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Cultural programme of the X Nevsky International Ecological Congress
21.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Castle of the State Russian Museum (2, Ulitsa Sadovaya)
Participants can visit Mikhailovsky Castle on their own with their badge. The castle, also known as Engineer’s Castle, is a former imperial palace in the centre of St. Petersburg located at 2, Ulitsa Sadovaya.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Stroganov Palace of the State Russian Museum (17, Nevsky Prospekt)
Participants can visit the Stroganov Palace on their own. The palace was built based on the design of architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1753–1754.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Palace of the State Russian Museum (4, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
The Mikhailovsky Palace is a historical building in the centre of St. Petersburg that was built in 1819–1825 based on the design of architect Carlo Rossi.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad (9, Solyanoy Pereulok)
The State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad is a museum in St. Petersburg dedicated to the history of the Battle of Leningrad and the Siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the Gatchina State Historical and Artistic Palace and Estate Museum (1, Krasnoarmeysky Prospekt, Gatchina)
The Gatchina Estate Museum includes the Gatchina and Prioratsky Palaces, as well as the unified complex of the Palace Park. Visitors to the Gatchina Palace Museum will have a chance to learn the entire history of the palace, both during its heyday and in the tragic years of war and devastation, as well as the history of its construction: what the palace looked like under Count Grigory Orlov and after its reconstruction in the 1840-1850s. Learn how Gatchina Palace transformed from a hunting lodge into a grand ducal, and then an imperial estate, how the imperial residence turned into a museum, and then trace its history through all the vicissitudes of the 20th century to the present day.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg Bread Museum (2A, Ulitsa Mikhailova)
The exhibition covers the period from the development of agricultural crops in the time of Rus’ to the present day. The exhibition primarily focuses on the production, sale, and consumption of bread in St. Petersburg.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–20:00
Visit to the Russia – My History Historical Park (32, Ulitsa Basseynaya, building 1)
The Russia – My History Historical Park is a living textbook on the history of Russia and St. Petersburg. The unique multimedia complex presents the entire history of the country from ancient times to the present day with the help of more than 900 pieces of multimedia and interactive equipment featuring 3D reconstructions of famous battles and fights, a unique dome cinema, books, historical quizzes, multimedia complexes, decorations, and thousands of facts about historical eras and famous people.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–16:00
Visit to the Academician F.N. Chernyshev Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Museum (74, Sredny Prospekt, Vasilyevsky Island)
One of the largest natural history museums in the world. The museum is unique not only in terms of the size of its collections (around 1 million items), but also in terms of the content of its exhibits. The museum presents materials on the geological structure and mineral deposits of Russia, the CIS, and Baltic countries. More than 80,000 samples of minerals, rocks, ores, and fossil fauna and flora are on display in the exhibition halls with a total area of 3,750 m². The founders of Russian geology and some of the greatest scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Alexander Karpinsky, Feodosy Chernyshev, Alexander Fersman, and many others, worked on the creation of the museum collection.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
10:00–21:00
Visit to the Leningrad Zoo (1AI, Alexandrovsky Park)
The Leningrad Zoo is a unique home to over 500 species of mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrates from all over the world in the heart of St. Petersburg. It is an educational and nature conservation institution that provides people with an opportunity to learn about the biological diversity of the entire planet without leaving the city, broaden their horizons in matters of biology, zoology, and ecology, and spend time productively.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–20:00
Visit to the Suvorov State Memorial Museum (43, Kirochnaya Ulitsa)
The Suvorov State Memorial Museum is dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800). It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1900, on the centenary of the great commander’s death and ceremoniously opened four years later, on 13 (26) November 1904, on the 175th anniversary of Suvorov’s birth. The opening of the museum became possible as a result of donations from the military and civilian communities, as well as with the active participation of Emperor Nicholas II. The bulk of the collection consists of documents, artifacts from Suvorov’s campaigns, his personal belongings, as well as rare photographs and works of art.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–20:00
Visit to the State Literary Museum of the 20th Century (4/2, Ulitsa Malaya Konyushennaya, apartment 119 (enter from 2, Cheboksarsky Pereulok))
The State Literary Museum of the 20th Century is located on four sites in the centre of St. Petersburg. The first and main site is the Zoshchenko Apartment Museum, which is dedicated to the Soviet writer and his life among the intelligentsia in the difficult era of the 1930s–1950s. The museum has preserved the authentic furnishings of Mikhail Zoshchenko’s office. All 115 exhibits in the writer’s office are authentic. The museum became the owner of the personal collections of Nikolay Zabolotsky, Evgeny Schwartz, Veniamin Kaverin, Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky, and other residents of the house.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–20:00
Visit to the Anna Akhmatova State Literary Memorial Museum at the Fountain House (53, Liteyny Prospekt)
The Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House is located in the centre of St. Petersburg, in the southern wing of Sheremetev Palace, a masterpiece of Russian Baroque architecture. The museum opened in 1989 on the centenary of the poet’s birth, and was the first museum dedicated to the representatives of Akhmatova’s generation who tried to preserve their world and identity in a totalitarian state.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–21:00
Visit to the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (1, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The Manege Central Exhibition Hall currently has a historical and documentary project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The exhibition ‘Great Country – Great Victory. 1941–1945’ is dedicated to the feats of home front workers and tells about the heroic work of millions of people whose efforts and sacrifices are inseparable from the achievements of the army. The project explores the challenges that the Soviet Union faced during the war, shows what life was like during the hardships of wartime, and documents the significant contribution that home front workers made to the victory.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–20:00
Visit to the Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum (7, Bolshoy Kazachy Pereulok)
The Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum tells the story of some of St. Petersburg’s lesser-known individuals. You can learn about the life of poor citizens who inhabited the St. Petersburg suburb of Semenets in the late 19th century, visit the room of a young lawyer named Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), and go visit an inhabitant of Leningrad when it was besieged.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–21:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs (1, 18-ya Liniya, Vasilyevsky Island)
The St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs is located on Vasilievsky Island in the old mansion of Academician Mikhail Botkin, which Nicholos Roerich visited numerous times. The memorial exposition of the museum-institute is based on the legacy preserved by Helena Roerich’s niece Lyudmila Mitusova and her family. Over the years of the museum’s existence, owners of private collections have donated a number of art and other exhibits to the museum. Today, its collections contain around 15,000 items, including personal items, manuscripts, paintings, decorative and applied art, archaeological finds, photographs, and other cultural treasures reflecting the broad context of the life and work of the Roerich family.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
12:00–19:00
Visit to the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure (4, Yelagin Island)
Once a royal residence, Yelagin Island was taken over by the state in the middle of the 20th century and renamed the Central Park of Culture and Leisure, when it opened its doors to everyone. Throughout the year, the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure hosts outdoor cultural and mass events, which have already become its calling card.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
13:00–20:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art (2A, Ulitsa Zodchego Rossi)
The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art includes five museums in historical buildings of St. Petersburg: Sheremetev Palace, the Museum of Music, the Theatre Museum, the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, and the Actors Samoilovs’ Museum. The museum’s collections contain almost half a million exhibits depicting the 250-year history of Russian theatre and music: collections of musical instruments, stage costumes from the Wardrobe of the Imperial Theatres, painted portraits of actors, sketches of scenery and costumes, unique photographs, and rare books.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
13:00–19:00
Visit to the State Museum of Urban Sculpture (2, Chernoretsky Pereulok, New Exhibition Hall)
The State Museum of Urban Sculpture was founded on 28 July 1932. It is the only museum in St. Petersburg that studies, preserves, and restores a collection of monumental sculptures: city monuments, memorial plaques, and artistic tombstones created by a wide range of outstanding sculptors, architects, and artists. It includes the following branches: the Necropolis of the 18th Century, the Necropolis of Masters of Arts, the Lazarevskaya Tomb, the Literary Footbridges, the Narva Triumphal Gate, the New Exhibition Hall, and the Anikushin Workshop.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
13:00–20:00
Visit to the Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum (5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok)
The Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum opened on 13 November 1971 in a house on 5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok. Dostoevsky rented an apartment in this house on two separate occasions: for a very short time in 1846 and from October 1878 until his death on 28 January 1881. The start and end of his creative journey were connected at a single point. It was here that he worked on his early story The Double and his last novel The Brothers Karamazov. The Dostoevsky’s apartment was recreated based on the memoirs of contemporaries and the writer’s wife.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
21.05.2025
14:00–21:00
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22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Primordial Russia photo exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace)
For more than ten years, the Primordial Russia Nature Festival has served as a unique platform that reveals the country’s natural wealth to the world. Through art photography, documentary filmmaking, and educational projects, the festival demonstrates the fragility of ecosystems and emphasizes the need to preserve them.
Primordial Russia and the Nevsky International Ecological Congress address different aspects of the same mission: the festival affects people through emotions and art, while the Congress develops strategic solutions that aim to ensure environmental safety, improve legislation, and harmonize the two. Together, they create a basis for sustainable development.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on the rails along the route to the Atrium Hall and in the corridors of the Duma Hall.
Primordial Russia and the Nevsky International Ecological Congress address different aspects of the same mission: the festival affects people through emotions and art, while the Congress develops strategic solutions that aim to ensure environmental safety, improve legislation, and harmonize the two. Together, they create a basis for sustainable development.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on the rails along the route to the Atrium Hall and in the corridors of the Duma Hall.
22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Beauty of St. Petersburg’s Protected Nature photo exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace)
The exposition features 30 landscape photographs taken by famous St. Petersburg photographer Alexander Ladygin from 2018 to 2022. They reveal the charm of the city’s nature reserves and introduce people to their flora and fauna.
The exhibitions were prepared by the Nature Management Committee jointly with a subordinate enterprise of the Directorate of Specially Protected Natural Areas of St. Petersburg.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels in Tavrichesky Palace.
The exhibitions were prepared by the Nature Management Committee jointly with a subordinate enterprise of the Directorate of Specially Protected Natural Areas of St. Petersburg.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels in Tavrichesky Palace.
22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Exhibition display of the Imperial Porcelain Factory (Tavrichesky Palace)
During the Nevsky International Ecological Congress, the Imperial Porcelain Factory jointly with the Nature Management, Environmental Protection, and Environmental Safety Committee and the Russian National Library will present a new collection of porcelain that was conceived and developed not simply to highlight this ceremonial table setting’s beauty and elegance, but also to educate people about aesthetic perception, how to take care of nature, and disseminate knowledge about culture and art.
Consultations were held with employees of the Committee prior to directly working with porcelain, which resulted in the creation of a list of flowering plants in the northwestern region of Russia.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed near Hall 8.
Consultations were held with employees of the Committee prior to directly working with porcelain, which resulted in the creation of a list of flowering plants in the northwestern region of Russia.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed near Hall 8.
22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Immersion in Nature photo exhibition of St. Petersburg (Tavrichesky Palace along the fence on Ulitsa Shpalernaya)
The travelling photo exhibition Immersion in Nature, which is dedicated to the beauty of St. Petersburg’s protected areas, introduces viewers to the city’s natural heritage. The exhibition presents more than 70 professional landscape photographs of St. Petersburg’s protected natural areas.
The photo exhibition helps people learn about the picturesque nature within the city, offers new opportunities for ecotourism fans, and instils environmental values and a sense of pride in Russian nature.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed along the fence on Ulitsa Shpalernaya at Tavrichesky Palace.
The photo exhibition helps people learn about the picturesque nature within the city, offers new opportunities for ecotourism fans, and instils environmental values and a sense of pride in Russian nature.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed along the fence on Ulitsa Shpalernaya at Tavrichesky Palace.
22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace)
The centenary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation is a time to recap the results of the Society’s activities and showcase the prospects for its further development. The 21st century marks a period in human history when environmental issues and activities that aim to protect nature are becoming imperative for mankind’s survival. Russia’s role in this regard is entirely unique. The unprecedented diversity of ecosystems and the extremely broad range of flora and fauna are the country’s national treasure. Russia’s forest and water resources are crucial to the survival of human civilization.
But this wealth requires attentive, careful, and systematic treatment. The exhibition aims to show that the Society’s activities are fully consistent with these basic criteria. Throughout its century-long history, the Society has not only preserved the traditions of nature conservation in Russia, but is also actively developing them today based on a modern scientific approach. The 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation exhibition examines the history of Russia’s oldest environmental movement based on archival materials, including documents, photographs, and newsreels from the country’s archives.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on electronic media in the business networking area.
But this wealth requires attentive, careful, and systematic treatment. The exhibition aims to show that the Society’s activities are fully consistent with these basic criteria. Throughout its century-long history, the Society has not only preserved the traditions of nature conservation in Russia, but is also actively developing them today based on a modern scientific approach. The 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation exhibition examines the history of Russia’s oldest environmental movement based on archival materials, including documents, photographs, and newsreels from the country’s archives.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on electronic media in the business networking area.
22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Exhibition of the Mammoth Effect Foundation for the Preservation and Support of Natural and Cultural Heritage ‘Creativity with Care for Nature’ St. Petersburg – Vladivostok (Tavrichesky Palace)
This series of projects seeks to unite scientists, creative professionals, and businesses for the preservation of our natural and cultural heritage. The exhibition showcases the nature-inspired artwork of Daria Sanatina created from recycled materials.
The project is on a mission to show how art can protect ecosystems, rare species, and cultural traditions, and the composition clearly demonstrates the incredible power of creativity to educate people about the way human activity affects the planet.
Daria Sanatina is an artist, writer, laureate of Russian and international competitions, creator of a network of art studios, the Look Inside brand, the new art style of sculptural clothes painting, and clothing merchandise. Included in the list of top 100 contemporary Russian artists, Daria Sanatina is a member of the Eurasian Art Union and author of the book It’s Simple.
The project is on a mission to show how art can protect ecosystems, rare species, and cultural traditions, and the composition clearly demonstrates the incredible power of creativity to educate people about the way human activity affects the planet.
Daria Sanatina is an artist, writer, laureate of Russian and international competitions, creator of a network of art studios, the Look Inside brand, the new art style of sculptural clothes painting, and clothing merchandise. Included in the list of top 100 contemporary Russian artists, Daria Sanatina is a member of the Eurasian Art Union and author of the book It’s Simple.
22.05.2025
09:00–18:00
The Golden Turtle photo exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace (pavilion))
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During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels at Tavrichesky Palace.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels at Tavrichesky Palace.
22.05.2025
10:00–21:00
Visit to the Leningrad Zoo (1AI, Alexandrovsky Park)
The Leningrad Zoo is a unique home to over 500 species of mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrates from all over the world in the heart of St. Petersburg. It is an educational and nature conservation institution that provides people with an opportunity to learn about the biological diversity of the entire planet without leaving the city, broaden their horizons in matters of biology, zoology, and ecology, and spend time productively.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure (4, Yelagin Island)
Once a royal residence, Yelagin Island was taken over by the state in the middle of the 20th century and renamed the Central Park of Culture and Leisure, when it opened its doors to everyone. Throughout the year, the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure hosts outdoor cultural and mass events, which have already become its calling card.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–16:00
Visit to the Academician F.N. Chernyshev Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Museum (74, Sredny Prospekt, Vasilyevsky Island)
One of the largest natural history museums in the world. The museum is unique not only in terms of the size of its collections (around 1 million items), but also in terms of the content of its exhibits. The museum presents materials on the geological structure and mineral deposits of Russia, the CIS, and Baltic countries. More than 80,000 samples of minerals, rocks, ores, and fossil fauna and flora are on display in the exhibition halls with a total area of 3,750 m². The founders of Russian geology and some of the greatest scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Alexander Karpinsky, Feodosy Chernyshev, Alexander Fersman, and many others, worked on the creation of the museum collection.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–20:00
Visit to the Russia – My History Historical Park (32, Ulitsa Basseynaya, building 1)
The Russia – My History Historical Park is a living textbook on the history of Russia and St. Petersburg. The unique multimedia complex presents the entire history of the country from ancient times to the present day with the help of more than 900 pieces of multimedia and interactive equipment featuring 3D reconstructions of famous battles and fights, a unique dome cinema, books, historical quizzes, multimedia complexes, decorations, and thousands of facts about historical eras and famous people.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg Bread Museum (2A, Ulitsa Mikhailova)
The exhibition covers the period from the development of agricultural crops in the time of Rus’ to the present day. The exhibition primarily focuses on the production, sale, and consumption of bread in St. Petersburg.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum (5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok)
The Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum opened on 13 November 1971 in a house on 5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok. Dostoevsky rented an apartment in this house on two separate occasions: for a very short time in 1846 and from October 1878 until his death on 28 January 1881. The start and end of his creative journey were connected at a single point. It was here that he worked on his early story The Double and his last novel The Brothers Karamazov. The Dostoevsky’s apartment was recreated based on the memoirs of contemporaries and the writer’s wife.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Suvorov State Memorial Museum (43, Kirochnaya Ulitsa)
The Suvorov State Memorial Museum is dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800). It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1900, on the centenary of the great commander’s death and ceremoniously opened four years later, on 13 (26) November 1904, on the 175th anniversary of Suvorov’s birth. The opening of the museum became possible as a result of donations from the military and civilian communities, as well as with the active participation of Emperor Nicholas II. The bulk of the collection consists of documents, artifacts from Suvorov’s campaigns, his personal belongings, as well as rare photographs and works of art.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the Gatchina State Historical and Artistic Palace and Estate Museum (1, Krasnoarmeysky Prospekt, Gatchina)
The Gatchina Estate Museum includes the Gatchina and Prioratsky Palaces, as well as the unified complex of the Palace Park. Visitors to the Gatchina Palace Museum will have a chance to learn the entire history of the palace, both during its heyday and in the tragic years of war and devastation, as well as the history of its construction: what the palace looked like under Count Grigory Orlov and after its reconstruction in the 1840-1850s. Learn how Gatchina Palace transformed from a hunting lodge into a grand ducal, and then an imperial estate, how the imperial residence turned into a museum, and then trace its history through all the vicissitudes of the 20th century to the present day.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad (9, Solyanoy Pereulok)
The State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad is a museum in St. Petersburg dedicated to the history of the Battle of Leningrad and the Siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–16:45
Sightseeing tour of the Catherine Palace at the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum and Heritage Site (7, Ulitsa Sadovaya, Pushkin)
The exhibition at the Catherine Palace Museum covers the over 300-year history of this outstanding monument and tells about the creativity of the architects who took part in its construction and decoration in the 18–19th centuries, as well as the achievements of the restorers who revived the Palace after the Great Patriotic War.
The Catherine Palace is a wonderful example of Russian baroque, amazing visitors with the luxurious furnishings of the Great Hall and the golden succession of grand reception rooms. These include the world-renowned Amber Room, which has been given new life.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the Church Gates, then go to the Catherine Palace lobby and pick up a free ticket to join the excursions taking place in the museum.
The Catherine Palace is a wonderful example of Russian baroque, amazing visitors with the luxurious furnishings of the Great Hall and the golden succession of grand reception rooms. These include the world-renowned Amber Room, which has been given new life.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the Church Gates, then go to the Catherine Palace lobby and pick up a free ticket to join the excursions taking place in the museum.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Sightseeing tour of the Museum of Political History of Russia (2–4, Ulitsa Kuibysheva (enter from Kronverksky Prospekt))
The sightseeing tour of the Museum of Political History of Russia will introduce you to the main exhibitions and most striking exhibits of the museum’s collection.
You will have a chance to see the architecture of the mansions of ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska and St. Petersburg entrepreneur Vasily Brant, which were built in the early 20th century, see the interiors, and find out the fates of the owners.
You will learn about Kschessinska’s life story and can visit the White Hall where she received guests. The historical interiors will immerse you in the atmosphere of the bygone Silver Age.
The tour itinerary then passes through Vladimir Lenin’s workroom and the office of the secretariat of the Bolshevik Party, since the museum building was at the epicentre of turbulent political events in 1917.
22 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
23 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 600 2000
You will have a chance to see the architecture of the mansions of ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska and St. Petersburg entrepreneur Vasily Brant, which were built in the early 20th century, see the interiors, and find out the fates of the owners.
You will learn about Kschessinska’s life story and can visit the White Hall where she received guests. The historical interiors will immerse you in the atmosphere of the bygone Silver Age.
The tour itinerary then passes through Vladimir Lenin’s workroom and the office of the secretariat of the Bolshevik Party, since the museum building was at the epicentre of turbulent political events in 1917.
22 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
23 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 600 2000
22.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (3I, Peter and Paul Fortress)
The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg is one of the largest historical museums in Russia. The museum’s collection contains more than 1.3 million exhibits that document the history of the city on the Neva from its foundation to the present day. The museum is based at the Peter and Paul Fortress and also has several branches: the Rumyantsev Mansion on the English Embankment, the Alexander Blok Apartment Museum, the Sergey Kirov Museum, the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Museum on Victory Square, the Printing Museum, the Museum of St. Petersburg Avant-Garde (Matyushin House), and the Oreshek Fortress.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Isaac's Cathedral State Museum (4, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The museum is a complex that includes St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, and the chapel-museum at the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood. The museum collection includes monumental and easel paintings, graphics, sculptures, mosaics, decorative and applied art, and rare books. The museum conducts diverse scientific research as well as exhibition, educational, and socio-cultural activities.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the Russian Ethnographic Museum (4/1, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
The museum’s exposition introduces visitors to the traditional ethnography of the East Slavic peoples, Moldovans, the peoples of the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Volga region, the Northwest, Siberia, and the Far East, and traces the preservation and development of national traditions in modern folk art.
The Russian Ethnographic Museum has an extensive collection of original photographs, as well as a unique library and scientific archive.
You can enter the museum at the following times:
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The Russian Ethnographic Museum has an extensive collection of original photographs, as well as a unique library and scientific archive.
You can enter the museum at the following times:
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:30–18:30
Visit to the Anna Akhmatova State Literary Memorial Museum at the Fountain House (53, Liteyny Prospekt)
The Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House is located in the centre of St. Petersburg, in the southern wing of Sheremetev Palace, a masterpiece of Russian Baroque architecture. The museum opened in 1989 on the centenary of the poet’s birth, and was the first museum dedicated to the representatives of Akhmatova’s generation who tried to preserve their world and identity in a totalitarian state.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
10:30–18:30
Visit to the State Literary Museum of the 20th Century (4/2, Ulitsa Malaya Konyushennaya, apartment 119 (enter from 2, Cheboksarsky Pereulok))
The State Literary Museum of the 20th Century is located on four sites in the centre of St. Petersburg. The first and main site is the Zoshchenko Apartment Museum, which is dedicated to the Soviet writer and his life among the intelligentsia in the difficult era of the 1930s–1950s. The museum has preserved the authentic furnishings of Mikhail Zoshchenko’s office. All 115 exhibits in the writer’s office are authentic. The museum became the owner of the personal collections of Nikolay Zabolotsky, Evgeny Schwartz, Veniamin Kaverin, Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky, and other residents of the house.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
11:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs (1, 18-ya Liniya, Vasilyevsky Island)
The St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs is located on Vasilievsky Island in the old mansion of Academician Mikhail Botkin, which Nicholos Roerich visited numerous times. The memorial exposition of the museum-institute is based on the legacy preserved by Helena Roerich’s niece Lyudmila Mitusova and her family. Over the years of the museum’s existence, owners of private collections have donated a number of art and other exhibits to the museum. Today, its collections contain around 15,000 items, including personal items, manuscripts, paintings, decorative and applied art, archaeological finds, photographs, and other cultural treasures reflecting the broad context of the life and work of the Roerich family.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
11:00–18:30
Visit to the Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum (7, Bolshoy Kazachy Pereulok)
The Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum tells the story of some of St. Petersburg’s lesser-known individuals. You can learn about the life of poor citizens who inhabited the St. Petersburg suburb of Semenets in the late 19th century, visit the room of a young lawyer named Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), and go visit an inhabitant of Leningrad when it was besieged.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
11:00–19:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art (2A, Ulitsa Zodchego Rossi)
The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art includes five museums in historical buildings of St. Petersburg: Sheremetev Palace, the Museum of Music, the Theatre Museum, the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, and the Actors Samoilovs’ Museum. The museum’s collections contain almost half a million exhibits depicting the 250-year history of Russian theatre and music: collections of musical instruments, stage costumes from the Wardrobe of the Imperial Theatres, painted portraits of actors, sketches of scenery and costumes, unique photographs, and rare books.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
12:00–21:00
Visit to the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (1, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The Manege Central Exhibition Hall currently has a historical and documentary project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The exhibition ‘Great Country – Great Victory. 1941–1945’ is dedicated to the feats of home front workers and tells about the heroic work of millions of people whose efforts and sacrifices are inseparable from the achievements of the army. The project explores the challenges that the Soviet Union faced during the war, shows what life was like during the hardships of wartime, and documents the significant contribution that home front workers made to the victory.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
12:00–13:30
Sightseeing tour ‘History of the Political Police and State Security Agencies of Russia in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ Museum of Political History of Russia (2, Ulitsa Gorokhovaya (enter from Admiralteysky Prospekt))
The sightseeing tour will tell visitors about the most significant figures in the political police of the Russian Empire and the Soviet state security agencies in the 19th and 20th centuries.
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
22.05.2025
13:00–21:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Palace of the State Russian Museum (4, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
The Mikhailovsky Palace is a historical building in the centre of St. Petersburg that was built in 1819–1825 based on the design of architect Carlo Rossi.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
13:00–21:00
Visit to the Stroganov Palace of the State Russian Museum (17, Nevsky Prospekt)
Participants can visit the Stroganov Palace on their own. The palace was built based on the design of architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1753–1754.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
13:00–21:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Castle of the State Russian Museum (2, Ulitsa Sadovaya)
Participants can visit Mikhailovsky Castle on their own with their badge. The castle, also known as Engineer’s Castle, is a former imperial palace in the centre of St. Petersburg located at 2, Ulitsa Sadovaya.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
13:00–19:00
Visit to the State Museum of Urban Sculpture (2, Chernoretsky Pereulok, New Exhibition Hall)
The State Museum of Urban Sculpture was founded on 28 July 1932. It is the only museum in St. Petersburg that studies, preserves, and restores a collection of monumental sculptures: city monuments, memorial plaques, and artistic tombstones created by a wide range of outstanding sculptors, architects, and artists. It includes the following branches: the Necropolis of the 18th Century, the Necropolis of Masters of Arts, the Lazarevskaya Tomb, the Literary Footbridges, the Narva Triumphal Gate, the New Exhibition Hall, and the Anikushin Workshop.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
22.05.2025
13:00–14:30
Sightseeing tour of the Mikhailovsky Castle of the State Russian Museum
The sightseeing tour of the Mikhailovsky (Engineering) Castle introduces visitors to St. Petersburg’s largest architectural monument of the 18th century, the only palace in Russia that was built in the style of romantic classicism.
The tour participants will not only see unique interiors and works of art, but also learn the life story of Emperor Paul I, the first owner of the castle, whose life was tragically cut short within these walls.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
The tour participants will not only see unique interiors and works of art, but also learn the life story of Emperor Paul I, the first owner of the castle, whose life was tragically cut short within these walls.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
22.05.2025
14:00–15:00
Tour of the Inside an Antique Camera exhibition ROSPHOTO State Museum and Exhibition Centre (35, Ulitsa Bolshaya Morskaya)
This multimedia exhibition provides an entertaining introduction to the technical side of photography. It presents early optical inventions, such as the camera obscura and rare cameras from the museum’s collection. During the tour, participants will learn what VR glasses looked like in the 19th century, why a camera needs fur, what autochrome is, and lots of other interesting photography-related stories. At the end of the tour, you can take pictures in a style that imitates old printing techniques and then download them to your phone.
The group will meet at the ROSPHOTO box office at 35, Ulitsa Bolshaya Morskaya, 2nd floor.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account. The number of places is limited.
The group will meet at the ROSPHOTO box office at 35, Ulitsa Bolshaya Morskaya, 2nd floor.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account. The number of places is limited.
22.05.2025
15:00–16:30
Sightseeing tour of the Russian Ethnographic Museum (4/1, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
Visitors will learn about the history of the museum, see the unique Marble Hall, an architectural structure built specifically as a tribute to Emperor Alexander III, and learn how the large multinational state of Russia was formed over numerous centuries. The museum has exhibitions depicting the traditional and everyday culture of the peoples of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 2th centuries: Russians, peoples of the North-West of Russia, the Arctic region, the Volga region, the Urals, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and all groups of Jewish ethnicity.
Tour duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Tour duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
22.05.2025
15:00–16:30
Sightseeing tour ‘History of the Political Police and State Security Agencies of Russia in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ Museum of Political History of Russia (2, Ulitsa Gorokhovaya (enter from Admiralteysky Prospekt))
The sightseeing tour will tell visitors about the most significant figures in the political police of the Russian Empire and the Soviet state security agencies in the 19th and 20th centuries.
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
22.05.2025
16:00–17:30
Tour of the G. R. Derzhavin Estate Museum (118, Naberezhnaya reki Fontanki)
The Derzhavin Estate Museum is a unique 18th-century mansion where the outstanding poet and first Russian Minister of Justice Gavriil Derzhavin lived for 25 years. The museum’s interiors feature works of decorative and applied art, manuscripts, and rare books. The painted portraits of the house’s owners give off the effect that they are still present.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
22.05.2025
18:00–19:30
Tour of the G. R. Derzhavin Estate Museum (118, Naberezhnaya reki Fontanki)
The Derzhavin Estate Museum is a unique 18th-century mansion where the outstanding poet and first Russian Minister of Justice Gavriil Derzhavin lived for 25 years. The museum’s interiors feature works of decorative and applied art, manuscripts, and rare books. The painted portraits of the house’s owners give off the effect that they are still present.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
22.05.2025
19:00–22:00
La Bayadère ballet Mariinsky Theatre. Historical Stage (1, Teatralnaya Ploshchad)
La Bayadère is one of the most celebrated pieces in all of classical ballet. It is a love story told through tremulous dance duets, pantomime dialogues, extensive corps de ballet ensembles, and spectacular dances by soloists. A colourful canvas woven with complex choreographic text, La Bayadère provides the performers with a true test of their professionalism, ballerina and premier brilliance, and acting skills. Marius Petipa composed this performance in 1877 for the benefit performance of virtuoso Ekaterina Vazem in an attempt to present the talents of his favourite ballerina in as complete and dignified a manner as possible.
Duration: 2 hours 55 minutes, 2 intermissions.
Admission by invitation.
Duration: 2 hours 55 minutes, 2 intermissions.
Admission by invitation.
22.05.2025
19:00–21:00
Bridge of Arts jazz concert (7, Naberezhnaya kanala Griboyedova)
The legendary Igor Butman Jazz Club will open its doors to the Congress guests for a unique concert with the support of the Russian Environmental Operator. Classical jazz compositions performed by the Igor Butman Quartet will touch upon environmental issues with artistic experiences that help the audience get a better understanding of the principles of conscious consumption.
Access by invitation
Access by invitation
22.05.2025
19:00–21:00
The School for Scandal play Visit to the Akimov Academic Comedy Theatre (56, Nevsky Prospekt)
Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal is not just a funny comedy, but a caustic and witty satire that remains relevant today despite the 250 years that have passed since it was written. Sheridan, an actor’s son, politician, playwright, and owner of the famous English theatre Drury Lane, created a work that not only became a mirror of the morals of his time, but also a reflection of eternal human weaknesses and vices.
Duration: 3 hours, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
Duration: 3 hours, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
22.05.2025
19:00–21:40
The Imaginary Invalid play Visit to the Raikin Variety Theatre (27, Ulitsa Bolshaya Konyushennaya)
A vibrant, sharp, and energetic production by Nina Chusova, one of the most sought-after Russian directors, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The performance features well-polished lines, a play on meanings and words, a mix of eras, and allusions that suddenly become obvious. The imaginary invalid plays out his role in such a way that you believe in his sincere conviction: you can make the world revolve around you. But can you make it love itself? Naivety is not forgiven: medical swindlers, pharmacists, priests, and other shysters are all around.
The variety genre involves interaction with the audience.
Improvisation and humour are encouraged.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
The performance features well-polished lines, a play on meanings and words, a mix of eras, and allusions that suddenly become obvious. The imaginary invalid plays out his role in such a way that you believe in his sincere conviction: you can make the world revolve around you. But can you make it love itself? Naivety is not forgiven: medical swindlers, pharmacists, priests, and other shysters are all around.
The variety genre involves interaction with the audience.
Improvisation and humour are encouraged.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Exhibition of the Mammoth Effect Foundation for the Preservation and Support of Natural and Cultural Heritage ‘Creativity with Care for Nature’ St. Petersburg – Vladivostok (Tavrichesky Palace)
This series of projects seeks to unite scientists, creative professionals, and businesses for the preservation of our natural and cultural heritage. The exhibition showcases the nature-inspired artwork of Daria Sanatina created from recycled materials.
The project is on a mission to show how art can protect ecosystems, rare species, and cultural traditions, and the composition clearly demonstrates the incredible power of creativity to educate people about the way human activity affects the planet.
Daria Sanatina is an artist, writer, laureate of Russian and international competitions, creator of a network of art studios, the Look Inside brand, the new art style of sculptural clothes painting, and clothing merchandise. Included in the list of top 100 contemporary Russian artists, Daria Sanatina is a member of the Eurasian Art Union and author of the book It’s Simple.
The project is on a mission to show how art can protect ecosystems, rare species, and cultural traditions, and the composition clearly demonstrates the incredible power of creativity to educate people about the way human activity affects the planet.
Daria Sanatina is an artist, writer, laureate of Russian and international competitions, creator of a network of art studios, the Look Inside brand, the new art style of sculptural clothes painting, and clothing merchandise. Included in the list of top 100 contemporary Russian artists, Daria Sanatina is a member of the Eurasian Art Union and author of the book It’s Simple.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
The Golden Turtle photo exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace (pavilion))
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During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels at Tavrichesky Palace.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels at Tavrichesky Palace.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace)
The centenary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation is a time to recap the results of the Society’s activities and showcase the prospects for its further development. The 21st century marks a period in human history when environmental issues and activities that aim to protect nature are becoming imperative for mankind’s survival. Russia’s role in this regard is entirely unique. The unprecedented diversity of ecosystems and the extremely broad range of flora and fauna are the country’s national treasure. Russia’s forest and water resources are crucial to the survival of human civilization.
But this wealth requires attentive, careful, and systematic treatment. The exhibition aims to show that the Society’s activities are fully consistent with these basic criteria. Throughout its century-long history, the Society has not only preserved the traditions of nature conservation in Russia, but is also actively developing them today based on a modern scientific approach. The 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation exhibition examines the history of Russia’s oldest environmental movement based on archival materials, including documents, photographs, and newsreels from the country’s archives.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on electronic media in the business networking area.
But this wealth requires attentive, careful, and systematic treatment. The exhibition aims to show that the Society’s activities are fully consistent with these basic criteria. Throughout its century-long history, the Society has not only preserved the traditions of nature conservation in Russia, but is also actively developing them today based on a modern scientific approach. The 100th Anniversary of the All-Russian Society for Nature Conservation exhibition examines the history of Russia’s oldest environmental movement based on archival materials, including documents, photographs, and newsreels from the country’s archives.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on electronic media in the business networking area.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Immersion in Nature photo exhibition of St. Petersburg (Tavrichesky Palace along the fence on Ulitsa Shpalernaya)
The travelling photo exhibition Immersion in Nature, which is dedicated to the beauty of St. Petersburg’s protected areas, introduces viewers to the city’s natural heritage. The exhibition presents more than 70 professional landscape photographs of St. Petersburg’s protected natural areas.
The photo exhibition helps people learn about the picturesque nature within the city, offers new opportunities for ecotourism fans, and instils environmental values and a sense of pride in Russian nature.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed along the fence on Ulitsa Shpalernaya at Tavrichesky Palace.
The photo exhibition helps people learn about the picturesque nature within the city, offers new opportunities for ecotourism fans, and instils environmental values and a sense of pride in Russian nature.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed along the fence on Ulitsa Shpalernaya at Tavrichesky Palace.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Exhibition display of the Imperial Porcelain Factory (Tavrichesky Palace)
During the Nevsky International Ecological Congress, the Imperial Porcelain Factory jointly with the Nature Management, Environmental Protection, and Environmental Safety Committee and the Russian National Library will present a new collection of porcelain that was conceived and developed not simply to highlight this ceremonial table setting’s beauty and elegance, but also to educate people about aesthetic perception, how to take care of nature, and disseminate knowledge about culture and art.
Consultations were held with employees of the Committee prior to directly working with porcelain, which resulted in the creation of a list of flowering plants in the northwestern region of Russia.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed near Hall 8.
Consultations were held with employees of the Committee prior to directly working with porcelain, which resulted in the creation of a list of flowering plants in the northwestern region of Russia.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed near Hall 8.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Beauty of St. Petersburg’s Protected Nature photo exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace)
The exposition features 30 landscape photographs taken by famous St. Petersburg photographer Alexander Ladygin from 2018 to 2022. They reveal the charm of the city’s nature reserves and introduce people to their flora and fauna.
The exhibitions were prepared by the Nature Management Committee jointly with a subordinate enterprise of the Directorate of Specially Protected Natural Areas of St. Petersburg.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels in Tavrichesky Palace.
The exhibitions were prepared by the Nature Management Committee jointly with a subordinate enterprise of the Directorate of Specially Protected Natural Areas of St. Petersburg.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on easels in Tavrichesky Palace.
23.05.2025
09:00–18:00
Primordial Russia photo exhibition (Tavrichesky Palace)
For more than ten years, the Primordial Russia Nature Festival has served as a unique platform that reveals the country’s natural wealth to the world. Through art photography, documentary filmmaking, and educational projects, the festival demonstrates the fragility of ecosystems and emphasizes the need to preserve them.
Primordial Russia and the Nevsky International Ecological Congress address different aspects of the same mission: the festival affects people through emotions and art, while the Congress develops strategic solutions that aim to ensure environmental safety, improve legislation, and harmonize the two. Together, they create a basis for sustainable development.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on the rails along the route to the Atrium Hall and in the corridors of the Duma Hall.
Primordial Russia and the Nevsky International Ecological Congress address different aspects of the same mission: the festival affects people through emotions and art, while the Congress develops strategic solutions that aim to ensure environmental safety, improve legislation, and harmonize the two. Together, they create a basis for sustainable development.
During the NIEC 2025, the exhibition will be displayed on the rails along the route to the Atrium Hall and in the corridors of the Duma Hall.
23.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the Russian Ethnographic Museum (4/1, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
The museum’s exposition introduces visitors to the traditional ethnography of the East Slavic peoples, Moldovans, the peoples of the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Volga region, the Northwest, Siberia, and the Far East, and traces the preservation and development of national traditions in modern folk art.
The Russian Ethnographic Museum has an extensive collection of original photographs, as well as a unique library and scientific archive.
You can enter the museum at the following times:
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The Russian Ethnographic Museum has an extensive collection of original photographs, as well as a unique library and scientific archive.
You can enter the museum at the following times:
10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–16:45
Sightseeing tour of the Catherine Palace at the Tsarskoye Selo State Museum and Heritage Site (7, Ulitsa Sadovaya, Pushkin)
The exhibition at the Catherine Palace Museum covers the over 300-year history of this outstanding monument and tells about the creativity of the architects who took part in its construction and decoration in the 18–19th centuries, as well as the achievements of the restorers who revived the Palace after the Great Patriotic War.
The Catherine Palace is a wonderful example of Russian baroque, amazing visitors with the luxurious furnishings of the Great Hall and the golden succession of grand reception rooms. These include the world-renowned Amber Room, which has been given new life.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the Church Gates, then go to the Catherine Palace lobby and pick up a free ticket to join the excursions taking place in the museum.
The Catherine Palace is a wonderful example of Russian baroque, amazing visitors with the luxurious furnishings of the Great Hall and the golden succession of grand reception rooms. These include the world-renowned Amber Room, which has been given new life.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the Church Gates, then go to the Catherine Palace lobby and pick up a free ticket to join the excursions taking place in the museum.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Castle of the State Russian Museum (2, Ulitsa Sadovaya)
Participants can visit Mikhailovsky Castle on their own with their badge. The castle, also known as Engineer’s Castle, is a former imperial palace in the centre of St. Petersburg located at 2, Ulitsa Sadovaya.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Sightseeing tour of the Museum of Political History of Russia (2–4, Ulitsa Kuibysheva (enter from Kronverksky Prospekt))
The sightseeing tour of the Museum of Political History of Russia will introduce you to the main exhibitions and most striking exhibits of the museum’s collection.
You will have a chance to see the architecture of the mansions of ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska and St. Petersburg entrepreneur Vasily Brant, which were built in the early 20th century, see the interiors, and find out the fates of the owners.
You will learn about Kschessinska’s life story and can visit the White Hall where she received guests. The historical interiors will immerse you in the atmosphere of the bygone Silver Age.
The tour itinerary then passes through Vladimir Lenin’s workroom and the office of the secretariat of the Bolshevik Party, since the museum building was at the epicentre of turbulent political events in 1917.
22 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
23 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 600 2000
You will have a chance to see the architecture of the mansions of ballerina Mathilde Kschessinska and St. Petersburg entrepreneur Vasily Brant, which were built in the early 20th century, see the interiors, and find out the fates of the owners.
You will learn about Kschessinska’s life story and can visit the White Hall where she received guests. The historical interiors will immerse you in the atmosphere of the bygone Silver Age.
The tour itinerary then passes through Vladimir Lenin’s workroom and the office of the secretariat of the Bolshevik Party, since the museum building was at the epicentre of turbulent political events in 1917.
22 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
23 May, tour times:
10:00–11:00, 12:00–14:00, 14:00–15:00,
16:00–17:00 – sightseeing tour in English
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 600 2000
23.05.2025
10:00–21:00
Visit to the Leningrad Zoo (1AI, Alexandrovsky Park)
The Leningrad Zoo is a unique home to over 500 species of mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrates from all over the world in the heart of St. Petersburg. It is an educational and nature conservation institution that provides people with an opportunity to learn about the biological diversity of the entire planet without leaving the city, broaden their horizons in matters of biology, zoology, and ecology, and spend time productively.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure (4, Yelagin Island)
Once a royal residence, Yelagin Island was taken over by the state in the middle of the 20th century and renamed the Central Park of Culture and Leisure, when it opened its doors to everyone. Throughout the year, the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure hosts outdoor cultural and mass events, which have already become its calling card.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–16:00
Visit to the Academician F.N. Chernyshev Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Museum (74, Sredny Prospekt, Vasilyevsky Island)
One of the largest natural history museums in the world. The museum is unique not only in terms of the size of its collections (around 1 million items), but also in terms of the content of its exhibits. The museum presents materials on the geological structure and mineral deposits of Russia, the CIS, and Baltic countries. More than 80,000 samples of minerals, rocks, ores, and fossil fauna and flora are on display in the exhibition halls with a total area of 3,750 m². The founders of Russian geology and some of the greatest scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Alexander Karpinsky, Feodosy Chernyshev, Alexander Fersman, and many others, worked on the creation of the museum collection.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–20:00
Visit to the Russia – My History Historical Park (32, Ulitsa Basseynaya, building 1)
The Russia – My History Historical Park is a living textbook on the history of Russia and St. Petersburg. The unique multimedia complex presents the entire history of the country from ancient times to the present day with the help of more than 900 pieces of multimedia and interactive equipment featuring 3D reconstructions of famous battles and fights, a unique dome cinema, books, historical quizzes, multimedia complexes, decorations, and thousands of facts about historical eras and famous people.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg Bread Museum (2A, Ulitsa Mikhailova)
The exhibition covers the period from the development of agricultural crops in the time of Rus’ to the present day. The exhibition primarily focuses on the production, sale, and consumption of bread in St. Petersburg.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum (5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok)
The Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum opened on 13 November 1971 in a house on 5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok. Dostoevsky rented an apartment in this house on two separate occasions: for a very short time in 1846 and from October 1878 until his death on 28 January 1881. The start and end of his creative journey were connected at a single point. It was here that he worked on his early story The Double and his last novel The Brothers Karamazov. The Dostoevsky’s apartment was recreated based on the memoirs of contemporaries and the writer’s wife.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Suvorov State Memorial Museum (43, Kirochnaya Ulitsa)
The Suvorov State Memorial Museum is dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800). It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1900, on the centenary of the great commander’s death and ceremoniously opened four years later, on 13 (26) November 1904, on the 175th anniversary of Suvorov’s birth. The opening of the museum became possible as a result of donations from the military and civilian communities, as well as with the active participation of Emperor Nicholas II. The bulk of the collection consists of documents, artifacts from Suvorov’s campaigns, his personal belongings, as well as rare photographs and works of art.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the Gatchina State Historical and Artistic Palace and Estate Museum (1, Krasnoarmeysky Prospekt, Gatchina)
The Gatchina Estate Museum includes the Gatchina and Prioratsky Palaces, as well as the unified complex of the Palace Park. Visitors to the Gatchina Palace Museum will have a chance to learn the entire history of the palace, both during its heyday and in the tragic years of war and devastation, as well as the history of its construction: what the palace looked like under Count Grigory Orlov and after its reconstruction in the 1840-1850s. Learn how Gatchina Palace transformed from a hunting lodge into a grand ducal, and then an imperial estate, how the imperial residence turned into a museum, and then trace its history through all the vicissitudes of the 20th century to the present day.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad (9, Solyanoy Pereulok)
The State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad is a museum in St. Petersburg dedicated to the history of the Battle of Leningrad and the Siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Isaac's Cathedral State Museum (4, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The museum is a complex that includes St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, and the chapel-museum at the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood. The museum collection includes monumental and easel paintings, graphics, sculptures, mosaics, decorative and applied art, and rare books. The museum conducts diverse scientific research as well as exhibition, educational, and socio-cultural activities.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (3I, Peter and Paul Fortress)
The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg is one of the largest historical museums in Russia. The museum’s collection contains more than 1.3 million exhibits that document the history of the city on the Neva from its foundation to the present day. The museum is based at the Peter and Paul Fortress and also has several branches: the Rumyantsev Mansion on the English Embankment, the Alexander Blok Apartment Museum, the Sergey Kirov Museum, the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Museum on Victory Square, the Printing Museum, the Museum of St. Petersburg Avant-Garde (Matyushin House), and the Oreshek Fortress.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Palace of the State Russian Museum (4, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
The Mikhailovsky Palace is a historical building in the centre of St. Petersburg that was built in 1819–1825 based on the design of architect Carlo Rossi.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Stroganov Palace of the State Russian Museum (17, Nevsky Prospekt)
Participants can visit the Stroganov Palace on their own. The palace was built based on the design of architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1753–1754.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:30–18:30
Visit to the Anna Akhmatova State Literary Memorial Museum at the Fountain House (53, Liteyny Prospekt)
The Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House is located in the centre of St. Petersburg, in the southern wing of Sheremetev Palace, a masterpiece of Russian Baroque architecture. The museum opened in 1989 on the centenary of the poet’s birth, and was the first museum dedicated to the representatives of Akhmatova’s generation who tried to preserve their world and identity in a totalitarian state.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
10:30–18:30
Visit to the State Literary Museum of the 20th Century (4/2, Ulitsa Malaya Konyushennaya, apartment 119 (enter from 2, Cheboksarsky Pereulok))
The State Literary Museum of the 20th Century is located on four sites in the centre of St. Petersburg. The first and main site is the Zoshchenko Apartment Museum, which is dedicated to the Soviet writer and his life among the intelligentsia in the difficult era of the 1930s–1950s. The museum has preserved the authentic furnishings of Mikhail Zoshchenko’s office. All 115 exhibits in the writer’s office are authentic. The museum became the owner of the personal collections of Nikolay Zabolotsky, Evgeny Schwartz, Veniamin Kaverin, Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky, and other residents of the house.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
11:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs (1, 18-ya Liniya, Vasilyevsky Island)
The St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs is located on Vasilievsky Island in the old mansion of Academician Mikhail Botkin, which Nicholos Roerich visited numerous times. The memorial exposition of the museum-institute is based on the legacy preserved by Helena Roerich’s niece Lyudmila Mitusova and her family. Over the years of the museum’s existence, owners of private collections have donated a number of art and other exhibits to the museum. Today, its collections contain around 15,000 items, including personal items, manuscripts, paintings, decorative and applied art, archaeological finds, photographs, and other cultural treasures reflecting the broad context of the life and work of the Roerich family.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
11:00–18:30
Visit to the Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum (7, Bolshoy Kazachy Pereulok)
The Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum tells the story of some of St. Petersburg’s lesser-known individuals. You can learn about the life of poor citizens who inhabited the St. Petersburg suburb of Semenets in the late 19th century, visit the room of a young lawyer named Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), and go visit an inhabitant of Leningrad when it was besieged.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
11:00–19:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art (2A, Ulitsa Zodchego Rossi)
The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art includes five museums in historical buildings of St. Petersburg: Sheremetev Palace, the Museum of Music, the Theatre Museum, the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, and the Actors Samoilovs’ Museum. The museum’s collections contain almost half a million exhibits depicting the 250-year history of Russian theatre and music: collections of musical instruments, stage costumes from the Wardrobe of the Imperial Theatres, painted portraits of actors, sketches of scenery and costumes, unique photographs, and rare books.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
12:00–21:00
Visit to the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (1, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The Manege Central Exhibition Hall currently has a historical and documentary project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The exhibition ‘Great Country – Great Victory. 1941–1945’ is dedicated to the feats of home front workers and tells about the heroic work of millions of people whose efforts and sacrifices are inseparable from the achievements of the army. The project explores the challenges that the Soviet Union faced during the war, shows what life was like during the hardships of wartime, and documents the significant contribution that home front workers made to the victory.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
12:00–13:30
Sightseeing tour ‘History of the Political Police and State Security Agencies of Russia in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ Museum of Political History of Russia (2, Ulitsa Gorokhovaya (enter from Admiralteysky Prospekt))
The sightseeing tour will tell visitors about the most significant figures in the political police of the Russian Empire and the Soviet state security agencies in the 19th and 20th centuries.
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
23.05.2025
12:00–13:30
Sightseeing tour of the Stroganov Palace of the State Russian Museum (17, Nevsky Prospekt)
During the tour, visitors will learn about the history of the famous Stroganov family and view the palace’s unique interiors, including the baroque Great (Dance) Hall, the Mineralogical Cabinet, and the Picture Gallery.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
23.05.2025
13:00–19:00
Visit to the State Museum of Urban Sculpture (2, Chernoretsky Pereulok, New Exhibition Hall)
The State Museum of Urban Sculpture was founded on 28 July 1932. It is the only museum in St. Petersburg that studies, preserves, and restores a collection of monumental sculptures: city monuments, memorial plaques, and artistic tombstones created by a wide range of outstanding sculptors, architects, and artists. It includes the following branches: the Necropolis of the 18th Century, the Necropolis of Masters of Arts, the Lazarevskaya Tomb, the Literary Footbridges, the Narva Triumphal Gate, the New Exhibition Hall, and the Anikushin Workshop.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
23.05.2025
14:00–15:30
Tour of the G. R. Derzhavin Estate Museum (118, Naberezhnaya reki Fontanki)
The Derzhavin Estate Museum is a unique 18th-century mansion where the outstanding poet and first Russian Minister of Justice Gavriil Derzhavin lived for 25 years. The museum’s interiors feature works of decorative and applied art, manuscripts, and rare books. The painted portraits of the house’s owners give off the effect that they are still present.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
23.05.2025
15:00–16:30
Sightseeing tour of the Russian Ethnographic Museum (4/1, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
Visitors will learn about the history of the museum, see the unique Marble Hall, an architectural structure built specifically as a tribute to Emperor Alexander III, and learn how the large multinational state of Russia was formed over numerous centuries. The museum has exhibitions depicting the traditional and everyday culture of the peoples of the Russian Empire in the 19th and early 2th centuries: Russians, peoples of the North-West of Russia, the Arctic region, the Volga region, the Urals, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, and all groups of Jewish ethnicity.
Tour duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Tour duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
23.05.2025
15:00–16:30
Sightseeing tour ‘History of the Political Police and State Security Agencies of Russia in the 19th and 20th Centuries’ Museum of Political History of Russia (2, Ulitsa Gorokhovaya (enter from Admiralteysky Prospekt))
The sightseeing tour will tell visitors about the most significant figures in the political police of the Russian Empire and the Soviet state security agencies in the 19th and 20th centuries.
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
During the tour, participants will learn about who played a decisive role in the creation, improvement, and reform of the domestic special service system and when.
Visitors will learn details from the biographies of such historical figures as Alexander von Benckendorff, Pyotr Shuvalov, Мikhail Loris-Melikov, Sergey Zubatov, Felix Dzerzhinsky, Moisey Uritsky, Artur Artuzov, Pavel Fitin, and other members of the tsarist secret police and Soviet special services. The guests will learn that the work of many leaders of political investigative and state security agencies resulted in the strengthening of the agency’s role in the public administration system and will be able to understand for themselves why these people can rightfully be called memorable heroes of their era.
Participants can attend by pre-registering by phone at +7 (812) 312 6305
23.05.2025
16:00–17:30
Tour of the G. R. Derzhavin Estate Museum (118, Naberezhnaya reki Fontanki)
The Derzhavin Estate Museum is a unique 18th-century mansion where the outstanding poet and first Russian Minister of Justice Gavriil Derzhavin lived for 25 years. The museum’s interiors feature works of decorative and applied art, manuscripts, and rare books. The painted portraits of the house’s owners give off the effect that they are still present.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
23.05.2025
17:00–18:30
Sightseeing tour of the main exhibition of the Research Museum of the Russian Academy of Arts with a visit to a temporary exhibition (17, Universitetskaya Naberezhnaya)
During the tour, you will have a chance to visit one of the ceremonial halls, the Conference Hall, where students still present their dissertations; view the Academic Museum exposition, which presents paintings by Western European artists that served as models for students of the academy, as well as the best student and retiree works of famous graduates who studied at the Academy of Arts, including Anton Losenko, Karl Bryullov, Alexander Ivanov, Ilya Repin, and Vasily Polenov; see an extremely rare collection of architectural models made under the guidance of such great masters as Francesco Rastrelli, Antonio Rinaldi, and Auguste de Montferrand; and take a look at the unique Gallery of Casts, a collection of plaster copies taken from original world sculptures ranging from Ancient Egypt to the second half of the 18th century.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
Participants can attend by presenting their badge and pre-registering in their Roscongress personal account.
23.05.2025
19:00–21:40
The Imaginary Invalid play Visit to the Raikin Variety Theatre (27, Ulitsa Bolshaya Konyushennaya)
A vibrant, sharp, and energetic production by Nina Chusova, one of the most sought-after Russian directors, will keep you on the edge of your seat.
The performance features well-polished lines, a play on meanings and words, a mix of eras, and allusions that suddenly become obvious. The imaginary invalid plays out his role in such a way that you believe in his sincere conviction: you can make the world revolve around you. But can you make it love itself? Naivety is not forgiven: medical swindlers, pharmacists, priests, and other shysters are all around.
The variety genre involves interaction with the audience.
Improvisation and humour are encouraged.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
The performance features well-polished lines, a play on meanings and words, a mix of eras, and allusions that suddenly become obvious. The imaginary invalid plays out his role in such a way that you believe in his sincere conviction: you can make the world revolve around you. But can you make it love itself? Naivety is not forgiven: medical swindlers, pharmacists, priests, and other shysters are all around.
The variety genre involves interaction with the audience.
Improvisation and humour are encouraged.
Duration: 2 hours 40 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
23.05.2025
19:00–22:20
Theatrical Novel play Visit to the Saint Petersburg Academic Lensovet Theatre (12, Vladimirsky Prospekt)
The play Theatrical Novel at the Lensovet Theatre invites viewers to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of theatrical life as described by Mikhail Bulgakov. The production, which was created by director Roman Gabria, is based on the works Theatrical Novel, The White Guard, and The Days of the Turbins. It is a unique combination of satire, drama, and historicism that reveals the secrets and passions of the Moscow Art Theatre to the audience.
Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes
Tickets must be purchased separately.
Duration: 3 hours 20 minutes
Tickets must be purchased separately.
23.05.2025
19:00–20:55
Lady of the Camellias play Mussorgsky State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Mikhailovsky Theatre) (1, Ploshchad Iskusstv)
Mikhailovsky Theatre’s Lady of the Camellias tells the story of a Russian ballerina who is forced to choose between the stage and her feelings. Margarita has known nothing but ballet since childhood, but the terrible events of 1917 force her to leave St. Petersburg. However, after fleeing Russia, the ballerina discovers that the luxurious villa on Capri is more like a golden cage, that the years are rapidly passing by, and that her strength and talent are fading away with them. What is a woman to do who is left without love, and most importantly, without the stage?
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
23.05.2025
19:00–21:50
The Duel play Komissarzhevskaya Academic Drama Theatre (21, Italyanskaya Ulitsa)
The Duel at Komissarzhevskaya Theatre is a unique theatrical work that immerses viewers into the world of fervent human passions and irreconcilable male characters. The production, which received St. Petersburg’s highest Golden Sofit theatre award for the 2020/2021 season, was recognized in two nominations: ‘Best Supporting Role’ (Vladimir Bogdanov for the role of Samoylenko) and ‘Best Artist Work’ (Anvar Gumarov).
The play takes place on a white stage that symbolizes the white sun of the Caucasus. In this space, which is minimalistic, yet rich in scenery, viewers become witnesses to a moral, verbal, and physical duel between the main characters. Their conflicting temperaments and views, reinforced by a woman’s proximity, lead to a tense drama in which there is no clear winner.
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
The play takes place on a white stage that symbolizes the white sun of the Caucasus. In this space, which is minimalistic, yet rich in scenery, viewers become witnesses to a moral, verbal, and physical duel between the main characters. Their conflicting temperaments and views, reinforced by a woman’s proximity, lead to a tense drama in which there is no clear winner.
Duration: 2 hours 50 minutes, one intermission
Tickets must be purchased separately.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure (4, Yelagin Island)
Once a royal residence, Yelagin Island was taken over by the state in the middle of the 20th century and renamed the Central Park of Culture and Leisure, when it opened its doors to everyone. Throughout the year, the Kirov Central Park of Culture and Leisure hosts outdoor cultural and mass events, which have already become its calling card.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Yelagin Palace is rightfully considered the crown jewel of Yelagin Island’s unique palace and park complex.
The Museum of Art Glass in the Stable Building features a unique collection of art glass that is based on works by the Leningrad Art Glass Factory, the leading glass enterprise in the Soviet Union.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–16:00
Visit to the Academician F.N. Chernyshev Central Scientific Research Geological Prospecting Museum (74, Sredny Prospekt, Vasilyevsky Island)
One of the largest natural history museums in the world. The museum is unique not only in terms of the size of its collections (around 1 million items), but also in terms of the content of its exhibits. The museum presents materials on the geological structure and mineral deposits of Russia, the CIS, and Baltic countries. More than 80,000 samples of minerals, rocks, ores, and fossil fauna and flora are on display in the exhibition halls with a total area of 3,750 m². The founders of Russian geology and some of the greatest scientists of the 19th and 20th centuries, Alexander Karpinsky, Feodosy Chernyshev, Alexander Fersman, and many others, worked on the creation of the museum collection.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Isaac's Cathedral State Museum (4, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The museum is a complex that includes St. Isaac’s Cathedral, the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood, and the chapel-museum at the Church of the Saviour on Spilled Blood. The museum collection includes monumental and easel paintings, graphics, sculptures, mosaics, decorative and applied art, and rare books. The museum conducts diverse scientific research as well as exhibition, educational, and socio-cultural activities.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (3I, Peter and Paul Fortress)
The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg is one of the largest historical museums in Russia. The museum’s collection contains more than 1.3 million exhibits that document the history of the city on the Neva from its foundation to the present day. The museum is based at the Peter and Paul Fortress and also has several branches: the Rumyantsev Mansion on the English Embankment, the Alexander Blok Apartment Museum, the Sergey Kirov Museum, the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad Museum on Victory Square, the Printing Museum, the Museum of St. Petersburg Avant-Garde (Matyushin House), and the Oreshek Fortress.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum (5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok)
The Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum opened on 13 November 1971 in a house on 5/2, Kuznechny Pereulok. Dostoevsky rented an apartment in this house on two separate occasions: for a very short time in 1846 and from October 1878 until his death on 28 January 1881. The start and end of his creative journey were connected at a single point. It was here that he worked on his early story The Double and his last novel The Brothers Karamazov. The Dostoevsky’s apartment was recreated based on the memoirs of contemporaries and the writer’s wife.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Suvorov State Memorial Museum (43, Kirochnaya Ulitsa)
The Suvorov State Memorial Museum is dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov (1730–1800). It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1900, on the centenary of the great commander’s death and ceremoniously opened four years later, on 13 (26) November 1904, on the 175th anniversary of Suvorov’s birth. The opening of the museum became possible as a result of donations from the military and civilian communities, as well as with the active participation of Emperor Nicholas II. The bulk of the collection consists of documents, artifacts from Suvorov’s campaigns, his personal belongings, as well as rare photographs and works of art.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–21:00
Visit to the Leningrad Zoo (1AI, Alexandrovsky Park)
The Leningrad Zoo is a unique home to over 500 species of mammals, birds, fish, and invertebrates from all over the world in the heart of St. Petersburg. It is an educational and nature conservation institution that provides people with an opportunity to learn about the biological diversity of the entire planet without leaving the city, broaden their horizons in matters of biology, zoology, and ecology, and spend time productively.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–20:00
Visit to the Russia – My History Historical Park (32, Ulitsa Basseynaya, building 1)
The Russia – My History Historical Park is a living textbook on the history of Russia and St. Petersburg. The unique multimedia complex presents the entire history of the country from ancient times to the present day with the help of more than 900 pieces of multimedia and interactive equipment featuring 3D reconstructions of famous battles and fights, a unique dome cinema, books, historical quizzes, multimedia complexes, decorations, and thousands of facts about historical eras and famous people.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg Bread Museum (2A, Ulitsa Mikhailova)
The exhibition covers the period from the development of agricultural crops in the time of Rus’ to the present day. The exhibition primarily focuses on the production, sale, and consumption of bread in St. Petersburg.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–17:00
Visit to the Gatchina State Historical and Artistic Palace and Estate Museum (1, Krasnoarmeysky Prospekt, Gatchina)
The Gatchina Estate Museum includes the Gatchina and Prioratsky Palaces, as well as the unified complex of the Palace Park. Visitors to the Gatchina Palace Museum will have a chance to learn the entire history of the palace, both during its heyday and in the tragic years of war and devastation, as well as the history of its construction: what the palace looked like under Count Grigory Orlov and after its reconstruction in the 1840-1850s. Learn how Gatchina Palace transformed from a hunting lodge into a grand ducal, and then an imperial estate, how the imperial residence turned into a museum, and then trace its history through all the vicissitudes of the 20th century to the present day.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad (9, Solyanoy Pereulok)
The State Memorial Museum of the Defence and Siege of Leningrad is a museum in St. Petersburg dedicated to the history of the Battle of Leningrad and the Siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Palace of the State Russian Museum (4, Ulitsa Inzhenernaya)
The Mikhailovsky Palace is a historical building in the centre of St. Petersburg that was built in 1819–1825 based on the design of architect Carlo Rossi.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
At present, the Mikhailovsky Palace houses the Russian Museum’s main retrospective exhibition with icon paintings by Andrey Rublev and Dionisius, portrait paintings by Dmitry Levitsky, Fyodor Rokotov, and Alexey Venetsianov, sculptures by Fedot Shubin and Stepan Pimenov, mosaics of the 18th century, works by Karl Bryullov, Fyodor Bruni, Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin, Vasily Surikov, Ivan Shishkin, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Konstantin Korovin, Isaac Levitan, and the World of Art creative association.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Stroganov Palace of the State Russian Museum (17, Nevsky Prospekt)
Participants can visit the Stroganov Palace on their own. The palace was built based on the design of architect Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1753–1754.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:00–18:00
Visit to the Mikhailovsky Castle of the State Russian Museum (2, Ulitsa Sadovaya)
Participants can visit Mikhailovsky Castle on their own with their badge. The castle, also known as Engineer’s Castle, is a former imperial palace in the centre of St. Petersburg located at 2, Ulitsa Sadovaya.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The castle was built based on the orders of Emperor Paul I in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the style of romantic classicism as a “castle on the water”.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge during opening hours. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:30–18:30
Visit to the Anna Akhmatova State Literary Memorial Museum at the Fountain House (53, Liteyny Prospekt)
The Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House is located in the centre of St. Petersburg, in the southern wing of Sheremetev Palace, a masterpiece of Russian Baroque architecture. The museum opened in 1989 on the centenary of the poet’s birth, and was the first museum dedicated to the representatives of Akhmatova’s generation who tried to preserve their world and identity in a totalitarian state.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
10:30–18:30
Visit to the State Literary Museum of the 20th Century (4/2, Ulitsa Malaya Konyushennaya, apartment 119 (enter from 2, Cheboksarsky Pereulok))
The State Literary Museum of the 20th Century is located on four sites in the centre of St. Petersburg. The first and main site is the Zoshchenko Apartment Museum, which is dedicated to the Soviet writer and his life among the intelligentsia in the difficult era of the 1930s–1950s. The museum has preserved the authentic furnishings of Mikhail Zoshchenko’s office. All 115 exhibits in the writer’s office are authentic. The museum became the owner of the personal collections of Nikolay Zabolotsky, Evgeny Schwartz, Veniamin Kaverin, Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky, and other residents of the house.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
11:00–19:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art (2A, Ulitsa Zodchego Rossi)
The St. Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Musical Art includes five museums in historical buildings of St. Petersburg: Sheremetev Palace, the Museum of Music, the Theatre Museum, the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, and the Actors Samoilovs’ Museum. The museum’s collections contain almost half a million exhibits depicting the 250-year history of Russian theatre and music: collections of musical instruments, stage costumes from the Wardrobe of the Imperial Theatres, painted portraits of actors, sketches of scenery and costumes, unique photographs, and rare books.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
11:00–18:00
Visit to the St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs (1, 18-ya Liniya, Vasilyevsky Island)
The St. Petersburg State Museum-Institute of the Roerichs is located on Vasilievsky Island in the old mansion of Academician Mikhail Botkin, which Nicholos Roerich visited numerous times. The memorial exposition of the museum-institute is based on the legacy preserved by Helena Roerich’s niece Lyudmila Mitusova and her family. Over the years of the museum’s existence, owners of private collections have donated a number of art and other exhibits to the museum. Today, its collections contain around 15,000 items, including personal items, manuscripts, paintings, decorative and applied art, archaeological finds, photographs, and other cultural treasures reflecting the broad context of the life and work of the Roerich family.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
11:00–18:30
Visit to the Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum (7, Bolshoy Kazachy Pereulok)
The Raznochinny Petersburg Memorial Museum tells the story of some of St. Petersburg’s lesser-known individuals. You can learn about the life of poor citizens who inhabited the St. Petersburg suburb of Semenets in the late 19th century, visit the room of a young lawyer named Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin), and go visit an inhabitant of Leningrad when it was besieged.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
11:00–21:00
Visit to the Manege Central Exhibition Hall (1, Isaakievskaya Ploshchad)
The Manege Central Exhibition Hall currently has a historical and documentary project dedicated to the 80th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The exhibition ‘Great Country – Great Victory. 1941–1945’ is dedicated to the feats of home front workers and tells about the heroic work of millions of people whose efforts and sacrifices are inseparable from the achievements of the army. The project explores the challenges that the Soviet Union faced during the war, shows what life was like during the hardships of wartime, and documents the significant contribution that home front workers made to the victory.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
13:00–19:00
Visit to the State Museum of Urban Sculpture (2, Chernoretsky Pereulok, New Exhibition Hall)
The State Museum of Urban Sculpture was founded on 28 July 1932. It is the only museum in St. Petersburg that studies, preserves, and restores a collection of monumental sculptures: city monuments, memorial plaques, and artistic tombstones created by a wide range of outstanding sculptors, architects, and artists. It includes the following branches: the Necropolis of the 18th Century, the Necropolis of Masters of Arts, the Lazarevskaya Tomb, the Literary Footbridges, the Narva Triumphal Gate, the New Exhibition Hall, and the Anikushin Workshop.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
The addresses and opening hours of the branches can be found on the website:
Participants can visit the museum by presenting their badge. You must present your badge at the museum’s ticket office to receive a free ticket.
24.05.2025
19:00–21:00
Grand Hall of the Shostakovich Philharmonic (2/9, Mikhailovskaya Ulitsa)
St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
Conductor and violin: Sergey Stadler
Schumann: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in C Major; Gustav Mahler: song from the vocal cycle Kindertotenlieder based on the lyrics of Friedrich Rückert; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo ("Solomon"), Jewish Rhapsody (transcription for violin and orchestra by Sergey Stadler); Jospeh Joachim: Melody (based on Byron); Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words (transcription for violin and orchestra by Sergey Stadler); and Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Tickets must be purchased separately.
Conductor and violin: Sergey Stadler
Schumann: Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra in C Major; Gustav Mahler: song from the vocal cycle Kindertotenlieder based on the lyrics of Friedrich Rückert; Ernest Bloch: Schelomo ("Solomon"), Jewish Rhapsody (transcription for violin and orchestra by Sergey Stadler); Jospeh Joachim: Melody (based on Byron); Felix Mendelssohn: Song without Words (transcription for violin and orchestra by Sergey Stadler); and Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra
Tickets must be purchased separately.