Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Experience Saint Petersburg in Russia in a whole new way with our free 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 PetersburgSight 1: Fabergé Museum
The Fabergé Museum in Saint Petersburg is a privately owned museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was established by Viktor Vekselberg and his Link of Times foundation in order to repatriate lost cultural valuables to Russia. The museum is located in central Saint Petersburg at the Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace on the Fontanka River. The museum's collection contains more than 4,000 works of decorative applied and fine arts, including gold and silver items, paintings, porcelain and bronze. A highlight of the museum's collection is the group of nine Imperial Easter eggs created by Fabergé for the last two Russian Tsars.
Sight 2: Блокадная прорубь
“Blocade Promobube” is a memorial sign in St. Petersburg on the descent of the Fontanka River embankment, near house 21, on the place where during the years of the blockade there was an ice hole, to which the inhabitants of the besieged city went for water.
Sight 3: Museum of Hygiene
The Museum of Hygiene is a natural science museum in St. Petersburg. It was founded in 1919.
Sight 4: Академический драматический театр имени В. Ф. Комиссаржевской
The Komissarzhevskaya Theatre is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is named after Vera Komissarzhevskaya.
Wikipedia: Komissarzhevskaya Theatre (EN), Website, Telegram, Vk, Youtube
Sight 5: Театр марионеток им. Е. С. Деммени
The St. Petersburg State Puppet Theater named after E. S. Demmeni is the first professional puppet theater in Russia. It is located in the center of St. Petersburg on Nevsky Prospekt.
Wikipedia: Театр марионеток имени Е. С. Деммени (RU), Website, Vk
Sight 6: Karl Bulla Photography Museum
The Karl Bulla Foundation for Historical Photography is a private photo salon in the center of St. Petersburg, one of the oldest in Russia. The main task of the foundation is to study and popularize Russian photography of the 19th and first half of the 20th century.
Wikipedia: Фонд исторической фотографии имени Карла Буллы (RU), Website, Vk
Sight 7: Leningrad Siege Loudspeaker
The “blocked reproducer” is a commemorative sign in St. Petersburg on the corner of the building on Nevsky Prospekt 54/ and Malaya Sadovaya Street, where during the years of the blockade a loudspeaker was installed, transferring the news from the front.
Sight 8: Saint-Petersburg Photographer
The Monument to the St. Petersburg Photographer is a bronze monument on Malaya Sadovaya Street in the center of St. Petersburg, erected on January 25, 2001 according to the project of L. V. Domrachev and B. A. Petrov. It is a 2.5-meter figure of a photographer who is preparing for a shoot. The photographer is holding an open umbrella, and an English bulldog is hiding under the tripod on which the camera is installed.
Sight 9: Театр комедии имени Н. П. Акимова
The Nikolay Akimov Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre is a theatre at 56 Nevsky Prospect, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Wikipedia: Saint Petersburg Comedy Theatre (EN), Vk, Website
Sight 10: Museum of Theatre and Music
The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theater and Music is the first museum in Russia dedicated to the history of Russian theater. The museum's collection includes 450,000 exhibits that tell about the art of drama, opera and ballet during its existence in Russia. The museum is located in the former building of the Directorate of the Imperial Theaters, which is part of the architectural ensemble of Ostrovsky Square, designed by Karl Ivanovich Rossi in the XIX century.
Wikipedia: Санкт-Петербургский музей театрального и музыкального искусства (RU), Website, Telegram, Vk, Instagram
Sight 11: Alexandrinsky Theatre
Sight 12: Catherine II
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The Monument to Catherine II is a monument on Ostrovsky Square in St. Petersburg, erected in honor of Empress Catherine II in 1873.
Sight 13: Armenian apostolic Church of St. Catherine
St. Catherine's Armenian Church is an Armenian Apostolic church on Nevsky Prospect, in central Saint Petersburg, Russia. Built in the 1770s, it is one of the earliest Armenian churches in Russia.
Sight 14: Остапу Бендеру
The monument to Ostap Bender in St. Petersburg was erected near the house of Jaco on Italianskaya Street in the Central District of the city.
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