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Metro Stations

A 1967 station named after the poet Mayakovsky, with red smalt walls, mosaic panels at both ends and sliding doors on the…

Metro Stations

The northern end of the first metro line, opened in 1955, with a domed rotunda pavilion, white stucco arches and four October…

Metro Stations

A station devoted to the poet Pushkin, opened in 1956, with white marble pylons, crystal-bowl lamps and a statue of him by…

Metro Stations

A 1955 station on the theme of Soviet naval glory, with bluish-grey marble, a sail-shaped ceiling and a 1917 mosaic of sailors…

Metro Stations

A deep 1955 station named after the Kirov Plant, with a temple-like colonnaded vestibule, smoky grey marble and aluminium cartouches of industry.…

Metro Stations

A deep pylon station from the first Leningrad metro line, opened in 1955, with a Glory to Labour sculpture above the escalator…

Metro Stations

The deepest metro station in Russia, 86 m underground, with a nautical theme and a gold-and-cream marble hall. Its vestibule is a…

Metro Stations

A working Line 1 station that opened in 1955 and looks like a palace: glass and marble columns, bronze chandeliers and a…

Sightseeing

The main memorial to the victims and defenders of besieged Leningrad: 186 mass graves, an Eternal Flame, a bronze Motherland figure and…

Museums

The museum in Solyanoy Lane that tells the story of the 872-day siege of Leningrad. It opened in 1944, was closed for…