General Staff Building

The General Staff Building is an edifice with a 580 m-long bow-shaped facade, situated on in , , in front of the Winter Palace.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday noon—9:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: building on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia
  • Also known as: “General Staff Building, Saint Petersburg” and “Восточное крыло Главного штаба”
  • Address: Дворцовая площадь 6-8, 191186
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The State Hermitage Youth Education Center and The Church of Our Savior on the Spilled Blood.

Community center
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, is a contemporary art education program in , that is part of . The program is offered for all students, whether from St.

Museum
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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood is a Russian Orthodox church in , which currently functions as a secular museum and church at the same time. is situated 610 metres east of General Staff Building.

Library
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The , located in , is the oldest of Russia's three national public libraries. The NLR is currently ranked among the world's major libraries. is situated 1 km southeast of General Staff Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Apraksin Dvor.

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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.

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

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.

General Staff Building

Latitude
59.93855° or 59° 56′ 19″ north
Longitude
30.31836° or 30° 19′ 6″ east
Inception
1829
Levels
4
Open location code
9GFGW8Q9+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 309796655
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q2622043
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“General Staff Building” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مبنى الجنرال ستاف”
  • Arabic: “مبنى القيادة العامة”
  • Armenian: “Գլխավոր շտաբի շենք”
  • Asturian: “Edificiu del Estáu Mayor (San Petersburgu)”
  • Belarusian: “Будынак Галоўнага штаба”
  • Chinese: “總參謀部大樓”
  • Czech: “Budova generálního štábu”
  • Dutch: “General Staff Building”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى القياده العامه (سانت بطرسبرج)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مبنى القياده العامه”
  • Esperanto: “Konstruaĵo de la Ĝenerala Stabo”
  • French: “palais de l’état-major”
  • French: “Palais de l’État-Major”
  • German: “Generalstabsgebäude”
  • Hebrew: “בניין המטה הכללי”
  • Italian: “Palazzo dello Stato Maggiore”
  • Persian: “ساختمان ستاد کل (سنت پترزبورگ)”
  • Persian: “ساختمان ستاد کل”
  • Polish: “Budynek Sztabu Generalnego w Sankt Petersburgu”
  • Polish: “Gmach Sztabu Głównego w Petersburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio do Estado Maior”
  • Romanian: “Clădirea Statului Major General din Sankt Petersburg”
  • Russian: “Арка Главного штаба”
  • Russian: “Главный штаб”
  • Russian: “Здание Генерального штаба”
  • Russian: “Здание Главного штаба”
  • Russian: “Здание Государственного штаба”
  • Slovenian: “stavba generalštaba”
  • Spanish: “Edificio del Estado Mayor”
  • Swedish: “General Staff Building”
  • Turkish: “Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Binası (Sankt-Peterburg)”
  • Turkish: “Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Binası”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок Головного штабу”
  • “General Staff Building”

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Highlights include Arch of the General staff and Museum of printing.

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