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Park Pobedy
Free: All time When you arrive at the Park Pobedy by metro, pay attention to the station itself. At 84 metres underground, it is the deepest...
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Red October Factory
Free: All time The island used to smell of chocolate because it was the site of the Red October Chocolate Factory. Today, the iconic 19th-century red...
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Andrei Sakharov Museum
Free: All time Andrei Sakharov was a Russian nuclear physicist and a human rights activist. He was an advocate of civil liberties and reforms in the...
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Yauza Valley
Free: All time The Yauza Valley sits by the marshlands by the Yauza River, north of Moscow. Despite being only five miles away from Red Square,...
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Gorky House
Free: All time As one of the most celebrated author of the Soviet’s era, Maxim Gorky was rewarded the stunning Ryabushinsky Mansion after returning to Moscow...
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Lenin’s Mausoleum
Free: All time Since his death in 1924, Vladimir Lenin’s embalmed body has been on public display in his mausoleum. Situated in Red Square in the...
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St. Petersburg
Kazan Cathedral
Free: All time Strolling down the main street of St. Petersburg – Nevsky Prospekt, you’re bound to come across the impressive Cathedral of Our Lady of...
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Palace Square (Dvortsovaya Ploschchad)
Free: All time Palace Square is basically the central city square of St. Petersburg and the former Russian Empire. It was the setting of many events...
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Piskariovskoye Memorial Cemetery
Free: All time Piskariovskoye Cemetery serves as a reminder and memorial for the tragedy the city lived through during World War II – specifically during the...
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St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral
Free: All time Located in the sailor quarter of St. Petersburg, this impressive baroque Cathedral was named after Nicholas – the patron saint of seamen. It...
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The Bronze Horseman
Free: All time The Bronze Horseman is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great – the founder of St. Petersburg immortalized in the poem of the...
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Strelka (The Arrow)
Free: All time Strelka, literally translated to “arrow”, is the eastern tip of Vasilyevsky Island and is one of the oldest parts of St. Petersburg. Strelka...