Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum
The Smolny Institute is a Palladian edifice in Saint Petersburg that has played a major part in the history of Russia, notably as a center of women's education, and the headquarters of the Bolsheviks during the early stages of the October Revolution.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Thursday: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
Friday: 3:00 PM—6:00 PM - Email: smolny300@mail.ru
- Type: Museum
- Description: school building
- Also known as: “Smolny Institute”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nyenschantz and Proletarskoy Diktaturi Square.
Nyenschantz
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Nyenschantz was a Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. Nyenschantz was built in 1611 to establish Swedish rule in Ingria, which had been annexed from the Tsardom of Russia during the Time of Troubles. Nyenschantz is situated 620 metres east of Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum.
Proletarskoy Diktaturi Square
Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Proletarskoy Diktaturi Square is situated 350 metres west of Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum.
Suvorov Museum
Museum
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Center and Polustrovo.
Center
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Center of Saint Petersburg is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bounded by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.
Polustrovo
Suburb
Photo: Blattur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Polustrovo is a suburb, which is situated 3 km north of Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum.
Vyborg Side
Suburb
'The Vyborg Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of Saint Petersburg, Russia on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka. Vyborg Side is situated 4 km northwest of Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum.
Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum
- Categories: school building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
59.94596° or 59° 56′ 45″ northLongitude
30.39653° or 30° 23′ 48″ eastOpen location code
9GFGW9WW+9JOpenStreetMap ID
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q728971
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Smolny Historical and Memorial Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف سمولني التاريخي والتذكاري”
- Armenian: “Սմոլնի”
- Bashkir: “Смольный”
- Basque: “Smolni institutua”
- Belarusian: “Смольны”
- Bulgarian: “Смолни”
- Catalan: “Institut Smolni”
- Catalan: “Institut Smolny”
- Chechen: “Смольный”
- Chinese: “斯莫尔尼宫”
- Danish: “Smolnyjinstituttet”
- Dutch: “Smolny-instituut”
- Esperanto: “Instituto Smolnij”
- Estonian: “Smolnõi instituut”
- Finnish: “Smolnan instituutti”
- French: “Institut Smolny”
- German: “Smolny-Institut”
- Greek: “Ινστιτούτο Σμόλνυ”
- Hebrew: “מכון סמולני”
- Hungarian: “Szmolnij Intézet”
- Indonesian: “Institut Smolny”
- Italian: “Istituto Smol’nyj”
- Japanese: “スモーリヌイ修道院”
- Japanese: “スモーリヌイ学院”
- Lithuanian: “Smolnis”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Smolny”
- Norwegian: “Smolnyj-instituttet”
- Persian: “مؤسسه اسمولنی”
- Polish: “Instytut Smolny”
- Portuguese: “Instituto Smolny”
- Romanian: “Institutul Smolnîi”
- Russian: “здание Смольного”
- Russian: “Здание Смольного”
- Russian: “Смольный институт”
- Serbian: “Смољни институт”
- Slovenian: “Inštitut Smolni”
- Spanish: “Instituto Smolny”
- Swedish: “Smolnyjinstitutet”
- Tatar: “Смольный бинасы”
- Turkish: “Smolni Enstitüsü”
- Turkish: “Smolny Enstitüsü”
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