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What to do and see in Kurortny District, Northwestern District: The Best Specialty Museums
Discover the best top things to do in Kurortny District, Russia including Ant Museum, Kellomyaki-Komarovo Local Lore Museum, Penates, I. Y. Repin's Estate Museum, Sestroetskiy Rubezh, Historical and Cultural Museum Complex, Zelenogorsk Museum of Retro Cars, V. Lenin's Tent Museum, Ostap Bender's National Literary Museum.
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1. Ant Museum
2. Kellomyaki-Komarovo Local Lore Museum
3. Penates, I. Y. Repin's Estate Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 275 reviews
Reviewed By stevepwwii - Tromso, Norway
Penates is a great place. We got into Repin after visiting Art museum in Moscow and wanted to see his private mansion in St Petersburg. Our guide suggested we go there. We have never regretted it, it is a short drive (approx 45 minutes from our hotel) away and the place is absolutely empty - no crowds, nothing. Pine trees everywhere, almost by the ocean. Come see this place if you come to St Petersburg
4. Sestroetskiy Rubezh
5. Historical and Cultural Museum Complex
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 25 reviews
6. Zelenogorsk Museum of Retro Cars
7. V. Lenin's Tent Museum
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 56 reviews
Reviewed By sergeyk147
Me and my wife remember Soviet times very well and so decided to visit this place which in the days of our youth was Mecca for communist pilgrims. We, on the contrary, had never been there. Just for foreigners - Pazliv is a small village near St Petersburg where in July-October 1917 future communist dictator Vladimir Lenin escaped from Russian authorities that wanted him as a German spy. He spent those months mostly in a hay tent at the seaside edge of the forest. Today this reconstructed hay doodah looks more like a rear a big hairy dog with his/her tail up than like a great revolutionary's hideaway. But a small museum is really nice and shows bumpy events of that year as it should - in a calm and balanced way. Lenin is presented as just one of many players on that stage, not as a genius but rather as a master of sophisticated intrigue. Such approach is still not predominant in Russia so I can't but say bravo to the people who practice it here. We also loved part of the exposition which described everyday life in St Petersburg before and after both February and October revolutions. Not many people even in Russia know today that on the night communists were catching power theatres and restaurants were open and people could hardly imagine what a gory mess was encroaching upon them. There's a small souvenir shop inside and one can also take a stroll through a park facing the Gulf of Finland. Just bear in mind that there will be no chance even to drink a cup of tea of coffee there not to mention chewing a crust of bread (at least we found nothing). Maybe the management wants you to feel like an ordinary Soviet citizen in the era of total deficit?
