The Faces Historical Center Phone Number and Contact Information

Pulkovo Airport 37 min

Russian Museum (10 min)
Fine-art museum, opened in 1898, with a vast collection of Russian paintings, sculptures & icons.

Field of Mars (8 min)
Formally laid-out park on former military ground, with burial sites & monuments to revolutionaries.

Bronze Horseman (7 min)
City landmark commissioned by Catherine the Great, named for a Pushkin poem & completed in 1782.

Cruiser Aurora (11 min)
Museum ship with a history of service in the Russo-Japanese War, revolution of 1917 & WWII.

Petersburg Metro (10 min)
Rapid transit system with many elaborately decorated underground stations, open since 1955.

Marble Palace (18 min)
State museum opened in 1898 showcasing a cross-section of Russian art, from paintings to sculpture.

Palace Square (6 min)
St. Petersburg's central square contains Alexander Column marking victory over Napoleon's armies.

Mariinsky Theatre (7 min)
Grand, 19th-century concert hall, contemporarily made over, hosting classical music, opera & ballet.

Peter and Paul Fortress (7 min)
Founded by Peter the Great, this fortress contains a museum about the early city & a cathedral.

Kunstkamera (6 min)
Museum of anthropology & ethnography, with archaeological collections from Russia & worldwide.

Peter and Paul Cathedral (9 min)
Baroque structure built 1712–33 as the main cathedral of the new capital of the Russian Empire.

Rostral'naya Kolonna (8 min)
Iconic 32-m columns, adorned with sculptures & ships’ prows & topped with torches lit on holidays.

Summer Garden (7 min)
Waterside 18th-century gardens with later modifications & filled with statuary & mature planting.

Faberge Museum (12 min)
Museum in an 18th-century palace displaying art, jewelry & Fabergé eggs made for Russian emperors.

Aleksandrovskaya Kolonna (7 min)
Iconic monolith in the center of a square commemorating Russia’s victory over Napoleon’s France.