Things to Do in Vasilievsky Island

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Things to Do in Vasilievsky Island

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Chamber of Art
The Chamber of Art, also called the Chamber of Curiosities, is...
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Egyptian Sphinxes
On the landing in front of the Repin Institute, leading down...
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Menshikov Palace
Alexander Menshikov (1673-1729), St. Petersburg's first governor...
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Most Leytenanta Shmidta
Built between 1842 and 1850 this was the first stationary bridge...
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Ploshchad Rumyantseva
This square was established in honor of the 18th-century general...
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Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture
During the reign of Peter the Great, artists, like architects...
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Rostral Columns
Swiss architect Thomas de Thomon designed these columns, which...
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Russian Academy of Sciences
Erected on strictly classical lines between 1783 and 1789, this...
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St. Petersburg Institute of Mining Technology
Founded in 1773 by Catherine the Great, this is St. Petersburg's...
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St. Petersburg State University
In 1819 Tsar Alexander I founded this university, today one of...
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Strelka
The Strelka ("arrow" or "spit") affords a dazzling view of both...
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Squares Vasilievsky Island
 
Zoological Museum
The prize of this zoological museum's unusual collection, which...
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