Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 7.3 km
Ascend 119 m
Descend 135 m

Experience Saint Petersburg in Russia in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Individual Sights in Saint Petersburg

Sight 1: Церковь иконы Божией Матери «Знамение»

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The Church of the Sign of the Blessed Virgin Mary in St. Petersburg is a temple of the Old Believers of the Pomor Concord. It is located at 8 Tverskaya Street, letter A.

Wikipedia: Церковь Знамения Пресвятой Богородицы (Санкт-Петербург, старообрядческая) (RU), Website

673 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Вселенная воды

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The Museum Complex "Universe of Water" is a museum in St. Petersburg. Located at 56 Shpalernaya Street. The main exposition of the museum is located in the water tower, built in the brick style in 1859-1863 by the architect I. A. Merts. The water tower, along with other buildings on the surrounding territory, is part of the complex of the former main station of the St. Petersburg city water pipelines and is an architectural monument of regional significance.

Wikipedia: Вселенная воды (RU)

602 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Выставочный зал «Цветы»

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The Flowers Exhibition Hall is a greenhouse located in the Central District of St. Petersburg, at the corner of Shpalernaya and Potemkinskaya streets, and adjacent to the Tavrichesky Garden.

Wikipedia: Цветы (выставочный зал, Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk

335 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Anna Akhmatova

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Anna AkhmatovaЕкатерина Борисова / Добросовестное использование

The monument to Anna Akhmatova was opened in St. Petersburg on September 28, 2006 on Voskresenskaya Embankment between houses 12 and 14.

Wikipedia: Памятник Анне Ахматовой (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

527 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Жертвам политических репрессий

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Жертвам политических репрессий Alex Fedorov (User:Florstein) (photo), User:Lilotel (edit) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression in Saint Petersburg is a monument dedicated to millions of people who suffered from state terror in the USSR. It is located at the descent to the water on the Voskresenskaya Embankment of the Neva River, separating it from the legendary Kresty Prison, where many political prisoners were held. The central element of the monument is a pair of sculptures of "metaphysical sphinxes" by artist Mihail Chemiakin. Executed in the spirit of modernism, they feature - their faces are divided vertically into two halves. Facing the residential buildings on the embankment, the sphinxes have profiles of young female faces, and facing the Kresty prison on the opposite bank are exposed skulls. This symbolizes the tragic division of the people during the Soviet years. Around the perimeter of the sculpture pedestals are plaques with texts dedicated to Soviet repression, written by famous writers and dissidents. Between the sphinxes is a structure made of granite blocks in the form of an early Christian cross with a prison window and a crown of thorns made of barbed wire. The architectural solution of the monument was designed by Vyacheslav Bukhayev and Anatoly Vasiliev. The memorial was opened at the initiative of the sculptor and city authorities on April 28, 1995.

Wikipedia: Memorial to the Victims of Political Repression (Saint Petersburg) (EN)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Poltava Warship

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The memorial sign to the ship "Poltava" is a monument dedicated to the first Russian 54-gun sailing battleship of the 4th rank "Poltava". It is installed on Voskresenskaya Embankment, in the alignment of Chernyshevsky Avenue (St. Petersburg).

Wikipedia: Полтава (памятник) (RU)

997 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 7: St. Ann's Church

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St. Anne's Church is a Lutheran church in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was built in 1775-1779 by Georg Friedrich Veldten for the German community in a Neoclassical style with Ionic columns.

Wikipedia: Annenkirche, Saint Petersburg (EN), Website

365 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 8: Сад Дружбы

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Сад Дружбы

The Garden of Friends is a Chinese garden located near houses No 15-17 on Liteiny Prospekt in St. Petersburg. It was created at the beginning of the XXI century for the three hundredth anniversary of the city.

Wikipedia: Сад дружбы (Санкт-Петербург) (RU)

699 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 9: сад Даниила Гранина

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The Daniil Granin Garden is a garden located between Solyany Lane, Gangutskaya and Gagarinskaya streets in St. Petersburg.

Wikipedia: Сад Даниила Гранина (RU)

555 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 10: Чижик-Пыжик

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"Chizhik-Pyzhik" is a miniature animalistic sculpture in St. Petersburg. It was erected on November 19, 1994 on the Fontanka River, near the Mikhailovsky (Engineers) Castle next to the 1st Engineers' Bridge, opposite the house No 12/1. The height of the figure is 11 cm, the weight is about 5 kg.

Wikipedia: Памятник Чижику-Пыжику (RU)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Порфировая ваза

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A porphyry vase is a work of stone-carving art installed in the Summer Garden in St. Petersburg. It is located at the entrance to the garden from the Moika River embankment on the bank of the Karpiev Pond.

Wikipedia: Порфировая ваза (RU)

645 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood

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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. The structure was constructed between 1883 and 1907. It is one of Saint Petersburg's major attractions.

Wikipedia: Church of the Savior on Blood (EN), Website

607 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: The Pushkin Apartment Museum

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The Pushkin Memorial Museum-Apartment is a museum that tells about the last months of the poet's life. Since 1953, it has been part of the All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin.

Wikipedia: Музей-квартира А. С. Пушкина (Санкт-Петербург) (RU), Website, Vk

537 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Висячий сад

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The Hanging Garden of the Little Hermitage is an integral part of the Small Hermitage building, which is part of the museum complex of the State Hermitage, built in 1764-1773 by architects J. B. Vallin de la Mothe and Y. M. Felten, rebuilt in 1841 by V. P. Stasov. The Hanging Garden is located at the level of the second floor, above the premises of the former stables and manege, and occupies the space between the galleries connecting the North and South pavilions of the Small Hermitage.

Wikipedia: Висячий сад Малого Эрмитажа (RU)

275 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 15: The Winter Palace of Peter the Great

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The Winter Palace of Peter the Great

The Winter Palace of Peter I is the personal residence of Emperor Peter I, erected on the Neva embankment near the Winter Canal, an architectural monument of the early XVIII century, partially preserved and located in the building of the Hermitage Theater, included in the museum complex of the State Hermitage.

Wikipedia: Зимний дворец Петра I (RU), Website

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