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The State Hermitage
is a museum of art and
culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest
and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise over three million items,including the largest collection of paintings in the world.
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Titian “Escape to Egypt” 1508
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Claude Monet “Haystack at Geverny” 1886
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The Smolny Insitute
The Smolny was Russia's first educational
establishment for women and continued to function under the
personal patronage of the Russian Empress until just before the 1917 revolution. A nice garden and iron-work grille around the institute date from the early 19th century.
Today, this historic building is the official residence of the governor of St.Peterburg and also houses a museum dedicated to Lenin. Visitors to the museum can tour Lenin's office and living rooms and even see the famous assembly hall, where the victory of the October revolution was proclaimed in 1917.
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Russian Museum
The museum was established on April 13,
1895, upon enthronement of Nicholas II to commemorate his
father, Alexander III. Its original collection was composed of artworks taken from the Hermitage Museum, Alexander Palace, and the Imperial Academy of Arts. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, many private collections were nationalized and relocated to the Russian Museum.
These included Kazimir Malevich's Black Square.
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Kazimir Malevich
“Black square” 1915
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Kazimir Malevich
“Head of a peasant girl” 1912-13
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Kazimir Malevich “Sisters” 1910
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Mariinsky Theatre
is a historic theatre of opera and
ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it
became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres.
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The Mikhaylovsky Theatre
is one of Russia's oldest
opera and ballet houses. It was founded in 1833
and is situated in a historical building on the Arts Square in St. Petersburg. It is named after Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia.