St. Petersburg is unofficially called a museum under open sky, and the most significant and interesting of its sights are concentrated on Vasilyevsky Island. Interestingly, when the city was just being designed, it was Vasilyevsky Island was supposed to be historical and cultural center second capital.

The abundance of architectural monuments, houses of famous historical figures, museums and the view of the amazing panorama of the city from the embankment make a walk along Vasilyevsky Island unforgettable and amazing. locals affectionately and lovingly called the island Vaska.

Memorial sign "Shot of Vasilyevsky Island"

The view that opens from the spit of Vasilyevsky Island will give unforgettable experience. The arrow itself is unique place, in which the Neva River is divided into two streams - the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya.

In the cold season, this place is not very conducive to long walks due to cold winds, but with the onset of the warm period, the popularity and attendance of these places goes off scale.

Location: Exchange Square.

The famous building consists of twelve connected buildings. According to the idea of ​​Peter the Great, which was realized through the efforts of Domenico Trezzini, the first architect of St. Petersburg, it was understood that each block would have its own separate entrance. The premises housed the highest organs of state administration.

Location: University embankment - 7.

St. Petersburg is replete with various historical buildings, which are also of architectural value. The local mansion, which belonged to the merchants Brusnitsyn, is a prime example of such a combination. The external design of the building evokes admiration and respect for the work of the masters of the 18th century.

Modern directors often use this mansion as a backdrop for their films. The Brusnitsyn Mansion is popular with tourists and, by prior arrangement, they can arrange a tour here.

Location: Kozhevennaya line - 27.

The beautiful and noticeable sights of St. Petersburg are red columns, embodying the power and strength of Russia as a maritime power. Rosters can be seen on the columns. So called bow a sailing ship, which is a symbol of victory in naval battles. At the bottom of the columns are statues representing the various rivers flowing in Russia.

A large five-domed temple, with high ceilings and ancient icons, was transferred to the military port in Soviet times. At the end of the 30s of the last century, the premises were converted into sports halls. During the war, the inner rooms of the temple served as an air defense observation post and a bomb shelter. Since the beginning of the 90s of the XX century, the churches have completely returned to their former appearance and services have begun.

Location: Lieutenant Schmidt embankment - 27/2.

Mining Museum of the National Mineral and Raw Materials University "Gorny"

An interesting place that will be informative for high school students. The halls of the museum present a huge number of exhibits dedicated to mineralogy and geology. The building itself, in which the museum is located, is a historical and architectural landmark.

Location: 21 lines, house - 2.

The museum presents a rich collection of various samples of urban transport. Well-preserved exhibits will allow you to literally touch the history of the city. Do not neglect the opportunity to listen to the guide. Experienced masters of their craft will tell you many fascinating and little-known facts about the history of the city and the development of its transport network.

Traveling and exploring the halls of the museum, you can see trams, buses, trolleybuses and other types of equipment. Some copies were used in the filming of feature films, such as the bus from the movie "Beware of the car."

Location: Middle Avenue - 77A.

Amazing palace of the era of Peter the Great. Beautiful interior decoration and no less elegant appearance attract the eyes of travelers from all over the world. In the premises of the palace you can see a collection of clocks and various lathes, one of which Peter the Great worked for.

Location: University embankment - 15.

One of the most famous sights of the city on the Neva is the Kunskamera. According to the idea of ​​Peter the Great, it was supposed to collect as many exhibits as possible in this building to increase the level of education of the population, for a good example of many wonders of nature. Even during the life of the Emperor, to popularize the museum among the inhabitants, the entrance was free.

Location: University embankment - 3.

A modern interactive museum, a visit to which will bring considerable pleasure not only to children, but also to their parents. The museum building also represents a certain historical value and will be of interest to architecture lovers. It belonged to the merchants Eliseevs.

Until recently, the premises of the museum housed the laboratories of the Optical Institute.

Location: Birzhevaya line - 14.

An unusual museum located near the Primorskaya station will tell and show the history of the city subway. Many exhibits are allowed to be touched, so the excursion will seem especially interesting to children. The biggest impression is made by train layouts, which allow you to take amusing photos. It is important that the visit is possible only by appointment.

Location: Odoevsky street - 29.

In an inconspicuous basement, located in a building on Vasilyevsky Island, there is a small, unusual museum dedicated to spices. The amazing aroma and atmosphere of this place will give you an excellent mood for the whole day. The collection of the museum presents various types of spices. Visitors are invited to listen to a fascinating tour, as well as taste various seasonings. At the exit, you can buy especially liked exhibits.

Location: Bolshoi Prospekt V.O. — 6.

The name is due to the fact that the buildings of the State University of St. Petersburg are located here. The walk will be a pleasure, but you need to remember about the harsh winds - the eternal companions that accompany tourists while traveling around the city.
Along the embankment there are many architectural monuments, historical sites, museums and simply beautiful places that will leave pleasant memories of visiting St. Petersburg.

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Initially, Vasilievsky Island was designed as the center of St. Petersburg, within which all the most important state facilities would be located. However, it quickly became clear that not the best place was chosen for such purposes - although this did not stop many famous architects and sculptors from turning the island into one of the most beautiful places Petersburg.

However, according to its original purpose, Vasilyevsky Island was still partially used. The building of the Twelve Colleges is located on Vasilyevsky Island, where the Senate and, in fact, the colleges were located at the beginning of the 18th century.

The building of the Twelve Collegia faces the Universitetskaya embankment, while all neighboring buildings face it. The reason for this was, according to legend, the greed of Alexander Menshikov, who was entrusted with the construction of the building. Peter I rashly promised to give his favorite the remaining free part of the site for the construction of his own mansion. And he, of course, ordered the building of the Twelve Collegia to be arranged so that it occupied as little space as possible. True, Menshikov's selfish plans were quickly revealed, and he received much less than he expected.

The Kunstkamera is located on the island - a museum that attracts almost more interest to many than the Hermitage. In fact, it was built there quite by accident. Walking along the not yet fully built-up Vasilyevsky Island, Peter I, who was already hatching plans for the construction of a “museum of curiosities”, suddenly noticed a pine tree of an extremely bizarre shape. The emperor immediately dubbed her a monster tree and decided that best place for the Kunstkamera in the city is not found.

Bolshoy Prospekt, located on Vasilyevsky Island, was supposed to become a through highway along which ships would go from Strelka to the Gulf of Finland, but in the end it turned out to be just one of the widest streets in the city - as much as 85 meters. The narrowest street in St. Petersburg is located here - this is Repin Street and its width is only 6 meters.

One of the most famous historical districts in such a metropolis as St. Petersburg is Vasilyevsky Island. Its sights are located mainly along the embankment of the river. Big Neva, which washes it on one side, and water splashes on the other Baltic Sea(Gulf of Finland), Malaya Neva and Smolenka rivers.

History of Vasilyevsky Island

This is the largest island on the Neva, covering an area of ​​1050 hectares. For many years it remained uninhabited until Peter I donated it where he built his castle, now called the Menshikov Palace.

Active development of the island began only in the 18th century, when the king decided to make the center of the capital there. Its eastern edge - Vasilyevsky Strelka - was conceived as quarters for the aristocracy. The arrow is actually an artificially filled part of the island. It was designed by the architect Thomas de Thomon during the reign of Tsar Alexander I, who also gave the idea of ​​the entire Neva embankment.

Tourists and guests who come to St. Petersburg, Vasilevsky Island, sights and the embankment always visit it, because this area is one of the oldest and most beautiful places in the city.

Exchange and rostral columns

The building of the Trade Exchange (1810) built in the 19th century became the decoration of the Vasilyevsky Spit. The snow-white building, made in the Empire style, is decorated with a colonnade. The descent and stairs in front of the entrance to the Exchange are located in a semicircle. The building itself looks like an ancient Greek temple, and groups of sculptures near the entrance complement this similarity.

At the same time, two rostral columns were installed on both sides of the square. They got their name from the bow of the ship (rostrum). Initially, the columns served as beacons installed for ships to enter trade port. At the top were bowls-luminaries, and every captain of the sailing ship knew: since the rostral columns are shining, St. Petersburg is waiting for guests.

At the foot of the columns there are allegorical sea sculptures (authors J. Kamberlen, S. Sukhanov and F. Thibaut), symbolizing the four large Russian rivers.

island: sights and museums

Now the island is the cultural and administrative center of the city. Right along the University Embankment there are many interesting museums:

• The Kunstkamera is a museum of rarities and curiosities that Tsar Peter I began to collect; interest in its exhibits is extremely high, and therefore the museum often carries its exhibitions around the cities of Russia.

• The Central Naval Museum has collected about 2 thousand unique ones, which are truly masterpieces of art; collections of weapons and flags, marine equipment. Founded by Peter I at the Admiralty in 1709.
• Zoological Museum - presents all the animals of the world (from birds to whales) of natural areas from the equator to the Arctic Circle.
• Menshikov Palace - today represents the Museum of Russian Culture of the 18th century.
• Museum of Soil Science.
• university.
• Literary Museum, etc.
• Academy of Sciences and Academy of Arts (built in 1757).

How to get to Vasilyevsky Island

Tourists need to take into account that in such a peculiar city as St. Petersburg, it can only be seen during the day, because. ground transport moves over the bridges thrown over the Neva. Bridges are raised every night to allow the passage of river and sea ​​vessels across the Neva.

On Vasilyevsky Island is a large number of cafes and restaurants, river and sea stations, metro are located.

Wishing to plunge deeper into the atmosphere of St. Petersburg, we turned to Ruslan Bekurov, Associate Professor of the Department of International Journalism at St. Petersburg State University. He made a small but detailed guide on Vasilyevsky Island, where he lived for more than 10 years

Students, metaphysics, traffic jams and sunsets on the bay

On Vasilyevsky Island there is an oblique line. A typical factory street, where there is nothing but industrial and industrial establishments. Usually, before turning onto it from Bolshoy Prospekt, minibus drivers ask: “Does anyone go to Kosoy?”. In 99 cases out of 100 there are no applicants, and the minibus goes further along the Bolshoy.

So, for me, the Oblique Line is a symbol of absolute worthlessness and uselessness brought to the point of absurdity. Half the people in my life are oblique lines. Well, I myself, probably, for someone - Oblique line.

Vasilyevsky Island is metaphysical. Here one is drawn to think about the meaning of life and delve into oneself. Probably because there are many cemeteries here - both existing and already abandoned. The island is also crammed with chapels. Sometimes it seems there are more of them than.

Church of the Assumption of Our Lady. Photo: wikimedia.org

Vaska is a student island. Here, perhaps, is the largest: here you have St. Petersburg State University, and the legendary, and the Academy of Arts, and the North-Western Academy of Civil Service, as well as several large naval institutes.

In the unwillingness to correspond to the modern rhythm and trends - both the beauty and the trouble of "Vaska". These endless traffic jams, not at all stardust and gopniks in tight sweatpants are perceived too painfully.

Photo: s-pb.in

On the other hand, I don’t want the cozy green courtyards, which are in bulk on Vaska, to become a thing of the past; little ones with old women and their grandchildren; sunset and barbecues on the bay; houses on "chicken legs" on Primorskaya; icebreaker "Krasin" on the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment; quiet lanes near the University with scruffy bearded professors running to lectures; "wells", in the windows of which you want to drown; Soviet canteens and wineries, scattered around Vasileostrovskaya, and many, many other attributes of MY island.

Conventionally, I would break it into four parts: the Primorskaya metro area to the Gulf of Finland; metro area "Vasileostrovskaya" / "Sportivnaya"; industrial area and "academic" - where, the Academy of Arts, the Academy of Sciences, and.

Photo: peterburgiprigorod.ru

The main part of the island is divided into three avenues: Big, Middle and Small. Hence the famous St. Petersburg joke: "I'll go a little." According to legend, Peter I planned to fill Vaska with canals crossing these avenues. But as a result, instead of channels, streets appeared, the names of which were not particularly bothered - lines and lines. There are more than twenty such lines-streets on the island.

spend the night

If you stopped in St. Petersburg for a short time, Vasilyevsky Island offers many options for overnight stays. There are many hotels on the island: from large chain hotels to tiny semi-legal hostels. On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, not far from the Seaport, a four-star hotel "" (Korablestroiteley St., 14) is one of the most famous in the city. They say that in the eighties one of the "suites" was bought by Alla Pugacheva. She really liked the view from the window.

Photo: artuom.livejournal.com

Behind the "Pribaltiyskaya" is the water park "Waterville", one of the largest and most beloved by children water entertainment complexes in St. Petersburg - its area is 14,000 square meters.

Not far from the Neva embankment on the 2nd line, 61 there is a five-star hotel "", and next to the university - the hotel "" of the popular Finnish chain "" (Birzhevoy per., 2). Another "" is located on the 8th line, 11.

Prices in these hotels range from 7 to 10 thousand rubles per day for a regular double room.

Photo: hotelspb.ru

In this sense, in my opinion, the most suitable option is mini-hotels between Sredny and Bolshoy avenues and near Lenexpo. I recommend Noteburg (3rd line, 20), Monet (Morskaya emb., 17), Apriori (Gavanskaya st., 9) and, of course, the famous "" (Bolshoy pr., 21), where visiting guest performers like to stay.

Prices in - from 3 to 7 thousand rubles per night.

And if it’s really bad with money or you just don’t want to spend it on stupid apartments, go to the Location Hostel (Birzhevoy per., 4) - there for 1500-2000 rubles a day there is an option to get a separate double room. On white nights, when the bridges are being drawn, we often stay there to drink until the morning in the little Edda bar on the ground floor.

Photo: static-trezzinipalace.hrabr.ru

Look

On the shores of the Gulf of Finland, not far from the hotel "", there is a cult complex of university dormitories (Street Korablestroiteley, 20). I lived in one of the buildings for more than ten years. And perhaps it was the best time in my worthless life. There is a lot of fun and few bars - except for the rollicking KillFish and the respectable Gromov. Students mainly have fun on the shores of the Gulf of Finland: they eat barbecue, of course, drink and go to meet the dawn on the road to the new Passenger Terminal, from where ferries come and go to Finland and Sweden.

Passenger terminal. Photo: citywalls.ru

By the way, according to a playful legend, Eldar Ryazanov filmed The Irony of Fate (Street Korablestroiteley, 37) in the apartment of the house opposite the hostel. And until now, the owners of the apartment are happy to let in those who wish to touch the bathroom, in which Ippolit himself took a shower. Joke.

Lenexpo, one of the largest exhibition centers in Russia, is located on the southwestern tip of the island in the historic district of Gavan. As students, we liked to wander here through numerous agricultural exhibitions: we tried free wine, gorged ourselves on vegetables and fruits. Moreover, Lenexpo is a traditional venue for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. During this period, a bunch of "bumps" come and, of course, "close" half of the island.

On the 29th line, 2 is the largest private museum in Russia "", which specializes in contemporary art. The museum is located in a typical Stalinist building, which has been thoroughly rebuilt inside. Guided tours are held in the Museum Wing, which contains a permanent interactive exhibition. Passing through the large hall, you exit to the first two U-space rooms, which are dedicated to various topics and completely immerse you in a certain atmosphere. The balloon waterfall in the Cherry Orchard room is especially popular.

Photo: nice-places.com

On the second floor there are also U-space rooms, and on the third floor there are two cinema halls, where videos are shown in which Erarta's paintings come to life. You will find two more U-spaces on the fourth floor, which, by the way, has a lot of experimental paintings. On the fifth floor there are impressive installations. On the ground floor of the Museum Wing there is the Erarta Cafe restaurant with a cozy terrace. In the opposite Exhibition Wing there are also five floors, which are given over to large-scale temporary exhibitions. The large theater and concert hall on the 3rd floor hosts performances, concerts, lectures and film screenings.

Cherry Orchard project. Photo: erarta.com
Cross art festival 2015. A photo: Facebook

Eat and drink

On the 1st line, it seems to me, a new urban restaurant cluster is emerging. What is more than strange - the place is wildly impassable and stuffed with poor students and residents of communal apartments. From the side of the Tuchkov Bridge there are: the Belgian restaurant "Bruges" (Makarov Embankment, 22) with an endless beer list and, perhaps, the best mussels in the city; a Scandinavian liquor bar with a non-trivial name "Sandwich" (Makarov Embankment, 16); wine bar "Mark Victor" (1st line, 58-60) with New Zealand wine and beautiful view from the second floor.

Wine bar "Mark Victor". A photo: vk.com
A photo: vk.com

"" (Kadetskaya line, 31) with knocking down homemade tinctures and crazy dances; student restaurant "Hegni" (1st line, 34) - the kingdom of craft beer; in the same house is the ridiculous Parachute Pub, and across the street is the quirky Fever karaoke bar; pretentious Italian restaurant "Trattoria" (Kadetskaya, 9); the favorite of students of the faculty of journalism is the canteen "Dolma" (1st line, 28) with Azerbaijani chefs; family Georgian restaurant "Alaverdi" (1st line, 6) with the best khachapuri in the world; mini-cafe Horosho (1st line, 8) - hardly anywhere else in St. Petersburg you will try such a wonderful espresso.

Bar Hegni. A photo: vk.com
A photo: vk.com

In general, there are many restaurants and bars on Vaska. But mostly cheap wineries, pubs and Georgian cafes take root. Well, you can drink a good cocktail in the lobby bar of the Sokos Hotel on Birzhevoy Lane. It's good to sit there, especially at night, when businessmen, Finns, SKA hockey players and their long-legged companions come out of their lairs. Get bored there - go to the "Exchange Bar", located in the next house. Also a good place.

The islanders are even more imposing than the rest of the Petersburgers. And I understand them - they are in their place and time. Robinsons and Fridays wandering in search of bread and circuses. They have nowhere to hurry. Especially in summer, when the mood is sunny and the yachts are rocking at the pier.

Line 6-7 near the Vasileostrovskaya metro station was once famous for its spontaneous flea market. Then the street was cleaned, covered with gray tiles and an alley with fountains and benches was laid out in the middle. Now it's pedestrianized street, which, as conceived by officials, was planned as an island entertainment center with shops, restaurants and bars. But for some reason, the "pedestrian" did not take root.

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