Rumyantsev Mansion — Attraction in Адмиралтейский округ

If you have a little time and are interested in Leningrad's history then this museum is a must visit - just 10 mins from the Hermitage. The mansion itself is stunning and they have various exhibitions running, when we were there there was one about the early days of Leningrad and the communal apartments [some of which are still around] and although this was all in Russian it was still interesting.

The rooms dedicated to the Siege, however, are harrowing. There is more English signage here or they can lend you the text to walk around with. But the horrors of the effects of starvation are hard to look at, but the later rooms are also inspirational - against the odds they somehow managed to hang on and fight until the Road of Life was opened across Lake Ladoga. Nevertheless, it was the worst siege in human history.

I knew much of this period of the city's history from Lena Mukhina's diary but excerpts from Tanya Savicheva's diary, which was used as evidence at Nuremberg, are...

You need to visit this museum if you want to meet true Peterburgzy. The people working here can tell you so much about history and they are incredibly friendly. Actually I have never ever met such enthusiastic museum workers in Russia or anywhere in the world. An excursion is very recommended (but I am not sure if there are any in English, please check before). The exposition is a little bit eclectic but very charming or touching (as in...

НОЧЬ МУЗЕЕВ УДАЛАСЬ! /A NIGHT OF MUSEUMS... -2

Румянцевский музей. Может быть, по своей концепции это музей будущего. Все, вроде бы, «смешалось в доме Облонских» – сам Румянцев-Задунайский, сын его – книгочей, Лейхтенбергские, Кочубей, города музей. И поэтому, попадая внутрь, встречаясь еще и с выставкой о Венеции, как-то теряешься: каша какая-то? Не каша – вода… река времени за окнами сохранившихся парадных залов... и внутри..

The Rumyantsev Museum is a museum of the history of the city. In my opinion, this is a Museum not only about St. Petersburg, but about the city in the cosmogonic sense. For this reason, there is a large exhibition dedicated to Venice. But for me the most important thing is in the preserved interiors...