Holy Trinity St. Sergius seaside desert – Orthodox Monastery, is now formally in the territory of the village of Strelna, in the city Planted in 1734. until 1918 he wore desert-grade status of the monastery, and from 1819 until 1834 was run by vicars of St. Petersburg – the bishops of Reval. Adjacent to Sergiev desert village with the same name of the railway station in 1918, named Volodarsky. In 2010, the railway station returned to its original name. In 1734 Empress Anna...
DC Gorky -. First in Leningrad Palace of Culture discovery was the tenth anniversary of the October Revolution of November 7, 1927. Name Gorky awarded July 8, 1929, at a ceremony in the presence of a well-known writer, in whose honor is named Palace of Culture. In 1937, the creator of the project was awarded the prize of the World Exhibition in Paris. In 1978, the Palace of Culture. Gorky was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor. Today Palace of Culture. Gorky remains popular theater and...
The historic landscape park in the southwest of the city, leading its history since the time of Peter. Park is located on the same island and bordering the river Ekateringofka, river Tarakanovka and paper channel. Not far from the park there is a metro station Narva. Park was mentioned in the works of Russian literature such as “The Idiot” and “Oblomov”. Postroyki.yu made in the park in the 19th century have not survived to the present day and their reconstruction at...
Garden San-Galli, one of the few oases of green in the midst of Ligovsky prospect, but he did not become famous for it. It was here in the 1920s there was a brutal crime, almost thirty people abused woman, but none of them did not consider it a crime and more surprising was the sentence for them-almost all were sentenced to death. In retaliation, their companions set fire to San Galli plant. It is at this enterprise was invented steam radiator, he provided the city with facilities for water...
This is one of the largest cemeteries dedicated to the fallen in the siege of Leningrad, over half a million of them here. It was founded before the war, in 1939 and got its name from the village, which was close by. The total area is more than 26 hectares, and in the center was a six-meter sculpture ” Motherland ” and an eternal flame brought from the Field of Mars. Near the main entrance are two small museums that tell the story of the besieged city, the most famous of which...
Main Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, located at altitudes Pulkosvkih. Observatory Scientific activity covers almost all the priority areas of fundamental research of modern astronomy. Observatory is protected by UNESCO and included in the list of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation. those interested can visit the tour of the observatory, which tell about the exhibits submitted in the main building, telescopes...