an order, personally led a detachment of horse guards, which played a key role in suppressing the riot in Senate Square. Since then, Alexei Orlov has become the closest person to Nicholas 1.
Later, he became a high-ranking diplomat, becoming head of the Third Division of the Royal Guard. Horse guards under the command of Alexei Orlov were stationed at Strelna. Nicholas 1 decided to give him an estate in Strelna. There were no vacant plots of land here, and the tsar bought plots of land from the owners in the park on the shores of Orlov Pond and presented them to Orlov. The Orlov Palace in Strelna was built in the Gothic style.
After the revolution of 1917, there was a tank division in Strelna. During the retreat of Russian troops in 1941, the Orlov Palace was blown up. Nowadays, Orlov Park is a public park. Only the Gothic tower (in the form of ruins), the porter's house and the Tuff Bridge of Love Island survive from the Orlov Palace.
How to go: It is located about 500 meters from Strelna Train station towards north in Orlovsky Park.

Tower Ruin

Tower

Tower ruins in Orlovsky Park, Strelna was built in 1833-1839. It was intended as a Count Alexei Orlov play for children.
How to go: It is located at the southeast in Orlovsky Park.

Lvov Palace

Historical Landmark

This two-storied mansion was built in 1838 for Major General PK Alexandrova. Then Prince A D became the owner. Seventeen-year-old Prince Alexander Dmitrievich Lvov, who was the last owner of the palace and in whose honor the palace is called Lvovsky. He is fond of firefighting and is remembered by the residents of Strelna as the creator of the first volunteer fire brigade. The two buildings, connected by a covered gallery, are located at the end of the terrace.
In the courtyard is a bust of Prince Lvov in a fireman's helmet. Inside, there are now many government agencies and a music school.
How to go: It is located about 330 meters from Gatekeeper's House in Orlovsky Park towards northwest at Sankt-Peterburgskoye Shosse, 69.

Peter I's Palace in Strelna

Palace

Formerly a Swedish chancellor's estate, Strelna was chosen by Peter the Great in 1714 as a site for his future summer home. In 1718, a temporary wooden palace was built in Strelna. It was used as a hunting lodge by the Russian royal family. A cornerstone was laid in June 1720, but later Peter learned that the site was not suitable for a fountain. So, he decided to focus on nearby Peterhof.
On ascending the throne in 1741, Peter's daughter Elizabeth sought to complete her father's project. Because of other projects in Peterhof and Tsarskoye Selo, Strelna Palace remained unfinished. Under Catherine II, the palace was again restored and from 1786 a military hospital was located in it. For a long time, the palace, miraculously survived during the Great Patriotic War, served as a hospital building, then a kindergarten.
In 1987, it was transferred to the Peterhof Museum, and restoration work began, completed in 1999. Based on the preserved materials, the interiors of the palace were recreated. The palace collection includes personal items of the first Russian emperors: a festive dress of Peter I; The patchwork, according to legend, was sewn for the king by his wife Catherine I; Curtains for bedroom. Interesting exhibits include a bronze bas-relief of Peter.
Visiting Time: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:30 AM to 6 PM.
Entry Fee: 400 Rubles (USD 4.32). 250 Rubles (USD 2.70) for citizens of the CIS, tax residents of the Russian Federation. 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for citizens of the Russian Federation. Free for child age below 16.
How to go: It is located about 450 meters from Gatekeeper's House in Orlovsky Park towards northeast at street Hospital Hill, 2.

Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker

Church

How to go: It is located about 620 meters from Peter I's Palace in Strelna towards north at Pristanskaya street, 12-25.

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Marina

Marina with beautiful sculptures.
How to go: It is located about 320 meters from Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker towards northeast at Portovaya street, 21.

The National Congress Palace

Palace

Also called "Konstantinovsky Palace". In 1797, Strelna was granted to Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich (second son of Paul I) and his wife Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna (aunt of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom). Despite a major fire in 1803, the Palace of Constantine was completed by 1807. After Constantine's death on 27 June 1831, the palace passed to his nephew, and the Konstantinovichi branch of the Romanov dynasty retained its ownership until the Revolution.
After 1917 the palace fell into disrepair: it was handed over to a child labor community, then to a secondary school. For a time during World War II, Germany occupied Strelna and had a naval base there. Some Decima Flotiglia MAS men and attack boats were brought from Italy and stationed at Strelna along with German army boats. Strelna Raid: Soviet commando frogmen attacked the base and destroyed 2 German army boats on 5 October 1943.
After the devastation of the German occupation, only the walls of the palace remained; All interior decoration is gone. No effective restoration was carried out until 2001 when Vladimir Putin ordered the palace to be converted into a presidential residence in Saint Petersburg. The renovated Constantine Palace hosted more than 50 heads of state during St. Petersburg's centenary celebrations in 2003.
Three years later, in July 2006 (July 15–17), it hosted the 32nd G8 Summit. During this summit, world leaders were accommodated in 18 luxury cottages by the sea. Each cottage is named after a historic Russian town. The early 19th century stables were renovated into a four-star hotel for other visitors. The palace also hosted the qualifying draw for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.
The palace hosted the royal wedding between Grand Duke George Romanov and Victoria Bettarini in 2021, the first royal wedding to take place in the country in over a hundred years. You can visit the palace as a tourist and have access to a limited number of halls: the Blue Hall, the Marble Hall with a wonderful Finnish Bay view, and the Belvedere Hall, which usually serves for small meetings and press conferences.
When the Konstantinovsky Palace was reopened as Russia's Presidential Palace of Congresses in 2003, staff from the State Hermitage were charged with overseeing the interior decoration of the palace's state rooms, and space was set aside to display some of the museum's vast collection of artifacts. The initial exhibition titled State Symbols of Russia was opened in May 2003.
It has since expanded into two collections entitled "Museum of Heraldry" and "Museum of Awards and Decorations". The Heraldry museum displays the development of the state coat of arms and the heraldic symbols of Russia's greatest aristocratic families. It contains a part of the Hermitage's vast collection of Russian and Western European coins. The "Museum of Awards" is a complete collection of official decorations awarded by Imperial Russia, the Soviet Union and the modern Russian Federation.
Visiting Time: Thursday to Tuesday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Wednesday remains closed. Visits only with organized groups and by prior appointment.
Entry Fee: 350 Rubles (USD 3.78).
Photography: 150 Rubles (USD 1.62) for photo and video.
How to go: It is located about 770 meters from Peter I's Palace in Strelna towards east, and southeast of More Marina.

River Named after Michaela Shvetsa

Aquarium

How to go: It is located about 1.4 km from The National Congress Palace towards east.

Holy Trinity Sergius Seaside Men's Hermitage

Monastery

Catherine Ivanovna, niece of Peter the Great, owned an estate on the shores of the Gulf of Finland. After her death, Empress Anna (reign: 26 February 1730 – 28 October 1740) gifted the land to Varlaam, who was also in charge of the Trinity Lavra. The establishment was founded in 1732 by Archimandrite Varlam. In 1756-63, St. Sergius Trinity Monastery was built east of Strelna. It formerly consisted of seven churches as well as many chapels.
In 1764, Strelna Monastery was designated a separate Paustinia. After the Russian Revolution, the Soviets adapted the field to serve as a labor camp or work farm in 1931. The buildings were further damaged during World War II. After a police school took over the property in the early 1960s, Trezzini's cathedral and several other churches were blown up. The remaining buildings were returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1993.
How to go: It is located about 1.3 km from River Named after Michaela Shvetsa Aquarium towards southeast. About 140 meters from Budyonnogo Avenue Tram stop towards north.

Church of Gregory the Theologian

Orthodox Church

The church was built in 1855-1857 by the architect Stackenschneider, whose grave is located nearby. Inside the church G.G. Some representatives of the Holstein-Gottorp branch of the Kushelev and Oldenburg dynasties have a crypt.
How to go: It is located north of Holy Trinity Sergius Monastery.

Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh

Orthodos Church

The largest building of the monastery at that time was the church named after St. Sergius of Radonezh, built in 1854-1859 on the site of a small wooden church with a donation from Princess Z. I. Yusupova. During 1857-1897, the rector of the ashram, furnished the ashram with very worthy buildings. Church, divided into 2 floors. It was rebuilt in 1993.
How to go: It is located northeast of Holy Trinity Sergius Monastery.


Day-54: Krasnoselsky

House With Airplane

Museum

House With Airplane (Russian: Dom S Samoletom).
How to go: It is located at Volkhonskiy Pereulok, 2. About 1.42 km from Sergievo (Volodarskaya) Train station towards south.

Church In the Name of the Icon of the Mother of God "Joy of All Who Sorrow"

Church

How to go: It is located near Sergievo (Volodarskaya) Train station.

Galaktorium

Museum

How to go: It is located about 2.25 km from Church In the Name of the Icon of the Mother of God or Sergievo (Volodarskaya) Train station towards northeast at Prospekt Veteranov, 169.

Gothic House of Senator Myatlev

Historical Landmark

How to go: It is located about 1.3 km from Galaktorium towards northeast at Ulitsa Chekistov, 2.

Park Novoznamenka

Park

There is a Monument to the Defenders of Leningrad is located about 1.5 km from Gothic House of Senator Myatlev towards northeast, near Petergofskoye Hwy, 43 Tram stop.
How to go: It is located northeast of Gothic House of Senator Myatlev.

Fountain "60 Years of Victory"

Fountain

How to go: It is located about 1 km from Monument to the Defenders of Leningrad in the Park Novoznamenka towards east at Petergofskoye Shosse, 21.

Amusement Park "Planet Leta"

Amusement Park

How to go: It is located about 250 meters from Fountain "60 Years of Victory" towards northwest at Ulitsa Doblesti, 27.

Temple of Saints Constantine and Helena

Shrine

How to go: It is located about about 700 meters from Amusement Park "Planet Leta" towards northeast.

Museum of Anna Akhmatova and the Silver Age

Museum

Anna Andreevna Gorenko (23 June 1889 – 5 March 1966), better known as Anna Akhmatova, was a Russian poet, one of the most significant of the 20th century. He was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in 1965 and received the second most nominations (three) for the prize the following year.
Visiting Time: Monday to Friday - 10 AM to 6 PM. Saturday - 10 AM to 4:30 PM. Sunday remains closed.
Entry Fee: 30 Rubles (USD 0.32).
How to go: It is located about 6 km from Temple of Saints Constantine and Helena towards northeast at 14, Avtovskaya Ulitsa.


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