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”, “Арка Главного штаба”, “Восточное крыло Главного штаба”, “Главный штаб”, “Здание Генерального штаба”, “Здание Государственного штаба”, and “مبنى الجنرال ستاف”
  • Address: Дворцовая площадь 6-8, 191186

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Petersburg and Apraksin Dvor.

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, known as Petrograd in 1914-1924 and…

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Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares.

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General Staff Building

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

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“General Staff Building” goes by many names.
  • 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: “Algemeen Stafgebouw”
  • 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: “Здание Главного штаба”
  • Slovenian: “stavba generalštaba”
  • Spanish: “Edificio del Estado Mayor”
  • Swedish: “General Staff Building”
  • Thai: “อาคารเสนาธิการทหารบก (เซนต์ปีเตอส์เบิร์ก)”
  • Thai: “อาคารเสนาธิการทหารบก”
  • Turkish: “Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Binası (Sankt-Peterburg)”
  • Turkish: “Genelkurmay Başkanlığı Binası”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок Головного штабу”
  • “General Staff Building”

Notable Places Nearby

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

Nearby Places

Places to explore: В. И. Ленину and Эрмитажный магазин.

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