Top most famous architectural works in Russia #3

Russia has 28 heritage sites recognized by UNESCO as world heritage sites, nearly half of which are architectural works that demonstrate the outstanding talent and ingenuity of the Russian people. To understand better, Toplist will help you discover the most famous architectural works of this country. #3

Hermitage Museum

The Hermitage is known as the World's Museum, containing a large number of ancient artifacts and possessing the most valuable painting collection in the world. This is truly a unique Museum - a place that reflects the history and artistic achievements of most regions around the world. This place was formerly the Royal Palace and is currently the venue for the European Art Fair and Exhibition called "Manifesto" since 2014. The Hermitage Museum is located in 6 majestic buildings right at St.

Center Petersburg, on the banks of the Neva River, Russia. In ancient times, this place used to be a royal palace. In the main complex of the Museum there is the Winter Palace - the grand palace of the Russian emperors, the Small, Old and New Hermitage buildings and a number of palaces and other buildings.
The Hermitage is truly a unique museum. It reflects the history and artistic achievements of almost every region around the world. The museum is actively developing and expanding, establishing branches in Russia and many other countries.


In addition, on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg there is a restoration and conservation complex called "Ancient Village" associated with the place here. In the near future, the Museum will begin construction of a building shaped like a glass cube with a height of 60m, inside there will be many exhibition spaces and a library with more than a million books.

Famous Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas proposed the creation of a modern facility, connecting the buildings of the Hermitage complex with the new area by corridors of galleries, with glass walls. transparent. Currently, the Museum owns a rich collection, including about three million works of art and heritage of world culture. Paintings, graphics, sculptures, practical fine arts products, archaeological discoveries and coin collection materials. Among them there are many truly world-class masterpieces.

Traveling through the rooms of the "Hermitage", visitors seem to be lost in ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, or ancient Rome. A collection of Western European paintings including works by artists of the 17th and 20th centuries. The Hermitage displays works by Renaissance art masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Rafael, Giorgio, Tiziano... The Hermitage's collection of Spanish paintings has the largest number outside of Spain. A separate room in the Hermitage Museum is reserved for the famous portrait master, the Dutch painter Rembrandt. Among the works of the great Dutch artist is the painting “Danae”, one of the most valuable artifacts of the Hermitage...


Ostankino Tower

Ostankino Tower was built during 1963-1967. This is recognized as the tallest architectural work in the world with a height of 540m, a total weight of 30 thousand tons, including 45 floors and dozens of circular courtyards and balconies. Seen from below, the Ostankino tower looks like a concrete needle soaring into the sky. The designer of this great project is architect Nikolai Nikitin. The designer is architect Nikolai Nikitin. After sketching the upside-down image of the tower on paper, the petals full of life and the stubby flower stalks were the first images of the famous Moscow TV tower. Today, looking up from below, visitors can see tall flower branches rising above the sturdy concrete petals at the bottom. At first, the tower only had 4 wings, later the number of concrete wings was 10 wings. At that time, the Ostankino tower was considered the tallest television tower in the world.


Ostankino is a famous tourist attraction in Russia and is considered a symbol of Moscow city. When traveling to Russia, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of Moscow city from two locations of the tower: One is the indoor observation area - at a height of 337m and the second is the outdoor area - at a high position. slightly. Inside the tower is the restaurant "The 7th Cloud" located at an altitude of 328-334m.

The restaurant has 3 floors: Gold, Silver, Bronze. Seats sitting close to the window in the circle area will rotate around the tower's axis at a speed of 1-2 revolutions in 40 minutes. Ostankino Tower is not only a symbol of Moscow but also the pride of the Russian people. Come to Russia on your trip to Europe to discover the beauty of this project!

St. Isaac's Cathedral

St. Isaac's Cathedral or Isaakievskiy Sobor (Russian: Исаа́киевский Собо́р) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (Sobor, seat of the diocesan bishop) in the city. The building was dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, patron saint of Peter the Great, who was born on that saint's feast day.

This church is a combination of Late Neoclassical Architecture and Byzantine Greek architecture, and is also a museum of history and religion. The church was built in about 40 years and is 111 meters long, 97 meters wide and 101.50 meters high. The diameter of the main gilded dome is 26 meters. The church's 10,767 square meter interior space can accommodate 14,000 people. This was also said to be the largest Orthodox church (but there is also information that the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Tbilisi or the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Moscow is the largest) and was once the largest. the fourth largest of all cathedrals in the world...

Construction of the church took 40 years, under Montferrand's direction, from 1818 to 1858. To ensure construction, the church's foundation was strengthened by driving 25,000 piles into the marshes of Saint Petersburg. New progressive methods were initiated to construct the giant columns of the entrance porch. The cost of building the cathedral rose to a staggering 1 000 000 gold rubles. After the October Revolution and under the Soviet government, the building was stripped of its religious function. In 1931, the church was converted into the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism with anti-religious connotations, the dove sculpture was removed, and replaced with a Foucault pendulum.
With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the museum was removed and in 1990 the first mass was held again. The church was renovated between 1994 and 2003 and regular worship was resumed in the church, but only in the left chapel. Only on holidays can the main part of the church be used for the above worship services

When traveling to beautiful Russia, besides admiring the charming natural scenery, attending traditional cultural festivals or enjoying unique dishes, don't forget to explore the strange beauty. period from beautiful, famous architectural works that are the pride of mighty Russia