Museum of Russian Political History in St. Petersburg | Travel + Leisure

Museum of Russian Political History

2/4 Kuibysheva Street
St. Petersburg
7-812/233-7052

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From Travel + Leisure, Dec 2005

“...the Museum of Russian Political History, a collection of artifacts tracing Russia's miserable experiments with monarchism, Communism, capitalism, and any other ism to come along. There is a copy of the famous Soviet poster showing a gaggle of happy blond children thanking Comrade Stalin 'for our happy childhoods.' To get the gist of those 'happy childhoods' I walk to another part of the museum where, resting eternally under glass, one can find a simple homemade doll in a black dress...” MORE>>

–Gary Shteyngart, “A St. Petersburg Christmas”

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