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Revolution!

Revolution!
St. Petersburg was the cradle of the Russian Revolution, so of course 70 years of communism has left its mark here. There are still some places where you can find remnants of lost ideals and communist kitsch…

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Alliluev apartment museum

Alliluev apartment museum
Often referred to as ‘Lenin’s secret flat’ this museum was established by the Communists in 1937. Lenin actually only lived here for 3 days in July 1917 while he and the other Bolsheviks thought of a better place to hide. Read_on (No Comments)

Communist ceiling mosaic

Communist ceiling mosaic
To see one of the city’s best examples of communist “art”, and one of the least noticed, head to Moscow Station, go to the main entrance hall and look up. Read_on (No Comments)

Elizarov/Lenin Apartment Museum

Elizarov/Lenin Apartment Museum
This beautifully preserved 5 room apartment was the home of Lenin’s sister and her husband Elizarov. Lenin and his wife lived here too from April to July 1917. Read_on (No Comments)

Kirov museum

Kirov museum
See with your own eyes how a Communist leader lived. Sergey Kirov, murdered in 1934, was the popular leader of the Leningrad Communist Party. Read_on (No Comments)

Lenin at Finlyandsky station

Lenin at Finlyandsky station
There’s quite a bit of Soviet legend attached to this station. It was here that Lenin returned from exile in April, 1917, in a sealed carriage drawn by a train that was a gift from Finland. Read_on (No Comments)

Lenin Memorial Museum

Lenin Memorial Museum
Following the success of the October revolution Lenin and his wife moved into this former girl’s school along with the first provisional government in the final months of 1917, before Moscow became the new capital. Read_on (No Comments)

Soviet city

Soviet city
Soviet city-planners were given free rein between the metro stops of Narvskaya and Avtovo in the city’s South- West. Read_on (1 Comment)

Stalin’s metro

Stalin’s metro
St. Petersburg’s metro may not be as impressive as its Moscow counterpart, but some stations offer enough communist glamour to justify a short joyride. Read_on (No Comments)