Address: | Palace Square, 2 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Mondays, January 1, May 9 |
Address: | Inzhenernaya Str., 4 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://rusmuseum.ru/eng/home | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Tuesday | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | close 30 minutes earlier |
Address: | Zayachy (Hare) island | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.spbmuseum.ru/themuseum/museum_complex/peterpaul_fortress | ||||||||||||||
Opening hours SS Peter and Paul Cathedral Trubetskoy Bastion Prison |
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Museum closed on | All museums, information desks and ticket offices are closed on Thursday | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | Ticket offices and exhibitions close an hour earlier on Tuesday. | ||||||||||||||
Attention! | Working hours of the SS Peter and Paul Cathedral can change on the days when church services are held. |
Address: | Moyka emb., 94 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.yusupov-palace.ru/en | ||||||||||||||
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Ticket offices | Ticket offices break time: 01:10 p.m. - 01:30 p.m. & 4:35 p.m. - 4:55 p.m. |
Address: | Inzhenernaya str., 4/1 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://eng.ethnomuseum.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Mondays and every last Friday of a month | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | close 30 minutes earlier | ||||||||||||||
Attention! | On the holidays' eve the museum closes 1 hour earlier |
Address: | Isaakievskaya square, 4 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://eng.cathedral.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Wednesday | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | Booking tickets and admission is terminated 30 minutes before the museum is closed | ||||||||||||||
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Address: | Griboyedov Canal Emb., 2B | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://eng.cathedral.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Wednesday |
Address: | Fontanka river emb., 21 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://fabergemuseum.ru/en | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Tuesday | ||||||||||||||
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From 10 am until 6 pm the exhibition is available for viewing only with a guided tour. An English language guided tour is available at least once per day - please, check current schedule. Guided tours in French and German are also available, please, check the schedule. You may also join any Russian language tour group and rent an English language audioguide to follow along with the tour. After 6 pm visitors may explore the Museum individually. Please note that the exhibition halls close 15 minutes prior to Museum's closing time. |
Address: | 29th line of Vasilievsky Ostrov, 2 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.erarta.com/en | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Tuesday |
Address: | Aleksandrovskiy park, 7 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.artillery-museum.ru/en/home.html | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Mondays, Tuesdays and the last Thursday of the month | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | shut one hour before the museum closes |
Address: | Victory Square (pl. Pobedy), 2 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.spbmuseum.ru/themuseum/museum_complex/monument_lenigrad/monument.php | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Wednesdays and each last Tuesday of the month | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | closes an hour earlier |
Address: | Kuybysheva str., 2-4 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://en.polithistory.ru |
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Museum closed on | Thursdays and each last Monday of the month | ||||||||||||||
Ticket offices | closes an hour earlier |
Address: | Monastyrka river emb., 1 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.gmgs.ru http://lavra.spb.ru |
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Opening hours Monastery |
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Opening hours Necropolises |
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Ticket offices | close 30 minutes earlier |
Address: | Razvodnaya str., 2, Peterhof, Saint-Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://peterhofmuseum.ru |
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Opening hours The Grand Palace The Special Treasury Museum of Fountain Matters Royal Church Museum |
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Opening hours Lower park and Upper garden (free entrance) |
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Ticket offices | Еntrance to The Special Treasury, Museum of Fountain Matters and Royal Church Museum and ticket office closes an hour earlier |
Address: | Garden Str, 7, Pushkin, Saint-Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://eng.tzar.ru |
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Museum closed on | Thursdays and the last Monday of each month (Jan 25, etc) | ||||||||||||||
Fttention! | October to late April: tickets available only in Palace Vestibule. Entry hours for individual visitors during national and school holidays: 12.00-17.00 |
Address: | Sadovaya Str., 20, Pavlovsk, Saint-Petersburg | |||||||||||||
Website: | http://en.pavlovskmuseum.ru |
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Opening hours The Palace State rooms - first floor |
Admission to the Palace closes at 5.15 p.m. Ticketing services working time 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
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Opening hours The Private Apartments of Empress Maria Fеodorovna - the ground floor |
The admission is paid separately! Admission to the Palace closes at 5.15 p.m. Ticketing services working time 10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
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Opening hours The Russian Residential Interior of the 19th Century - the second floor |
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Address: | Dvortsovyy pr., 48 A, Lomonosov, Saint-Petersburg | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://eng.peterhofmuseum.ru/page.php?id=7 |
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Address: | Berezovaya alleya, 3, Strelna, Leningrad Oblast | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.konstantinpalace.ru/en/main |
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Museum closed on | Wednesday, During the State evens Konstantin palace is closed for visitors | ||||||||||||||
Ticket office | 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Address: | University Emb., 3 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.kunstkamera.ru/en | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Mondays, the last Tuesday of each month, January 1, May 9, December 31 | ||||||||||||||
Ticket office | 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Address: | Truda Sq., 5 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://eng.navalmuseum.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Mondays and Tuesdays | ||||||||||||||
Attention! | Booking tickets and admission is terminated 45 minutes before the museum is closed |
Address: | Lermontovskiy pr., 2 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://en.jeps.ru | ||||||||||||||
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Attention! | Saturdays and Jewish Festivals the synagogue is open from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm for religious service only. |
Address: | Shpalernaya str., 56 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | http://www.vodokanal-museum.ru/en/muzejnyj_kompleks/kratkaya_informaciya | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Mondays and Tuesdays | ||||||||||||||
Ticket office | closes at 18:30 |
Address: | University Emb., 1 | ||||||||||||||
Website: | https://www.zin.ru/museum | ||||||||||||||
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Museum closed on | Tuesdays and nationwide celebrations | ||||||||||||||
Ticket office | closes at 16:50 |
Saint-Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire between 1712 and 1918.
Starting from the end of the 15th century Moscow played the leading role in the political, economic and cultural development of Russia, but in 1712 Peter the Great ordered to move the capital to the banks of the Neva. His aim was to built long-term political relations with European countries, to develop trade with ports of western Europe and to establish cultural exchange between Russia and the rest of the world. St-Petersburg, built right on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, was destined to become Russia's “window on Europe”.
St-Petersburg is the birthplace of Russian porcelain
Porcelain first appeared in China between the 4th and the 6th centuries, in 1710 the first porcelain workshop in Europe was established in Meissen ( Saxony ). The technology involved in the manufacture of chinaware in Meissen was, as in China, a close-locked secret.
Russian chemist Dmitriy Vinogradov discovered the secret of porcelain production in 1746. It was at Vinogradov's pottery shop that first samples of russian-made porcelain appeared. Later on the workshop was expanded and accommodated the Emperial Porcelain Factory.
During out trip to Russia we enjoyed both cities – Moscow and St-Petersburg. Everything was very good & the guides were very cooperative.