hidden Historic-memorial Museum-Estate of P.E. Shcherbov, the The historic and memorial museum - estate of P.E. Shcherbov (Gatchina Town, 4 Chekhov Street) was founded on 10 April 1992. The museum was placed in the artest-caricaturist P.E. Shcherbov's former estate which is one of the best memorials of the... more

hidden Ivangorod History Architecture and Art Museum The Ivangorod Museum of the Local History (Ivangorod Town, 6/1 Kingisepp Road), a branch of "The Museum Agency". The museum include the Ivangorod Fortress, with the historical and architectural exhibition devoted to the defense architecture of the... more

hidden Kingisepp Museum od the Local History, the The Kingisepp Museum od the Local History (Kingisepp Town, 1 Karl Marks Prospekt). The museum was founded on November 5, 1960 фссщквштп the initiative of the Public Soviet. D.I. Smolsky, one of the Public Soviet leaders, became the first manager... more

hidden Kirishi Museum of the Local History, the The Kirishi Museum of the Local History (Kirishi Town, 42 Lenina Prospekt). It was founded on January 29, 1972. The museum collection base (more then 15 thousand exhibits) is ethnographic materials (everyday life items, tools, traditional and... more

hidden Korpovo caves Korpovo caves are a natural object in the Luga district. It is located on the outskirts of the Luga elevation that is to the south of Luga Town on the steep bank of the Obla River, not far from Oblovskoe Lake. The Caves took their name from Korpovo... more

hidden Leningrad Oblast, the LENINGRAD OBLAST, subject territory of RF. Area: 83,900 sq. Km (max. Extension from west to east: 446 km, north to south: 325 km.) Population (as of 2002): 1,669,000. The Oblast borders Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts in the south, Vologda Oblast in the... more

hidden "Mon Repos Park", a state museum-reserve "Mon Repos Park", a state historical and architectural and natural museum-reserve (Vyborg Town, the settlement Severny). It was founded according to the academician D.S. Likhachev's initiative in 1968. The museum-reserve is located on the territory... more

hidden Novaya Ladoga Museum of the Local History, the The Novaya Ladoga of the Local History (Novaya Ladoga Town, 16 Pioneer Street), a branch of "The Museum Agency". The museum is placed in the merchant Timofeyev's former house, an architectural sight of the second half of the 19th century. The first... more

hidden Nuseum of Volkhov Town History, the The Museum of Volkhov Town history (Volkhov Town, 27 October Embankment) was founded in October of 1969 in G.O. Graftio's two-storeyed mansion which was built during 1924-1926. The exposition main part devoted to building the Volkhov... more

hidden Plyussa River, the PLYUSSA, river. Flows in Pskov Oblast and in Slantsi District of Leningrad Oblast. Length: 281 (according to other data, 295) km. Catchment area: 6,500 sq. km. Flow rate: 50 cu. m/s. It flows out of Lake Zaplyusye (Zaimosskoye) and into the Narva... more

hidden "Rozhdestveno", a museum-estate of V.V. Nabokov "Rozhdestveno", a museum-estate of V.V. Nabokov (Rozhdestveno Village, the Gatchina District). The first local-history exhibition, made at the Rozhdestveno rural library in 1957, was devoted to the past and present of Rozhdestveno Village. In 1959... more

hidden Slantsi Museum of the Local History, the The Slantsi Museum of the Local History (Slantsi Town, 14 Kirov Street) was founded in 1978. The museum collections include more then 11 thousand items. The museum expositions tell about the development of shale oil mining and shale-distilling... more

hidden Staraya Ladoga Historical and Architectural and Archaeological Museum-reserve, the The Staraya Ladoga Historical, Architectural and Archaeological Museum-reserve (the Volkhov District, the village of Staraya Ladoga, 19 Volkhov Prospekt). It was founded on 23 August 1966 and was presented for visitors on 15 July 1971. The... more

hidden "The Break of the Leningrad Siege", a museum-reser "The Break of the Leningrad Siege", a museum-reserve (the village of Maryino, the Kirovsky district) was founded 1985. The diorama, devoted to the break of the Leningrad siege in January of 1943, is the centre of the museum exposition which was... more

hidden "The House of a Station Master", a museum "The House of a Station Master", a museum of literature characters of A.S. Pushkin and road life of Pushkin times (the Gatchina District, Vyra Village, 32a Bolshoy Prospekt). The museum was founded on October 15, 1972. The legend connects the post... more

hidden The memorial museum of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov. The memorial museum of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov (Tikhvin Town, 12 Rimsky-Korsakov Street), a branch of "The Museum Agency". The museum was founded in July of 1944 in the house built by Pyetr Vinovich, the composer's grandfather, in the early 19th... more

hidden "The Museum Agency", a State Culture institution "The Museum Agency", an oblast state culture institution (St. Petersburg, Smolny, the 3d entrance), the coordinating centre of the Leningrad Oblast museums. It was established on the former oblast museum centre basis in 1999. The agency united 27... more

hidden The museum-estate of N.K. Roerich The museum-estate of N.K. Roerich (the Volosovo District, the village of Izvara), a branch of "The Museum Agency". It was founded in the former estate of N.K. Roerich's parents in 1984. The first 26 years of the artist's life are connected with... more

hidden "The Road of Life" (Kokorevo village, the Vsevolozhsk district) "The Road of Life", a museum (Kokorevo Village, the Vsevolozhsk district). The people's museum was fonded in the one-storeyed wooden building of a former village school in 1969. In Nivember of 1941 in the building there was the command post for... more

hidden "The Road of Life", a museum (Railway Station Lado "The Road of Life", a museum (Railway Station "ladoga Lake", the Vsevolozhsk district), a branch of the Central Navy Museum. The museum was founded on September 12, 1972. The exhibition made according to the themes and chronology. Every hall from ... more

hidden The Tikhvin Historical, Memorial, Architectural and Arts Museum, the The Tikhvin Historical, Memorial, Architectural and Arts Museum (TIMAKhM, Tikhvin Town, 6 Tikhvin Street) is a branch of "The Museum Agency". The museum has been being with its contemporary name since 1988. It was founded as the museum of the local... more

hidden Tosno Museum of the Local History, the The Tosno Museum of the Local History (Tosno Town, 47a Lenin Prospekt) was established in 1991. There are more then 3 thousand of items in the museum collection including personal things of the geodesist and astronomer B.V. Numerov who founded... more

hidden Volosovo Museum of the Local History, the The Volosovo Museum of the Local History (Volosovo Town, 5 Fyedor Afanasyev Street), the people's museum. It was founded on November 7, 1977. Documents concerning the history of Izhora Lands, ethnography, the partisan movement during World War II... more