Interesting places of St. Petersburg. Part 2
Continuing the topic of interesting places
Pulkovo observatory
Pulkovskoe highway 65, building 1
http://www.gaoran.ru/excursions/russian/
You will visit the Astronomical Museum reflecting the history of the development of Russian astronomy in the 18-19th centuries, see the center of the Round Hall through which the famous Pulkovo meredian passes, get acquainted with the refractor telescope on the Central Tower, the Large Pulkovo Radio Telescope, the solar telescope, the astrograph and the observatory park.
Amusement Park "Divo Island"
Kemskaya st., 1
This is the largest in the city and the largest in Russia in terms of the number of attractions, an amusement park. Here everyone will find an attraction to their liking. The park is divided into thematic zones with appropriate design, decorated with waterfalls, sculptural objects and themed decorations. On the territory there is a cafe, a pond with birds and catamarans, a stage for entertainment events
Drive Park Ladoga
Leningrad region, Berezovo village, Ladozhskaya street
The park combines the Streletsky Ostrog Museum of Living History, dedicated to the history of the Streletsky army from Ivan the Terrible to Peter 1. It is a wooden Russian fortress of the 16th and 17th centuries, where you can try on costumes and armor, feel the weight of weapons and taste dishes according to recipes from that era. There is a working smithy and a bathhouse. The Border Zastava Museum of Living History dedicated to the Soviet-Finnish conflicts. The Bjorkagard Museum of the History of the Viking Age (Black Bear Fortress). Master classes are held in museums. You can walk along Ladoga under sail on replicas of historic ships along the picturesque skerries. The park also has a hotel complex with restaurants and a transfer. Show programs are organized on holidays.
Russian village Shuvalovka
Peterhof, St. Petersburg highway, 111
The center of traditional Russian culture with authentic buildings is located 30 minutes from St. Petersburg on the way to Peterhof.
Restaurants, a farmyard, a bathhouse, folklore and excursion programs for tourists, folk festivals, festivals, craft master classes, horseback riding.
Museum of microminiature "Russian left-hander"
Caravan street 3/35
The exhibition combines two rare types of art: the modern innovative art of microminiature and ancient blacksmithing. The dimensions of unique pieces are measured in microns. They are made by hand from colored dust particles and can only be viewed under a microscope. This is like a hymn to the legend of the Russian blacksmith-gunsmith who shod a flea .Here you can see a caravan of camels in the eye of a needle and other miracles of microminiature
Faberge Museum
Fontanka emb., 21
The museum was founded to popularize the cultural heritage of Russia. The exhibition houses the world’s largest collection of works by Carl Faberge, including the Imperial Easter eggs, which are considered not only
jeweled unique works of art, but also historical artifacts. The collection also includes works by Russian masters of the late 19th century. , early 20th century. The Museum is located in the Shuvalov Palace, one of the most beautiful palaces in St. Petersburg
Necropolis of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Since the 17th century, prominent figures of music, literature and art have found their last refuge here. Unique tombstones, steles, monuments, epitaphs, crypts. The fact that burial here required the permission of the emperor, speaks about the peculiarity of this place. Dostoevsky, Mussorgsky and others are buried here. …
There are excursions around the Necropolis, you can also admire the ensemble of the cathedral and the monastery of the Lavra, visit various workshops, have a snack in the monastery canteen and buy freshly baked bread of our own production.
Medieval town of Svargas Historical and Cultural Center "Varyazhsky Dvor"
Vyborg, Vozrozhdenie village, Svargas passage 2
A reconstructed fortress of the Baltic Slavs of the 8-11th centuries. The museum is part of the International Organization EXARC, an association of famous museums and archaeological parks. Visitors can observe the life of the ancient Slavs, participate in ancient games, holidays, crafts, organized programs
Museum of Soviet slot machines
Konyushennaya square, 2v
The museum has a collection of slot machines since the mid-1970s. At the entrance you are given 15-kopeck coins, which in themselves are a rarity, with their help you can start the machines. There are also machines with soda water and kvass, an old telephone booth with a telephone .Board chess, ping pong, some history on old projectors. Unique and atmospheric place.
Grand layout of Russia
Tsvetochnaya st., 16
The largest model of Russia from Kaliningrad to Kamchatka, with an area of 800 square meters. Collective images of cities and regions of Russia. Hundreds of moving trains and cars, light and sound effects, miniature figures, day and night. All this on a scale of 1:87.
Route 66
USA Automotive Classics Museum
Konyushennaya square, 2
An interactive project, the heroes of which are American cars of 1940-1970. More than a dozen themed zones, each of which recreates the atmosphere of your favorite films. You can sit down, touch and take pictures in all the exhibits. You can ride with Marilyn Monroe, be surrounded by zombies and get behind the wheel of a Cadillac hunter of the dead. Whether it’s an Indiana Jones Jeep or a Ghostbusters jeep ride, there’s something for everyone.
Oceanarium
86 Marata street, letter A
The largest oceanarium with an underwater tunnel, waterfalls, marine life of various water latitudes. Demonstrative feeding, a show of seals and sharks. Two floors of emotions.
Big funny projects
A network of projects which includes “House upside down”, mirror, tape and glass labyrinths, “Museum inside a man”, “House of the giant”, the maze of fear, the museum “Believe it or not” with unique exhibits from the Guinness Book of Records and comic, believe it or not ? A museum of illusions, where you can find yourself anywhere, soar on the spire of the Admiralty, find yourself in the jaws of a shark and take unique photographs, a sweet museum, a petting zoo. “Hit the dishes” can relieve stress well. Butterfly Garden and others. Most of the projects are located in the center of St. Petersburg.
Veliky Novgorod. Museum of Wooden Architecture "Vitoslavlitsy"
170 km from St. Petersburg is a city that is part of the Golden Ring of Russia. Founded in 859 with an old fortress-Kremlin in 1044, a monument to the “Millennium of Russia”, and St. Sophia Cathedral in 1045. The unique atmosphere of an ancient city on the banks of the Volkhv River, Yaroslav’s courtyard, Yuryev monastery with mills, and the ethnographic museum of wooden architecture “Vitoslavlitsy”. The reconstructed life, houses, the church are the best examples of wooden architecture that have survived to this day. clothes, will tell about the life and structure of the economy of the 16-19 centuries..
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