Pushkin Apartment Museum, tells the story of the last days of the life of the famous Russian poet. The house belonged to the princess wound Volkonskaya this museum was opened in 1927. Initially exposition housed only a few rooms, but now she also holds and ground floor, where the tour begins in the tragic events that took place in the last months of the life of Alexander. The most valuable collection is an instance of this jacket in which the poet was shot in the match day, a lock of hair, a...
The Zoological Museum is one of the oldest in Russia, was previously part of the Kunstkammer Thirty thousand exhibits are divided into three zones: insects, pinnipeds and cetaceans;. fish, reptiles and birds; mammals, the latter being further divided into those climatic zones where they inhabit. Until 1896, he was in the same building as the Cabinet of Curiosities, but then moved to a separate building on the University Embankment. Now several laboratories are at the museum, themed tours and...
Anichkov Palace, the oldest surviving building of the Nevsky Prospekt. Its construction was begun in 1714 and was altered many times, when the building is transferred to the new owner, mostly royals as a gift to the wedding. So for example the royal family lived here in 1837, when the Winter Palace suffered a severe fire, it took his training the future Emperor Alexander II. During the Soviet era there was a short time the city museum, but later replaced by the Palace of Pioneers, then turned...
The Catherine Palace is one of the masterpieces of the late Baroque, located in the suburbs of St. Petersburg, Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin). Initially it was laid as a small summer house of Catherine I, but he did not like the other, the Empress Elizabeth, and she ordered him to rebuild and in 1756, a huge, 325-meter mansion was opened around the world. During World War II the palace was badly damaged by the German occupiers, including the most famous part of the Amber Room, but the 300th...
Aquarium of Saint-Petersburg is one of the largest in Russia, 5,000 square meters and containing 1.5 million liters of water. Designed by Finnish architect and located in the mall ” Neptune ”, it contains more than 200 different species of fish, that live in aquariums divided into thematic zones: the zone of the north-west Russia, rainforest, coral reef, marine mammals and many others. Also on a daily basis to make a show with feeding animals. Also, when an institution operates a...
Marble Palace, a huge building in the classical style, occupying an entire city block, built for Catherine II’s favorite Count Orlov. This is the first building in St. Petersburg, the facade of which was lined with natural stone, which was used in interior decoration of halls, especially the beautiful Marble Hall, renovated in 2010 and decorated with different types of lapis lazuli. Dvroets was built in the late 18th century and was transferred by Catherine from favorite to favorite....