Cruiser Aurora

The cruiser played a special role in the revolutionary events — October 25, 1917 — the Aurora’s salvo fire marked the beginning to storm the Winter Palace: the Provisional Government was arrested and the Bolsheviks came to power. It is the participant of the three wars and the most turbulent events of the 20th century. The cruiser Aurora is still the active ship of the Russian Navy and a branch of the State Naval Museum. The future naval officers have the practice here. The ship is an object of the cultural heritage of the Russian Federation.

Hermitage

The State Hermitage Museum (until 1917 - the Imperial Hermitage) is a museum of fine and decorative art, the second largest art museum in the world. The main museum complex includes six interconnected buildings - the Winter Palace, the Reserve House of the Winter Palace, the Small Hermitage, the Large (Old) Hermitage, the New Hermitage and the Hermitage Theater. 365 halls are open to them. The museum also has at its disposal the General Headquarters, the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, the Old Village Restoration and Storage Center and the Menshikov Palace.

General Admiralty Building

The building of the Main Admiralty is a complex of Admiralty buildings in Saint Petersburg on the 2nd Admiralty island, located on the Bank of the Neva river, a significant monument of Russian Empire architecture. Originally built as a shipyard, it was rebuilt in the XVIII—XIX centuries. Since 1718, the Admiralty Board has been located here (since 1827 —the Admiralty Council), and in 1709-1939 — the Model chamber (since 1805 — the Maritime Museum).

Kunstkamera

Kunstkamera is a cabinet of rarities, currently the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MAE RAS) is the first museum in Russia established by the Emperor Peter the Great and located in St. Petersburg.
It has a unique collection of antiquities that reveal the history and life of many peoples. But to many, this museum is known for its “special” collection of anatomical rarities and anomalies. The Kunstkamera building is from the beginning of the 18th century. a symbol of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The Kunstkamera Tower is crowned by the Armillary sphere.

Flying Dutchman

“Flying Dutchman” is a specific restaurant-ship at the Birzhevoy Bridge with a magnificent panorama of the city on the Neva. The view from the deck of the Flying Dutchman to the architectural ensemble of the embankment of the Northern capital is recognized by UNESCO as one of the most beautiful in Europe. From the ship you can see: St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Palace Embankment with Baroque buildings led by the Hermitage, the Peter and Paul Fortress with its shining spire and mighty walls, the ensemble of the arrow of Vasilyevsky Island with rostral columns.

Nakhimov School

The Nakhimov Naval School (until 1992 the Leningrad Nakhimov Naval School) was opened in Leningrad in 1944. Created in accordance with the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR from June 21, 1944. September 18, 1944 the first admission to the school. In the first academic year, 408 pupils aged 10 to 14 sat down at their desks. Many of them had previously participated in battles at the front, had awards. In 1948, its first release took place. The school has been representing the Navy for many years at military parades in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Peter-Pavel's Fortress

A special place of the complex is the Peter and Paul Cathedral. All Russian emperors are buried here, including the remains of the last tsar of the Russian Empire. An angel rises on the spire of the cathedral, according to legend, in his hands he grips an invisible sword that protects the city and its inhabitants from all evil spirits.
The fortress can be seen on almost all of our routes.

Rostral Columns

Rostral Columns are located along the sides of the Exchange building. There are rostrums, the nasal decorations of old ships, on its trunks. The reliefs of anchors distinguish itself on the red plaster. There are two sculptures on every column. They represent the rivers of Russia - the Neva, the Volkhov, the Volga and the Dnieper. The columns were port lighthouses once, illuminating the path of ships in the Neva Bay. We can see the special bowls mounted on tripods on its tops. The fire was burned there. Previously, the oil was use to maintain the fire, now gas is supplied to the vases. Nowadays, rostral columns are lit only on the public holidays.