100 Sights in Saint Petersburg, Russia (with Map and Images)
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The monument to Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin by sculptor M. K. Anikushin and architect V. A. Petrov was erected on June 19, 1957 in Leningrad, on the Square of Arts in front of the building of the State Russian Museum. The opening of the monument was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 250th anniversary of Leningrad.
Wikipedia: Памятник А. С. Пушкину (Санкт-Петербург, площадь Искусств) (RU)
2. Жертвам политических репрессий
Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression in Saint Petersburg is a monument dedicated to millions of people who suffered from state terror in the USSR. It is located at the descent to the water on the Voskresenskaya Embankment of the Neva River, separating it from the legendary Kresty Prison, where many political prisoners were held. The central element of the monument is a pair of sculptures of "metaphysical sphinxes" by artist Mihail Chemiakin. Executed in the spirit of modernism, they feature - their faces are divided vertically into two halves. Facing the residential buildings on the embankment, the sphinxes have profiles of young female faces, and facing the Kresty prison on the opposite bank are exposed skulls. This symbolizes the tragic division of the people during the Soviet years. Around the perimeter of the sculpture pedestals are plaques with texts dedicated to Soviet repression, written by famous writers and dissidents. Between the sphinxes is a structure made of granite blocks in the form of an early Christian cross with a prison window and a crown of thorns made of barbed wire. The architectural solution of the monument was designed by Vyacheslav Bukhayev and Anatoly Vasiliev. The memorial was opened at the initiative of the sculptor and city authorities on April 28, 1995.
Wikipedia: Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression (Saint Petersburg) (EN)
3. Архитекторам-первостроителям Петербурга
"To the First Builders of St. Petersburg", more precisely "St. Petersburg to the First Builders" or "To the Architects-First Builders of St. Petersburg" is a monument to the first architects of St. Petersburg, A. Schlüter, J.-B. Leblond, D. Trezzini, B. F. Rastrelli and sculptor B. C. Rastrelli. It is located in the Sampsonievsky Garden near the Sampsonievsky Cathedral in the Sampsonievsky Municipal District in the Vyborg District of St. Petersburg on the site of the cemetery of the same name that previously existed here, where all these architects, with the exception of B.F. Rastrelli, were buried. The authors of the project are the architect V. B. Bukhaev and the sculptor M. M. Shemyakin. It was opened on October 17, 1995 with the participation of the Mayor of St. Petersburg A. A. Sobchak. The bronze elements of the monument were completely stolen by vandals in 2000. For the original view of the monument in its entirety, see Yandex.Photo.
4. Farnese Hercules
The Farnese Hercules is an ancient statue of Hercules, probably an enlarged copy made in the early third century AD and signed by Glykon, who is otherwise unknown; he was an Athenian but he may have worked in Rome. Like many other Ancient Roman sculptures it is a copy or version of a much older Greek original that was well known, in this case a bronze by Lysippos that would have been made in the fourth century BC. This original survived for over 1500 years until it was melted down by Crusaders in 1205 during the Sack of Constantinople. The enlarged copy was made for the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, where the statue was recovered in 1546, and is now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples. The heroically-scaled Hercules is one of the most famous sculptures of antiquity, and has fixed the image of the mythic hero in the European imagination.
5. Memorial Trolley
The Trolley memorial sign at the Admiralty Pond in Moscow's Victory Park was unveiled on September 8, 2001, the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad. It is the skeleton of a trolley mounted by wheels on granite pedestals in the form of stylized rails. This is an authentic artifact of the Brick and Pumice Factory No. 1, which was converted into a crematorium during World War II in 1942-1943. More than 100,000 bodies of victims of the Siege of Leningrad were burned in its furnaces on such trolleys. Their ashes are buried right on the shore of the pond, where the memorial sign stands. In 2001, the memorial area of the former brick factory acquired the status of an object of cultural heritage of Russia.
6. Невская застава
The Nevskaya Zastava Museum is a local history museum in the Nevsky District of St. Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1967, it has been a member of the Union of Museums of Russia since 2013. The exposition covers the historical period from the 18th to the 20th centuries, includes a memorial room of the worker V. A. Shelgunov, who was a comrade-in-arms of V. I. Lenin. The room retains the atmosphere of the early 20th century, which gives a clear idea of the life of the working class and the environment of underground revolutionaries. The museum is a regional historical and cultural center and actively works with the local community.
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7. Central Naval Museum
Central Naval Museum is a naval museum in St Petersburg, Russia, reflecting the development of Russian naval traditions and the history of the Russian Navy. The museum’s permanent display includes such relics as the Botik of Peter the Great, Catherine II’s marine throne, trophies captured in sea battles, and the 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 sculpture, navigational instruments, naval equipment and machinery from the 17th to 20th centuries and numerous models of ships.
8. Monument to the Victims of Political Persecution
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. It stands in Troitskaya (Trinity) Square in Saint Petersburg, near several other buildings directly related to political repression in the Soviet era—the House of Tsarist Political Prisoners; the prison and necropolis of the Peter and Paul Fortress; and the Bolshoy Dom or headquarters of the NKVD, both in the city and the surrounding Leningrad Region. Nowadays, the Stone also serves as a focus for commemorative events and for gatherings related to current human rights issues.
9. Памятник Юнгам
The Monument to the Cabin Boys of the Baltic is a monument in the Vasileostrovsky District of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was erected on the square of the same name on May 24, 1999. The project of the monument was conceived and implemented by the Society of Veteran Cabin Boys of the twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet. On the granite pedestal of the monument there is an inscription "To the cabin boys of the Baltic" and the years 1941 and 1945. The sculptural composition is made of bronze, and the pedestal is made of gray granite. Sculptor L. Y. Eidlin. Architect V. L. Spiridonov. Artist V. G. Passarar.
10. На Литейном
The State Dramatic Theatre on Liteyny Avenue is a theatre at 51 Liteyny Avenue, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was founded in 1909. Konstantin Tverskoy worked at the Liteinyi Theatre as director, Savely Schleifer (1881–1943) as designer. The Narodnaia Komedia took up Meyerhold's experiments from the Liteyni and Hermitage Theatre. The theatre produced many unusual offerings. In 1909 the Japanese play Terakoya was presented. Boris Romanov (1891-1957) choreographed the cabaret The Goatlegged, and Arkady Averchenko contributed sketches and vaudevilles.
11. Церковь Воскресения Христова
The Church of the Resurrection of Christ is an Orthodox church on Vasilievsky Island in Saint Petersburg, on the odd side of Kamskaya Street, at the entrance to the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery. It belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese and is attached to the Smolensk Church. The temple is stylized in the style of Moscow Baroque. Built in 1903, it operated until 1930, after which it was closed and used for various economic needs until 1991. From 1991 to the present, it has been restored. Open on Sundays, as well as Saturdays and public holidays.
Wikipedia: Воскресенская церковь на Смоленском кладбище (RU)
12. Памятник жертвам 9-го января
The Monument to the Victims of January 9, 1905 is a memorial in Saint Petersburg, Russia, erected in 1931 at the Cemetery in Memory of the Victims of January 9. It was designed by sculptor M. G. Manizer and architect V. A. Vitman. The memorial is dedicated to the demonstrators shot by the tsarist authorities during Bloody Sunday, January 9 (22), 1905 on Palace Square. It was erected on the mass grave of the victims on January 9, 1905. The monument and the mass grave have the status of a historical monument of federal significance.
13. Trubetskoy Bastion
The Trubetskoy Bastion is one of the two western bastions of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is connected with the Naryshkin Bastion by the Catherine Curtain Wall, and with the Zotov Bastion by the Vasilyevskaya Curtain Wall. This flank of the bastion has an additional cover for the gun embrasures - the orillon, in which there was a hidden passage - a sortia. From the west, the bastion is covered by the Alekseevsky ravelin, as well as a semi-counterguard, with which it is connected by a dam - a battery.
14. Nikolay Nekrasov
The monument to N. A. Nekrasov is a bust monument located in St. Petersburg, in the park near the house No. 37 on Liteiny Prospekt. It is dedicated to Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, a recognized classic of Russian literature, closely connected with St. Petersburg by his life and work. The author of the project is the sculptor V. V. Lishev. It is the only surviving monument of St. Petersburg, erected as part of Lenin's plan of monumental propaganda. The monument to Nekrasov is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
15. Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
The Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul is a Lutheran church in the center of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt. Divine services are held regularly on Sundays from 10:30 in German and Russian. The rector of the parish, Pastor Michael Schwarzkopf, is also the head of the North-West Probate of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the European Part of Russia. Also in the church building is the office of the Archbishop of the Union of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Central Asia.
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16. Эстонская церковь Святого Иоанна
St. John's Church is a Protestant church in St. Petersburg, Russia. The church is situated at the address 54 ulitsa Dekabristov, close to the Mariinsky Theater. Founded in 1859 to serve the Estonian community living in the city at that time, it is considered Estonia's symbol of independence. It was the place where in 1888 Jakob Hurt made the call to resist the Tsarist government's russification policy and on March 26, 1917, 40,000 Estonians began their march to Tauride Palace demanding national autonomy.
17. Висячий сад
The Hanging Garden of the Little Hermitage is part of the Small Hermitage building, which is part of the museum complex of the State Hermitage, built in 1764-1773 by the architects J. B. Vallin de la Mothe and Y. M. Felten, and rebuilt in 1841 by V. P. Stasov. The Hanging Garden is located on the level of the second floor, above the premises of the former stables and the arena, and occupies the space between the galleries connecting the Northern and Southern Pavilions of the Small Hermitage.
18. Spit of the Vasilievsky Island
The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns, located in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, are significant examples of Greek Revival architecture. Designed by French architect Thomas de Thomon, and inspired by the Greek Temple of Hera at Paestum, the stock exchange was constructed between 1805 and 1810. The rostral columns erected on either side of the Stock Exchange were completed in 1811. The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange is located at Birzhevaya Ploschad 4.
Wikipedia: Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns (EN)
19. Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory
The Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory, officially named the Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences at Pulkovo, is the principal astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It is located 19 km south of Saint Petersburg on Pulkovo Heights 75 metres (246 ft) above sea level. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments. It was formerly known as the Imperial Observatory at Pulkowo.
20. Chesme Church
The Chesme Church, is a small Russian Orthodox church at 12 Lensoveta Street, in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built by the Russian court architect Yury Felten in 1780, at the direction of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. A memorial church, it was erected adjacent to the Chesme Palace between Saint Petersburg and Tsarskoye Selo to commemorate the anniversary of Russia's 1770 victory over Turkish forces in Chesme Bay in the Aegean Sea during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774.
21. Peter the Great
The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet. The statue influenced a 1833 poem of the same name by Alexander Pushkin, which is widely considered one of the most significant works of Russian literature. The statue is now one of the symbols of Saint Petersburg.
22. Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a Catholic cathedral in the city of St. Petersburg from 1873 to 1926 and the residence of Metropolitan of Mogilev, the head of the Catholic Church in the Russian Empire. Administratively it belongs to the North-West region Catholic Archdiocese of Moscow, led by Archbishop Metropolitan Paolo Pezzi. Cathedral is closed to the building from the street, which is Russia's only Catholic seminary Mary Queen of the Apostles.
Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Saint Petersburg) (EN)
23. Вселенная воды
The Universe of Water Museum Complex is a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located at 56 Shpalernaya Street. The main exposition of the museum is located in the water tower, built in the brick style in 1859-1863 by the architect I. A. Mertz. The water tower, along with other buildings in the surrounding area, is part of the complex of the former main station of the St. Petersburg city water pipelines and is an architectural monument of regional significance.
24. Храм Посещения Пресвятой Девы
The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Elizabeth is a Catholic church in the former Vyborg Catholic Cemetery in the city of St. Petersburg. Administratively, it belongs to the Northwestern Region of the Archdiocese of the Mother of God, headed by Archbishop Metropolitan Paolo Pezzi. It is an architectural monument of regional significance. It is located at 21d, Mineralnaya Street. Priests from the Verbist Order (SVD) serve in the church.
Wikipedia: Храм Посещения Пресвятой Девы Марии (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)
25. Museum of Theatre and Music
The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music is the first museum in Russia dedicated to the history of Russian theatre. The museum's collection includes 450,000 exhibits that tell about drama, opera and ballet art during its existence in Russia. The museum is located in the former building of the Directorate of Imperial Theaters, which is part of the architectural ensemble of Ostrovsky Square, designed by Karl Ivanovich Rossi in the 19th century.
Wikipedia: Санкт-Петербургский музей театрального и музыкального искусства (RU), Website, Telegram, Vk, Instagram
26. Юсуповский дворец
The Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika, known as the Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace, is a former residence of the Russian noble House of Yusupov in St. Petersburg, Russia, now a museum. The building was the site of Grigori Rasputin's murder in the early morning of December 17, 1916. Sometimes called the Moika Palace to tell it apart from other palaces of the same family in Saint Petersburg, though it is not the only palace on this river in the city.
27. Andrei Sakharov
The monument to Andrei Sakharov in St. Petersburg is located on the same area on the Vasilyevsky Island, near St. Petersburg State University and the library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The sculpture of the work of the artist L.K. Lazarev was installed on a granite block-recording on the night of May 3 to 4, 2003, the opening took place on May 5. On the front side of the boulder, the inscription is knocked out: "Academician A. Sakharov."
28. Mariinsky II
The Mariinsky Theater Second Stage is the second part of a theatre complex which is made up of the original 1860 Mariinsky Theatre and the 2007 Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall. The Second Stage has been completed and a gala concert celebrating the opening, and featuring performers Plácido Domingo, Rene Pape and Anna Netrebko, was presented on 2 May 2013. The concert also celebrated the sixtieth birthday of musical director Valery Gergiev.
29. Summer Palace of Peter the Great
The Summer Palace of Peter the Great was built in Saint Petersburg between 1710 and 1714 in the northeast corner of the Summer Garden, located on an island formed by the Fontanka River, Moyka River, and the Swan Canal. Its northern perimeter runs along the left bank of the Neva River across from the Cabin of Peter the Great and Peter and Paul Fortress and was the first palace built in Saint Petersburg, the second largest city in Russia.
30. Большой концертный зал «Октябрьский»
The Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall (BKZ) (Russian: Большой концертный зал «Октя́брьский», romanized: Bol'shoy kontsertnyy zal «Oktyábr'skiy», Big Concert Hall "October") is a theatre located in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It hosts variety actors, rock musicians, and also dance and ballet collectives. Located in the Greek Square, it opened October 1967, inaugurated 50 years after the October Revolution.
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31. Апостол Пётр
Saint Peter, also known as Peter the Apostle, Simon Peter, Simeon, Simon, or Cephas, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ and one of the first leaders of the early Christian Church. He appears repeatedly and prominently in all four New Testament gospels as well as the Acts of the Apostles. Catholic tradition accredits Peter as the first bishop of Rome—or pope—and also as the first bishop of Antioch.
32. Паровоз H2-293
H2-293-a steam locomotive built by the American steam locomotive company Richmond Locomotive Works for Finland railways in 1900, on which V. I. Lenin illegally crossed the Finland border on August 10 and October 7, 1917. Currently, this steam locomotive is one of the few surviving steam locomotives of this series, belongs to the cultural heritage objects is stored in St. Petersburg in the territory of the Finland Station.
33. St. Maria of Lourde Roman Catholic Church
The Church of the Mother of God of Lurda is a Catholic church in the Liteiny District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1903-1909 for the needs of the French Catholic community according to the project of architects L. N. Benois and M. M. Peretyatkovich. It was consecrated on December 5, 1909 by Bishop John Ciepliak. From 1938 to 1992, the church remained the only functioning Catholic church in Leningrad.
Wikipedia: Храм Лурдской Божией Матери (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)
34. Artillery Museum
The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, also known simply as the Artillery Museum, is a state-owned military museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its collections – consisting of Russian military equipment, uniforms and decorations – are hosted in the Kronverk situated on the right bank of the Neva near Alexander Park. The museum is managed by the Russian Ministry of Defence.
Wikipedia: Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps (EN), Website
35. Героическому Комсомолу
The Monument to the Heroic Komsomol is a sculptural monument in Saint Petersburg, Russia, erected in 1968 on Komsomolskaya Square. Dedicated to the heroism and labor feats of Komsomol members. The monument was designed by a team of sculptors V. I. Gordon, V. G. Timoshenko, O. I. Kuznetsov, architects B. B. Fabritsky and I. P. Shmelev. The monument is a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
36. Дом эмира Бухарского
The house of Emira Bukharsky is a apartment building in St. Petersburg, built in 1913-1914 by order of the Emir of Bukhara Seyid Abdulahad Khan for his son Seyid Alim Khan. Emir invited him to build an architect Stepan Krichinsky, who previously participated in the construction of a cathedral mosque. For the project of the house, the emir awarded the architect the Order of the noble Bukhara.
37. Tovstonogov Great Drama Theater
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, formerly known as Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater (1931–1992), often referred to as the Bolshoi Drama Theater and by the acronym BDT, is a theater in Saint Petersburg, that is considered one of the best Russian theaters. The theater is named after its long-time director Georgy Tovstonogov. Since 2013, Andrey Moguchy is the artistic director of the theater.
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38. М. Ю. Лермонтов
The Monument to Mikhail Lermontov is a sculptural monument to the Russian poet and writer Mikhail Lermontov. It was installed in 1916 in St. Petersburg on Lermontovsky Prospekt in the Lermontov Square in front of the building of the Nikolaev Cavalry School. The author of the monument project is the sculptor B. M. Mikeshin. The monument is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
Wikipedia: Памятник Лермонтову (Санкт-Петербург, Лермонтовский проспект) (RU)
39. Nicholas I
The Monument to Nicholas I is a bronze equestrian monument of Nicholas I of Russia on St Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was created by French sculptor Auguste de Montferrand and unveiled on July 7 [O.S. June 25] , 1859, the six-meter statue was considered a technical wonder at the time of its creation. It is one of only a few bronze statues with only two support points.
40. Leningrad Hero City Obelisk
Leningrad Hero City Obelisk is a monument in the shape of an obelisk located in Vosstaniya Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991. It was installed on Victory Day of May 1985 to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the Red Army's victory in the German-Soviet War. The monument was designed by architects Vladimir Lukyanov and A. I. Alymov.
41. Апостол Павел
Paul, commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world. For his contributions towards the New Testament, he is generally regarded as one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, and he also founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe from the mid-40s to the mid-50s AD.
42. Ivan Krusenstern
Memorial to I. F. Krusenstern is a sculptural monument to the Russian navigator, Admiral I. F. Krusenstern, located in St. Petersburg on the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment opposite the Marine Corps building. It was made in 1873 according to the project of the sculptor I. N. Schroeder and the architect I. A. Monighetti. The monument is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
43. Column of Glory
The Column of Glory, sometimes called the Russo-Turkish War Memorial column, is a victory memorial situated in the immediate surroundings of the Trinity Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Completed in 2004 as a gift at the 300th anniversary of the city in 2003, the monument is an exact replica of a monument from 1886 that was destroyed by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in 1929.
44. Chapel of the Holy Trinity
The Old Trinity Cathedral was the oldest church in St. Petersburg, Russia. 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 Neva River bank is commemorated by a chapel.
45. Нижним чинам Лейб-Гвардии Финляндского полка
The commemoration of the Finnish heroes was erected at the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery in St. Petersburg as a tribute to the memory of the lower ranks of the Life Guards of the Finland Regiment, who died as a result of a terrorist act in the Winter Palace, carried out on February 5, 1880 by members of the Narodnaya Volya movement, who attempted to kill Emperor Alexander II.
46. Ши-Цза
Shi-tsa is a pair of granite mythological lions-guards installed at the descent to the Neva River on Petrovskaya Embankment in Saint Petersburg. The sculptures are 4.5 m high and weigh 2.5 tons each. On both pedestals there is an inscription: "Shi-tsa from the city of Girin in Manchuria was transported to St. Petersburg in 1907. Gift of General of Infantry N. I. Grodekov".
47. Museum of Soil Science
V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil was founded in 1902 at Saint Petersburg by Vasilli Vasil'evich Dokuchaev (1846–1903). Commonly regarded as the father of Soil science, Dokuchaev started his extensive collection of soil samples in 1880. The first museum of soil sciences in the world, V.V. Dokuchaev Central Pedological Museum, opened in 1904, a year after his death.
Wikipedia: V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil (EN), Website
48. Памятник Володарскому
The V. Volodarsky Monument is a sculptural monument in St. Petersburg, erected in 1925 on the left bank of the Neva River, not far from the site of the murder of the revolutionary V. Volodarsky. It was designed by sculptors M. G. Manizer, L. V. Blaise-Manizer and architect V. A. Vitman. The monument has the status of a monument of monumental art of federal significance.
49. Обелиск казнённым декабристам
The Obelisk to the Executed Decembrists is a memorial in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located in the Decembrists Garden at the intersection of Nalichnaya and Uralskaya streets. The obelisk was erected at the supposed burial place of the leaders of the Decembrist uprising, who were executed in 1826. The monument is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
50. Здание Пробирной палаты
The building of the Pier Chamber is a demolished monument of the history and architecture of St. Petersburg of the 18th-19th centuries. The building overlooked the Griboyedov Canal and Kazanskaya Street. In the last quarter of the 19th century, prominent architects Veniamin Stukkei, Pavel Suzor and Heinrich Prang worked on its reconstruction and expansion.
51. St. Vladimir's Cathedral
The Prince St. Vladimir's Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of St. Equal to the Apostles Prince Vladimir is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located on Blokhin Street in the Petrogradsky District of the city across the Malaya Neva from the Spit of Vasilevsky Island, in close proximity to the Sportivnaya metro station.
Wikipedia: St. Vladimir's Cathedral (Saint Petersburg) (EN), Website
52. Александровские ворота
The Aleksandrovskiye Vorota is the former gate of the Okhta Gunpowder Factory in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built according to the project of Fyodor Ivanovich Demertsov in 1806. A monument of classicism architecture. They are located on the bank of the Okhta River, in the eastern part of the Great Ilyinsky Garden, not far from the Okhta Dam.
53. сквер Шевченко
Shevchenko Square is a square in the Petrogradsky District of Saint Petersburg, formed by the intersection of Maly Prospekt of the Petrograd Side, Levashovsky Prospekt and Ordinarnaya Street. It was named in 2001 in honor of the great Ukrainian poet, prose writer and artist Taras Shevchenko, whose life was closely connected with St. Petersburg.
54. Государственный мемориальный музей А. В. Суворова
Suvorov Memorial Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is a military museum dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800). It was founded in 1900 to commemorate the century of Suvorov's death. In 1904, the museum moved into the present building, purpose-built to a design by Alexander von Hohen in a Russian Revival style.
55. Д. И. Менделеев
The Mendeleev Monument is a sculptural monument to the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. It is located in St. Petersburg near the building of the Chamber of Weights and Measures on Moskovsky Prospekt. The monument was made in 1932 according to the project of the sculptor I. Y. Ginzburg. It is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
56. Музей-квартира А. И. Куинджи
The A. I. Kuindzhi Apartment Museum is a memorial museum of the Russian artist Arkhip Kuindzhi in St. Petersburg, located in the house 1/10 on Birzhevoy Lane, in the apartment where the artist lived the last 13 years of his life - from 1897 to 1910. It was founded in 1989 and is a branch of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts.
57. Часовня св. Блаженной Ксении Петербужской
The Chapel of St. Xenia the Blessed is an Orthodox chapel in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located in the Vasileostrovsky district at the Smolensk cemetery. Open daily from 8.00 am to 7.00 pm. It is attached to the Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of God. In the chapel there are the relics of Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg.
58. Мало-Михайловский дворец
The Mikhail Mikhailovich Palace is a palace in the center of St. Petersburg, an architectural monument. Built according to the design of Maximilian Messmacher. It is called a palace, although it was never used for its intended purpose, since Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich was exiled from Russia after his marriage to Sophia Merenberg.
59. Церковь Святых и праведных Симеона Богоприимца и Анны Пророчицы
The Church of Simeon and Anna is a parish Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, on the corner of Belinsky and Mokhovaya streets, an architectural monument, one of the oldest churches in the city. It belongs to the Central Deanery of the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Former Chapter Church of the Order of St. Anne.
Wikipedia: Церковь Симеона и Анны (Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website
60. Дом Зингера
Singer House, also widely known as the House of the Book, is a historic building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located at the intersection of Nevsky Prospekt and the Griboyedov Canal, directly opposite the Kazan Cathedral. It is recognized as a historical landmark and has official status as an object of Russian cultural heritage.
61. Gosudarev Bastion
Gosudarev Bastion is one of the two eastern bastions of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is connected with the Naryshkin Bastion by the Neva Curtain Wall, and with the Menshikov Bastion by the Petrovskaya Curtain Wall. From the east, the bastion is covered by the Ioannovsky ravelin and the semi-counterguard.
62. В. П. Алексеев
The monument to V. P. Alekseev is a monument to Vasily Petrovich Alekseev, a worker of the Putilov plant, a member of the Narva District Committee of the RSDLP, one of the organizers of the Petrograd Socialist Union of Working Youth, a participant in the Civil War, and the chairman of the Gatchina Revolutionary Committee in 1919.
63. Церковь Смоленской иконы Божией Матери
The Smolinsk Icon of the Mother of God on Vasilyevsky Island is one of the oldest Orthodox churches of St. Petersburg. It is located in the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery on Vasilyevskiy Island. According to tradition, the church was built by Blessed Xenia of St. Petersburg, who wore bricks on building forests secretly at night.
64. парк Боевого Братства
Combat Brotherhood Park is a park in the Nevsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located in the historical district of Vesely Poselok between Badaev Street, John Reed Street, the end wall of the Nevskaya Volna Water Sports Center and the intra-block passage along the even addresses of houses on John Reed Street.
65. Памятник жертвам взрыва на даче П. А. Столыпина
The explosion on the Aptekara Island is an attempt by Maximalist SRs on Prime Minister of the Russian Empire Petro Stolypin on 12 August 1906, in which he was not seriously injured, but the explosion affected more than 100 people, of whom 27 were killed on the spot and 33 were seriously wounded and many died subsequently.
66. Academic Chapel
The St. Petersburg State Academic Capella, is the oldest active Russian professional musical institution with a history dating back to 1479. It is based in the city of Saint Petersburg. It has had various names over the years, including "St. Peterburg Court Chapel" and the "Glinka State Choir of St. Petersburg".
Wikipedia: St. Petersburg State Academic Capella (EN), Website
67. Church of the Holy Trinity
The Church of the Holy Trinity "Kulich and Easter" is a parish Orthodox church in the Nevsky district of St. Petersburg. It belongs to the Nevsky Deanery of the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. It was built in the style of Russian classicism in 1785-1790 by the architect Nikolai Lvov.
68. Усадьба Миниха
Minich's Cottage, or Minich's Manor House, is a classicist mansion built in 1953 with a four-column portico on the foundation of the former manor house of the former dacha of Count Christopher Sergeyevich Minich. It is located at 19 Chekistov Street. Cultural Heritage Site of Federal Significance
69. The Winter Palace of Peter the Great
The Simni Palace Petra I is the personal residence of Emperor Peter I, erected on the Neva embankment near the Winter Groove, an architectural monument of the early 18th century, partially preserved and located in the Hermitage Theatre building, is included in the State Hermitage Museum Complex.
70. Крестовоздвиженский собор
The Holy Cross Cossack Cathedral is an Orthodox parish church in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the intersection of Ligovsky Prospekt and the Obvodny Canal, one of the oldest parishes in St. Petersburg. It is part of the Central Deanery of the St. Petersburg Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church
Wikipedia: Крестовоздвиженский собор (Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk
71. Каменноостровский театр
The Kamenny Island Theatre is a wooden theatre on the grounds of the Kamennoostrovsky Palace, Kamenny Island, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is the only surviving wooden theatre in St. Petersburg, and one of the few remaining in Europe. The theatre is a world heritage site protected by UNESCO.
Wikipedia: Kamenny Island Theatre (EN), Website, Telegram, Vk, Whatsapp
72. Д. С. Щемлев
The Battle for Height 776, part of the larger Battle of Ulus-Kert, was an engagement in the Second Chechen War that took place during fighting for control of the Argun River gorge in the highland Shatoysky District of central Chechnya, between the villages of Ulus-Kert and Selmentauzen.
73. Дача Чернова
Chernov's Dacha, or Sosnovka, is a monument of the period of architectural eclecticism in the Nevsky District of St. Petersburg on the right bank of the Neva River, above the Volodarsky Bridge, opposite the once standing River Station. Address: Oktyabrskaya embankment, house No. 72.
74. Steregushchy Torpedo Boat
The Monument to Steregushchy is a monument to the heroic death of the destroyer Steregushchy in 1904 in the battle of the Russo-Japanese War. It is the only monument in St. Petersburg in the Art Nouveau style and the last one built before the revolution. It was opened in May 1911.
75. Dacha Durnovo
Dacha Durnovo (Russian: Дача Дурново) is the countryside manor of Bakunin family and Durnovo family. It is an architectural monument of classicism, located on 22 Sverdlovsk Embankment, St. Petersburg, Russia. (Russian: Свердловская Набережная, 22)
76. Mariinsky Theatre Concert hall
The Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre is a concert hall complex in St. Petersburg, located in two buildings: the building of the Mariinsky Theatre's Scenery Workshops, rebuilt in the 2000s at 20 Pisareva Street, and the connected Southern Building at 39 Dekabristov Street.
77. Казанская церковь
The Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God at the Krasnenskoye Cemetery is an Orthodox church in the Kirovsky District of St. Petersburg, near the Krasnenskoye Cemetery. The main church of the Kirov deanery of the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Wikipedia: Храм Казанской иконы Божией Матери у Красненького кладбища (RU), Website
78. Lopukhinsky Garden
Lopukhinsky Garden is a garden in St. Petersburg, a monument of architecture and history of regional significance. It is located on the odd-numbered side of Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt between Akademika Pavlova Street and Malaya Nevka. The area of the garden is 5.7 hectares.
79. А. С. Попов
The monument to the inventor of radio, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, in St. Petersburg is located in the park on Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt in the Petrogradsky district of the city. It was established in 1959. The monument is a cultural heritage site of federal significance.
80. Мемориал в память обороны города Стелла и якорь
Kirovsky Val is a memorial complex within the Green Belt of Glory. He marked the line in the Kirov district, where Soviet soldiers, sailors and militiamen stopped the fascist offensive in September 1941. It was built by the workers of the Kirovsky district of Leningrad.
81. Saint Petersburg Mosque
The Saint Petersburg Mosque, when opened in 1913, was the largest mosque in Europe outside Turkey. The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. Its two minarets are 49 meters high and the dome is 39 meters high. It can accommodate up to five thousand worshippers.
82. Obukhovskaya Hospital
The Obukhovskaya Hospital is one of the first city hospitals in Russia. Currently, the building of the former women's building in St. Petersburg houses the Naval Therapy Clinic of the Kirov Military Medical Academy, most of the buildings are closed for reconstruction.
83. Lev Gumilev Apartment Museum
The Lev Gumilev Apartment Museum is a branch of the Anna Akhmatova Museum in the Fountain House, opened in St. Petersburg in 2004. It is located in the apartment where the scientist and poet Lev Nikolaevich Gumilev spent the last years of his life, from 1990 to 1992.
Wikipedia: Музей-квартира Льва Гумилёва (RU), Website, Vk, Facebook, Instagram
84. сквер Товстоногова
Tovstonogov Square-Square in the Petrograd district of St. Petersburg. It is located inside the residential development of the Petrograd side, limited by houses No. 1, 3 and 5 in Troitskaya Square, No. 1 and 3 on Kuibyshev Street and No. 4 on Petrovskaya embankment.
85. Isaak Brodsky Apartment Museum
The Brodsky Apartment Museum is one of the St. Petersburg branches of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts. The museum was opened in 1949 in the Golenishchev-Kutuzov House on Arts Square, where the artist Isaac Brodsky lived for the last 15 years.
86. Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located in Saint Petersburg, on Universitetskaya Embankment. It is one of the ten largest nature history museums in the world.
Wikipedia: Zoological Museum (Saint Petersburg) (EN), Website
87. Музей Г. Р. Державина
The Derzhavin Estate Museum is the mansion of Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin in St. Petersburg, at 118 Fontanka Embankment, next to Derzhavinsky Lane. Since 2003, it has been a literary and memorial museum, a branch of the All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin.
88. Памятник бравому солдату Швейку
Monument to the Brown Soldier Swed-a monument erected on the Balkan Square in St. Petersburg to the soldier Schweik, the satirical character, the main character of the novel of the Czech writer Yaroslav Gashek "The adventures of the brave soldier Schweik."
Wikipedia: Памятник бравому солдату Швейку (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)
89. Церковь Шестаковской иконы Божией Матери Грузинского прихода
The Church of the Shestokovskaya Icon of the Mother of God is an Orthodox church in the Central District of St. Petersburg, Russia. It belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. An architectural monument of federal significance.
90. Церковь Покрова Пресвятой Богородицы
The Church of the Intercession on Borovaya Street is an Orthodox church in St. Petersburg, Russia. It belongs to the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church. Since 2012, it has had the status of a metochion of the Antonievo-Dymsky Monastery.
91. Спасо-Преображенская церковь
The Church of the Transfiguration of the Savior of the Life Guards Grenadier Regiment is an Orthodox church on Aptekarsky Island in St. Petersburg, Russia. It belongs to the Petrograd deanery of the St. Petersburg diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Wikipedia: Храм Преображения Господня на Аптекарском острове (RU)
92. Театр имени Андрея Миронова
The St. Petersburg theater "Russian Enterprise" named after Andrei Mironov was founded in Leningrad on November 1, 1988 by actor and entrepreneur Rudolf Furmanov, who was its artistic director for more than 32 years until his death on April 9, 2021.
Wikipedia: Санкт-Петербургский театр «Русская антреприза» имени Андрея Миронова (RU), Website
93. Ново-Михайловский дворец
The New Michael Palace was the third Saint Petersburg palace designed by Andrei Stackenschneider for Nicholas I's children. It was built between 1857 and 1862 on the Palace Embankment, between the Hermitage Museum buildings and the Marble Palace.
94. Водонапорная башня завода «Красный гвоздильщик»
The water tower of the Krasny Gvozdilshchik plant is located in St. Petersburg, at 4 25th line of Vasilievsky Island, at the corner with the Maslyany Canal. It is recognized as an example of the style of constructivism and the Soviet avant-garde.
Wikipedia: Водонапорная башня завода «Красный гвоздильщик» (RU)
95. Блокадная прорубь
The "Block Ice-Hole" is a memorial sign in St. Petersburg on the descent of the Fontanka River embankment, near house 21, at the place where during the blockade there was an ice-hole, to which the residents of the besieged city went to get water.
96. Санкт-Петербургский театр «Мастерская»
The St. Petersburg Theater "Workshop" is a professional drama theater under the leadership of Grigory Kozlov, founded in 2010 on the basis of the acting and directorial course of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Theater Arts (St. Petersburg).
Wikipedia: Санкт-Петербургский театр «Мастерская» (RU), Website
97. Monument to Alexander III
The Monument to Emperor Alexander III is a monument to the Russian Emperor Alexander III by the sculptor Paolo Trubetskoy. It was erected in 1909 on Znamenskaya Square in St. Petersburg. Now it is located in the courtyard of the Marble Palace.
98. А. А. Валидов
The bust of Ahmet Zaki Validi is a bust of the Turkologist Ahmet Zaki Validi, located in 2008-2021 in the courtyard of the complex of buildings of St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Oriental Studies of St. Petersburg State University.
99. Научно-исследовательский музей Российской академии художеств
The Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts (Template:Sokr) is the first art museum in the building of the Imperial Academy of Arts on the University Embankment of Vasilievsky Island. It claims to be the oldest art museum in Russia.
Wikipedia: Музей Российской академии художеств (RU), Vk, Website
100. Планетарий 1
Planetarium No. 1 is a planetarium opened in 2017 in St. Petersburg in the gas holder building of the former Main Gas Plant of the Metropolitan Lighting Society. The diameter of the geodesic dome is the largest in the world – 37 meters.
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