State Museum of Political History of Russia

The State Museum of Political History of Russia is a political museum located in . It archives and showcases the political history of the Russian Federation. Before 1917, one of the buildings belonged to Mathilde Kschessinska.
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  • Email: info@polithistory.ru
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Saint Petersburg
  • Also known as: “Museum of Political History of Russia”
  • Address: улица Куйбышева 2-4, Санкт-Петербург, 197046

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Petersburg Mosque and Cabin of Peter the Great.

Mosque
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The , when opened in 1913, was the largest in outside . The mosque is situated in downtown St Petersburg. Its two minarets are 49 meters high and the dome is 39 meters high. is situated 100 metres northwest of State Museum of Political History of Russia.

Museum
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The is a small wooden house which was the first St Petersburg "palace" of Tsar Peter the Great. The log cabin was constructed in three days in May 1703, by soldiers of the Semyonovskiy Regiment. is situated 340 metres southeast of State Museum of Political History of Russia.

Museum
Photo: George Shuklin, CC BY-SA 1.0.
The Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps, also known simply as the , is a state-owned in , Russia. is situated 630 metres west of State Museum of Political History of Russia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Peter and Paul Fortress and Petrograd Side.

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.

Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Suburb
'The Side is the traditional name of the northern and northeastern part of , on the right-hand bank of the city's main waterway Neva and its first right-hand arm the Bolshaya Nevka.

State Museum of Political History of Russia

Latitude
59.95457° or 59° 57′ 17″ north
Longitude
30.32529° or 30° 19′ 31″ east
Levels
2
Operator
Министерства культуры Российской Федерации.
Open location code
9GFGX83G+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 43679385
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q15097244
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“State Museum of Political History of Russia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف التاريخ السياسي لروسيا”
  • Arabic: “متحف التاريخ السياسي”
  • Belarusian: “Дзяржаўны музей Вялікай Кастрычніцкай сацыялістычнай рэвалюцыі”
  • Belarusian: “Ленінградскі дзяржаўны музей Кастрычніцкай рэвалюцыі”
  • Belarusian: “Музей палітычнай гісторыі Расіі”
  • Georgian: “პოლიტიკის ისტორიის მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Staatliches Museum für politische Geschichte Russlands”
  • Italian: “Museo della storia politica russa”
  • Italian: “Museo della Storia politica russa”
  • Polish: “Państwowe Muzeum Historii Politycznej Rosji”
  • Russian: “ГМПИР”
  • Russian: “Музей политической истории России”

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