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Capital: Moscow Currency: Russian ruble Population: 141,377,752 Saint-Petersburg's museums

The State Hermitage

Phone: (812) 571-34-65, 571-84-46, 710-90-79

Address: 190000, Saint-Petersburg, 34-36, Dvortsovaya Nabarezhnaya

Location: From "Nevsky Prospect" metro station, take any of the following: bus 7, 10; tram 31; troll. 1, 7, 9, 10

Working hours: Open every day except Monday, 10.30 am - 6 pm. Ticket office open 10.30 am - 5 pm

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M106 - official web page - www.hermitagemuseum.org
The State Russian Museum

Phone: (812) 314-83-68, 595-42-48, 314-34-48

Address: 191186, Saint-Petersburg, 4, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya

Location: metro station 'Nevskii Prospect' or 'Gostiny Dvor'

Working hours: Open every day, except Tuesdays, 10 am - 5 pm

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M117 - official web page - www.rusmuseum.ru

The Museum of Antropology and Ethnography named after Peter the Great (Kunstkamera)

Phone: (812) 328-07-12

Address: 199034, Saint-Petersburg, 3, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya

Location: Metro Station: Vasileostrovskaya; bus no.10, tram no. 31, trolleybus 1,7,9 or 10

Working hours: Monday - Wednesday, Friday - Sunday; 11am - 6pm

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M145 - official web page - www.kunstkamera.ru/

The State Hermitage

Phone: спр (812) 571-34-65, экс 571-84-46, 710-90-79

Address: 190000, Saint-Petersburg, 34-36, Dvortsovaya Nabarezhnaya

Location: From "Nevsky Prospect" metro station, take any of the following: bus 7, 10; tram 31; troll. 1, 7, 9, 10

Working hours: Open every day except Monday, 10.30 am - 6 pm. Ticket office open 10.30 am - 5 pm

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M106 - official web page - www.hermitagemuseum.org

Description:

The State Hermitage is one of the oldest and largest museums in the world. The collection occupies more than 350 halls in 5 different buildings including the Winter Palace, the former residence of the Russian tsars. The buildings of the Museum alone are by themselves valuable architectural monuments.
The museum collection has over 3 million exhibits from prehistoric to modern times. Especially important are the collections of prehistoric exhibits, Egyptian art, Roman and Greek art, Scythian gold and Western European paintings and sculptures.

Museum's services:
museum shop, museum's caffe, theatre, equipped for invalid visitors

The State Russian Museum

Phone: (812) 314-83-68, 595-42-48, 314-34-48

Address: 191186, Saint-Petersburg, 4, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya

Location: metro station 'Nevskii Prospect' or 'Gostiny Dvor'

Working hours: Open every day, except Tuesdays, 10 am - 5 pm

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M117 - official web page - www.rusmuseum.ru

Description:

The Russian Museum was opened in 1895, by a decree of Tsar Alexander III, and as such was the first state owned museum of art in Russia. Housed in the Mikhailovsky Palace (architect C.Rossi), the Museum numbers nearly 400.000 exhibits, and has a huge range of Russian art which rival that of the Tretiakov in Moscow. The exhibits date from ancient icons to the Avant-garde school of painting of the 20th century, and include many landmarks in the history of Russian art, such as Bruillov's 'The Last Day of Pompeii', and Repin's 'The Barge Haulers'.

Museum's services:
museum shop, lecture hall, Internet access, museum's caffe, equipped for invalid visitors

Description:

The Kunstkamera, founded by Peter the Great in1728, was Russia's first official museum. It has a wide range of exhibits that show the diversity of human life on the planet - an archaeology collection, an archaeology collection and a collection that looks at the culture and life of different ethnic groups. The museum also has Peter the Great's infamous collection of anatomical rarities and abnormalities, as well as exhibits that look at the more conventional history of anatomy.

The Peterhof State Museum-Reserve

Phone: (812) 427-9223

Address: 198903, Saint-Petersburg, 2, Ulitsa Razvodnaya, Petergof

Location: Local trains go from Baltisky Station, St Petersburg, to 'Novy Petergof' Station. There is also a hydrofoil service that leaves from two terminals: on the Makarova Embankment and by the Hermitage Museum.

Working hours: The palace itself is open every day, except Monday and the last Tuesday of every month, from 10.30am

Internet:
                                                     www.russianmuseums.info/M115 - official web page - www.peterhof.ru


Description:

The brilliant palace and park ensemble of Peterhof, concieved and created at the will of Peter the Great as a counterpart of Versailles, is situated on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, 29 kilometres from St. Petersburg. In the course of 200 years, it served as a summer residence of the Russian monarchs. In the 18th and 19th centuries it was a setting for majestic receptions, grand festivities, balls, concerts and masquerades.
The Peterhof ensemble includes the Upper and Lower Parks with 150 fountains spurting upwards powerful jets if water and foir resplendent cascades. The Peterhof system of water supply is unequalled as concerns the time of its operation. At the edge of the 16-metre high natural terrace soars the Great Palace - the focal centre of the ensemble designed by Rastrelli. The rich display of the palace acquaints its visitors with magnificent state rooms and halls and the living apartments of the Russian Emperors. At the foot of the palace you can see a pageant of the Great Cascade with silvery fountain jets and numerous golden sculptures, including the famous Samson Fountain. Water failing down the cascade runs through the Sea to the Gulf of Finland.

St. Isaac’s Cathedral

Phone: (812)314-21-68 - спарвочная, 315-9732 экскурс. бюр

Address: 190000, Saint-Petersburg, Isaakievskaya Square

Location: Buses: 3, 10, 22. Trolleybuses: 5, 22

Working hours: Every day, except Wednesday, from 11.00 to 19.00 Warning:
group visits only

Internet:
www.russianmuseums.info/M116 - official web page - www.cathedral.ru



Description:

St. Isaac’s Cathedral is an outstanding monument of Russian architecture of the 19th century and one of the greatest dome constructions in the world, smaller in size only in comparison with the Cathedral of St. Peter in Rome, St. Paul’s Cathedral in London and Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence.

Grandness of this temple is shown by its size: the height of the building is 101.5 m; the length is 111.2 m; and the width is 97.6 m.

The cathedral is one of the dominant buildings of St. Petersburg and the second in height after the Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Its monumental and majestic image creates a unique accent in the city’s skyline and serves as much a landmark of the northern capital, as the spire of the Cathedral in the Peter and Paul Fortress and a gold ship atop of the Admiralty.

Museum's services:
museum shop

Museum has :
folk group

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hotels and restaurants

Description:

The Kunstkamera, founded by Peter the Great in1728, was Russia's first official museum. It has a wide range of exhibits that show the diversity of human life on the planet - an archaeology collection, an archaeology collection and a collection that looks at the culture and life of different ethnic groups. The museum also has Peter the

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