The Nicholas Palace is a three-story residence of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich in the depths of a fenced square on Blagoveshchenskaya Square in St. Petersburg (now Labor Square). It was built in 1853-1861 by the famous eclectic master A. I. Stackenschneider…

Utin’s Profitable house (Konnogvardeisky Boulevard, 17) is the house with an attic floor was built in 1858 by architect R.I. Kuzmin for the titular adviser, merchant of the 1st guild I.O. Utin. Interestingly, this is the first residential building in St.…

Horse Guards Manege is a monumental building in the style of classicism, which was built in St. Petersburg in 1804-1807 according to the project of Giacomo Quarenghi for winter and summer training, as well as ceremonial horse dressage of the Life Guards Horse…

The Myatlev House was built in the 1760s in St. Petersburg. Its author could be A. Rinaldi or Yu. M. Felten and it is the oldest building on St. Isaac’s Square near St. Isaac’s Cathedral. The question of the author of the project of the house has not been…

The building of the Ministry of Agriculture and State Property – Research Institute of Plant Industry. N. I. Vavilova, №4 Address: St. Petersburg, Isaakievskaya sq., 4 Architects: Efimov N. E. Year built: 1844-1853 Style: Neo-Renaissance _____________ House…

The Mariinsky Palace is a palace in St. Petersburg on St. Isaac’s Square near St. Isaac’s Cathedral, named after the daughter of Emperor Nicholas I, Mary. The palace planned as a wedding gift on the occasion of her marriage to Duke Maximilian of Leuchtenberg.…

The Lobanov-Rostovsky House (a house with lions) is an architectural monument, a former noble residence, erected in 1817-1820 for Prince Alexander Yakovlevich Lobanov-Rostovsky  according to the project of Auguste Montferrand in the style of classicism. Located…

The building of the Main Admiralty is a complex of Admiralty buildings in St. Petersburg on the 2nd Admiralty Island, located on the banks of the Neva River, a significant architectural monument of Russian classicism. Originally built as a shipyard, it was…

The buildings of the Senate and Synod* – an architectural monument – buildings in the style of late classicism, or Russian Empire, located on Senate Square in St. Petersburg. Erected in 1829-1834. They are connected by a triumphal arch thrown over Galernaya…

The Lakhta Center is an 87-story skyscraper built in the northwestern neighbourhood of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Standing 462 meters tall, it is the tallest building in Russia, the tallest building in Europe, and the sixteenth-tallest building in…

The Peter and Paul Fortress (official name – St. Petersburg Fortress, in 1914-1917 – the Petrograd Fortress) is the oldest architectural monument of St. Petersburg, a class I fortress (according to the classification of fortresses of the Russian Empire).…

Institute LenNIIproekt In 1956, the construction of the Revolution (Trinity) square in St. Petersburg was completed. Residential building, built on the corner of St. Kuibyshev, and the building of the LenNIIproekt gave the square a finished look. The authors…

The Nakhimov Naval School is a type of naval school in Russia and the USSR. Unlike most naval schools, the Nakhimov Naval School is not a higher educational institution, but is focused on preparing students for study at military universities, like the Suvorov…

Mikhailovskaya Military Artillery Academy in St. Petersburg is one of the oldest military educational institutions in Russia. Address: Arsenalnaya emb., 15, Lenina sq., 2, Academician Lebedeva st., 1-3 Architects: Staubert A. E., Rusakov M. E. Built: 1829…

The building of Marine and land hospital – Clinical military hospital in St. Petersburg is located on Pirogovskaya Embankment, 6 (Neva river). In 1719, the architect D. Trezzini received an order: to dismantle the wooden hospital on the Vyborg side and make…

The Profitable house of Yakov Vladimirovich Ratkov-Rozhnov in St. Petersburg. Pestelya Street, 13-15 Architects: Syuzor P. Yu. Year of construction: 1898-1900 Style: Eclectic In 2001, the house was included in the “List of newly discovered objects of historical…

Profitable house of P. N. Fokin in St. Petersburg. Address: Fontanka Embankment, 5, Karavannaya street, 2 Architects: Benois L.N., Eremeev M.F. Year of construction: 1898-1899 Style: Eclectic. The Church of Simeon and Anna, Cinizelli Circus and Belinsky bridge…

The building of the School of the Order of St. Catherine (Catherine Institute) today is occupied by Russian National Library (Newspapers Department), St. Peterburg, Fontanka Embankment. 1804-1807 – architect Quarenghi G. 1823-1825 – architect Quadri Dementiy…

The Cabinet of His (Her) Imperial Majesty includes buildings of shopping areas, designed in the style of mature classicism by G. Quarenghi in St. Petersburg. During the reign of Alexander I, his office was occupied by the Anichkov Palace on the corner of…

Merchant Evsevyov’s House – Serebryakov’s House is a building in Classicism style by architect G. Paulsen, St. Petersburg. Address: Fontanka Embankment, 39/3 Architects: Paulsen G. H. Year built: 1807-1812 Style: Classicism Built in 1807-1812 for the merchant…