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Grand Ducal Burial Vault

Purpose-built mausoleum of the Grand Dukes and Duchesses of Russia (Source: Wikipedia)

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Address: Петропавловская крепость

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Peter I Monument
The Monument to Peter I (Russian: Памятник Петру I) in the Peter and Paul Fortress in Saint Petersburg, Russia, is a bronze statue by Mihail Chemiakin. It was designed and cast in the United States in the 1980s and donated by Chemiakin to the city. It was installed on 6–7 June 1991.
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Grave of Alexander II
Alexander II (29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his historic Edict of Emancipation, which officially abolished Russian serfdom in 1861. Crowned on 7 September 1856, he succeeded his father Nicholas I and was succeeded by his son Alexander III. In addition to emancipating serfs across the Russian Empire, Alexander's reign brought several other liberal reforms, such as improving the judicial system, relaxing media censorship, eliminating some legal restrictions on Jews, abolishing corporal punishment, promoting local…
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Peter and Paul Fortress
Петропа́вловская кре́пость, Petropavlovskaya Krepost
The Fortress, occupying the entire island, is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, built during the first half of the 18th century, now a museum. It is dominated by the Peter and Paul Cathedral (1712-1732) with its 123 m high spire. Regular guided tours to the belltower and the viewing platform are provided from May to September.
Closed · opens 10 amYou can go to the complex for free, but to enter the church and exhibitions you need tickets. Combo ticket costs RUB 1000; Tickets to individual attractions cost RUB 200-RUB 700 each
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Grave of Anna Ivanovna
Anna Ioannovna, also russified as Anna Ivanovna and sometimes anglicized as Anne, served as regent of the Duchy of Courland and Semigallia from 1711 until 1730 and then ruled as Empress of Russia from 1730 to 1740. Much of her administration was defined or heavily influenced by actions set in motion by her uncle, Peter the Great (r. 1682–1725), such as the lavish building projects in St. Petersburg, funding the Russian Academy of Science, and measures which generally favored the nobility, such as the repeal of a primogeniture law in 1730.