Things to do and see in St. Petersburg

15 June 2021

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Saint Petersburg has earned its name as a majestic and truly tourist-friendly city. While soaking in its rich history that manifests itself throughout the urban facades, St Petersburg is a treat for the culture vultures. Breathe in the northern crispy air while contemplating by the shores of the scenic Neva River. The city keeps growing as new infrastructure and event venues are born every day, making St Petersburg an exciting destination to witness cutting-edge technologies and innovations. 

Palace Square

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Palace Square is considered to be the city’s main square and serves as an excellent example of how different architectural styles can be combined in a most elaborate and aesthetically pleasing way. It was the setting of many events of worldwide significance, including the Bloody Sunday 1905 and the October Revolution of 1917. The Palace Square is simply breathtaking.

 

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Yusupov Palace

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A beautiful yellow palace that was once home to the wealthy and respected Yusupov family stands by the Moika River. It was also the site of Grigori Rasputin’s murder in 1916, a dark episode in Russia’s history. Guide yourself through the palace and unravel the story behind the murder of Rasputin.

 

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The State Museum of the History of Religion

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The State Museum of the History of Religion is one of the world’s few museums and the only one of its kind in Russia with its permanent exhibition featuring the origin and development of religion. With a collection of around 200,000 exhibits, it houses a wide range of historical and cultural artefacts from various countries, ages, and people. 

 

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St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music Art

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St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music Art is located in the building of the former Imperial Theatres Management, built in the first half of the 19th century by the great architect Carlo Rossi. This building remains one of the principal exhibits of the museum.

 

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The Dostoevsky Museum

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The Literary-Memorial Museum of Dostoevsky was opened on the 150th anniversary of his birthday in 1971. This house was his last apartment. The Brothers Karamazov novel was written in this house. Dostoevsky’s apartment was recreated for the most part from the memoirs of his wife Anna and of his contemporaries.

 

The Dostoevsky Museum contains a theatre for viewing performances and movies based on Dostoevsky’s works, and for literary gatherings. Exhibits by modern artists are always on display in the exhibition rooms. The museum has become an inseparable part of cultural life in St Petersburg today.

 

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The Pushkin Apartment Museum

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The Pushkin Apartment Museum is the only memorial Pushkin museum in the city that tells about the last period of the poet’s life and work. Here, Pushkin who was mortally wounded at the duel died on January 29, 1837. One can also see at this museum some of the belongings of Pushkin and his family.

 

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The Summer Garden

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The Summer Garden is one of the places where one can feel the atmosphere of Peter’s time. The garden is home to a collection of sculptures and the Summer Palace, which was the first Emperor’s residence. Together, they constitute a single museum complex.

 

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Kunstkamera

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Kunstkamera, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, was the first museum in Russia. It has a unique collection of antiques, revealing the history and way of life of many people. This museum, however, is also known for housing the collection of “freaks” with its anatomical curiosities and anomalies.

 

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Saint Petersburg Metro

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Due to the city’s unique geology, the Saint Petersburg Metro is one of the deepest metro systems in the world (calculated by the average depth of all the stations). The system’s deepest station, Admiralteyskaya, is 86 metres below ground. Serving 2.15 million passengers daily, it is also the 16th busiest metro system in the world. Although every station has its own unique style, the most beautiful stations are on the red line (Avtovo, Kirovskiy zavod, Ploshad Vosstaniya).

 

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Yelagin Island

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Yelagin Island is a unique protected natural complex. It is the northernmost island in the Neva delta, flanked by Big Nevka in the north, Central Nevka in the south and south-east, and shooting out with the narrow cape into the Gulf of Finland. Once a royal residence, Yelagin Island passed into the possession of the state and became the Central Park of Culture and Recreation, and since then opened its doors to visitors.

 

Today Kirov Central Park is a dynamically developing cultural and recreational space, suitable for audiences of different age groups and interests. 

 

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The Bronze Horseman

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The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. The name comes from an 1833 poem of the same name by Aleksander Pushkin, widely considered to be one of the most significant works of Russian literature. The statue is now one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg.

 

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Pavlovsk Park

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Pavlovsk is the palace-and-park ensemble and summer residence of Grand Prince Pavel (who became later Emperor Pavel I). Pavlovsk Park was conceived by Cameron as a classic English landscape garden – an idealised landscape filled with picturesque pieces of classical architecture, designed to surprise and please the viewer. Pavlovsk Palace has staterooms designed by some of St. Petersburg’s most famous architects, including Quarenghi, Rossi and Voronikhin.

 

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The Saint Petersburg Chamber Opera

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The St Petersburg Chamber Opera was created by director Yuri Alexandrov in 1987. It was intended to be a creative laboratory and soon took a prominent place in the St Petersburg musical and drama sphere. The St Petersburg Chamber Opera performances are annually nominated to the most prestigious Russian awards, Golden Mask, and Golden Spotlight.

 

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The State Museum of Political History of Russia

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The State Museum of the Political History of Russia is a successor of the State Museum of Revolution which was created on October 9, 1919, after the decree of Petrograd Soviet Workers and the Red Army Deputies. Presently the State Museum of Political History of Russia is one of the few museums which carry out documentation and expositional demonstration of processes taking place in the political, economic, and social life of Russian society in the 19th–21st centuries.

 

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