Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 5.8 km
Ascend 87 m
Descend 94 m

Experience Saint Petersburg in Russia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Saint Petersburg

Sight 1: Lev Gumilev Apartment Museum

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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

859 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: 5 углов

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Five corners are an unofficial name for the intersection in St. Petersburg, formed by the intersection of suburban prospectus with the streets of the Revelet, Rubinstein and Lomonosov. The intersection has existed since the 1760s.

Wikipedia: Пять углов (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

595 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Музей-квартира Н. А. Римского-Корсакова

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The Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Museum-Apartment is a branch of the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music.

Wikipedia: Rimsky-Korsakov Apartment and Museum (EN), Website, Vk

1944 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 4: Obukhovskaya Hospital

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The Otrakhovsky sickness is one of the first city hospitals in Russia. Currently, in the building of the former female corps in St. Petersburg there is a clinic of naval therapy of the S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy, most of the corps is closed for reconstruction.

Wikipedia: Обуховская больница (RU)

603 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: Д. И. Менделеев

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The monument to D. I. Mendeleev is a sculptural monument to the Russian chemist D. I. 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. Gintsburg. It is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.

Wikipedia: Памятник Менделееву (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

658 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: Измайловский сад

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Izmailovsky Garden is a park in St. Petersburg, located on the embankment of the Fontanka River.

Wikipedia: Измайловский сад (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

40 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Youth Theatre on the Fontanka

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The St. Petersburg State Youth Theater on the Fontanka is a theater in St. Petersburg. The artistic director of the theater is People's Artist of Russia Semyon Yakovlevich Spivak.

Wikipedia: Санкт-Петербургский государственный молодёжный театр на Фонтанке (RU), Website

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Музей Г. Р. Державина

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The Museum-Estate of G. R. Derzhavin is the mansion of Gavriil Romanovich Derzhavin in St. Petersburg, on the Fontanka Embankment, 118, 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.

Wikipedia: Музей-усадьба Державина (RU)

482 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Театр Дождей

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The Rain Theater is a drama theater in St. Petersburg, founded in 1990 by Natalia Nikitina.

Wikipedia: Театр Дождей (RU), Website, Vk

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Column of Glory

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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.

Wikipedia: Column of Glory (EN)

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