Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 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: Выставочный зал «Цветы»
The Flowers Exhibition Hall is a greenhouse located in the Central District of St. Petersburg, at the corner of Shpalernaya and Potemkinskaya streets, and adjacent to the Tavrichesky Garden.
Wikipedia: Цветы (выставочный зал, Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk
Sight 2: St. Ann's Church
St. Anne's Church is a Lutheran church in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1775-1779 by Georg Friedrich Veldten for the German community in a Neoclassical style with Ionic columns.
Sight 3: Сад Дружбы
The Garden of Friends is a Chinese garden located near houses No 15-17 on Liteiny Prospekt in St. Petersburg. It was created at the beginning of the XXI century for the three hundredth anniversary of the city.
Sight 4: сад Даниила Гранина
The Daniil Granin Garden is a garden located between Solyany Lane, Gangutskaya and Gagarinskaya streets in St. Petersburg.
Sight 5: Ivan Krylov
The Krylov Memorial was erected in 1855 near the main alley of the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg. It is a bronze statue of a seated fabulist. The monument is one of the first monuments to Russian writers and the first to be erected in St. Petersburg.
Sight 6: Suvorov Monument
The Suvorov Monument is a bronze sculpture of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov located in Saint Petersburg. It is at the centre of Suvorov Square, opposite the Field of Mars and the Trinity Bridge, and between the Marble Palace and the Saltykov Mansion.
Sight 7: Monument to Alexander III
The Monument to Emperor Alexander III is a monument to the Russian Emperor Alexander III by sculptor Paolo Trubetskoy. It was erected in 1909 on Znamenskaya Square in St. Petersburg. Now it is located in the courtyard of the Marble Palace.
Sight 8: The Pushkin Apartment Museum
The Pushkin Memorial Museum-Apartment is a museum that tells about the last months of the poet's life. Since 1953, it has been part of the All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin.
Wikipedia: Музей-квартира А. С. Пушкина (Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk
Sight 9: The Winter Palace of Peter the Great
The Winter Palace of Peter I is the personal residence of Emperor Peter I, erected on the Neva embankment near the Winter Canal, an architectural monument of the early XVIII century, partially preserved and located in the building of the Hermitage Theater, included in the museum complex of the State Hermitage.
Sight 10: Висячий сад
The Hanging Garden of the Little Hermitage is an integral part of the Small Hermitage building, which is part of the museum complex of the State Hermitage, built in 1764-1773 by architects J. B. Vallin de la Mothe and Y. M. Felten, rebuilt in 1841 by V. P. Stasov. The Hanging Garden is located at the level of the second floor, above the premises of the former stables and manege, and occupies the space between the galleries connecting the North and South pavilions of the Small Hermitage.
Sight 11: Мало-Михайловский дворец
The Palace of Mikhail Mikhailovich is a palace in the center of St. Petersburg, an architectural monument. It was built according to the project of Maximilian Messmacher. It is called a palace, although it was never used for its intended purpose, since Grand Duke Mikhail Mikhailovich was expelled from Russia after his marriage to Sophia Merenberg.
Sight 12: Carpenter King
The Tsar Carpenter is a monument to Peter I, originally erected in St. Petersburg on the Admiralty Embankment in 1910 according to the model of the sculptor L. A. Bernstam and restored in 1996. L. A. Bernshtam was "the favorite sculptor of the sovereign", Emperor Nicholas II. Bernshtam created five models of monuments dedicated to the tsar-reformer. One of them was shown at the World's Fair in Paris in 1900. During his visit to Paris, the Emperor was particularly pleased with the plaster models of two monuments made by Bernstam: "Peter I rescues drowning fishermen near the village of Lakhta in November 1724" and "Peter I is studying shipbuilding in the city of Saardam in Holland in 1697" ("The Carpenter Tsar"), and he ordered them to be cast in bronze as a gift to the city of St. Petersburg.
Sight 13: Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian museum devoted to zoology. It is located in Saint Petersburg, on Universitetskaya Embankment. It is one of the ten largest nature history museums in the world.
Wikipedia: Zoological Museum (Saint Petersburg) (EN), Website
Sight 14: Санкт-Петербургский научный центр Российской академии наук
The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals.
Sight 15: Andrei Sakharov
The monument to Andrei Sakharov in St. Petersburg is located on the square of the same name on Vasilievsky Island, near St. Petersburg State University and the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The sculpture by the artist L. K. Lazarev was installed on a granite block-pedestal on the night of May 3-4, 2003, the opening took place on May 5. On the front side of the boulder there is an inscription: "Academician A. Sakharov".
Sight 16: А. А. Валидов
The bust of Ahmet Zaki Validi is a bust of the Turkic scholar Ahmet Zaki Validi, located in 2008-2021 in the courtyard of the complex of buildings of St. Petersburg State University, the Faculty of Oriental Studies of St. Petersburg State University.
Sight 17: Раскрытая книга
The monument "Open Book" is a commemorative symbol installed in St. Petersburg on the University Embankment opposite the building of St. Petersburg State University. Another name is "Message Through the Ages". The grand opening of the monument took place on October 25, 2002, on the eve of the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the city and the 265th anniversary of the Vasileostrovsky district.
Sight 18: Menshikov Palace
The Menshikov Palace is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky Island. Since 1981, it has served as a public museum, a branch of the Hermitage Museum.
Wikipedia: Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg) (EN), Website
Sight 19: Обелиск «Румянцова победамъ»
The Rumyantsev Obelisk is a granite obelisk located in Saint Petersburg. It is at the centre of Rumyantsev Square, on Vasilyevsky Island, between the Menshikov Palace and the Saint Petersburg Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. The obelisk commemorates the victories of Count Pyotr Rumyantsev during the Russo-Turkish War between 1768 and 1774, and his service in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792.
Sight 20: Domenico Trezzini
A monument to architect and engineer Domenico Trezzini was erected in St. Petersburg on Trezzini Square near the Trezzini House near the University Embankment and the Annunciation Bridge in the Vasileostrovsky district of the city.
Sight 21: Научно-исследовательский музей Российской академии художеств
The Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts (Template: Short) is the first art museum in the building of the Imperial Academy of Arts on the University Embankment of Vasilievsky Island. It claims to be the oldest art museum in Russia.
Wikipedia: Музей Российской академии художеств (RU), Vk, Website
Sight 22: St. Andrew
Saint Andrew's Cathedral was the last Baroque cathedral built in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Sight 23: Philosophy Ship
The philosophers' ships or philosopher's steamers were steamships that transported intellectuals expelled from Soviet Russia in 1922.
Sight 24: Ivan Krusenstern
The Monument to I. F. Krusenstern is a sculptural monument to the Russian navigator, Admiral I. F. Krusenstern, located in St. Petersburg on the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment opposite the Marine Corps building. It was made in 1873 according to the project of the sculptor I. N. Schroeder and the architect I. A. Monighetti. The monument is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.
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