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Academy House
ACADEMY HOUSE (1/2 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment), architectural monument. A residential house of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, built according to an exemplary project of the early 18th century, reconstructed in 1757-58 (architect S.I
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Adamini's House
ADAMINI'S HOUSE (1 Moika River Embankment), architectural monument. It was built for merchant Antonov in 1823-27 in the late Empire style (architect D.F. Adamini, hence the name)
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Admiralty
ADMIRALTY, in the 18-19 centuries - a place for the building and repairing of warships, provided with all the necessary equipment (dockyards, ship-ways, slipways, storehouses, workshops, etc.). In St
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Admiralty Fortress
ADMIRALTY FORTRESS, founded together with the Main Admiralty on 5 November 1704. The design of the fortress was drafted by Tsar Peter the Great under the guidance of Y.V. Bruce
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra
ALEXANDER NEVSKY LAVRA, located at 1 Alexander Nevsky Square. The monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St. Alexander Nevsky. It was founded in 1710 by Tsar Peter the Great at the confluence of the Chernaya River (today the Monastyrka River)
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Alexander Palace (Pushkin)
ALEXANDER PALACE (Pushkin), an architectural monument in Neoclassical style; constructed in 1792-96 (architect G. Quarenghi); located on the territory of the Alexander Park
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Alexandria, palace and park ensemble (Peterhof)
ALEXANDRIA, palace and park ensemble of Peterhof located to the east of the Lower Park and occupying a territory of 115 hectares. Since 1711, the estate of A.D
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Alexandrovsky Park (Pushkin)
ALEXANDROVSKY PARK (Pushkin), a landscape architecture monument, situated west of Ekaterininsky Park. The park is a part of Tsarskoe Selo palace and park ensemble. Alexandrovsky Park covers an area of 120 hectares
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Amber Room
AMBER ROOM, a unique interior of the Great Catherine Palace, and 18th century arts and crafts monument. The walls of the Amber Room are decorated with the amber panels (the only example of amber used in Russian architecture)
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Anichkov Palace
ANICHKOV PALACE (39 Nevsky Prospect), monument of Baroque architecture. Built in 1741-54 (architect M.G. Zemtsov, G.D. Dmitriev, F. Rastrelli) near Anichkov Bridge (hence the name)
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Apartment Houses (entry)
APARTMENT HOUSES, houses constructed to receive a profit by leasing the apartments. They appeared in St. Petersburg in the early 18th century, proliferated after the decree of 1769 that authorized shops to be arranged on the ground floors
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Archaeological Monuments in St. Petersburg and its Outskirts
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS IN ST. PETERSBURG AND ITS OUTSKIRTS, including artefacts (man-made items), settlements and burial places. The oldest archaeological monuments on the territory of the region date back to the Mesolithic Period (before the
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Archangel Michael Cathedral
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CATHEDRAL, located at 61 Dvortsovy Avenue, Lomonosov. A monument of Neo-Russian architecture built in 1911-14 (architect A.K. Minyaev) to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty
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Arsenals (general article)
ARSENALS, establishments for storing and repairing weapons and ammunition, as well as buildings meant for such use. The first arsenals in St. Petersburg (Zeughaus) were built in 1703-05 in St Peter and Paul Fortress and the Admiralty Fortress
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Astoria Hotel
ASTORIA HOTEL (39 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). The six-story building, featuring elements of the Art Nouveau and Neoclassical styles, was constructed in 1911-12 (architect F.I. Lidval, engineer N.P. Kozlov, engineer-architect K.G. Eylers)
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Bank Buildings (entry)
BANK BUILDINGS, public buildings designed for housing finance and credit institutions. The first special bank buildings were the Assignation Bank building at Sadovaya Street (1783-90, architect G
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Basin House
BASIN HOUSE (5 Ostrovsky Square), architectural monument of the Neo-Byzantine style, apartment house of N.P. Basin (built by his plans in 1878-79). The house facades with windows of varied patterns and featuring so-called “polotentsa” (towels)
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Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
BELOSELSKY-BELOZERSKY PALACE (41 Nevsky Prospect), an architectural monument of the Eclectic style. Reconstructed from an 18th century Neoclassical residence in 1799-1800 for Princess A.G. Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya (architect F.I. Demertsov)
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Blagoveschenskaya (Holy Annunciation) Burial Vault
BLAGOVESCHENSKAYA (HOLY ANNUNCIATION) BURIAL VAULT (Holy Annunciation Burial Vault), the oldest stone chapel-monument of St. Petersburg, part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Ensemble
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Bolshoy Dom
BOLSHOY DOM (Big House)(4 Liteiny Avenue), the name Leningraders gave to the administrative building where the bodies of Joint State Political Administration Board (OGPU), People's Commissariat of Home Affairs
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Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor
BOLSHOY GOSTINY DVOR (35 Nevsky Prospect), the largest commercial enterprise of St. Petersburg. The first plan for a Gostiny Dvor (effectively, a large scale trading market) on Nevsky Prospect was developed in the late 1750s by the architect A
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Bubyr's House
BUBYR'S HOUSE (11 Stremyannaya Street), monument of Art Nouveau architecture. Built in 1906-07 (architect N.V. Vasilyev, A.F. Bubyr) as an apartment house by commission of the Ugryumov family on a narrow, elongated plot
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Buddhist Temple
BUDDHIST TEMPLE, located at 91 Primorsky Avenue, an architectural monument, constructed in 1909-15 in Staraya Derevnya for the Mission of the Dalai Lama of Tibet, established in St. Petersburg in 1901, and the St
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Cathedral of Prince St. Vladimir
CATHEDRAL OF PRINCE ST. VLADIMIR, (Dobrolyubova Avenue, 26 Blokhina Street), an architectural monument in a transitional style from Baroque to Classicism. The Cathedral is located on the so-called mokrushi, soggy, regularly flooded lowland
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Cathedral of the Renewal of the Jerusalem Holy Resurrection Temple
CATHEDRAL OF THE RENEWAL OF THE JERUSALEM HOLY RESURRECTION TEMPLE, Smolny Сathedral, the Cathedral For All Educational Establishments, located at 1 Rastrelli Square. Monument of Baroque architecture
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Catherine Palace (Town of Pushkin)
CATHERINE PALACE (Town of Pushkin), an architectural monument of the Baroque period, compositional centre and dominating architecture of the park and palace ensemble of Tsarskoe Selo
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Catherine Park (Pushkin town), ensemble
CATHERINE PARK (Pushkin town), a monument of landscape architecture and the central part of Tsarskoe Selo palace ensemble. Its consists of a total of 107 hectares The park consists of a grassed and a landscape areas, divided by the Great Pond
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Cemetery Churches (entry)
CEMETERY CHURCHES built in municipal cemeteries from the middle of the 18th century. In 1759-1760, the wooden Church of Our Lady of Smolensk was erected at the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery (see Smolenskoe Cemeteries); in 1756-1759
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Chaev Mansion
CHAEV MANSION (9 Rontgen Street). An Art Nouveau architectural monument. Erected in 1906-1907 (architect V.P. Apyshkov) for the S.N. Chaev, engineer of communication routes
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Chesme Church
Chesme Church, the Church of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, located at 12 Lensoveta St. An example of Neo-Gothic architecture, erected in 1777-80 (architect Y.M
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