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Museums of St.Petersburg
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The State Hermitage Museum | Open: 10.30 - 17.00, SUN till 16.00. Closed on MON. | 34 Dvortsovaya nab., tel. 110-9625 Nevskiy Prospekt
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Menshikov Palace | Open: 10.30 - 16.30. Closed on MON. | 15 Universitetskaya nab., tel. 323-1112. Vasileostrovskaya
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The State Russian Museum | Open: 10.00 - 17.00, MON till 16.00. Closed on TUE. | 2 Inzhenernaya Str., tel. 595-4248. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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Inzhenerny (Mikhaylovsky) Castle | Open: 10.00 - 17.00, MON till 16.00. Closed on TUE. | 2 Sadovaya Str., tel. 313-4173. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Marble Palace | Open: 10.00 - 17.00, MON till 16.00. Closed on TUE. | 5/11 Millionnaya Str., tel. 312-9196. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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Stroganov Palace | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. MON till 16.00. Closed on TUE. | 17 Nevskiy Prospekt, tel. 311-2360 Nevskiy Prospekt
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St.Isaac's Cathedral, Museum-Monument | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on WED. | 1 Isaakievskaya Sq., tel. 315-9732. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Cabin of Peter the Great | Open till November 1: 10.00 - 17.30. Closed on TUE and on the last MON of every month. | 6 Petrovskaya nab., tel. 232-4576. Gorkovskaya
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Summer Palace of Peter I | Open: 10.00 - 18.00, Closed on TUE and on the last MON of every month. | 3 Summer Garden, tel. 314-0456 Nevskiy Prospekt
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Yusupov Palace | 94 Moyki Reki nab., tel. 314-8893, 314-98-93 | |
The Peter and Paul Fortress | Open: 11.00 - 17.00, TUE till 16.00. Closed on WED and on the last TUE of every month. | 3 Petropavlovskaya Krepost, tel. 238-4540. Gorkovskaya
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The Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography Named After Peter the Great - Kunstkamera (The Chamber of Curiosities) | Open: 11.00 - 16.30. Closed on MON and on the last THU of every month. | 3 Universitetskaya nab., tel. 328-1412. Vasileostrovskaya
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The Zoological Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed on FRI. | 1 Universitetskaya nab., tel. 328-0112. Vasileostrovskaya
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The Russian Ethnographical Museum | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON and on the last FRI of every month. | 4/1 Inzhenernaya Str., tel. 313-4320. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Peter and Paul FortressThe Museum of Gas Dynamic Laboratory | Open: 11.00 - 18.00, TUE till 17.00. Closed on WED. | 3 Petropavlovskaya Krepost, tel. 230-0332. Gorkovskaya
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Elaginoostrovsky Palace-Museum | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON, THU. | 1 Elagin Ostrov, tel. 430-1131. Staraya Derevnya
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St.Petersburg Museum of Theatrical and Musical Arts | Open: 11.00 - 18.00, WED: 13.00 - 19.00. Closed on TUE. | 6 Ostrovskogo Sq., tel. 311-2195. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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Museum of Music in Sheremetev Palace (Fontanny Dom) | Open: 12.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE, and on the last WED of every month. | 34 Fontanki Reki nab., tel. 272-4441. Mayakovskaya, Gostiniy Dvor
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Museum-Monument "Our savior on the blood" | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on WED. | Griboedova Kanala nab., tel. 315-1636. Nevskiy Prospekt, Gostiniy Dvor
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Memorial Museum-Apartment of F.I.Shalyapin | Open: 12.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE, and on the last FRI of every month. | 2-B Graftio ul., tel. 234-1056. Petrogradskaya
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The Museum-Apartment of Alexander Pushkin | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed on TUE and on the last FRI of every month. | 12 Moyki Reki nab., tel. 314-0006, 311-3531. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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Museum-Apartment of N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov | Open: 10.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE, and on the last FRI of every month. | 28 Zagorodnyy Pr. Detached house in the inner yard, tel. 113-3208. Vladimirskaya, Dostoevskaya
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The Museum of St.Petersburg acting Dinasty Samoilovs | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE, and on the last FRI of every month. | 8 Stremyannaya Str.,tel. 164-1130 Mayakovskaya
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The Museum of Urban Sculpture | Open: 10.00 - 19.00. Closed on THU. | 179/2 Nevskiy Pr., tel. 274-2635. Ploshad Aleksandra Nevskogo-I and -II
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Museum Necropolis. The Literary man's board-walk Museum (Literatorskiye Mostki) | Open: 10.00 - 19.00. Closed on THU. | 30 Rasstannaya Str., tel. 166-2383. Ligovsky Prospekt
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The Museum of the Russian Academy of Fine Arts | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE. | 17 Universitetskaya nab., tel. 323-6496. Vasileostrovskaya
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The A.I.Kuindgi's Museum-Apartment | Open: 12.00 - 16.00. Closed on SUN, MON, TUE. | 1/10 Birzhevoy Per., V.O., flat 11tel. 323-31-33Vasileostrovskaya
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The P.P.Chistyakov's House-Museum | Open on WED, SAT, SUN 10.00 - 17.00. | 23 Moskovskoe road, Pushkin, tel. 470-7712 |
The I.I.Brodsky's Memorial Museums-Apartment | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON, TUE. | 3 Iskusstv Sq., tel. 314-3658,Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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Applied Art Museum at St. Petersburg Artistic -Industrial Academy | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. | 13-15 Solyanoy Per., tel. 273-3258. Chernyshevskaya
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Rumyantsev Mansion | Open: 11.00 - 17.00, TUE till 16.00. Closed on WED and on the last TUE of every month. | 44 Angliyskaya nab., tel. 311-7544. Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Museum of St.Petersburg Press History | Open: 11.00 - 18.00, TUE till 16.00, FRI till 17.00. Closed on WED and on the last TUE of every month. | 32 Moyki Reki nab., tel. 312-0977. Gostiniy Dvor, Nevskiy Prospekt
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Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Lenningrad | Open: 10.00 - 18.00, TUE, FRI till 17.00. Closed on WED and on the last TUE of every month. | Pobedy Sq., tel. 293-6563. Moskovskaya
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The Museum of S.M.Kirov | Open: 11.00 - 18.00, FRI till 17.00. Closed on WED and on the last TUE of every month. | 26/28 Kamennoostrovskiy Pr., tel. 346-0217. Gorkovskaya, Petrogradskaya
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The Museum-Apartment of Alexander Blok | Open: 11.00 - 17.00, TUE till 16.00. Closed on WED and on the last TUE of every month. | 57 Dekabristov Str., tel. 113-8633. Sennaya Ploshad, Sadovaya
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The Memorial Nekrasov Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed on TUE and on the last FRI of every month. | 36 Liteiny Pr., tel. 272-0165, 272-0481 Liteiny Prospekt.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky Literary and Memorial Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.30. Closed on MON and on the last WED of every month. | 5/2 Kuznechnyy Per., tel. 311-4031. Vladimirskaya, Dostoevskaya
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The Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkinskiy Dom) | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Tours only. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 4 Makarova nab., tel. 328-0502. Vasileostrovskaya
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Anna Akhmatova Museum, Fontanny Dom (House) | Open: 10.30 - 17.30. Closed on MON and on the last WED of every month. | 34 Fontanki Reki nab. (a wing of the Sheremetevskiy Palace) |
The Municipal Museum "Anna Akhmatova. Silver Century" | Open: 9.30 - 18.00. Closed on SUN. | 14 Avtovskaya Str., tel. 185-0442 Avtovo
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The M.M.Zotchenko Memorial Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.30. Closed on MON and on the last WED of every month. | flat 119, 4/2 M.Koniushennaya Str., tel. 311-7819, Gostiniy Dvor
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Vladimir Nabokov Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON, TUE. | 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Str., tel. 315-4713. Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Museum of Ostap Bender | 9/5 B.Posadskaya Str., tel.235-83-97 Gorkovskaya
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Bread Making Museum of St.Petersburg | Open 10.00 - 17.00, SAT till 16.00. Closed on SUN, MON and on the last TUE of every month. | 73 Ligivsky Pr.,tel. 164-11-10 Ploshad vosstaniya
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The Museum of Russian Vodka | Open: 11.00 - 22.00. | 5 Konnogvardeysky Bul., тел. 312-3416Nevskiy Prospekt
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The D.I.Mendeleev House Museum | Open: 11.30 - 15.30. Closed on SAT, SUN | 2 Mendeleevskaya line, tel. 328-97-44Vasileostrovskaya
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The Museum of M.V.Lomonosov | Under reconstruction | 3 Universitetskaya nab.,, tel. 328-10-11Vasileostrovskaya
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The Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic | Open: 10.00 - 16.15. Closed on MON, TUE. | 24-A Marata Str., tel. 311-2549. Mayakovskaya, Vladimirskaya, Dostoevskaya
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Botanical Garden and Museum of V.L.Komarov.Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Botanical Garden | Conservatories are open: 11.00 - 16.00. Closed: on FRI. | 2 Professora Popova Str., tel. 234-1764. Petrogradskaya
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Botanical Garden and Museum of V.L.Komarov.Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.Botanical Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.00 on WED, SAT, SUN. | 2 Professora Popova Str., tel. 234-8470. Petrogradskaya
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The Memorial Museum-Apartment of A.S.Popov | Open: 11.00 - 16.30. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 5 Professora Popova Str., 5, tel. 234-59-00 Petrogradskaya
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The I.P.Pavlov's Memorial Museum-Apartment | 11 flat, 2, 7th line, V.O., , tel. 323-7234Vasileostrovskaya
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The Memorial Museum-Apartment of P.K.Kozlov | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 6-32 Smolny Pr., tel. 271-9832, 110-0350 Chernyschevskaya
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The Central Railway Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.30. Closed on FRI, SAT. | 50 Sadovaya Str., tel. 315-14-76 Sadovaya
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The Central Military and Naval Museum | Open: 10.30 - 16.45. Closed on MON, TUE and on the last THU of every month. | 3, Birzhevaya Sqr., tel. 328-2501Vasileostrovskaya
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Museum on Board the Cruiser Aurora | Open: 10.30 - 16.00. Closed on MON, FRI. | Petrogradskaya nab., tel. 230-8440. Gorkovskaya
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The Submarine D-2 ("Narodovolets") | Open: 11.00 - 16.00. Closed on MON, TUE and on the last THU of every month. | 10 Skipersky protok, V.O., tel. 356-5277 Primorskaya
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Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON, TUE and on the last THU of every month. | 7 Alexandrovskiy park, tel. 238-4704. Gorkovskaya
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Museum on Board the Ice-Breaker Krasin | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON. | 22 Leytenanta Shmidta nab., tel. 324-9448. Vasileostrovskaya
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The Museum of Military Medicine | Open: 9.00 - 16.00. Closed on SAT, SUN | 2 Lazaretny Per., tel. 315-7287 Pushkinskaya
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The Historical Memorial Museum "Smolny" | Open: 11.00 - 16.00. Tours only. Closed on SAT, SUN. | Room 137, 3 Proletarskoy Diktatury Sq., tel. 276-1321. Chernyshevskaya
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Apartment Museum of the Elizarovs | Open: 10.00 - 18.00. Closed on WED, SUN. | 24 apt., 52 Shirokaya (former Lenina) Str., tel. 235-3778. Petrogradskaya
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The State Memorial Museum of A.V.Suvorov | Open: 10.00 - 17.15, SAT, SUN: 10.00 - 18.15, MON: 10.00 - 16.15. Closed on THU, WED, and on the first MON of every month. | 43 Kirochnaya Str., tel. 279-3914. Chernyshevskaya
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The State Museum of the History of Religion | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on WED. | 14/5 Pochtamtskaya Str., tel. 311-4549, 311-0495 Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Museum of the Political History of Russia (former Museum of the October Revolution) | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on THU. | 2/4 Kuybysheva Str., tel. 233-7052. Gorkovskaya
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The Museum of History of Political Police | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 6 Admiralteyskiy Pr., tel. 312-2742 Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Child's Centre of Historical Education | Open: 10.00 - 18.00. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 13 Bolotnaya Str., tel. 247-42-59 Pl.Muzhestva
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The Child's Historical Museum | Open: 10.00 - 16.00. Closed on THU. | 2-4 Kuybysheva Str. tel. 233-70-50 Nevskiy Prospekt
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The Museum of Circus Art | Open: 13.00 - 17.00. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 3 Fontanki Reki nab., tel. 313-4413Gostinny Dvor
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The Museum of Dolls | Open: 10.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON. | 8 Kamskaya Str., tel.327-72-24. Vasileostrovskaya
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The Museum of Toy | Open: 11.00 - 18.00. Closed on MON and on the last TUE of every month. | 32 Karpovki Reki nab. tel.234-43-12 Petrogradskaya
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The Memorial Museum of Leningrad Defence and the Siege | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on WED and on the last THU of every month. | 9 Solyanoy Per., tel. 275-7208. Chernyshevskaya
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The Museum of Hygiene | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 25 Italyanskaya Str., tel. 311-4227 Gostinny Dvor
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The Museum of History of the Police | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on SAT, SUN. | 12 Poltavskaya Str., tel. 279-4233 Pl.Vosstaniya
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The Grand Palace Museum | Open: 10.30 - 17.00. Closed on MON and on the last TUE of every month. | Town Peterhof. Tel. 420-0073 Suburban trains from Baltic Station terminal till the Novy Peterhof station (40 km from St.Petersburg; trip time - about 40 minutes); followed by 348, 350, 351, 352, 356 bus-routes or charter taxi to Verkhny Park. |
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Nizhniy (Lower) Park | Open: 9.00 - 20.00, SAT, SUN till 21.00 | |
Fountains | Open: 11.00 - 17.00, SAT, SUN till 18.00 | |
The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Gatchina | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON and on the furst TUE of every month. | Town Gatchina Tel. (271)134-92 Suburban trains from Baltiyski railway terminal to the Gatchina-Baltiyskaya station (45 km from St.Petersburg; travel time - about one hour); 431 bus or charter taxi from Pobedy Sq. Moskovskaya
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Palace of Peter the Great | Open: 10.30 - 17.00. Closed on MON and on the last TUE of every month. | Settlement Strelna, 2 Bolnichnaya Gorka ul., tel. 421-4131. Suburban trains from Baltic Station terminal to the Strelna station (30 km from S.Petersburg, trip time 25 min.); alternatively, charter taxis from Baltiyskaya or M.Avtovo.
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The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Pavlovsk | Open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON and on the first MON of every month. | Town Pavlovsk Tel. 470-2156. Suburban trains from Vitebsk Station terminal to the Pavlovsk station (27 km from St.Petersburg; travel time - about 30 minutes); or 479 bus from Zvezdnaya.
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Country-Seat of I.E.Repin "Penates" | Open: 10.30 - 17.00. Closed on MON, TUE | Settlement Repino, 411 Primorskoye shosse, tel. 231-6834. Suburban trains from Finland Station terminal to the Repino station (45 km from S.Petersburg, trip time 50 min.); alternatively, from Chernaya Rechka by 411 bus. |
The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Oranienbaum | Open: 11.00 - 16.00. Closed on TUE and on the last MON of every month. | Town Lomonosov Tel. 422-3753. Suburban trains from Baltic Station terminal to the Oranienbaum station (40 km from St.Petersburg; travel time - about one hour); 431 bus or charter taxi from Pobedy Sq. Moskovskaya.
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"Kronstadt Fortress" Museum | Open: 11.00 - 17.00. Closed on MON, TUE | 1 Yakornaya Square, t.Kronstadt 236-4713, 236-4450 |
The Palace-and-Park Ensemble Tsarskoye Selo | Catherine's Palace open: 10.00 - 17.00. Closed on TUE and on the last MON of every month.The exhibition in Alexander's Palace open: 10.00 -16.30. Closed on TUE. | Town PushkinTel. 466-6669. Suburban trains from Vitebsk Station terminal to the Detskoye Selo station (25 km from St.Petersburg; travel time - about 30 minutes); followed by 371, 382 bus-routes to the parks; alternatively 287 bus or 20 charter taxi from Pobedy Sq. (Moskovskaya). |
| Exhibition Halls
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The central show-room "Manege" | Open: 11.00-19.00, Closed: Thu. | 1 Isaakievskaya Sq., tel.: 314-82-53. Nevskiy Pr.
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Show-room of SPb union of artists | Open: 13.00-19.00, Closed: Mon. | 38 Bolshaya Morskaya Str., tel.: 314-47-34. Nevskiy Pr.
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Show-room of SPb union of designers | Open: 11.00-18.00, Closed: Sun. | 8 Quay of the Moyka river, tel.: 314-56-45. Nevskiy Pr.
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Show-room "Smolny" | Open: 11.00-17.00, Closed: Mon. | 3 Str. Smolnogo, tel.: 279-68-02. Chernyshevskaya
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Concert and exhibition hall Smolny Sobor | Open: 11.00-18.00, Closed: Thu. | 3/1 Sq. Rastrelli, tel.: 271-91-82. Chernyshevskaya
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International centre of business cooperation | Open: 11.00-18.00, Closed: Sat. | 6 Sq. Proletarskoy Diktatury, tel.:114-44-35 Chernyshevskaya
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Show-room library named after A.Blok | Open: 12.00-20.00 | 20 Nevskiy Pr., tel.; 311-01-06. Nevskiy Pr.
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Show-room of "Novy mir iskusstva" magazine | Open: 11.00-18.00, | 13/39 Izhorskaya Str., tel.: 233-08-54. Chkalovskaya
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Show-rooms of International Federation of Artists (Ifa) | Open: 15.00-19.00, Closed: Sun., Mon. | 60 Nevskiy Pr., tel.: 311-03-15. Gostiny dvor
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Show-room of graphic arts "Nevograf" | Open: 11.00-18.00, Closed: Sun. | 3 Nevskiy Pr., tel.: 315-84-72. Nevskiy Pr.
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Show-room of the Moskow district | Open: 11.00-19.00, в Sat. till 18.00. Closed: Mon. | 6 Sq. Chernyshevskogo, tel.: 388-39-84. Chernyshevskaya
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Show-room of Russia's Union of Artists on Okhta | Open: 12.00-18.00, Closed: Mon. | 64 Sverdlovskaya Quay, tel.; 224-06-33. Novocherkasskaya
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Centre of Book and Graphic | Open: 10.00-18.00, Closed: - Sat., Sun. | 55 Liteiny Pr., tel.: 272-95-35. Mayakovskaya
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Gallery "Art-harbour" | Open: 12.00-18.00, Closed: Sun. | 1 Sq. Morskoy Slavy tel.: 322-21-88 Primorskaya
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Gallery "Art-City" | Open: 11.00-19.00. | V.O. 6-th liniya, 27. tel.: 327-75-27. Vasileostrovskaya
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Art-Collegia | Open: 12.00-18.00, Closed: Sat., Sun. | 64 Ligovskiy Pr., tel.: 164-95-64. Vladimirskaya
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Gallery "Boreas" | Open: 12.00-20.00, Closed: Sun., Mon. | 58 Liteiny Pr., tel.: 275-38-37. Mayakovskaya
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Gallery "Valensia" | Open: 10.00-19.00, Sun. 12.00-18.00 | 5 Pr. Bakunina, tel.: 346-74-60. Sq.Vosstaniya
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Gallery "Guild of Masters " | Open: 11.00-19.00 | 82 Nevskiy Pr., tel.; 279-09-79. Mayakovskaya
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Gallery "Blue sitting-room" | Open: 11.00-19.00 | 38 Bolshaya Morskaya Str., tel.: 315-74-14. Nevskiy Pr.
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Gallery "D-137" | Open: 12.00-19.00, Closed: - Sun., Mon. | 90/92 Nevskiy Pr., tel.: 275-60-11. Mayakovskaya
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Gallery "Delta" | Open: 12.00-19.00, Closed: - Sun., Mon. | 51 Nevskiy Pr., tel.: 318-62-41. Mayakovskaya
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Gallery of Design /Bulthaup | Open: 11.00-20.00, Sat.-Sun. - 11.00-19.00 | 2 Bolshaya Konyshennaya Str., tel.: 102-05-10, 315-01-13. Nevskiy Pr.
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Gallery "Kvadrat" ("Square") | Open: 10.00-18.00, Closed: Sat., Sun. | 12 Rybatskiy Pr., tel.: 107-79-17. Rybatskoe
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Gallery "Coffee-Break" | Open: 07.30-23.00, | 22 Quay of the Griboyedov kanal, tel.: 314-67-29, 325-72-48. Nevskiy Pr.
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Gallery Mikhailova. | Open: 11.00-20.00 | 53 Liteiny Pr., tel.: 272-48-48. Sq. Vosstaniya
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Gallery "Naive" | Open: 12.00-19.00, Closed: Mon. | 76 Maliy Pr. P.S., tel.: 235-03-79. Petrogradskaya
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Gallery "Na Obvodnom" (International Buisiness centre "Neptun") | 93 Quay of the Obvodniy kanal, tel.: 324-46-98. Pushkinskaya
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Gallery "Palitra" | Open: Tue.- Fri. 11.00-19.00, Sat. - 12.00-18.00. Closed: Sun., Mon. | 5 Malaya Morskaya Str., Nevskiy Pr.
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Gallery "Severnaya Stolitsa" ("North Capital") | Open: 12.00-19.00, Closed: Sat., Sun. | 36 Quay of the Moyka river, tel. 277-87-47. Nevskiy Pr.
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Gallery "S.P.A.S." | Open: 12.00-19.00, Sat. 11.00-17.00. Closed: Sun. | 93 Quay of the Moyka river, tel.: 311-42-60. Sadovaya
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D.Nefyodov's gallery of ancient painting and antique | Open: 11.00-20.00, Closed: Sun. | 49 Suvorovskiy Pr., tel.; 275-09-94. Sq. Vosstaniya
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Gallery of glassware | Open: 11.00-20.00 | 1/28 Lomonosova Str. , tel.: 312-22-14. Gostiny dvor
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Gallery "Forum" | Open: 13.00-20.00, Sun.: 11.00-18.00, Closed: Fri. | V.O, 6-th liniya 17,tel.: 323-67-87. Vasileostrovskaya
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Gallery "National centre" | Open: 11.00-19.00. Closed: Mon. | 166 Nevskiy Pr., tel.: 277-12-16. Sq. А.Nevskogo
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| Places of interests |
The monument to Peter The Great on Decembrists' Square, known as the "Bronze Horseman" after Pushkin's poem of the same name,
was erected in 1782 by the sculptor E.-M. Falconet.
The Summer gardens were laid out in 1704. On the Neva ide the gardens are enclosed by a grille executed to Yu. Velten's design in 1775-84. The marble sculptures kept in the gardens are by Italian masters of the early eighteen century.
Intended to serve as beacons in front of the Exchange, the columns were erected in 1810 by Th. de Thomon. The figures at their bases symbolize four Russian rivers.
The small island, called "New Holland" in Peter's rule, came into being after the digging of the Admiralty and Kriukov Canals.
| Palaces and cathedrals |
Ranking among the world's three greatest museums, the Hermitage is housed in several buildings that are masterpieces of architecture. The meseum features superb collections of art form ancient times to the present day. The new exhibition gallery of jewellery is permanently on show.
St. Isaacs Cathedral.
The former main cathedral of the XIXth century (architect Monferrand). A world famous architectural monument. A beautiful panorama of the city unfolds before the eyes of those standing on the colonnade of the cathedral.
Founded by Petr the Great in 1703, the fertress is an architectural ensemble of fortifications, St.Peter and Paul's Cathedral and the Mint. The museum features the "Nevskaya Panorama" guided tour of the battlements, an observation platform with two telescopes, and several permanent exhibitions.
| Memorials |
The Field of Mars
