Kunstkamera

Kunstkamera is a cabinet of rarities, currently the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MAE RAS) is the first museum in Russia established by the Emperor Peter the Great and located in St. Petersburg.
It has a unique collection of antiquities that reveal the history and life of many peoples. But to many, this museum is known for its “special” collection of anatomical rarities and anomalies. The Kunstkamera building is from the beginning of the 18th century. a symbol of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Kunstkamera Tower is crowned by the Armillary sphere.

Hermitage

The State Hermitage Museum (until 1917 - the Imperial Hermitage) is a museum of fine and decorative art, the second largest art museum in the world. The main museum complex includes six interconnected buildings - the Winter Palace, the Reserve House of the Winter Palace, the Small Hermitage, the Large (Old) Hermitage, the New Hermitage and the Hermitage Theater. 365 halls are open to them. The museum also has at its disposal the General Headquarters, the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, the Old Village Restoration and Storage Center and the Menshikov Palace.

Savior on Spilled Blood

The Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on the Blood, or the Church of the Savior on the Blood in St. Petersburg - the Orthodox memorial single-throne church in the name of the Resurrection of Christ; erected in memory of the fact that on this site March 1 (13), 1881, as a result of an attempt, Emperor Alexander II was mortally wounded. The temple was built as a monument to the tsar-martyr with funds raised throughout Russia. Located in the historical center of St. Petersburg on the banks of the Griboedov Canal near the Mikhailovsky Garden and Konyushennaya Square. The height of the nine-domed temple is 81 m, capacity - up to 1600 people. It is a museum and a monument of Russian architecture.

Kazan Cathedral

Kazan Cathedral (Cathedral of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God) is one of the largest temples in St. Petersburg. It was built on Nevsky Prospect in 1801-1811 by the architect Andrei Voronikhin to store an honored list of the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kazan. After the Patriotic War of 1812, it acquired the significance of a monument of Russian military glory. In 1813, the commander Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov was buried here and placed the keys to the taken cities and other military trophies.

St. Nicholas Cathedral

St. Nicholas Cathedral (Naval Cathedral of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Epiphany) is one of the most beautiful and oldest churches in St. Petersburg, over 250 years old. The first naval cathedral that traditionally fed the sailors of the Russian fleet. One of the brightest monuments of Elizabethan baroque in church architecture. Construction was carried out by Savva Ivanovich Chevakinsky, chief architect of the Admiralty College. At the beginning of World War II, the cathedral became a cathedral. Here, services were held daily in the blockade, here was the residence of the Metropolitan of Leningrad Alexy (Simansky).

Mikhailovsky castle

Mikhailovsky, or Engineering Castle - a former imperial palace in the center of St. Petersburg at Sadovaya St., No. 2, at the turn of the 18th-19th centuries, built as a castle on the water by order of Emperor Paul I and became the place of his death. This building is the largest architectural monument, completing the history of St. Petersburg architecture of the XVIII century.

Anichkov bridge

Anichkov bridge - a bridge over the Fontanka River in the Central region of St. Petersburg, connecting Spassky and Bezymyanny islands. One of the most famous bridges in St. Petersburg. The bridge is famous for the sculptural groups The Taming of the Horse by Man, created by the sculptor P.K. Klodt, and became one of the symbols of the city. Despite its small size, Anichkov Bridge is one of the main structures of the architectural ensemble of Nevsky Prospect.

Sheremetev Palace

Sheremetev Palace (Fountain House) is one of the most interesting sights of St. Petersburg, almost the same age as the city. The name "Fountain House" since the XVIII century. assigned to the estate of Counts Sheremetevs, built on a vast site between the embankment of the Fontanka River and Liteiny Prospect. The architect of the main manor house was S. I. Chevakinsky. Perhaps the blueprints of F.-B. were used in the project Rastrelli. Over the course of several centuries, eminent architects of different eras participated in creating the interiors of the palace and manor buildings: F. S. Argunov, I. D. Starov, A. N. Voronikhin, D. Quarenghi, H. Meyer, D. Quadri, I. D Corsini, N. L. Benois, A. K. Serebryakov, etc. Under the Counts Sheremetevs, the Fountain House was one of the great centers of St. Petersburg, a meeting place for prominent musicians, cultural and scientific workers.

Faberge Museum

The Faberge Museum is a private museum in St. Petersburg, located in the Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace. It has an unparalleled collection of Russian jewelry and arts and crafts of the 19th – 20th centuries. The most valuable and famous objects in the museum's collection are 9 imperial Easter eggs created by the company of Carl Gustav Faberge.
The grand opening of the museum took place on November 19, 2013. The museum opened its doors to the general public in April 2014. From February 3 to May 2, 2016 the Faberge Museum hosted the first Russian exhibition of works by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Derzhavin House

The museum-estate of G.R.Derzhavin is the mansion of Gabriel Romanovich Derzhavin in St. Petersburg, on 118 Fontanka embankment, next to Derzhavinsky Lane. From the beginning of the 1790s until the death of Derzhavin, the poet’s house was one of the cultural centers of St. Petersburg, the center of the spiritual life of the capital. The city estate consists of the poet’s mansion, two twin wings, a small guest house and a greenhouse. Since 2003 - the literary and memorial museum, a branch of the All-Russian Museum of A.S. Pushkin. The decision on museumification was made in 1998. Interiors were recreated in the style of the Catherine era (based on well-known analogues) in 2002-2003. (project of the Lenproject Restoration Institute).

Bolshoi Drama Theater

The Russian State Academic Bolshoi Drama Theater named after G. A. Tovstonogov (BDT) is a theater in St. Petersburg, founded in 1918, one of the first theaters created after the October Revolution. From 1932 to 1992, the BDT was named after its founder, Maxim Gorky. In 1992, he received the name of director Georgy Tovstonogov, who headed the theater for thirty-three years from 1956 to 1989. Since 2013, Andrei Moguchy has been the artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater.