The Russian Museum

The Russian Museum is a museum in Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia. The Russian Museum is situated nearby to Russian Museum of Ethnography, as well as near the museum The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Russian Museum of Ethnography and The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.

Russian Museum of Ethnography

Museum

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The Russian Museum of Ethnography is a museum in St. Petersburg that houses a collection of about 500,000 items relating to the ethnography, or cultural anthropology, of peoples of the former Russian Empire and the Soviet Union.

The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood

Museum

Photo: AndreyWi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in Saint Petersburg, Russia which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood is situated 380 metres northwest of The Russian Museum.

National Library of Russia

Library

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

The National Library of Russia, located in Saint Petersburg, is the oldest of Russia's three national public libraries. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries. National Library of Russia is situated 570 metres south of The Russian Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Apraksin Dvor.

Saint Petersburg

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Saint Petersburg, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and Leningrad in 1924-1991, is the second largest city of Russia, with 5.6 million inhabitants, the fourth most populous city in Europe, the world's northernmost city of at least a million residents, and the former capital of the Russian Empire.

Apraksin Dvor

Suburb

Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.

Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in Saint Petersburg, Russia, covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

Peter and Paul Fortress

Neighborhood

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The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress.

The Russian Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude

59.93837° or 59° 56′ 18″ north

Longitude

30.33468° or 30° 20′ 5″ east

Elevation

16 metres (52 feet)

Open location code

9GFGW8QM+8V

GeoNames ID

7874166

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