
It opened in 1939 and, since that date, actively filled by individual exhibits and objects of cultural heritage. In 1930 part of the tombstones Smolensk Armenian cemetery was moved to the museum. Since the 30-ies in the management of the museum passed a number of historical sites, including sites on the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Since the beginning of the 1970s. as part of the museum there is a restoration workshop in stone. According to the order of the mayor of St. Petersburg...