Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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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 PetersburgSight 1: Паровоз H2-293
The Finish locomotive H2 293 is a memorial-locomotive, displayed at the Finland Station in Saint Petersburg. It gained historical relevance when Vladimir Lenin fled Petrograd in 1917 while disguised as a stoker.
Sight 2: Hygieia
The fountain "Hygeia" ("Hygeia") is a historical sculpture in St. Petersburg, an inactive fountain. It is located in the front courtyard of the main building of the Military Medical Academy. An object of cultural heritage of federal significance.
Sight 3: сквер Товстоногова
Tovstonagov Square is a square in the Petrogradsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located inside the residential development of the Petrograd Side, bounded by houses No 1, 3 and 5 on Troitskaya Square, No 1 and 3 on Kuibyshev Street and No 4 on Petrovskaya Embankment.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: Peter the First
Sight 6: Ши-Цза
Shi-tza (Shi-za) is a pair of granite mythological lions-guards installed at the descent to the Neva River on Petrovskaya Embankment in St. 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 Jilin in Manchuria was transported to St. Petersburg in 1907. A gift from General of Infantry N. I. Grodekov." Another pair of sculptures of such lions appeared in St. Petersburg for the city's tercentenary at the beginning of the 21st century, in the Central District of the city on Liteiny Prospekt, in the Shanghai Garden created there for this anniversary — see Garden of Friendship (St. Petersburg).
Sight 7: 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.
Sight 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.
Sight 9: John gates
St. John's Gate is a gate in the Ioannovsky ravelin of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia. They provide passage from the Ioannovsky Bridge into the fortress through the Petrovsky Gate.
Sight 10: Menshikov Bastion
Menshikov Bastion is one of the two eastern bastions of the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sight 11: Gosudarev Bastion
The State Bastion is one of the two eastern bastions of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, facing the Neva River. It is connected to the Naryshkin Bastion by the Neva Curtain Wall, and to Menshikov by the Petrovskaya Curtain Wall. From the east, the bastion is covered by the Ioannovsky ravelin and a semi-counterguard.
Sight 12: Peter I Monument
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)
Sight 13: Trubetskoy Bastion
Trubetskoy Bastion is one of the two western bastions of the Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg, facing the Vasilyevsky Island. He is connected by the Catherine Kurtin with Naryshkin’s bastion, and Vasilievskaya Kurtin with Zotov. This Bastion Fill has an additional cover for gun embrasures - Orillon, in which there was a hidden passage - a toilet. From the west, the bastion is covered by Alekseevsky ravelin, as well as a half -contract, with which it is connected by a dam - Batardo.
Sight 14: 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
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