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Museum of the Political History of Russia

Museum of the Political History of Russia
One part of this museum is housed in Kshesinskaya house, the former home of Matilda Kshesinsksya, a famous ballerina and the lover of Tsar Nicolas II before his marriage. The House was Bolshevik headquarters for a short period in 1917 and Lenin's office has been recreated. The huge exhibition detailing the socialist revolution and its results is particularly fascinating and overall there are more than 1000 exhibits documenting the whole of the Soviet period. Remnants of collectivization, reconstructions of houses from 1930-50, excerpts from films, posters and much more, demonstrate the struggle for survival by everyday people. There are sections devoted to GULAG prisoners with unique documents concerning dissident arrest and heartbreaking handmade items from political prisoners. All exhibitions have a lot of information in English. More informative than any history lesson we have experienced.

Admission 100-200Rbl. Guided tours for groups (1-5 people) 700Rbl per group, (6-20people) 1300Rbl per group.


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Open:

Open 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Thu and last Mon of the month.

Address:

Ul. Kuybysheva 2-4

Phone:

(+7) 812 233 70 52

Metro station:

Gorkovskaya

www:

http://www.polithistory.ru