Tourist Information
Tourist Information

Cultural Capital of Russia
Saint Petersburg is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list as an area with 36 historical architectural complexes and around 4000 outstanding individual monuments of architecture, history and culture. New tourist programs and sightseeing tours have been developed for those wishing to see Saint Petersburg's cultural heritage. The city has 221 museums, 2000 libraries, more than 80 theaters, 100 concert organizations, 45 galleries and exhibition halls, 62 cinemas and around 80 other cultural establishments. Every year the city hosts around 100 festivals and various competitions of art and culture, including more than 50 international ones.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербург) is the second largest city in Russia, politically incorporated as a federal subject (a federal city). It is located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. In 1914 the name of the city was changed from Saint Petersburg to Petrograd, in 1924 to Leningrad, and in 1991, back to Saint Petersburg. St Petersburg is often described as the most westernized city of Russia, as well as its cultural capital.It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over one million.

Population: 5 197 114 (2015)
Founded : 1703
Time zone : UTC+4
Federal District : Northwest
Area code : (00 7) 812
Postal code : 190000-199406
Former name : Petrograd (1914-1924)
Former name : Leningrad (1924-1991)

Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory

Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory - A collection of articles covering the history of porcelain production in Russia. The collection includes 30,000 exhibits. This porcelain and glass Imperial factories, products factories of famous European and Russian private factories, things of the Soviet period, samples of Chinese and Japanese porcelain. Here are the cultural and historical values without equal in any museum in the world. Among them - sets "Cabinet", "Yacht", "Peoples of the Russian state," "Arabesque", which not only have exceptional artistic value, but as many as 800 pieces. The library Region Museum, founded in the second half of the XIX century, collected rare books on the production of porcelain and art, drawings and sketches of artists of world fame. The Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory unusual works of art playground - Contemporary Art Gallery china.

Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербург) is the second largest city in Russia. It is located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. St Petersburg is often described as the most westernized city of Russia, as well as its cultural capital.It is the northernmost city in the world with a population of over one million.

Population: 5 197 114 (2015)
Founded : 1703
Time zone : UTC+4
Federal District : Northwest
Area code : (00 7) 812
Postal code : 190000-199406
Former name : Petrograd (1914-1924)
Former name : Leningrad (1924-1991)

Cultural Capital of Russia

Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory