Historical and cultural heritage of St. Petersburg 
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St. Petersburg is a unique tourist city where the beauty of nature is intertwined with the history and traditions of the past. In this city you can not only enjoy beautiful views, but also get acquainted with the world famous museums and legendary theaters of past years. It is definitely worth visiting the best festivals and tourist events of St. Petersburg that are held there.
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What to visit in St. Petersburg
The Museum of the History of the “City on the Neva” contains more than a million museum exhibits that can be seen by ordinary citizens. With the help of the museum it is easy and interesting to build a retrospective of the history of St. Petersburg - it is this opportunity that impresses visitors very much. The museum complex includes several branches, but the Peter and Paul Fortress is considered its center - it is in it that the most important and interesting museum exhibits are located. The city has unique monuments of fortification art located in the Peter and Paul Cathedral.
In the very center of St. Petersburg there is a unique ethnographic museum where people can get acquainted with the culture and traditions of the peoples of Russia and neighboring countries of the past. Its collection includes more than 500 thousand museum exhibits, the history of which dates back to the 18th century. The museum presents unique ethnic costumes such as leather or nettles, as well as exhibits of weapons of Far Eastern shamans and much more.
One of the most gigantic military museums in the world is located in St. Petersburg. Its area is 17 thousand square meters, and the exhibition features more than 850 thousand museum exhibits. In 1703, Peter I ordered the construction of a museum to store old artillery pieces collected throughout the empire. Today, the museum (both outdoors and inside) presents large-scale collections of artillery and ammunition, military equipment, various military uniforms, works of martial art, as well as awards and various historically valuable archival documents.
Another of the oldest museums in St. Petersburg, the Kunstkamera , was also created by the founder of the city, Peter I. The collection of the museum contains antiques and everyday life of different peoples. Of course, it should be noted that tourists are attracted by a special exhibition hall, which presents a collection of anatomical anomalies, for example, an alcoholic lamb with two heads. A large model of St. Petersburg of the 18th century with a real reservoir is another museum exhibit in this museum. Of particular interest are dynamically moving objects, sound and light effects, as well as changes in weather conditions.
The Grand Layout Museum in the city is a great opportunity to see all of modern Russia without leaving St. Petersburg. Collective images of regions of the Russian Federation are presented on an area of about 800 m2 on a scale of 1 to 87. It has miniature buildings and tiny people, as well as trains, ferries, cars and traffic lights. It looks very amazing and energetic.
In addition to museums and theaters, St. Petersburg attracts tourists with its large-scale holidays and festivities, in which the city opens from an unexpected direction. Among the holidays that are most famous for tourists is Shrovetide, that is, a Russian national holiday, which celebrates the arrival of spring on a large scale. And also the “Scarlet Sails” holiday is a large-scale holiday of graduates, which traditionally ends with fireworks and the entrance to the waters of the Neva beautiful sailboat with the same scarlet sails.
St. Petersburg is a city of museums, holidays and historical heritage. This city is included in the list of the most beautiful historical cities of our world, and it contains the largest number of museums in our country. The city "on the Neva" is loved by almost all residents of the Russian Federation, and many are eager to get there. This is evidenced by statistics - in 2018 the city was visited by the largest number of tourists over the past 20 years.