Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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.

Wikipedia: Moika Palace (EN), Website

Alexeevsky Palace is a Revivalist palace compound on the bank of the Moika River in Saint Petersburg. It was erected in the mid-1880s as a private residence of Grand Duke Alexis and his family.

Wikipedia: Alexis Palace (EN), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Central Naval Museum (EN), Website, Youtube

In many countries, kilometre zero or similar terms in other languages denote a particular location from which distances are traditionally measured and some use this as their official country location or coordinates for faster search at space satellites, this is also used for measuring distances between different countries around the world. Historically, they were markers where drivers could set their odometers to follow the directions in early roaming guide books.

Wikipedia: Kilometre zero (EN)

The A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications is a museum of science and technology founded in 1872. It is located in the historic centre of Saint Petersburg, Russia, near Saint Isaac's Square.

Wikipedia: A.S. Popov Central Museum of Communications (EN), Website, Vk

The water level monitoring system in St. Petersburg is a system of structures.

Wikipedia: Система наблюдения за уровнем воды в Санкт-Петербурге (RU)

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.

Wikipedia: Monument to Nicholas I (EN)

The history of the St. Petersburg tram dates back to September 29, 1907, and the history of its predecessor, the horse-drawn tram, dates back to 1860.

Wikipedia: История санкт-петербургского трамвая (RU)

The monument to Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov in St. Petersburg was installed in the Alexander Garden in the Admiralteysky district of the city.

Wikipedia: Памятник Лермонтову (Санкт-Петербург, Александровский сад) (RU)

The House of the Lady of Pikov is a mansion in St. Petersburg on Malaya Morskaya Street, 10, where Princess N. P. Golitsyna, who became the prototype of the countess in the story by A. S. Pushkin "The Queen of Spades", lived.

Wikipedia: Дом Пиковой дамы (RU)

The Petrovskaya Aquatoria is a historical model museum in St. Petersburg, made on a scale of 1:87 on an area of more than 500 sq. m. The total area of the museum is 1100 sq. m. A feature of the museum is the recreation of the water area of the Neva and the Gulf of Finland using real water, as well as the use of its own patented technical developments. The museum is located at the intersection of Malaya Morskaya Street and Kirpichny Lane, in the building of the Admiral shopping mall.

Wikipedia: Петровская Акватория (RU), Website

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.

Wikipedia: Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (EN), Vk, Facebook, Website

Paul, also named Saul of Tarsus, 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.

Wikipedia: Paul the Apostle (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Saint Peter (EN)

The monument to Gogol in St. Petersburg is located on Malaya Konyushennaya Street, is one of the sights of the city.

Wikipedia: Памятник Гоголю (Санкт-Петербург, Малая Конюшенная улица) (RU)

Monuments to Kutuzov and Barclay de Tolly in St. Petersburg are installed on Kazanskaya Square near Nevsky Prospekt in the Central District of the city.

Wikipedia: Памятники Кутузову и Барклаю-де-Толли (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

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.

Wikipedia: Singer House (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Памятник Остапу Бендеру (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

The Museum of the Apartment of I. I. Brodskoy 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.

Wikipedia: Музей-квартира И. И. Бродского (RU)

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 Arts Square 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)

The Russian Museum of Ethnography is a museum in St. Petersburg that houses a collection of about 500,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples of the former Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

Wikipedia: Russian Museum of Ethnography (EN), Website

The Komissarzhevskaya Theatre is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is named after Vera Komissarzhevskaya.

Wikipedia: Komissarzhevskaya Theatre (EN), Website, Telegram, Vk, Youtube

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.

Wikipedia: Saint Catherine's Armenian Church (EN)

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.

Wikipedia: Памятник петербургскому фотографу (RU)

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

"Blockade 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 inhabitants of the besieged city went for water.

Wikipedia: Блокадная прорубь (RU)

The Monument to Peter I is a bronze equestrian monument of Peter the Great in front of the St. Michael's Castle in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Wikipedia: Monument to Peter I (St. Michael's Castle) (EN)

Circus Ciniselli was the first brick-built circus in Russia; it is situated beside the Fontanka in Saint Petersburg.

Wikipedia: Ciniselli Circus (EN), Website, Vk

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.

Wikipedia: Liteyny Theatre (EN), Website, Ok, Telegram, Vk

The Church of Our Lady of Lurda is a Catholic church in the Liteiny District of St. Petersburg. 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 Tseplyak. From 1938 to 1992, the temple remained the only functioning Catholic church in Leningrad.

Wikipedia: Храм Лурдской Божией Матери (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)