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( Соборная мечеть ; Kronverksky pr 7; Gorkovskaya) This beautiful working mosque
(built 1910-14) was modelled on Samarkand's Gur-e Amir Mausoleum. Its fluted
azure dome and minarets are stunning and surprisingly prominent in the city's skyline.
The mosque is not generally open to the public, however, as jamat (congregation)
members are highly protective of their mosque. However, if you are respectfully
dressed (women should wear a head covering), you can walk through the gate at the
northeast side and ask the guard for entry. If you are asked in, remove your shoes, do
not talk and do not take photos.
MMUSSEUUM
KIROV MUSEUM
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( Музей Кирова ; www.kirovmuseum.ru ; Kamennoostrovsky pr 26/28; admission
R90; 11am-6pm Thu-Tue; Petrogradskaya) Sergei Kirov, Leningrad party boss and
one of the most powerful men in Russia in the early 1930s, spent 10 years of his life
at this decidedly unproletarian apartment, until his murder at Stalin's behest in 1934
sparked a wave of deadly repression in the country. The apartment is now a fascinat-
ing mus-eum showing how the Bolshevik elite really lived: take a quick journey back
to the days of Soviet glory, including choice examples of 1920s technology, such as
the first-ever Soviet-produced typewriter and a conspicuously noncommunist GE
fridge, complete with plastic food inside.
Many of Kirov's personal items are on display, including gifts from Leningrad
workers, such as a portrait made completely out of feathers. His office from the
Smolny Institute has been fully reconstructed in one of the rooms. A gory but reveren-
tial display shows the clothes that Kirov wore when he was killed. The tiny hole in the
back of his cap was where he was shot (blood stains intact) and the torn seam on his
jacket's left breast was where doctors tried to revive his heart.
When you enter the building, take the lift to the 5th floor to buy your ticket and
then go down to the 4th floor to enter the museum.
BOTANIC
ANICAL G
AL GARDENS
ARDENS
BOTANICAL GARDENS
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( Ботанический сад ; ul Professora Popova 2; grounds adult/child R40/20, greenhouse R180/
90; grounds 10am-6pm daily May-Sep, greenhouse 11am-4pm Sat-Thu May-Sep; Petro-
gradskaya) On eastern Aptekarsky (Apothecary) Island, this quiet jungle was once a
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