This brick house on the street Priluksky in the early twentieth century became one of the most visited places in Russia. During the first decade of its existence is visited by about two million people. The observatory was intended for the education and cultural activities, and everyone called the People’s House. Children under the age of seventeen were here in full security. In addition to teaching classes and workshops are housed museum, theater, free legal advice, reading room, free...
Metro Museum allows a simple man in the street to look at this type of transport on the other side. It was opened in 2005, on the fiftieth metropolitena.Sperva it was placed near the metro station Avtovo, but as it was quite far from the city center and on a fairly meager the number of exhibits, he decided to move to the street Odoevskogo, which got its own railway line, part of a driver’s cabin and a vending machine tokens from the 60s. You can also get acquainted with the construction...
Museum of Russian Vodka – one of the most unusual museums in our city. Here you will learn many interesting facts about the national drink of history, which previously did not know when and where invented vodka, as well as from which it drank, than you need a snack, from which it is vodka, and when the first monopoly on its production was introduced. The museum is located in the historical center of St. Petersburg near St. Isaac’s Square, in the building where before the revolution...
It originated in the early 30’s of the 21st century as free from censorship a place where they could put new plays, so its original name-new. Now he moved from the building of the Dutch Church on Nevsky Prospekt on Vladimir, in the former mansion Golitsyn. The first years of its existence were incredibly difficult, the director was fired for alleged incitement to overthrow the Soviet regime, and the troupe went on tour, where they were met by the war. On the 20th anniversary of its...
Кshesinskaya mansion, located at the intersection of Bolchaya Dvoryanskaya street (renamed Kuybysheva street) and Kronverksky avenue, is a St-Petersburg art nouveau monument. This architectural style is characterized by asymmetrical design and opulent stylized nature ornaments. The mansion was designed by Alexander von Gogen and built by 1906 for Mathilda Кshesinskaya, Nicholas II’s mistress before he became Tsar. In 1917, the building was ironically turned into Bolsheviks...
Sorry, this entry is only available in RU.В доме на пересечении Гражданской улицы и Столярного переулка начинается действие романа Федора Михайловича Достоевского «Преступление и наказание». Здание было построено в 1831 году архитектором Егором Цолликофером. Комната Раскольникова,...