Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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".

Wikipedia: Памятник Андрею Сахарову (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

Monument to A. S. Pushkin in front of the Institute of Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the Makarov Embankment in St. Petersburg.

Wikipedia: Памятник А. С. Пушкину (Пушкинский дом) (RU)

V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil was founded in 1902 at Saint Petersburg by Vasilli Vasil'evich Dokuchaev (1846–1903). Commonly regarded as the father of Soil science, Dokuchaev started his extensive collection of soil samples in 1880. The first museum of soil sciences in the world, V.V. Dokuchaev Central Pedological Museum, opened in 1904, a year after his death.

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Dmitry Mendeleev's Memorial Museum Apartment is a museum apartment of the Russian chemist Dmitry Mendeleev, who is famous for establishing the Periodic table of arranging chemical elements by their atomic masses, which allowed the prediction of properties of elements yet to be discovered.

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Bust Akhmet Zaki Validi-a bust of a tune scientist Akhmet Validi, located in 2008–2021. In the courtyard of the complex of buildings of St. Petersburg State University, the eastern faculty of St. Petersburg State University.

Wikipedia: Бюст А.-З. Валиди (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

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.

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The Southern Warehouse of the Stock Exchange is an architectural monument. Located in St. Petersburg, the modern address of the house is Birzhevaya Square, 2 / Universitetskaya Embankment, 1 / Customs Lane, 3 / Birzhevoy Proezd, 4. The building is located on the embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on the side of the Exchange building.

Wikipedia: Южный пакгауз Биржи (RU)

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.

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The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns, located in Saint Petersburg in the Russian Federation, are significant examples of Greek Revival architecture. Designed by French architect Thomas de Thomon, and inspired by the Greek Temple of Hera at Paestum, the stock exchange was constructed between 1805 and 1810. The rostral columns erected on either side of the Stock Exchange were completed in 1811. The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange is located at Birzhevaya Ploschad 4.

Wikipedia: Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns (EN)