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What to do and see in Smolny, Northwestern District: The Best Things to do
The second largest city in Russia, St. Petersburg is the country’s cultural heart. View splendid architectural gems like the Winter Palace and the Kazan Cathedral, and give yourself plenty of time to browse the world-renowned art collection of the Hermitage. Sprawling across the Neva River delta, St. Petersburg offers enough art, nightlife, fine dining and cultural destinations for many repeat visits.
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1. Maxiguide
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5.0 based on 92 reviews
Guide francophone à Saint-Pétersbourg. Visites à pied ou en voiture privée des principaux sites de la ville. Visites des palais des environs, de Tsarskoyé Selo, de Peterhof, de Pavlovsk. Visite de l'Ermitage, de la forteresse Pierre et Paul. Tours de ville insolites. Les transferts. Conseils sur le choix des hôtels.
2. Magic Thai
3. Chevalier Guard Regiment Arena
4. Revenue House of A.S. Khrenova
5. Smolny Monastery
6. Smolny Cathedral
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4.5 based on 592 reviews
This dazzling blue and white Baroque-style cathedral, never fully completed by Winter Palace architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli, is now used for concerts and exhibits.
Reviewed By drogilmour - Guatemala City, Guatemala
This baroque complex by Giacomo Quarenghi was finished in 1835, known back then as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, served as the temple of all educational institutions of the city. In the interior you can see some billboards in Russian and English explaining about the education on home chores for young girls at the institution established in the quarters known as Educational Society of Noble Maidens. After the revolution, the Smolny Cathedral was closed by the Soviet authorities. A warehouse was set up on the marble steps, and all the historic icons and religious property was transferred to museum warehouses until they figured out what to do with it. What we appreciate now is a fully restored and operating cathedral, all the icons date back to the last decade of the 20th century, they are practically new and that is noteworthy since some are truly a master piece. Worth admiring the huge bell before the entrance. If you are into elevated city sights, visit the belfry with one of the most bewitching views of the city.
7. Historical and Memorial Museum Smolny
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4.5 based on 41 reviews
Russia's first boarding school for noble young ladies, the Smolny Institute was the headquarters of the first Soviet government in 1917. Today it is the seat of the City Government. It also houses Lenin Memorial Museum.
Reviewed By alexey2612 - Moscow, Russia
I agree with the previous contributors, that it is hard to get in. I was in Smolny on business, after the meeting was over, the hosts were kind enough to offer a tour of the Lenin's office on the third floor. The one on the second floor was under repairs. It is situated in the left wing. A small room where it all happened. In the corner a bed where Lenin slept during the fist days. Then he moved to the second floor where there was a bigger room for him and Nadezhda Konstantinovna.
