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SIGHTS, ART & MUSEUMS
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
Inzhenernaya ulitsa, 4, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, History, Museum
The basic expositions consisting of the materials gathered before the Revolution of 1917 were opened to the public in 1923. In 1934 the Ethnographic Museum started to function as an independent one. Later its collections were enlarged, and after the World War II the museum got its modern name.
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
naberezhnaya kanala Griboyedova, 2A, St Petersburg, Russia, 191011
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Culture, History, Religion, Sight
This legendary church os placed on Griboedov's Canal. It has stunning multi-colored domes in traditional russian manner. The church was originally built in memory of the assassination of Alexander II, killed by a bomb in 1881 on the exact spot the cathedral stands today.
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
Kazanskaya ploshchad, 2, St Petersburg, Russia, 191186
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Culture, History, Religion, Sculpture, Sight
Nowdays, with it's own garden and fountain, Kazansky Cathedral become not only the Orthodox Church and Museum of Religion. On the opposite site, near to Griboedov's Canal Station, it is also well known as beautiful meeting point.
It's a master-piece of architecture in the middle of Nevsky avenue.
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Metro «Nevskiy Prospekt»,
Downtown area
Zayachy Island, St Petersburg, Russia, 190000
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Culture, History, Museum, Sculpture, Sight
The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg is one of the major museums of Russia. Its main subject is the historical and cultural reserve "The Peter and Paul Fortress" - and outstanding architectural monument of the 18th century.
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Metro «Ploshchad' Lenina»,
Ñity centre area
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History, Museum, Sight
The Cruiser Aurora, moored at Petrovskaya Embankment, in front of the Naval School named after Admiral Pavel Nakhimov, is not only a monument to Russian shipbuilding, but also a symbol of the Soviet epoch.
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