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Vladimir Nabokov Museum in St. Petersburg

28.05.2020
The plaque on the house of Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov, one of the most famous writers of the second half of the XX century, left St. Petersburg (at that time Petrograd) in his youth: his family moved to Germany away from the Bolsheviks, who had taken power in 1917. The house where the future writer grew up has not changed much, its aura and atmosphere are almost the same and give a clear...

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art , exhibition , free time , museum , places of interest

Five-Hour Film About The Hermitage Was One Shot By iPhone

09.05.2020
Throne hall

That’s a really amazing idea. You take a smartphone and have it filming five hours long without a second take while you are walking around a museum. This is really possible if the smartphone is an iPhone and the museum is the Hermitage. The Longest Video Shot By iPhone Without Recharge In March 2020, the Hermitage and Apple teamed up to do what looks...

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excursions , Hermitage , museum , palaces , phone

List Of Most Popular St. Petersburg Museums With Ticket Information And Opening Hours

12.02.2020
Tickets to the St. Isaac Cathedral

We’ve made up a list of museums you’re most likely to visit during your stay in St. Petersburg. Schedule, price, nothing unnecessary. The list is regularly updated. Some Important Notes To The List — many museums have a lot of branches. For example, the Hermitage has a few, so we took only the most popular. In case of the Hermitage, it’s...

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Amber room , essentials , Hermitage , museum , palaces , parks , Peterhof , prices , schedules , suburbs , Tsarskoe Selo

Visit to The Hermitage Museum: Tickets, Tips, What To See

09.01.2020
Hermitage Petersburg Russia

The biggest. The greatest. The best. The Hermitage. You may skip the raising bridges’ show and even the Amber room in Catherine’s palace, but the absence of the Hermitage in your St. Petersburg itinerary will make you come back here since your friends and relatives will hardly understand you if you wouldn’t visit Russian museum the most...

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art , exhibition , free time , Hermitage , I don't speak Russian , museum , palaces , Russian life

Visiting Rules For The Catherine Palace

10.08.2019
Catherine palace

Rules for visitors who come to the Catherine Palace at the Tsarskoe Selo (town of Pushkin) eager to see the famous Amber Room and other beautiful premises don’t differ much from the ones accepted at other great museums around the world. What makes these rules special is that missing them may result into a mess and less comfort during overcrowded high...

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Amber room , I don't speak Russian , museum , palaces , suburbs , taboos , Tsarskoe Selo
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