St. Andrew’s Church, one of the first cathedrals of St. Petersburg. Founded in 1732, it was supposed to be the main church of the city, as it Vasileoostrovsky region Peter I planned to make a central, but after his death, Catherine I just carried on his work. A series of failures, such as lightning hit the building and collapse the dome, permanently transfers its opening and only in 1780 it began to function. After the October Revolution, the church has come into disrepair, it was used as a warehouse, and the library of the Academy of Sciences etnografii.S the museum in 1992 restored the building and services are conducted on a regular basis.