Russia Vibes

Museum of Political History of Russia: Kshesinskaya Mansion Guide

Russian Ethnographic Museum, Saint Petersburg: Visitor Tips

A museum of the peoples of Russia in a Svinyin-designed building behind the Russian Museum, with about half a million objects covering…

Russian Railway Museum, Saint Petersburg: Hours and Tickets

One of the largest railway museums in Europe, opened in 2017 in the former Baltic Station locomotive depot, with about 118 pieces…

Central Naval Museum, Saint Petersburg: Hours and Highlights

One of the world's largest maritime museums, founded in 1709 from Peter the Great's Model Chamber and since 2013 housed in the…

Cruiser Aurora, Saint Petersburg: Hours, Tickets and Tips

The protected cruiser launched in 1900, famous for the blank shot of October 1917, now a museum ship of the Central Naval…

Spit of Vasilyevsky Island: Rostral Columns and Views

The eastern tip of Vasilyevsky Island, a Neoclassical ensemble of the Old Stock Exchange, two red Rostral Columns and a granite embankment…

Palace Bridge, Saint Petersburg: Raising Times and Views

The cast-iron bascule bridge across the Neva, opened in 1916, whose raised leaves in front of the Hermitage and the Peter and…

Saint Michael’s Castle, Saint Petersburg: Hours and Interiors

Paul I's palace of 1797–1801, a Romantic-classical castle once ringed by canals, today a branch of the Russian Museum with a portrait…

Smolny Cathedral, Saint Petersburg: Belfry, Hours and Tips

Rastrelli's blue-and-white Baroque cathedral on the left bank of the Neva, begun in 1748 and consecrated in 1835, with one of the…

Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Saint Petersburg: Necropolis Guide

Saint Petersburg's oldest monastery, founded in 1710, with a Starov cathedral, Baroque churches and two necropolises where Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky and Lomonosov are…