St.Petersburg – population 5 million, it was the capital of Russia until 1918. In 1914, the name was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, in 1924 to Leningrad and in 1991 back to Saint Petersburg. It is the most westernised city in Russia and its cultural capital.
Peter and Paul Fortress built in 1703 on an island in the Neva river to defend against an attack by Sweden never saw a shot fired in anger. Now it houses a number of Museums and a Church.
You can buy a combined ticket for RUB 600 to visit 5 locations.
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- Entrance to the Fortress
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- Tickets
Museum of Space Exploration and Rocket Technology
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- Spacecraft
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- Rocket Engines
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- Dog Cosmonauts
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- Entrance
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- Rockets
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- Rockets
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- Rockets
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- International Space Station
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- International Space Station
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- Rocket Engines
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- Moon vehicle
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- Space Capsule
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- Space Capsule
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- Inside the Space capsule
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- Tracking Ship
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- The Moon
History of the Fortress Museum
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- History Museum
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- History Museum
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- Sleigh racing
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- Carving
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- History
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- Angel
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- Da Vinci
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- Gate
Commandant’s House Museum
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- Lend a helping hand
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- Key to the city
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- Novgorod Slav dwelling
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- Sailor
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- Soldier
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- St.Petersburg
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- Anchor
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- Russia
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- History
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- Woman
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- Alexander I writing implements
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- Battle
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- Church
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- Parade
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- Typrwriters
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- Kitchen
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- Kettles
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- Bathroom
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- Benz
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- Skating
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- Family
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- Thick walls
The Trubetskoy Bastion Prison – held many famous political prisnors.
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- Prison
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- Prisnor Garb
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- The Cell
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- Cell wall insulation
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- Basin
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- Tapping code
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- Andrey Zhelyabov – Hanged
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- Check on the prisnor
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- Albert Trauberg – Hanged
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- Cell Furnishings
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- Petr Krasikov – Lenin’s Pal
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- MAxim Gorky
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- Corridor
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- Lidia Sture – Hanged
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- Leon Trotsky
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- Cell Grafitti
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- The Guards
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- Prison Yard
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- Exercise
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- Bathing
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- Food
Peter and Paul Cathedral
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- Peter and Paul Cathedral
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- Inside the Cathedral
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- Most photographed cat
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- Coffins
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- The Altar
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- The rear
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- Left
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- Right
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- Peter I
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- The river
Church of Our Saviour on the Spilled Blood and the Horse Bridge
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Spilled Blood Church
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- Artists
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- Interesting
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- Horse Bridge
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- Horse Bridge
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- Horse Bridge
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- Interesting
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- Horse Bridge
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- Interesting
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- Catherine II
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- Flowers
Chris's space 