St. Petersburg - the cultural capital of Russia: a review of values

Do you know what city is called the cultural capital of Russia? Surely you have already heard this phrase and more than once. Satya will talk about one of the amazing cities of our state.

It so happened that in the history of Russia there were two capitals: Moscow and St. Petersburg. But why did it happen that the second city acquired a special status?

Hermitage

Not every city can boast that more than 200 museums work on its land. And in St. Petersburg there are so many of them. The most important of them: the Hermitage, the Cabinet of Rare (Kunstkamera), the Russian Museum.

The first is located within the walls of the Winter Palace. For its allocation, the city authorities allocated 5 buildings. Expositions occupy an area of 57 475 m ² . But this is not the main pride of the museum. It turns out that his archives contain works of ancient and prehistoric art, various things of everyday life and culture of the East, as well as amazing jewelry.

The Hermitage exhibits include masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, Titian, Rubens, Van Gogh, Picasso, Renoir, Kandinsky and other talented artists. Having visited this wonderful and amazing place, you will no doubt assert that St. Petersburg is the cultural capital of Russia.

Theater Arts in the Northern Capital

And again go to the statistics. In this city there are about 200 theaters, concert halls and theatrical collectives. Among them are famous throughout the world:

• Mariinsky, Mikhailovsky, Alexandrian theaters.
• The theater of comedy (academic).
• Theater "Lensoveta".
• "The Baltic House".
• Youth Theater on Fontanka.
• Theater of young spectators.
• "Russian Entreprise" named after A. Mironov.
• Clownery Theater.
• The State Philharmonic.
• Academic chapel.
• Circus.
• Palaces of culture.
• Oktyabrsky Concert Hall and so on.

On the posters you will read the names of the leading opera singers. In addition, talented directors work in the St. Petersburg theaters. Under the stormy ovations are the famous productions on the works of foreign and domestic literature. It is not surprising that many troupes are interested to come on tour to the cultural capital of Russia. And we are smoothly moving to the next section of the sights of the city of St. Petersburg.

About museums and parks

A large number of museums operate in St. Petersburg. Be sure to visit the museums:

• Zoological.
• Academy of Arts.
• Historical Museum of St. Petersburg.
• All-Russian Museum named after Pushkin.
• Naval complex museum.
• Museum of the Siege of Leningrad.
• Exhibition of urban sculpture and so on.

But if you arrived in the cultural capital of Russia in the warm season, then you just need to go on an excursion to the palace and park complexes and museums-reserves, which are located in the suburbs of St. Petersburg. The fact is that they are of special value. Visit Peterhof, Kronstadt, Oranienbaum, Gatchina, Tsarskoe Selo, Shlisselburg, Pavlovsk.

You will not regret! The main value of these places is that architectural and landscape design form a unique, majestic image of the city with strict symmetrical streets, lush gardens and green parks, huge squares.

Rivers, embankments, canals, bridges, figured fences, huge and decorative sculptures deserve special attention! Thanks to these facts, in 1990 the center of Grad Petrov, as well as its suburbs, included a UNESCO heritage list.

Mass media

The cultural capital of Russia could not develop and reach heights in art without radio and television. In the open spaces of the city, more than 100 newspapers are published by publishing houses, and magazines are even larger.

There is also the main office of the state "Fifth Channel". Broadcast and regional TV channels. The work in the television studios of this region is boiling. For example, "Your city". Radio stations are on the air of St. Petersburg more than 30.

Some statistics

"And what events are covered in the media by Peter?" - you ask. And here are some! According to the latest information, about 1,000 exhibitions, more than 300 different festivals, more than 120 bright and sometimes shocking premieres are held every year in the city. Among all these events in St. Petersburg is the only Russian dance festival (classical) - Mariinsky. Its participants are famous and leading dancers of the world ballet. In addition, the cultural capital of Russia is famous for international arts festivals: ballet, music, sculptures and so on.

Many denominations

Do you know that there are about 270 different religious associations operating on the borders of St. Petersburg: the Orthodox Church, the Old Believers, the Armenian, the Roman Catholic, the Lutheran, the Muslim, the Buddhist, the Jewish, and so on.

The most surprising is that among the participants of these associations there never arises bright disputes and conflicts. There are 229 religious buildings scattered throughout the city. And you need to visit such monuments of culture and architecture as:

• Isaakievsky, Smolny, Petropavlovsk, Kazan, Vladimir, St. Sophia, Theodore's cathedrals.
• Savior on Spilled Blood.
• The Nevskaya Lavra.
• Novodevichy Convent.
• Primorskaya desert and so on.

Our article is coming to an end. Now you understand why St. Petersburg is the cultural capital of Russia. Surprisingly, no city in our country can boast of such a diverse and rich manifestation of culture!