Peter and Paul Fortress is one of the significant attractions of the St. Petersburg tour. Many travel agencies put the State Hermitage Museum, which is one of the greatest attractions of the tour to St. Petersburg, and Mariinsky Theatre, the center of cultural tourism in St. Petersburg on the top of their list. Peter and Paul Fortress consider as one of the oldest and historical landmarks of Russia tour in St. Petersburg. Many tourists don’t know about the attractions inside the fortress and only identify the fortress as one of the historical landmarks of St. Petersburg. However, tourists can find several museums inside Peter and Paul Fortress on their tour to Russia, which each of them worths the time to visit during your tour to Russia. Although the center of attractions inside the Peter and Paul Fortress is undoubtedly the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral, which is one of the oldest structures inside St. Petersburg, most of the fortress is under the jurisdiction of the St. Petersburg history museum.
History of the Peter and Paul Fortress
One of the main attractions of St. Petersburg as a city is Peter and Paul Fortress. Many tourists are fascinated by the design of the fortress and the buildings inside it. When you visit Peter and Paul Fortress on your tour to St. Petersburg, you can find one of the best places to learn about the architecture of the site in one of its museum exhibitions. The exhibition of History of the Peter and Paul Fortress, which locates in the left-hand section of the Nevskaya Curtain Wall, has over five hundred exhibits about the construction, development, changes, and designs of all the buildings inside the fortress. You can learn about various stages of construction of the fortress from the early 18th century and the 19th century as well as exhibits about the technology that used to build the fortress. Besides photographs, engravings, and architectural models, tourists will see architectural blueprints, architectural finds, maps from the early stages of the fortress, media about each step of the construction, and multiple tools that helped to build the fortress on their tour to Russia.
History of the Trubetskoy Bastion Prison
One of the major attractions of the fortress, especially for those who want to learn about the history of the last decades of the tsarism era on their St. Petersburg tour, is the Trubetskoy Bastion Prison. This prison, which locates on the Trubetskoy Bastion, became the central political prison for the oppositions of the tsar and the imperial court in the last decades of the imperial era. Many prominent Russian politicians, from the 1870s to the last days of the reign of Emperor Nicholas II, have experienced imprisonment in this prison. Although the inmates of this prison all had basic rights and even had some luxury items for a prisoner, Bolshevik used the prison to anticipate their goals and build propaganda against the monarchy. Tourists who visit this exhibition during their travel to Russia will see the exact design of the jail in different eras of its existence as well as documents, story, and history of its inmates, and their fate after the imprisonment in this prison. Although this prison was officially closed after the October Revolution, it still used as a prison to hold participants in the Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921. You can learn more about the Trubetskoy Bastion Prison on our weblog.
History of St. Petersburg
The exhibition of the History of St. Petersburg is dedicated to the life of St. Petersburg from the beginning of its establishment until the days of the October Revolution. Tourists who visit this 28-hall-exhibition in the Commandant’s House during their trip to St. Petersburg will find models of fortresses, various finds from archaeological digs, and aspects of life in St. Petersburg, including the development of eating habits in St. Petersburg, the history of Nevsky Prospect, the development of clothing of the people in St. Petersburg, and the founding of municipal transport. If you visit these exhibitions during your Russia tour, you can find even more fascinating things about the city of St. Petersburg.
Three Centuries above the City
One of the significant attractions of Peter and Paul Fortress on tour to Russia is the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral. Among all the things in St. Petersburg tour, this cathedral is one of the few places that offer a fantastic view over St. Petersburg. Many tourists would buy the additional ticket to this cathedral only to experience this view. However, it’s not the only thing that you can find in this place. Visitors will also learn about the construction and restoration of the once tallest structure in St. Petersburg, the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral’s bell tower. There’s also an exhibition about the bells in the cathedral as well as historical photographs, blueprints, and models of the cathedral. It’s one of the essential parts of Peter and Paul Fortress on tour to Russia.
Pechatnya Graphic Workshop
Pechatnya Graphic Workshop is one of the free admission exhibitions of Peter and Paul Fortress’ museums. In it, tourists will experience a traditional printing press as well as the chance to learn about the history of printing. Tourists who visit this place during their tour to Russia will find several interesting things, including a significant collection of historic printing presses from the 18th and 19th centuries. Visitors have the chance to create their monotypes and lithographs with the help of artisans of the museum with fully functional printing presses and have one of the best souvenirs from their travel to Russia.
Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology
One of the most interesting, yet, out of place exhibitions in Peter and Paul Fortress is the Museum of Cosmonautics and Rocket Technology, which locates in the buildings on Ioannovskiy Ravelin that used to house the Soviet Union’s first military rocket research laboratories in the 1930s. Among the exhibits in the collection of this museum, visitors will find numerous historic rocket engines, cosmonauts’ space suits, a Soviet-era re-entry capsule, and many others, which attract the attention of lots of tourists of the tour to Russia.
Although the Ss. Peter and Paul Cathedral is the main attraction of the place; each one of these museums can entertain tourists who have decided to spend a little more time on their trip to Russia inside this fortress. We also recommend you to explore our weblog to find more interesting facts and places in Russia tour.
