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Historical
Displays an interesting retrospective of the area’s history, including a scale model of how the fortress once looked, items found on archaeological digs and English explanations.
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City Park of Culture & Rest
Theres an amusement park (аттракционы) at the northeastern end of this leafy riverside park. You can rent rowing boats (Прокат лодок; 9am to 9pm) during the warmer months.
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Gallereya Viktoria
This private gallery is excellent for viewing (and purchasing) works by the best of the Volga region artists in regular exhibitions. Check the website for openings and downtime.
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Kant Statue
Philosopher Immanuel Kant was born, studied and died in Königsberg. The Kant Statue is in the front yard of the Kant State University. His tomb is outside the Kaliningrad Cathedral.
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Mousetrap Museum
Mouse toys, mouse artworks, mice in literature: if theres a mouse in any medium, youll find it here. Its an interactive, touchy-feely collection and great fun for the kids.
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Technical Museum
Situated in the New Town (Novy Gorod) and opposite the VAZ plant that makes Ladas, this museum has a vast collection of mostly military hardware, including a nuclear submarine.
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Orthodox Church
SB’s newest Orthodox church sports two impressive onion domes in gleaming gold and a monster chandelier inside. It stands just beyond the town’s grey-concrete war memorial .
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Gubernsky Museum
Built in 1887 for the 300th anniversary of the founding of Tobolsk, the Gubernsky Museum has displays on the history of Tobolsk, a mammoth skeleton and a display of bone carvings.
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Cathedral of the Ascension
The gold-domed 1914 Cathedral of the Ascension has a wonderful, colourful interior with a soaring central space that’s unexpected from its fairly squat exterior appearance.
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Museum of the Nizhny Novgorod Diocese
Located inside the Pechorsky Monastery, this small museum has a moving exhibition on Bolshevik repressions against the church and a floor with changing exhibitions on religious themes.
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Lair of Art Gallery
In the fine Marfin Mansion, the Lair of Art Gallery hosts occasional miniconcerts, but is most interesting for its furnished interior and large model of how Arkhangelsk looked a century ago.
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Museum of Russian Vodka
A one-room exhibition provides a brief overview of the drink’s colourful history. Guided tours (in Russian) end at the makeshift bar, where you can purchase some noteworthy Smolenskiy brands.
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Znamensky Cathedral
With its voluptuously curved baroque towers, the 1786 Znamensky Cathedral is the most memorable of a dozen ‘old’ churches that have recently come back to life following years of neglect.
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Water Tower
The beautiful 25m-high Jugendstil (art nouveau) water tower on the main street is the symbol of Svetlogorsk. Take a peep inside the sanatorium beneath it to see the colourful murals.
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Soviet Lifestyle Museum
Kazans most unusual museum, packed with Soviet knick-knacks, is proof that Russias socialist epoch fostered a lively contemporary cultural scene – especially music – in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Pechorsky Monastery
This 17th-century monastery, overlooking the Volga, is perfect for a tranquil stroll in small but picturesque grounds. Take any marshrutka or bus from pl Minina i Pozharskogo to pl Sennaya.
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Park Rivera
Inside the small but lively Park Rivera are several funfairs (rides R100 to R250) and an oceanarium (R200). Some of the palm trees here were planted by Soviet and Russian cosmonauts.
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Dancing Forest
One of the park’s most remarkable sights is this aptly named forest, where the pines have been sculpted into twisting shapes by the elements – they do indeed appear to be frozen mid-boogie.
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Bunker Museum
The city’s last German commander, Otto van Lasch, capitulated to the Soviets from this buried command post in 1945. It now houses informative presentations about East Prussia during WWII.
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Chinese Palace
Built for Catherine the Great as her private residence at Oranienbaum, the Rococo Chinese Palace is distinctly un-Chinese looking, and in fact gets its name from its Chinoiserie interiors.
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