Museum of History of the Press

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ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF THE PRESS (32/2 Moika River Embankment), a branch of the Museum of St. Petersburg History. The Museum was opened 25.1.1984 as Lenin and Pravda Museum in the premises which from 5(18) March to 5(18) July 1917 accommodated the editorial board of Pravda. The museum showed editorial offices, the secretariat and the waiting room; later the museum also occupied the second floor of the former Village Herald printing house (2 Volynsky Lane). Since October 1991 the museum has been operating under its present name. The new exposition entitled Publishing and Printing Business in the late 19th - early 20th Centuries features authentic printing equipment, and materials on the publishing business in St. Petersburg. The museum also has a Museum Education Centre and runs a specialised City Antiquity Museum Shop.

References: Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002. С. 98.

A. D. Margolis. Lenin (real name Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 32/2
Volynsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002 St. Petersburg Museum of History
Pravda (The Truth), newspaper