SM Kirov House and Museum – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)

Sergei Kirov Apartment Museum

Sergei Kirov Apartment Museum

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SM Kirov House and Museum – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)

Kirov’s museum is located in the famous ‘House of Three Benois’ on the second entrance of the house number 26/28 on Kamennoostrovsky Prospect, on the 4th and 5th floors.

‘The House of three Benois’ is one of the largest pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg tenement buildings. It was constructed in 1911-1914. for the First Russian Insurance Company, designed by architects L. Benois, A. Benois, J. Benois and A. Gunst.

After the revolution of 1917, many apartments in this house became communal. Some of the apartments have been given to the Party and government leaders.

In April 1926, Kirov started to live in a service apartment number 20 in the house 26/28 on the Krasnyh Zor’ (Red Dawn) street (former Kamennoostrovsky Avenue). Sergei Mironovich Kirov was head of the Communist party organization in Leningrad. There he lived with his wife, Maria Lvovna Marcus until the last day of his life, up to December 1st 1934. In 1955, the apartment became a museum.

In addition to the memorial five-room apartment (in four of which authentic furniture are fully preserved ) you will see two hallways, bathroom and kitchen (which were renovated in the 2000s.). In the former maids room is an interactive educational game ‘Take what you are given’, which dedicated to the food supply and rationing system in 1920-1930 Leningrad. In another room of the museum is an exposition ‘Kirov’s office in Smolny’.

Text from the museum website.

Location and information:

5th floor

Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, 26-28,

St. Petersburg,

197101

Metro: Petrogradskaya, Gorkovskaya

Opening Hours

Everyday: 11.00 to 18.00.

Ticket Office: from 11.00 to 17.30

Closed: Wednesday

Entrance

Adults 200 rouble

Students 150 rouble

Guided Excursion:

(individuals) 600 rouble + entrance

(group 3-5) 1,500 rouble + entrance

To Book a Guided Excursion: (812) 346-02-89

E-mail: KirovCM@yandex.ru

Website: https://kirovmuseum.ru/en

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The Cruiser Aurora – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)

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The Cruiser Aurora – Leningrad (Saint Petersburg)

The Aurora is famous for playing a symbolic role in the October Revolution of 1917 (although it’s crew were staunch Bolsheviks and the ship played the role as an organisational base for the planning of the seizure of power).

The Cruiser Aurora - M Dobrov

The Cruiser Aurora – M Dobrov

On the night of October 25-26 1917 a blank shot from her forecastle gun was fired at the Winter Palace giving the signal to the revolutionary workers, soldiers and sailors of the city to storm the palace.

It suffered severe damage during the Nazi siege of Leningrad – 8 September 1941 –
27 January 1944 – but was re-floated after the war. Its latest renovation was completed in 2016 and is now moored off Petrovskaya Naberezhnaya, opposite the Nakhimov Navy School, and is maintained by the cadets of the school.

The Cruiser Aurora

The Cruiser Aurora

It features in the background of the mosaic at one end of the platform in the city’s Baltiyskaya metro station.

Nearest Metro:

Gorkovskaya

Opening times:

Daily, 11.00 – 18.00 (apart from Monday and Friday)

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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) Metro – Baltiyskaya – Line 1

Baltiyskaya - 01

Baltiyskaya – 01

Baltiyskaya (Russian: Балти́йская) is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, located between Narvskaya and Tekhnologichesky Institut.

Baltiyskaya - 02

Baltiyskaya – 02

Baltiyskaya is an underground bore-tunnel tri-span station with one exit and middle tunnel of full length. It is situated 57 metres (187ft) under surface level. The exit feeds into Baltiysky Rail Terminal building. A second exit, which will lead from the opposite side of the underground platform, is also planned. For the decoration of the station Ural marble was used, representing the silver colour of the sea. Baltiyskaya station was opened on 15 November 1955 as the first part of Saint Petersburg’s metro system. The project name for the station had been Baltiyskiy Vokzal.

Baltiyskaya - 03

Baltiyskaya – 03

Text from Wikipedia.

At one end of the station platform there’s a large mosaic commemorating the October Revolution of 1917, with an image of the cruiser Aurora in the background.

Location:

Admiralteysky District

GPS:

59°54′25.97″N

30°17′58.26″E

Depth:

57m (187ft)

Opened:

November 15, 1955

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