Russian Travel Guide

Petersburg's smaller museums. Micro-miniatures

The Russian Levsha Museum of micro-miniatures may be the smallest of the small museums in St. Petersburg. Each of the exhibition pieces (without protective cases and stands) could easily fit on a standard postage stamp — nevertheless, the exposition space is over 30 square metres in area. As the naked eye is incapable of seeing all of the detail included in each work, each exhibition piece is equipped with a special optical system and lighting. Despite the museum’s small size, visitors tend to take their time carefully examining each display. One could easily spend hours studying the tiny masterpieces, returning time and again to compare their sizes and evaluate the complexity of the work.

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Novodevichy Convent

Novodevichy Convent is marked as one of the most important sites on all Moscow tourist maps. It’s difficult to imagine that only a few centuries ago when the convent was being built, it was located not on the outskirts of the city, but in the suburbs. Nevertheless, the Novodevichy Convent was destined to play an important role in the history of the Russian State on various occasions. Since the 16th century it has served as both a witness and a participant in the events of an amazing country whose actions have extended to reach the furthest borders. For many years the convent was the most privileged and richest in the country, and in the olden days, well-known and respected women such as the wives, daughters, widows and sisters of tsars and boyars lived there. Nowadays Novodevichy Convent is one of the capital’s most beautiful religious architectural ensembles and includes a museum with ...