Communist Leningrad
|
Get to know the hidden pages of Soviet Leningrad history! On our Communist Leningrad Tour you will see the KGB headquarters (called Big House by city dwellers), infamous Crosses Prisons and Peter & Paul Fortress, the Aurora Cruiser, which gave the signal for the start of the revolution, and many other most important sights of the Soviet era. |
| 1917. Petersburg is the capital of the Russian Empire. It becomes a place of the event which forever changed the face of not only our country but the entire world — October Revolution.Soon, the capital was moved to Moscow , but Leningrad (Soviet era name of St. Petersburg) remained the second important city of Soviet Union. It was the cradle of the 1917 Revolution. | Many sad events of the Stalinist repression happened in the local KGB Headquarters (aka Big House). Almost three years during World War II Leningrad was in the blockade, which killed almost all the citizens who didn’t escape. |
|
On our Communist Petersburg Tour you will learn about the most important events of the communist past of St. Petersburg and see the most important sights, which are not included in the Free Tour:
|
|
MEETING POINT & MAP
TIME & DETAILS
| Time: | Every day, 5 pm |
| Price: | 1699 RUB |
| ISIC: | 1399 RUB |
| Duration: | 1.5 hour |
| Pre-booking is essential |
You pay in cash just before the tour!
Detailed directions for your comfort:
1. Go to Lenin Square metro station (Ploshad Lenina), Red Line.
2. Your tour guide with a red umbrella “Petersburg Free tour” will wait for you in front of the monument of Lenin.
|
Responsibility is our main principle in booking. Please, come to the tour if you book it — the guides will be waiting for you. Otherwise please CALL or TEXT to cancel! Thank you! You pay to guide on your arrival. We need your booking just to know, how many people would come. |
|
We believe the tour is not the history lesson — it is an emotional experience! We won’t bother you with tons of facts, but rather tell you urban legends, interesting stories, and funny jokes! Believe us, you will bring many of these stories back home. |
|
|
Yes, we do our tours even in the Russian winter! Be sure, we’ll never let you become cold. We always stop in the middle of the tour for a cup of hot tea or coffee! We also enter some of the sights on our way to warm up. |