Description: While eyes are naturally drawn to the splendorous St Isaac's Cathedral across the square of the same name, the less noticeable Mariinskii Palace is ... More |
Description: The last house on Ulitsa Dekabristov, which runs by the Mariinskii Theatre. This is the very house where Blok—the great Russian symbolist poet of the ... More |
Description: If you think you can manage to climb the thirteen flights of stairs which lead to this unique place, do. And don't be put off by the stark entrance. ... More |
Description: Located in Dostoevskii's kind of dark and romantically dirty corner of St Petersburg, this gallery exhibits works by the famous 'Mitki' group of ... More |
Description: It's a comprehensive and well-executed look at the history of railway, not only in Russia, but other countries as well. Each large room is well ... More |
Description: This museum is the preserved interior of the apartment Rimskii-Korsakov lived in for the last fifteen years of his life between 1893 and 1908. Eminent ... More |
Description: This bridge is a three-bay stone structure 54.6 meters long and 37.9 meters wide crossing the Fontanka river at Nevskii Prospekt. It was built in 1715 ... More |
Description: A museum which departs very much from the 'territorial-memorial', concerns of the overwhelming majority of museums in the city, here you will find an ... More |
Description: In 1826 Nicholas I enlisted architect Adam Menelaws to construct a “farmhouse” in the Alexandria Park near the Grand Palace at Peterhof . What he ... More |
Description: Acknowledged in 1992 by the President of the Russian Federation as one of Russia's most precious objects of cultural heritage, The State Russian ... More |
Description: This building was designed in 1806 by D. Kvarengi. It was initially destined to be a closed educational institute for girls of the nobility. It is ... ... More |
Description: Oh, to be of royal blood! The Lyceum was an early 19th century boarding school, attended by the celebrated poet Alexander Pushkin. Only the affluent ... More |
Description: Set on the bank of Yelagin Island is a small palace bearing the same name as the island itself. After spending a peaceful afternoon on the island, ... More |
Description: This church was built between 1731 and 1734 by order of empress Anna Ioannovna on the spot where the wooden Archangel Michael Church had been founded ... More |
Description: Many churches were closed or torn down during the time of Communism, but not the 18th century St. Nicholas Cathedral. It was one of 15 churches which ... More |
Description: L'vinyi Most (Lion Bridge) is a pedestrian suspension bridge 22.4 meters long and 2.2 meters wide crossing the Canal Griboedova near Teatral'naia ... More |
Description: Music festivals and club nights here can empty a good many of the regular clubs in the city as its vast size can host a number of performances in its ... More |
Description: Liteinyi Bridge is a six-bay drawbridge 394.3 meters long and 34 meters wide crossing the Neva at the point where Liteinyi Prospekt and Ulitsa ... More |
Description: Visit the last home of Russia's greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin and discover the affluent manner in which he lived from 1836 until his death in 1837. ... More |
Description: Kuindzhi's name is well-known. This distinguished landscapist of the 19th century fought a long and difficult path from servant to academician. His ... More |
Description: Krasnyi Most or Red Bridge is a one-bay arched bridge 22 meters long and 16 meters wide crossing the river Moika at Gorokhovaia Ulitsa. It started out ... More |
Description: Though initially you enter this museum via the royal ostentation of its magnificent marble hall, the rest of your wanderings will give you an ... More |
Description: This pleasant art gallery in the middle of Nevskii Prospect was one of the first private art joints to open in the city, an event which in part ... More |
Description: This is a ten-part bridge 582 meters long and 23.6 meters wide. It is flung across the Neva, connecting Suvorovskaia Ploshchad' and Kamennoostrovskii ... More |
Description: Walking along the Kovenskii lane you may notice this unusual building, the style of which reminds you of Medieval architecture. At the end of the 19th ... More |
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