Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

The Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian devoted to zoology. It is located in , on Universitetskaya Embankment.
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  • Email: museum@zin.ru
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Russian zoological museum
  • Also known as: “ZMAS” and “Zoological Museum”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Spit of the Vasilievsky Island and Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Scenic viewpoint
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The Old Saint Petersburg Stock Exchange and Rostral Columns, located in in the Russian Federation, are significant examples of Greek Revival architecture. is situated 180 metres northeast of Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

University
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The Russian Academy of Sciences consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals. is situated 270 metres southwest of Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Museum
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V.V. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil was founded in 1902 at by Vasilli Vasil'evich Dokuchaev. Commonly regarded as the father of Soil science, Dokuchaev started his extensive collection of soil samples in 1880. is situated 170 metres northwest of Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Peter and Paul Fortress.

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, 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.

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

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The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Latitude
59.94284° or 59° 56′ 34″ north
Longitude
30.30568° or 30° 18′ 20″ east
Operator
Russian Academy of Sciences
Open location code
9GFGW8V4+47
Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q2025062
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կենդանաբանական թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Rusiya Elmlər Akademiyasının Zoologiya İnstitutunun Zoologiya Muzeyi”
  • Belarusian: “Заалагічны музей Заалагічнага інстытута РАН”
  • Catalan: “Museu zoològic de Sant Petersburg”
  • Chinese: “动物博物馆”
  • Chinese: “动物学博物馆”
  • Chinese: “動物學博物館”
  • Dutch: “Zoologitsjeskiy moezey Zoologitsjeskogo institoeta RAN”
  • Estonian: “Teaduste Akadeemia Teaduste Instituudi zooloogiamuuseum”
  • Estonian: “Venemaa Teaduste Akadeemia Zooloogia Instituudi zooloogiamuuseum”
  • Finnish: “Pietarin eläintieteellinen museo”
  • Finnish: “Venäjän Eläintieteellinen museo”
  • French: “musée zoologique de Saint-Pétersbourg”
  • French: “Musée zoologique de Saint-Pétersbourg”
  • German: “Zoologisches Museum des zoologischen Instituts der Russischen Akademie der Wissenschaften”
  • German: “Zoologisches Museum Sankt Petersburg”
  • Italian: “Museo zoologico dell’Accademia delle scienze della Russia”
  • Italian: “Museo zoologico”
  • Japanese: “動物学博物館”
  • Russian: “Зоологический музей в Санкт-Петербурге”
  • Russian: “Зоологический музей Зоологического института РАН”
  • Russian: “Зоологический музей Императорской академии наук”
  • Russian: “Зоологический музей Санкт-Петербурга”
  • Russian: “Зоологический музей”
  • Russian: “Московский Зоологический музей”
  • Russian: “Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Зоологический институт Российской академии наук”
  • Slovenian: “Zoološki muzej Zoološkega inštituta Ruske akademije znanosti”
  • Spanish: “museo zoológico de la academia de ciencias”
  • Spanish: “Museo zoologico del instituto de zoologia de la academia de ciencias de Rusia”
  • Spanish: “Museo zoológico del instituto de zoología de la academia de ciencias de Rusia”
  • Spanish: “Museo Zoológico del Instituto de Zoología de la Academia de Ciencias de Rusia”
  • Ukrainian: “Зоологічний музей Зоологічного інституту РАН”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Sŵolegol Sefydliad Sŵolegol Academi Gwyddorau Rwsia”
  • “ZMAS”

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