From Chesme Palace to Moscow Square
A walk through the historic south of St. Petersburg: palaces, churches, and Soviet architecture
Stories along the route
Московская площадь (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.0 km
You are standing in the middle of a space so vast it could easily be mistaken for an airfield. This is Moskovskaya Square, and it truly is the largest in Saint Petersburg: about thirteen hectares of pure, open ground.
Дом Советов (Санкт-Петербург) · 0.0 km
Before you stands a building that was conceived as a symbol of a new era but never became what it was meant to be.
Памятник В. И. Ленину на Московской площади · 0.1 km
Before you stands the tallest Lenin monument in all of St. Petersburg, and it appeared here for a reason. Picture it: 1970, a vast square just taking shape as the city's main ceremonial gateway, and a monument meant to b…
Чесменский дворец · 0.9 km
Before you stands a palace that looks as if it were transported from a medieval fairy tale, but in fact it is the empress's gift to herself and to the Russian fleet.
Чесменское воинское кладбище · 1.2 km
You are standing at a place where time seems to have stopped. Before you lies the Chesme Military Cemetery — a quiet witness to great campaigns and harsh trials.
Чесменская церковь · 1.6 km
Before you stands not just a church, but a stone monument to naval glory that looks as if it were transported here from medieval Europe.