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A. I. KUINDZHI MEMORIAL APARTMENT, St. Petersburg's only history and art workshop. It was opened in 1993 as a branch of the Science and Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts and was accommodated in the so-called House of Artists (original
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Academician Pavlov Memorial Museums (entry)
ACADEMICIAN PAVLOV MEMORIAL MUSEUMS. 1) The Memorial Study and Library of Academician I. P. Pavlov was established in 1937. It is housed in the Department of Physiology of the Institute of Experimental Medicine (12 Akademika Pavlova Street) where
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All-Russian Pushkin Museum
ALL-RUSSIAN PUSHKIN MUSEUM of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (12 Moika RiverEmbankment) was established in 1953 on the basis of the All-Russian Pushkin Exhibition of 1937 opened in Moscow in the halls of the History Museum in
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Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum
ANNA AKHMATOVA LITERARY AND MEMORIAL MUSEUM, located at 34 Fontanka River Embankment, was opened in 1989 in Fountain House (see Sheremetev Palace) as a branch of the Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum. The museum became independent in 1990. A
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Antireligious Museum
ANTIRELIGIOUS MUSEUM existed from 1930 to 1937 and was housed in St. Isaac's Cathedral. The museum was one of the main centres of atheist propaganda in the USSR
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Arctic and Antarctic, Museum of the
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC, Museum of the, located at 24а Marata Street. It is the only museum in Russia and the biggest museum in the world devoted to natural environment of the polar regions of the Earth
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Army Medical Museum
ARMY MEDICAL MUSEUM of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation situated at 2 Lazaretny Lane. It was founded in Moscow in 1942 and transferred to Leningrad (St
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Art Culture Museum
ART CULTURE MUSEUM opened in 1921 in the former Myatlev family's house at 9 St.Isaac’s Square on the initiative of a group of left-wing artists. Unlike traditional museums exhibiting pieces of art on a national or historical basis
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Aurora, cruiser
AURORA first rank cruiser was founded in 1897 at the New Admiralty dockyard, and became part of the Baltic Fleet in 1903. It weighed over 6,700 tons (in 1917 - 7
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Beer Museum
BEER MUSEUM of Stepan Razin Complex Joint-Stock Company situated at 9 Stepana Razina Street. It was opened in 1995 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Stepan Razin Complex (originally Kalinkinsky Beer and Honey Works)
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Blok's Memorial Flat
BLOK'S MEMORIAL FLAT situated at 57 Dekabristov Street, branch of the State Museum of St. Petersburg History. It was opened in 1980 for the 100th anniversary of the poet's death in M. E. Petrovsky's former apartment house built by architect M. F
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Botanic Garden
BOTANIC GARDEN (2 Professora Popova Street) originates from the Apothecary Garden (established by order of Tsar Peter the Great). Its overall area was 22.9 ha including 2.5 ha of conservatories and buildings, 16
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Botanical Museum
BOTANICAL MUSEUM, located at 2 Professora Popova Street, is the only botanical museum in the country. The museum dates back to the Botanical Museum of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences established in 1823 and officially opened in 1835
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Brodsky's Memorial Flat
BRODSKY'S MEMORIAL FLAT situated at 3 Iskusstv Square, branch of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts, monument to the Russian art heritage, and artist I. I. Brodsky's memorial flat
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Cabin of Peter the Great, museum
CABIN OF PETER THE GREAT (6 Petrovskaya Embankment), St. Petersburg's oldest building. The cabin, which consisted of two rooms separated by a hallway and a bedroom was constructed on 24-26.5
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Central Military and Naval Museum
MILITARY AND NAVAL MUSEUM, Central Museum of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (4 Birzhevaya Square), one of Russia's oldest museums. It was founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1709 as Model Chamber
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Chaliapin F. I. Memorial Flat
CHALIAPIN F. I. MEMORIAL FLAT (2b Graftio Street) is a branch of the Museum of Theatre and Music Art. The Chaliapin F. I. Memorial Flat was opened in 1975 in the flat where F. I. Chaliapin lived in 1914-22
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City Museum
CITY MUSEUM, founded in 1918 based on an earlier museum established in 1908 and situated at 55 Sadovaya Street. The City Museum was accommodated in the Anichkov Palace with the Museum of Old Petersburg as its branch located at 35 Fontanka River
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Communication Museum
COMMUNICATION MUSEUM, A. S. Popov Central (7 Pochtamtskaya Street) is the first such museum in Russia. It ranks among the biggest museums of its kind in the world
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Derzhavin Museum
DERZHAVIN MUSEUM, Museum of Derzhavin and Russian Literature of his Time, 118 Fontanka River Embankment, a branch of Pushkin All-Russian Museum. It was opened in May 2003 in the main house of G.R
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Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil Science
DOKUCHAEV CENTRAL MUSEUM OF SOIL SCIENCE (6 Birzhevoy Passage) is the first ever museum of soil science. The museum was established in 1902 on the initiative of V. V. Dokuchaev as the Soil Museum of the Free Economic Society
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Doll Museum
DOLL MUSEUM situated at 8 Kamskaya Street. It was founded by Poteshny Promysel Company in 1998 and opened in 1999 with a number of private collections forming the basis of the stocks enlarged by antique and modern original dolls
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Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum
DOSTOEVSKY LITERARY MEMORIAL MUSEUM ( 5/2 Kuznechny Lane), opened 13.11.1971 in the house where F. M. Dostoevsky rented his last flat since 1878 and where he died on 28.1.1881. R. G
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Elagin Island Palace and Museum of Russian Applied and Decorative Arts
ELAGIN ISLAND PALACE AND MUSEUM OF APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ARTS AND INTERIOR of the late 18th - early 20th centuries (4 Elagin Island), opened in 1987 in Elagin Palace
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Gas Dynamics Laboratory
GAS DYNAMICS LABORATORY, the first national research and development organisation specialising in space technology. It was founded in Moscow in 1921 as N. I. Tikhomirov's Laboratory for Development of Inventions
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Gatchina, museum and reserve
GATCHINA, museum and reserve, founded in 1918 at the time Gatchina Palace and Palace Garden with the adjacent facilities were first open to visitors. Among others, V. Y. Kurbatov, N. E. Lansere, V. K. Makarov, and S. N
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Geological Prospecting Museum
GEOLOGICAL PROSPECTING MUSEUM, Central Research Geological Prospecting Museum Named after F.N. Chernyshev (74 Sredny Avenue of Vasilievsky Island), one of the world’s largest natural science museums
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Gottorp Globe
GOTTORP GLOBE, a unique planetarium globe - a hollow rotating sphere over 3.1 metres in diameter with the Earth surface pictured on the outside and a celestial map on the inside of the sphere
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Hermitage
HERMITAGE, State Museum (32-38 Dvortsovaya Embankment) is one of the biggest museums in the world, exhibiting art as well as cultural and historical objects. It consists of 5 inter-connected buildings: the Winter Palace, the Small Hermitage
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Hermitage Buildings (entry)
HERMITAGE BUILDINGS. Hermitages were compulsory for all large court estates such as Peterhof and Tsarskoe Selo built as detached pavilions for confidential meetings from the early 18th century
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