It is the only museum in Russia devoted entirely submarine fleet. Initially it was based on the Foundry prospectus and the whole exposition was placed in an apartment, but with the first director and a group of young rangers ” Search ” collection was greatly expanded. In 1997, by order of the governor of St. Petersburg was allocated to the building next to the Theological cemetery where he was buried the famous submariner. A little later, next to the museum has been established with the cutting of this submarine, in which all parts and labor, you can go inside, to feel like part of the crew. Now the collection is located in five halls and employs more than 13 thousand exhibits, from the layout of wooden submarines and ending with ultra-modern nuclear submarines.