Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #13 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 14.4 km
Ascend 211 m
Descend 205 m

Explore Saint Petersburg in Russia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in Saint Petersburg

Sight 1: Паровоз H2-293

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Паровоз H2-293 Original uploader was JGHowes at en.wikipedia (Исходный текст: en:User:JGHowes, photographer (Canon AE-1 camera)) / Attribution

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.

Wikipedia: H2-293 (RU)

579 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: Hygia

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Hygieia is a goddess from Greek mythology. Hygieia is a goddess of health, cleanliness and hygiene. Her name is the source for the word "hygiene".

Wikipedia: Hygieia (EN)

1982 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 3: Peter the First

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48 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Cabin of Peter the Great

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Cabin of Peter the Great

The cabin of Peter the Great is a small wooden house which was the first St Petersburg "palace" of Tsar Peter the Great.

Wikipedia: Cabin of Peter the Great (EN), Website

583 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 5: State Museum of Political History of Russia

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The State Museum of Political History of Russia is a political museum located in Saint Petersburg. It archives and showcases the political history of the Russian Federation.

Wikipedia: Museum of Political History of Russia (EN), Ok, Telegram, Vk, Website

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Saint Petersburg Mosque

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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.

Wikipedia: Saint Petersburg Mosque (EN)

412 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Steregushchy Torpedo Boat

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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.

Wikipedia: Памятник «Стерегущему» (RU)

512 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: John gates

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John gates Poudou99 / CC BY-SA 4.0

St. John's Gate is a gate in the Ioannovsky ravelin of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, Russia. They provide a passage from the Ioannovsky Bridge into the fortress through the Petrovsky Gate.

Wikipedia: Иоанновские ворота (RU)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Gosudarev Bastion

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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.

Wikipedia: Государев бастион Петропавловской крепости (RU)

193 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Peter I Monument

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The Monument to Peter I in the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a bronze statue by Mihail Chemiakin. It was designed and cast in the United States in the 1980s and donated by Chemiakin to the city. It was installed on 6–7 June 1991.

Wikipedia: Monument to Peter I (Peter and Paul Fortress) (EN)

239 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Menshikov Bastion

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Menshikov Bastion is one of the two eastern bastions of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Wikipedia: Меншиков бастион Петропавловской крепости (RU)

956 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 12: Artillery Museum

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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

1205 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: сквер Виктора Цоя

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Viktor Tsoi Square is a public garden in the Petrogradsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located on the corner of Zverinskaya Street and Lyubansky Lane, near the house No. 2 on Lyubansky Lane.

Wikipedia: Сквер Виктора Цоя (RU)

525 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: St. Vladimir's Cathedral

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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

1608 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 15: Музей-квартира А. И. Куинджи

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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.

Wikipedia: Музей-квартира А. И. Куинджи (RU), Website

1430 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 16: Храм Благовещения Пресвятой Богородицы

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The Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos is an Orthodox church on Vasilievsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Wikipedia: Благовещенская церковь (Санкт-Петербург, Васильевский остров) (RU), Website

1014 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 17: Камский сад

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Kamsky Garden is a public garden in the Vasileostrovsky District of St. Petersburg on the banks of the Smolenka River, between the 13th and 14th lines. It is named after Kamskaya Street, which runs from the south side.

Wikipedia: Камский сад (RU)

589 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 18: Церковь Воскресения Христова

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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)

576 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Нижним чинам Лейб-Гвардии Финляндского полка

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Нижним чинам Лейб-Гвардии Финляндского полка Витольд Муратов / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Памятник героям-финляндцам (RU)

1486 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 20: Музей школы Карла Мая

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Музей школы Карла Мая

Karl May School is a secondary school in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Wikipedia: Karl May School (EN)

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