Collections

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  Artefacts ⁶¹⁰

  Collection of artefacts is stored in the following funds: archaeological, architectural details, pieces of applied art, objects of function and everyday use, ceramics and glassware, dress and textiles, coins, weapons, science and technology items and banners.
  
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    Numismatics  ⁷⁵

    More than 24 000 items.
    Collections of the numismatics fund reflect the history of St. Petersburg and Russia in general; give an idea of the political, social and cultural life of the XVIII-XX centuries and illustrate the history of the national medallic art and coinage. 
    
    
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      Coins ¹⁵

      The main part of this section is made up of pre-revolutionary coins of the period from XVIII to the beginning of the XX century, coined at the mints of St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yekaterinburg; the most interesting coins in the collection are those dating to the times of the reign of Peter I.
      
      Due to an active policy of acquisition carried out in the 1970-1980-ies the ... ↓ Soviet period (coins of 1921-1991) is represented almost to a full extent. A separate part of the section containing commemorative and anniversary coins is being constantly updated at present. ↑
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      Commemorative medals and tokens of the XVIII - XX centuries ¹⁵

      The most interesting part of the collection presents samples of talented Russian (Timofey Ivanov, Samoilo Yudin, Fyodor Tolstoy, etc.) and foreign but working in Russia medal artists (Solomon Gouin, Johann Baltsar Gass, Carl Leberecht, Henrich Gube).
      
      The collection displays a wide range of commemorative medals of the Soviet period.
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      Breast signs ¹⁵

      This section of collection includes the signs of educational organizations (civil and military), signs of public institutions and departments, various charitable institutions, societies, unions and committees.
      
      Many signs were fulfilled at high artistic level by famous Russian factories of XIX-XX centuries, such as “Edward”, Wunder brothers’, “E.Courtman”, “D.Osipov”.
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      State Awards of the USSR and Russian Federation ¹⁵

      This section includes complexes of awards belonging to many outstanding military and political figures of Russia (Pilutov P.A., Pokrishev P.A., Zinchenko A.R., Shikin I.V.) and prominent representatives of science and culture (Lihachev D.S., Filatov A.N., Zhukovski P.M., Levinson E.A., Rudnev L.V.)
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      Commemorative and souvenir badges of soviet period ¹⁵

      The most interesting part of collection is represented by the signs and badges of 1920-1930-s, such as the signs for excellent participants of socialist competition of various ministries and departments, the signs of the 5-year-plan shock workers, the badges of voluntary societies and organizations.
      
      Thanks to the acquisition of rich collections of soviet badges from such ... ↓ collectors as Dunaevski M.I. and Kirillovski K.A. , the fund widely displays the badges of 1950-1970s, reflecting practically all aspects of social and cultural life of that period. ↑
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    Architectural details  ⁶⁴

    Approximately 11 000 items.
    The history of formation of the fund may be divided into two periods - 1900-1910s (The Museum of Old Petersburg) and 1970-1980s when during reparation or demolition of old urban areas the museum received a lot of architectural objects. Chronologically the fund covers the period from the XVIII to mid-XX century.
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      Stained-glass windows ⁸

      Decoration with stained-glass was one of the characteristic techniques in building of mid-XIX — early XX centuries in Saint-Petersburg. Though first stained-glass windows appeared in Russia in XII century, they were not widely spread. Stained-glass boom began during the reign of Nicolas I in 1820ies.
      
      At the end of XIX — beginning of XX century the appearance of the new ... ↓ technologies of coloring and glazing of glass brought into fashion the stained-glass pictures once again. The architects began to use stained-glass windows actively in their projects, and the city gained new stained-glass masterpieces.
      
      The fund has about 150 examples of art Nouveau and Neoclassical stained-glass windows dating back to the period of the end of 19th — early 20th centuries. These are the works of different artists, for instance from the building 116, Fontanka emb. (architect Bosset Y.A.), from 1/3 Kamennoostrovsky pr. (architect Lidval F.I.), 60 Furshtatskaya str. (architect Shenet V.I.). The stained-glass windows were collected mainly from the reconstructed buildings. ↑
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      Fireplaces and stoves ¹³

      Well-made fireplaces and stoves are the adornment of any room. They bring in the atmosphere of maximum comfort and coziness. Decoration with tiles is one of the remarkable branches of applied art.
      
      Tiled stoves played a significant role in decorating of the interiors of temples, refectory chambers and living rooms. Craftsmen took the subjects for their artworks from ... ↓ legends, national embroidery motives; they often used the plant ornament, domestic and hunting scenes.
      
      The fund displays various types of revetment for fireplaces and stoves from the houses of Saint-Petersburg dating back to the period of late XIX — early XX centuries. Though the manufacturers of revetment for fireplaces are practically unknown (except architects- authors of interiors), the producers of stove ceramics are well-known thanks to trade-marks. The fund has the trade-marks of various manufacturers: Rakkolaniosky Pottery Mill, “Abo” Pottery Mill (in Turku), M.S.Kuznetsov’s Factory in Konakovo (Tver province) and others.
      
      Besides the stationary fireworks with wooden, marble and tiled facing and tiled stoves, the collection displays the movable fireplaces (“kameliok”), for instance, and the “Salamander” mobile fireplace (France). ↑
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      Fragments of the interiors and exteriors of buildings ¹⁷

      Ceramics was used in decoration of interiors and exteriors from ancient times. The greatest application of ceramics in architecture took place in modernist and neo-russian styles, which developed in late XIX — early XX centuries. Using ceramics in interiors gave high quality besides aesthetic effect, since ceramics was solid, weather-resisting and non-fading. It looked great combined with metal, ... ↓ wooden and even marble elements of constructions.
      
      The fund has elements of ceramic facades of the buildings of Saint-Petersburg. These are the products of P.K. Vaulin’s and O.O.Geldvein’s ceramics workshops, the items from the buildings of architect N.N.Nikonov, etc.
      
      Decorative ceramic panels of various forms were often placed in interiors. The fund displays ceramic panels made by artist A.N. Danov.
      
      Doors appear to be the integral part of exteriors and interiors. The historical transformation of doors can be traced in Russian architecture. The Russian style was replaced by European baroque followed by rococo and classicism and gradually rounded into modern. The fund has many doors of late XIX — early XX centuries. The collection displays the doors of various styles and origin. The production of Meltzer’s workshop is of special interest. ↑
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      Collection of household appliances ⁷

      Various groups of sanitary ware of different firms and countries form the fund.
      
      There is an interesting collection of w.c. pans and wash-bowls of English firms «Schill Seebohm & Co Ltd» and «Cauldon», the w.c.pan «Gladiator» bundled with a tank painted with blue cobalt in decalcomania technique.
      
      The fund has marble wash-bowls, decorated by ... ↓ decalcomania method, and a number of granite, marble and metal baths. The faucets of various modifications, forms and constructions are included into the collection. ↑
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      Decorative and industrial metal products ¹¹

      The collection of decorative and industrial metal products of the fund includes park and garden fences, balcony barriers, holders of entrance canopies, street lamps, manhole covers, fireplace portals and furnaces, oven doors.
      
      The elements of bridge decorations (the Anichkov, the Blagoveshensky bridges), the elements of the dome of the Smolny cathedral are also in the fund. ... ↓
      
      All these industrial products demonstrate the artistic and historical beauty of casting and forging in urban environment. ↑
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      Models, reflecting the historical development of the city ⁸

      The models, kept in the fund, illustrate all the periods of development St.Petersburg as a city. They cover the period from the epoch of Peter the Great (for example, houses for different social classes) up to the second part of XX century, where one can find the projects of the Lenin stadium (1946), models “Planning of the Haven area” of 1950-ies, “Project of the 19-storey building of the 137th ... ↓ series in Belgorodskaya street” (1974), etc.
      
      There are also reconstruction models showing the city of various historical periods, for instance the model “Area reclamation in the middle of XVIIIc.”
      
      The fund has a number of layouts on domestic topics, such as “Corner flat of workers in the second part of XIXc.”.
      
      The models of the Oreshek fortress of different historical periods— the XVIc., XVIIIc., beginning of XXc. (before 1914, when it was a prison), and the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 are also displayed in the fund.
      
      Besides the construction and domestic models there are theatrical layouts — “The first stage of the tale “The Little Humpbacked Horse” in the Theatre fof Young Spectators, 1922”, the scenery for the play “Home”, 1980, by the artist Kochergin E.S. On basis of our models one can trace the development retrospective of St. Petersburg. ↑
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    Historical household collection ⁵⁴

    More than 15 000 items.
    The fund presents a variety of household objects made of metal, wood, paper, ivory and stone describing the life and manners of various social groups of St.Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad from the middle of the XVIII century to the present.
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      Travelware  ⁸

      More than 100 units.
      The collection of travel supplies includes luggage trunks, suitcases, handbags, hat boxes and devices that can make life of travellers pleasant and easy.
      
      Moving from place to place was an essential part of the lifestyle in the 19th century. Treatment, visiting relatives and friends, moving from winter flat to summer house and back were the ... ↓ reasons to go. The duration of the trip was influenced by weather, road conditions and other external conditions. The trip from St. Petersburg to Moscow in a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh could last about 4 days. Passenger transport by steamers and by rail reduced the duration of trips a lot, but they still required a lot of preparation.
      
      A kind of road lifestyle was formed, which indispensable accessories were a variety of chests and boxes, road secretary-boxes with items for writing, with caches for storage of especially important papers. Travelers used drawers with compartments for tea, vessels for drinks, first-aid kits.
      
      To protect things made of brittle materials, the lining of velvet or silk on cotton was used. Thanks to this lining and strong body a lot of fragile items from the road boxes and bags reached our days in excellent condition. This proves once again the highest level of quality of the old masters.
      
      Traffic boxes-chests, widely existed not only in Russia but also in Western Europe. They are vividly described in the works of Russian writers — A.S.Pushkin (“The Captain's Daughter), V.S.Sologub ("Tarantas"), N.V.Gogol ("Dead Souls"), L.N.Tolstoy ("Long Drive"), etc. ↑
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      Toys and Board games ⁷

      More than 400 items.
      The collection of foreign and Russian toys of the XIX – XX centuries is small (200 units), but quite various in origin, place of manufacture and artistic merits. A typical example of expensive toy for urban children is a doll with a porcelain head and body made of leather, fabric, papier-mache. Since 1880 dolls with children's proportions prevailed in production. ... ↓ Until 1920-ies these toys were produced abundantly. Then they were replaced by dolls made of celluloid, popular in 1930-1950.
      
      Young children like toys of the simplest designs, such as horses on platforms with wheels or rocking horses. Design of these toys has changed little to the present time. Children of noble families liked more complicated mechanical toys with musical arrangements popular in the second half of the XIX century. Often they became family heirlooms and were cherished as a memory from childhood.
      
      Board games and alphabets are invaluable sources for studying the life of the child of the past (about 200 units). This section presents such integral parts of world culture as chess, checkers, bingo, dominoes, cards. The Board game "Halma-Eckha" became popular in the late nineteenth century. Its roots lead to the Far East, to Chinese checkers — the game considered to be of a strategic nature. Board games, often being collective, develop the child's logical thinking, show different ways of training and education.
      
      Computer games appeared in the end of XX century and started to replace and move the Board games into the background. That is why the collection of the Museum is of great interest from the point of view of the history of education and culture. ↑
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      Samovars, broth-pots and cookware ⁸

      The collection includes more than 130 items among which are the examples of mass production and unique pieces.
      
      The bulk of the collection consists of samovars made in the second half of the nineteenth century in Tula at the factories of Batashev, Vorontsov, Reinhold and Emil Tejle, Shemarin brothers. There are also samovars with hallmarks of the Moscow, Saint Petersburg ... ↓ and Warsaw masters.
      
      The tradition of Russian tea drinking with samovar has evolved over more than two centuries. Since the second half of the 18th century to the present days, the samovar was a symbol of the Russian way of life. In some homes it still holds pride of place among the dining utensils.
      
      Samovars are not only varied in their forms, but also in the material they are made of — red copper, tombac, cupronickel, brass with electroplated silver coating or nickel plating.
      
      The Museum collection is constantly replenished with rare examples of samovars for more complete characterization of the species of decorative and applied arts of the past. ↑
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      Tableware ⁸

      The historical collection contains about 1200 different types of metal tableware and cutlery.
      
      Among the rarest and most valuable items of the collection there is a tea set produced by the workshops of Veliky Ustyug, imitating expensive chinaware. To simulate porcelain the masters used various techniques. Metal (usually copper) shape of the objects was covered with several ... ↓ layers of white enamel. The last layer was decorated with ornamented plates of silver foil.
      
      In the first half of the XIX century there was a decline in the area of enamel production. Products made of substitutes of silver came into fashion. They have found mass distribution in the circles of the average income of the population and in the families of noblemen and even at the Royal court.
      
      The main centers of production of metal tableware have become such cities as Moscow, St.Petersburg and Warsaw, while the Polish companies were leading. Production in this area developed up to 1880-ies, when the technique of production of silvered metal products has reached such a high level that objects of brass and Nickel silver were almost indistinguishable from real silver. The collection includes 30 of tableware made at famous Warsaw factory of products made of cladding silver and Nickel silver “Fraget”, founded by brothers Alphonse and Joseph Fraget in 1824. A tea set in the "Old Russian style" is considered to be the work of jewelry art. It was made in the workshop of F. K. Yartsev (1888, Moscow).
      
      "Russian style" created a whole line in the production of art objects made of silver. Numerous factories and workshops of gold and silversmiths have created cutlery, tea and coffee sets using forms and decorative motifs borrowed from folk and ancient Russian art.
      
      In the twentieth century dominated inexpressive stamped cutlery made of stainless steel, aluminum, in the best case of Nickel silver. But these items also have historical value, therefore they are included in the collection and exhibited in the Museum. ↑
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      Souvenirs and gifts for jubilees ⁵

      The collection includes more than 500 samples of souvenir and gift products that are associated with important events of pre-revolutionary, Soviet and modern Russia – from the cup on the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II up to the egg "Saint-Petersburg", created recently in the workshop of Theo Faberge and gifted to our city.
      
      Souvenirs reflect national ... ↓ characteristics and artistic traditions. Handicrafts were always very popular in our country: wooden utensils with bright Khokhloma painting, wooden Bogorod toys and Dymkovo toys of painted clay, articles of papier-mache with miniature painting, etc.
      
      Among the gifts of utilitarian purpose there are printed items: notebooks, albums and other stationery goods.
      
      A significant part of the collection form the gifts received by St.Petersburg from various organizations and representatives of Russia and foreign countries. This section was significantly enlarged after the celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg in 2003 — 30 gifts were transferred to the Museum. ↑
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      Packaging for food and industrial products ⁵

      About 1,600 units.
      Product packaging is a very important tool to influence consumers, so every manufacturer pays special attention to it. Factory packaging with artwork began from the second half of the XIX century. From this period the packaging has become a carrier of advertising information.
      
      Packaging the late XIX – early XX centuries (250 items) used a ... ↓ variety of shapes, colors, textures. Particularly original was the packaging of confectionery products. Large factories had their own workshops for the production of packaging. Smaller companies had to order packaging at special factories. In St. Petersburg it was the "Institution of Graphic Arts. Colour lithography by E. I. Marcus" and "Factory for metal products and colour lithography on tin by G. Haimovich".
      
      Printing, embossing, metallochromy were used in manufacturing. The level of skill and artistic merit of this production are very different. Distinguished artists of the association "World of art" took part in the creation of the packaging along with ordinary graphic designers. However, due to the fact that designing "sticker" was not prestigious, nearly all works in this area are unnamed.
      
      In 20-ies of XX century in Soviet Russia old forms and ways of decoration in packaging were used sometimes, but it was only inertia.
      
      The collection of postwar packaging is the most extensive (approximately 1300 units) and it is interesting from the point of view of completeness of information about enterprises and product manufacturers.
      
      Nowdays  with the new possibilities of printing, production of fancy packaging was resumed. Among the recent arrivals are about 30 units of packaging of goods, released for the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. ↑
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      Inkstands and stationery ⁸

      Collection of inkstands has about 200 items of Russian and foreign production, made in different historical styles. Especially valuable are the author's and memorial items.
        
      First inkstands appeared with the creation of thin canvases, such as parchment and papyrus. In Egypt and China ink for writing was made of soot and ... ↓ oil. From the III century of our era a similar composition was used in Rome and Greece.
      
      As the inkstand one could use any suitable vessel: earthenware bowls, horns inserted in the top of the table, chemist's vials. But most often the vessel for ink was made on purpose, having at first the simple form of cylinder, cube, jug, glass.
      
      For centuries the appearance of the inkstands has changed. In XVIII-XIX centuries the production and variety of inkwells increased — from the massive inkstands, which occupied the central place on the desk, to road devices with ink pots. A variety of metals, glass, porcelain, marble, horn, semi-precious stones were used as a material.
      
      Mass production of inkwells was organized not only in numerous bronze casting workshops, but also in large jewelry companies having the title of Suppliers of the Imperial court – Sazikov, Ovchinnikov, Khlebnikov, Grachev brothers, Faberge. Exceptional craftsmanship of manufacturers quite often turned utilitarian objects into works of art, which were used not only directly, but also to decorate the interiors of offices, libraries and boudoirs.
      
      Inkstands were very common gifts during the XIX –XX centuries. The shops of St. Petersburg have always had a rich selection of these products, designed for different tastes and financial possibilities. ↑
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      Caskets ⁵

      The collection of caskets has more than 250 objects of various shapes, styles and materials.
      
      Caskets of papier-mache with lacquer paintings form a separate group of about 30 units. The art of lacquer painting originated in China and then spread to Korea, Japan, countries of Indochina, India and Persia. In Europe workshops for the production of articles painted in the ... ↓ Chinese style appeared in the XVII century. In Russia the production technology of similar products was developed in the late XVIII century.
      
      The leading position in Russia was undoubtedly occupied by the factory of merchants Lukutins near Moscow. They managed not only to organize the production, but made it deeply traditional.
      
      The factory founded in the late XVIII century by merchant P.I.Korobov in the suburban village of Danilkovo (adjacent to Fedoskino and later merged with it) released lacquered visors for headgear of the Russian army. This factory began to produce caskets. In 1818 the factory passed to Korobov’s daughter, and in 1824 to his son-in-law P.V.Lukutin.
      
      A snuff box with genre scene in the Chinese style comes from the early lacquerware of the Lukutin factory. Oriental theme was often used in lacquerpaints of 1830-1840's. Peter Lukutin changed the subject of lacquer miniatures focusing on the Russian theme which became popular in the second half of the XIX century.
      
      In miniature painting of Lukutin’s artists a series of images of traders, haymakers, peddlers and other typical representatives of the Russian people have appeared. The popularity of the products of the Lukutin factory was in the XIX century so great that all the papier-mache lacquerware made in workshops near Moscow became known as Lukutin’s.
      
      After the closure of the factory in 1904 hard times began for lacquerware art. In 1910 with the support of Fund of Sergey Timofeyevich Morozov the "Fedoskino labour artel" was established for former masters of Lukutin’s factory.
      
      The work of this artel in 1940-1950 has been focused mainly on copying of works of V.M.Vasnetsov, V.G.Perov, V.I.Surikov and other artists. Most talanted artists have created their own compositions.
      
      A casket with the views of Leningrad holds a special place in the collection. It is the gift of a group of artists of the Fedoskino cooperative to the 250 anniversary of the city.
      
      One of the latest arrivals in this section of the collection was the box by artist A. Petrov with a miniature view of the Point of the Vasilevsky island inspired by the engravings of XVII-XIX centuries. ↑
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    Ceramics and glassware ⁹²

    More than 12 380 items.
    The fund posesses objects of artistic and historical value. These are sculptures, vases and tableware including items with views of St. Petersburg-Leningrad and its environs, with portraits and domestic scenes. Major part of the fund is presented by samples of mass production of ceramics and glass which were widely used by citizens.
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      Russian ceramics ²⁵

      More than 2000 units.
      The items (over 200 units), received from the collections of the Museum of Old Petersburg (founded in 1907) and the Museum of the City (founded in 1918) formed the beginning of the collection of Russian porcelain.
      
      Vases, decorative dishes, plates with the views of St. Petersburg, table sets, tea and coffee sets made at the state and ... ↓ private plants of Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novgorod and other cities of the Russian Empire.
      
      The collection contains both serial products and custom-made individual items. It could be decorative dishes, glasses, Easter eggs, miniatures on porcelain. The collection is updated with the objects that existed in the apartments of the citizens of St.Petersburg. ↑
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      Soviet ceramics  ²⁶

      More than 2,500 units.
      Chronological beginning of this section is presented by the items of propaganda porcelain (1918-mid 1930s) – a new direction in art, aimed to serve the promotion of the young Soviet state. The porcelain of this period was produced in minor quantities - no more than 300 copies, and was intended mainly for exhibiting at numerous international exhibitions. ... ↓
      
      A separate complex of over 200 units comprise the items of 1920-1940-ies: commemorative plates with various inscriptions and tea and coffee sets. The uniqueness of this section is themed selection of things that are directly related to important historical events, such as the blockade things of the Leningradians: kettle, stove, plates, Christmas toys - colored light bulbs with colored pictures.
      
      A group of products dating back to 1950 - 2000-ies forms a large section: teapots, coffee pots, tea and coffee couples, bowls, plates, dishes, biscuit dishes, butter dishes, vases, children's services, performed at the variety of faience and porcelain domestic plants, many of which were closed in the 1990-ies.
      
      Sculpture forms a separate group of the collection. From the first years of the Soviet power, the government has paid attention not only to the portrait images of the party members, members of the military events and workers: pioneers at work, children making birdhouses, airplanes, reading books, walking in pairs or with their parents. Sculptors turned to the theme of childhood in relief compositions on the boxes and vases.
      
      Sculpture of the 1950's - 1990's was a form of agitation, propaganda, holiday and everyday events in the life of the country. In the sculpture of this period the most important topics that were discussed in the society were reflected: ballet, theater, sports. During this period the plants of the country established for mass and serial production the narrative sculptures from classical literature, fairy tales and stories about animals.
      
      Leningrad ceramics of 1950 - 2000-ies is represented by the works of artists-ceramists: V. Vasylkovsky, V. Gorislavtsev, V. Gorodetsky, M. Kopylkov, V. Markov, N. Rotanova, N. Savinova, L. Sokolov, I. Tarasyuk, V. Tsywin, V. Tsygankov. Their works are marked with individual approach to different topics and create their own unique atmosphere. Each master is an innovator and researcher in the field of ceramics and paints. This group is numerous and displays diverse topics. ↑
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      Foreign ceramics  ¹⁷

      More than 2000 items.
      This section is represented by the products made in the end of XVIII - beginning of the XXI century at the factories of Western Europe.
      
      The beginning of the collection of foreign porcelain were the items (over 100 units) received from the collections of the Museum of Old Petersburg (founded in 1907) and the Museum of the City (founded ... ↓ in 1918). These items include vases, decorative dishes, plates, dinner sets, tea and coffee couples and were carried out at foreign state and private enterprises. In the Museum's collection there are the products of the Copenhagen, Meissen and Sevres plants, Staffordshire factories, ceramic productions of Dowlton and Minton. This is the most well-known large enterprises.
      
      Significant group consists of little-known shops and factories that existed briefly — from 2 to 10 years. Many of them did not put their marks on objects but inflicted the trademarks of agencies that were required in the period to sell the product.
      
      Russia and the West always had historical, economic and political ties. Because of that many homes of the citizens obtained the products of ceramic enterprises of England, America, Germany, Holland, Denmark, Poland, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, as well as in private apartments in the West you can find the articles of Russian porcelain plants.
      
      Objects of applied art of the Western Europe often became the models. Many Russian factories started with copying artistic samples from Germany and France. In turn, foreign masters produced artworks for Russia, mainly souvenir species with the views of the Russian cities — St. Petersburg, Odessa, Moscow. The interest of Europe for Russia was associated with the rapid growth of Russian cities (for example Petersburg and its surroundings), as well as the interest for the ancient monuments of the Orthodox Russian cities. ↑
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      Russian, Soviet and West-European glassware ¹²

      More than 3000 items.
      This section includes the products made at Russian and foreign factories in the XIX and XXI centuries.
      
      A small group form the items from the collections of the Museum of Old Petersburg (founded in 1907) and the Museum of the City (founded in 1918). For example, a glass with the engraved image of the panorama of Nevsky Prospekt from the ... ↓ Anichkov Palace to Admiralty; glasses and vases with the views of the Kazan Cathedral, the Spit of Vasilyevsky island, depicting the building of the Stock Exchange and Rostral columns.In this section the items are very diverse in their purpose: vases, dinner sets, products for domestic use - decanters, jugs, jars, siphons, food containers.
      
      This section includes samples of the pharmacy - perfume and bottle products from the nineteenth century to the present day. It is the largest section of the collection numbering about 1700 samples. Most of them were produced by plants, which became known as the "Suppliers to the Court of His Imperial Majesty".
      
      A small collection presents examples of French firms Galle, Daum brothers, unknown German masters. As many glass factories in Russia were closed in the 1990-ies, the value of such collection is undeniable. The collection is constantly updated with the products of the modern glass industry. ↑
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      Collection of gifts ¹²

      More than 1000 units.
      Gifts were received from various community organizations and individuals with regard to the various anniversaries of the city.
      
      The Museum's collection includes gifts from the representatives of Leningrad - Petersburg, Kronstadt, Novgorod, Odessa, Mongolia, Central Asian republics, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, United Arab ... ↓ Emirates, France, England, Germany, Finland, Hungary and many others.
      
      Items in this section are of exceptional value because their circulation is always limited from 50 to 500 units, and the products were not used in mass production. The items are of different purpose — vases, pitchers, table decorations, sculptures, tea pairs. They were performed at porcelain and glass factories.
      
      The collection "the Gift to Stalin" has the exceptional historical significance. It was acquired by the Museum in 1956 from the State Historical Museum of Moscow - vases, decorative dishes, sculptures. This complex is formed on the basis of the gifts from foreign workers ' delegations.
      
      A large section of collection is formed by the gifts from the residents of Leningrad - St. Petersburg. This is the products of the XIX-XXI centuries. Items are generally in good condition. Obviously, they have stayed in apartments and people took care of them. Hard historical path - the revolution of 1917, the Civil and the Great Patriotic wars, 1990-ies.
      
      Nevertheless, glassware and porcelain come from many citizens, many of whom want their things to be presented in Museum collections. A significant role in the creation of the collection belongs to artists - ceramists whose exhibitions are held at the Museum and its branches. These are signed original works - decorative dishes, vases, panels. ↑
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    Archaeology  ⁴¹

    More than 13,000 items.
    The archaeological collection was formed in early 1970s and was expanded with items from archaeological excavations of burial mounds, hills, sites of ancient settlements, embattled cities, etc., located on the territories of Leningrad, Pskov regions and St. Petersburg.
    
    The excavations were funded by the Museum of the History of the ... ↓ City and were guided by well-known archaeologists - O.I.Boguslavskii, A.N.Kirpichnikov, V.I.Kildushevsky, V.A.Colchatov, V.A.Nazarenko, V.P.Petrenko, E.A.Ryabinin, N.V.Khvoshchinskaya, etc.
    
    The collection reflects the whole history of the North-West region of Russia for the chronological period from the VIII to the XX centuries and shows the development of the material culture of diverse tribes and nations, containing at its core not only Russian and Slavic, but Finnish, Scandinavian, Baltic cultures that influenced the process of the emergence and development of St. Petersburg. ↑
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      Medieval monuments of VIII — XV centuries  ²¹

      This section is a part of the collection of the Fund dating back to the period of "Slavic colonization" of the North-West, the times of close contacts of the Slavs with the Finno-Ugric tribes and the Normans, and the formation of Ancient Russia.
      
      These are the complexes of objects found at archeological excavations of the settlement Gordets near Luga (IX-XIII ... ↓ centuries) and Kamno, the settlement near Pskov (VIII-IX centuries): agricultural tools; household items — knives, bone awls, one-sided matched ridges, numerous fragments of molded ceramics and pottery; weapons — arrowheads, darts, crossbow bolts; women's jewelry — fibulas, temple rings, glass and bronze bracelets, rings, necklaces. Interesting findings, showing the development of the jewelry craft in Kamno are crucibles, ladles for molten metal and cast stone forms.
      
      The burial grounds of the Izhora plateau (XII-XV centuries) are presented by the objects from archaeological excavations at the villages Begunitsy, Laskowice, Dymise, etc. These include a variety of jewelry — necklaces, bracelets, temple rings, fibulas, etc.
      
      A special culture, different from the ancient monuments of the Izhora plateau, is represented by the finds from burial mounds of South East Ladoga region (IX-XIII CC.), containing jewelry, beads and weapons, including fibulas and swords of the Viking age.
      
      Baltic substrate can be observed in the material from excavation of burial ground Zalahtovie, located near the Chudskoye lake with such characteristic subjects as male and female jewelry, weapons, etc. ↑
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        Early Slavic artefacts of the VII-IX centuries ³
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        Slavic artefacts of the IX-XV centuries ⁵
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        Scandinavian and Finno-Ugric cultures of the IX-XIII centuries ¹⁰

        The collection represents jewelry and weapons
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        Baltic substrate of X-XII centuries ³

        Ornaments made of bronze, found in the Zalahtovie burial at Chudskoye lake .
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      Urban medieval culture of XIII — XVII centuries ¹⁰

      Collection of items from Oreshek and Ivangorod is the largest in the Fund (about 7000 units from Oreshek and 2000 units from Ivangorod). It gives an idea about the history and culture of these cities-fortresses, since the moment of their construction (Oreshek in the XIV century, Ivangorod in XV century), covering the prosperous epoch of the powerful Novgorod-the-Great (Oreshek), the times of the ... ↓ Moscow Rus, the period of Swedish occupation and the development of cities up to XVIII century.
      
      Complexes of objects characterize various activities of the residents of these cities. For example, weapons — battle axes, arrowheads and spearheads, fragments of arquebuses, cannon balls, grapeshot, bullets; household equipment — axes, craft tools, lump fragments, nails, millstones, grinding stones; household items — locks, keys, whorls, a variety of numerous fragments of cooking pots, bowls and jugs, fragments of birch-bark containers, spindles, rushlight holders.
      
      Items related to the period of occupation of Oreshek by Swedes are of special interest: coins, fragments of stove tiles and the argil pipes. Some subjects show that the citizens of Oreshek were engaged in navigation and fishing. These are sinkers, floats (of different forms made of birch-bark and of the bark of trees), hooks, and details of boats: paddles, wooden frames, seats etc. On some birch-bark floats there are the characters, which probably served as family labels. A number of items indicate the developed trade – the Rhine vessel, details of weights, trading lead seals, branded ingot of commodity cast steel. Rare finds include items such as headgear, pocket tool (harp), children's toys. ↑
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      Arhaeology of XVIII-XX centuries ¹⁰

      Collection of objects is connected directly with the city of St. Petersburg since its foundation.
      
      This section includes items found during archaeological excavations at the Peter-and-Paul fortress and the historical part of city, during the restoration works in the architectural monuments, and found as lifting material during excavation works as well as the objects coming ... ↓ from private collections.
      
      The beginning of this section was laid by the items from archaeological excavations on the Spit of the Vasilyevsky island fulfilled by the founder of archeology of St. Petersburg A. D. Grach in 1952. ↑
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    Decorative and applied arts ⁴²

    About 6000 items.
    The collection includes objects of decorative art, interior design, industrial design, created both in Russia and in other countries in the XVIII–XX centuries and existed in Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad in the pre-revolutionary and Soviet periods.
    
    The objects reveal valuable information about the era of their creation and help to reflect ... ↓ the history of the city on the Neva river. The bulk of the collection was formed in 1970-1990-ies.
    
    Many items have found their place in the Museum through the stock-purchase Commission (the purchase and the gift). The collection represents a group of memorial items received from the heirs of well-known figures of science and culture, such as artist M. V. Matyushin, the academician D. S. Likhachev, composer I. O. Dunaevsky and others.
    
    Decorative and applied art (furniture collection) is open for visitors in organized groups on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday sessions at 12.00 and 15.00. ↑ ↑
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      Furniture ¹⁸

      About 4500 items.
      Russian household furniture of the XIX-XX centuries forms the bulk of the collection. The most valuable group are the items produced at the famous St. Petersburg furniture workshops: G. Gambs, F.F.Melzer, G.V.Buchtger, S.P.Zimin, as well as the items, based on sketches by famous architects L. Ruska, V. Stasov.
      
      The collection also includes ... ↓ bent furniture by following companies — "Thonet Brothers” (нем. “Gebrüder Thonet” ), " Jacob & Josef Kohn", "Wojciechow".
      
      The collection features unique artworks. These are the items made in the "marquetry" technique, items decorated with artistic bronze casting and carving.
      
      Our furniture collection allows us to create a variety of interiors for the exhibitions and expositions, demonstrates a variety of shapes, designs, artistic decoration. ↑
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      Lighting fixtures ¹²

      More than 800 items.
      This section of the collection is varied in composition. It includes products made of gilded or patinated bronze, intended for the decoration of the front interiors, and utilitarian lighting of the the most common types: candlesticks, chandeliers, sconces, lanterns, floor lamps made of different materials (metal, porcelain, glass, wood, stone).
      ... ↓
      The chronological scope of the section – the end of XVIII - the second half of the XX century. The collection includes products of factories and workshops of I.A. Kumberg, F. Melzer, A. Makarov, Vishnevsky Brothers, I. Serkovsky and others.
      
      Also in the collection there are items from the Western Europe, mostly with stamps of the Berlin firms - Carl Holy, Ehrich&Graetz, Schneider, Brenner.
      
      An extremely varied collection of kerosene lamps in the forms of cups or bowls with relief decoration, in the forms of vases made of colored laminated glass with polychrome paintings is stored in the fund.
      
      The collection of electric lighting of the modern period (end of XIX - beginning of XX centuries) is of great interest. These are table lamps or chandeliers decorated with inlays of colored glass. ↑
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      Clocks and watches ¹²

      More than 400 units.
      This section of the collection of objects of decorative art presents a variety of clocks — table, floor, wall clocks and wrist watches.
      
      In the collection you can see the clocks made in the XVIII–XX centuries by the West-European manufacturers and also by the companies that had stores and branches in St. Petersburg (P. Buhre, F. Winter, ... ↓ H.Moser, Lenzkirch) together with the watches made by the main Russian watchmaking industry — the Petrodvorets Watch Factory, the First and Second Moscow Watch Factories, as well as the Orel and the Penza plants, etc. ↑
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    Costumes and fabrics ⁶⁰

    More than 13 000 items.
    The fund presents items of dress, shoes, headwear and accessories of the XVIII - early XXI centuries, which allow to trace back the history of the costumes for several centuries.
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      Accessories ²⁰

      This section is the most diverse in its composition. The word accessory (fr. accessoire) is of French origin and refers to a small item, the associated object, supplementing the costume and allowing you to create one complete ensemble.
      
      The collection includes women's, men's and kid's costume accessories of various purposes, dating back to the period from XVIIIth century ... ↓ to the present time (day, evening, wedding, mourning, uniform accessories): bags, purses, fans, umbrellas and walking sticks, gloves, shawls, ties, collars and cuffs, waistbands, belts and buckles, jewelry, pins for hats, hair combs, etc.
      
      One of the most interesting parts of the section of the accessories is the collection of fans, numbering about 200 exhibits. They are of various types (plie, brise, cocarde, pliant, palmette), various methods of mount (a l’anglaise a la sultane), for various purposes (daytime and evening, wedding, ball, promotional, souvenir, funeral, etc.) and are of interest as works of decorative art. ↑
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      The collection of costumes ²⁰

      Costume (lat. costume) - can mean clothes in general or distinctive style in clothing reflecting the social, national, regional belonging. Being an important part of the history of material and spiritual culture, it combines various kinds of decorative and applied arts — weaving, lace making, jewelry, embroidery, ornamentation, etc.
      
      Clothing is a direct symbol of being ... ↓ an individual person, a specific group, nation or the whole era. Clothing characterizes and completes the picture of society at every stage of its development.
      
      The suit is a harmonious ensemble that represents a system of elements, designed not only to protect people from the effects of the environment, but also to identify his personality through information and aesthetic properties.
      
      The costume collection includes samples of urban women's, men's and children's clothing from the XVIIIth century to the present day: morning, day, evening and night gowns, lower and upper garments, various uniforms, including the First and Second world war uniforms, folk, theatrical and masquerade costumes, clothing of the clergy, professional costume, shoes, hats. ↑
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      Memorial complex ²⁰

      Memorial complex is an important part of the collection of the costume and fabrics. Memorial мuseum objects mean items associated with the important historical events or historical persons.
      In the context of the collection Fund these persons are honored workers of science and art of the late XIX – early XX centuries, poets and writers; soldiers of the First and Second World wars, ... ↓ Heroes of the Soviet Union, the defenders and residents of thebesieged Leningrad.
      
      Social significance of the historical event or person makes a memorial subject one of the most important manifestations of social memory. The emotional impact of the memorial museum object, a sense of belonging to memorial person or event makes this memorial subject to be of special museum value among other similar (typological) objects of the collection.
      
      Items in this section of the Fund are also of considerable artistic and historical value. The collection consists of items belonging to prominent historical personalities: A.A.Blok, M.V.Matyushin, I.O.Dunaevsky, A.A.Bryantsev, L.A.Orbeli, D.S.Likhachev, A.E.Fersman, A.V.German, V.N.Pchelintsev, E.P.Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya, the leading artists of the Bolshoi Drama theatre named after M.Gorky, Opera and Ballet theatre named after S.M.Kirov (the Mariinsky theatre), the actors and actresses of cinema, musicians, etc. ↑
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    Musical instruments, equipment and sound records ⁴⁴

    2 704 items.
    The collection stored in the fund covers the time period of the second half of the XIX - end of the XX century.
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      Mechanical reproducing equipment ¹⁴

      The fund presents mechanical musical instruments, musical boxes with scores and removable drives, phonographs and gramophones, dating back to the end of XIX — beginning of XX century
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      Musical instruments ¹⁴

      The fund presents different groups of musical instruments, dating back to the beginning and middle of the twentieth century - pianos, harmoniums, violins, guitars, harmonics, brass and percussion musical instruments of various domestic and foreign firms.
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      The gramophone records of 1900 - 1990-ies ¹⁶

      Collection of gramophone records of our Fund is extensive and diverse. We present the production of many well-known domestic and foreign manufacturers of gramophone records of XX century. There are early examples of records, made on the basis of shellac.
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    Science and technology  ⁶³

    More than 8 000 items.
    The main part of the fund consists of a variety of labour-saving devices, used in urban environment or manufactured by enterprises of St. Petersburg-Petrograd-Leningrad. Timeline of the items covers the period from the middle of the XIX - end of the XX century.
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      Office equipment  ⁸

      The first reliable and convenient model of a typewriter appeared in 1873. The Remington factory began its production .
      
      Currently the collection of typewriters has 107 items dating back to 1870-1990-ies.
      
      The collection of calculating and computing machines consists of 45 items, including one of the first arithmometers, invented by Theophilus Odner ... ↓ in 1874. ↑
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      Physical devices and chemical laboratory glassware ⁸

      Physical devices and chemical laboratory glassware (items associated with the names of famous scientists - I.P. Pavlov, I.M.Sechenov, A.E.Favorski, S. V. Lebedev and others).
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      Collection of sewing machines of 1870-1990-ies ⁸

      The collection consists of 79 items. These are mainly household sewing machines, but there are also industrial ones. 34 companies producing sewing machines in the period 1870-1990-ies are represented in this collection.
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      Vehicles and their models ⁸

      The fund includes cars, motorcycles and bicycles, as well as a collection of models, representing different kinds of sea, river, electric, rail and road transport and animal traction.
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      Photo and cine hardware ⁸

      The fund presents different types of film and photo cameras, enlargers, meters and devices for processing and printing: timers, processing tanks, mounting frames, etc.
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      Optical devices ⁵

      The collection presents the microscopes ( 51 item dating back to 1870 - 1973-ies), binoculars - 58 items ( 1820-1981-ies), telescopes - 8 subjects (the end of XIX century - 1910-ies)
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      Medical instruments  ⁵

      The collection includes surgical, gynecological and other tools, a variety of instruments for measuring pressure, cardiac, ophthalmic and other instruments, including the equipment of the dental office of the late XIX century
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      Devices for weight, volume and linear measurement ⁵

      Collection of the weight measures consists of 160 items and includes the steelyards, beam, spring, analytical and postal scales. The collection of linear measures includes meters, yards, roulettes, etc., - 105 items (1860-1970-ies)
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      Communication equipment ⁷

      The Fund presents a collection of various radio equipment: radios, speakers, collections of telegraph and telephone apparatus, TV-sets dating back to the end 1930-1980-ies.
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    Weapons  ⁹

    More than 1 000 items.
    The fund contains different types of Russian and foreign firearms and cold-steal weapons, ammunition and protective arms of the XVIII-XX centuries.
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    Textiles and banners  ⁴⁵

    About 4000 items.
    The fund keeps fabrics (excluding clothes and accessories), which reflect the history, culture and everyday life of St. Petersburg during the period of XVIII-early XXI centuries.
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      Banners ¹¹

      1 400 units of storage.
      The unique collection of banners (47 items) of the St. Petersburg handicraft workshops of XVIII-XIX centuries forms the basis of the collection. These were acquired in 1923 from the City administration.
      
      The Fund widely presents military banners of the XIX-XX centuries; civil banners: banners of various enterprises and institutions of ... ↓ Soviet period (the section of the 1920-ies - 1930-ies is particularly interesting); banners of schools, universities, student groups, public and sports organizations of Leningrad of the second half of XX century; election campaign materials of political nature: the slogans, banners, flags; emblems: pennants, flags, arm-bandages, lapel ribbons, badges, ribbons, etc. ↑
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      Collection of interior fabric items of the XVIII - XX centuries ⁸

      1 400 units. Includes typical subjects of interior: floor and wall carpets, decorative panels, tapestries, fireplace screens, tablecloths, lace products, sewing, beading, embroidery, etc.
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      Collection of tissue samples from the second half of XIX-early XXI centuries ²⁶

      1 300 units
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        Collection of cotton fabrics of V.F. Zeits ¹⁴

        250 units. The collection includes samples of cotton fabrics of the I-st third of the XX century, Russia, Ivanovo-Voznesensk.
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        Collection of tissue samples from the "Thornton's Woollen Products Co" - "Nevskaya Manufactory" ¹¹

        The collection includes samples of wool fabrics of the 2-nd half of XIX - early XXI centuries.
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    Collections of the Sergey Kirov Museum  ²¹

    The basis of the museum's collection is formed by the Sergey Kirov Museum Fund, which stores 38 765 items.
    
    
    
    
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  Visual art ³⁴⁸

  Visual art collection includes the following funds: replicated graphics,  contemporary paintings, architectural graphics, graphics of the history of St. Petersburg and the cities of world, cartography and sculpture.
  
  For information: +7 (812) 230-83-92
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    Painting and graphics of the history of the city ⁵¹

    About 43 000 items. One of the oldest collections in the museum, existing since the foundation of the Museum of Old Petersburg in 1907.
    
    The main sources of its replenishment - collections of imperial and grand ducal palaces, collections of Prince Vladimir Argutinskii-Dolgorukov, Pyotr Veiner, Alexander Haush, Lev Ilin and gifts from ... ↓ individuals. The collections contain works of the XVIII-XX centuries.
    
    The chronological frameworks of the collections - from the foundation of St. Petersburg until 1917. ↑
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      Engravings ¹⁰

      The collection of engravings preserves the sheets, executed by A. F. Zubov, I. Schonebeck, the samples of the Peter's era, panoramas of St. Petersburg and its environs in the middle of the XVIII century by M. I. Makhaev, as well as engraved views of St. Petersburg and its suburbs in the first quarter of the XIX century by D. Atkinson, B. Patersen, C. F. Galaktionov and the city views of the ... ↓ second half of the XIX century. ↑
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      Paintings ¹⁰

      The collection of paintings includes works of famous St. Petersburg artists F. Y. Alexeev, M. N. Vorobyov, A. M. Maksimov, I.N. Kramskoy, I.K. Aivazovsky, the works of the artists of the Russian avant-garde M. V. Matyushin and E.I. Guro, and picturesque shopping signs of the early XX century.
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      Drawings ¹⁰

      In the collection of drawings there are landscapes of St. Petersburg, genre sketches, portraits. Among the famous authors are J.B. De La Traverse, I.I. Charlemaine, V.S. Sadovnikov, Alex. N. Benoit, P. E. Scherbov and many others.
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      Lithographs ¹¹

      Collection of lithographs can be considered quite complete because it includes views of St. Petersburg of different periods, the city panoramas, genre scenes and portraits.
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      Architectural drawings ¹⁰

      In the section of architectural graphics there are projects and drawings of the famous St. Petersburg architects of the XVIII and XIX centuries: F.-B. Rastrelli, I. E. Starov, A. Rinaldi, J. Quarenghi, A. D. Zakharov, A. N. Voronikhin, K. Rossi, O. Montferrand, A. I. Stackenschneider and many others. The St. Petersburg’s architecture of the XX century is presented by the projects of L. A. Ilyin, ... ↓ A. I. Gauguin, N. V. Vasiliev, A. A. Ol, M. G. Langbard, etc.  ↑
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    Paintings and graphics of cities of the world ⁷⁰

    About 30 000 items.
    The collection includes works of the XVI – early XX centuries. The main sources of replenishment - the collections of imperial and grand-ducal palaces, St. Petersburg’s mansions and private collections.
    
    Among the exhibits of the fund there are the engravings of special value by Stefano Du Perac, Jacques Rigaud, Giovanni Battista Piranesi ... ↓ and other masters, paintings and drawings by Russian and West European artists Alexey Bogolyubov, Iosif Krachkovsky , Lev Kamenev, Konstantin Pervuhin, Ilya Repin, Georgy Lukomsky, Ivan Shishkin, Luigi (Ludwig) Premazzi, architects Yakov Gevirts, Robert Gödicke and Andrey Ol ↑
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      Paintings ¹⁵

      Art collection of the Fund has 254 paintings dating back to XIX – XX centuries. It presents paintings and sketches of the domestic and Western European masters.

      
      The  main and the best part of the works was acquired from the Petersburg art collections. Among the authors of paintings are the names of I.F.Alexandrovsky, A.P.Bogolyubov, I. A.Weiss, J. de ... ↓ Bonmeson, P.A.Bryullov, N.N.Bunin, S.I.Vasilkovsky, I.A.Weltz, K.A.Veschilov, E.E.Volkov, N.N.Dubovsky, S.Y.Zhukovsky, V.I.Zarubin, L.L.Kamenev, A.A.Kiselev, Y.Y.Clever, I.E.Krachkovsky, L.F.Lagorio, V.Larson, K.O.J.Lund, V.D.Orlovsky, K.K.Pervukhin, N.Simonsen, S.J.Schleifer and others. ↑
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      Drawings ¹⁵

      The collection presents the works of I. E. Repin, G. K. Lukomsky, I. I. Shishkin, L. O. Premazzi, architects Y. G. Gevirtz, R. A. Goedicke, A. A. Ol
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      Engravings ²⁵

      The collection of engravings has 20217 items and chronologically covers the period from the late sixteenth to mid-twentieth century. The urban views of Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America form the largest part of the collection. In addition, there are images of ancient monuments, as well as prints based on paintings of various genres. Of the most famous European engravers-vedutists ... ↓ of the XVII – XVIII centuries in the collection there are the works of such masters as G.Vasi, A.Visentini, E. Du Pérac, G.H.Kilian, J.A. Corvinus, J. le Pautre, M. Merian, G.B.Piranesi, G. and A. Perelle, J.A. Pfeffel,. J.Rigaud, I.Silvestre, W.Watts, G. B. Falda, F.Fambrini, R. de Hooghe, A.Schoonebeek. Domestic engraving school of the end of XVIII – XIX centuries is represented by the leaves of S. Galaktionov, V.Denotkin, I. and A. Zubov, M.Kazakov, M. Makhaev, N.Sablin, N.Chelnokov, V. Turin, A. Shelkovnikov, etc. More than 15 thousand images are stored in albums and ouvrages. Among them the special place belongs to the group of so-called "scenic journeys" received from the collection of the Duke G. G. Mecklenburg-Strelitzky. These are "A General and Comprehensive Description of France" by J. B. de Laborde, "Paintings of Switzerland" by baron Zurlauben, "Scenic and Historical Tour of Istria and Dalmatia" by J. Lavallée, "A Picturesque Journey through Greece" by M-G-F-A de Choiseul-Gouffier, "The Scenic Journey or the Description of the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily" by Abbot de Saint-Non and "Picturesque Journey through the Islands of Sicily, Malta and Lipari" by J. P. L. L.Wale. ↑
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      Lythographs ¹⁵

      Collection of lithographs of the Fund has 6698 images dating back to XIX – XX centuries.
      
      Most of the collection consists of cityscapes and views of natural wonders of Western Europe, Asia, the Middle East and America. Views of the cities of Russian Empire: Moscow, Vladimir, Novgorod, Kazan, Kiev, Kostroma, Nizhny Novgorod, Odessa, Pskov, Romanovo-Borisoglebsk, Rybinsk, ... ↓ Tomsk and many others form a smaller but important part of the collection.
      
      
      Among the foreign authors of lithographs there are the names of famous French masters, who stood at the forefront of this type of graphic art. Lithographic views of Russia are presented by the works of many artists, among them are Karl von Kügelgen, F.Gross, S.Lukin, A.A.Martynov, K.V.Rabus, J-N Raugh, V.S.Sadovnikov, F.Suvorov, G.V.Timm, V.S.Turin, and others.
      
      About 4000 species of lithographic collection of prints are stored in frames and albums. ↑
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    Contemporary painting and graphics  ⁵⁹

    More than 27 000 items. The collection of the contemporary painting and graphics stores the works of Leningrad - St. Petersburg artists of the XX-XXI centuries. All types of prints, drawings, watercolors, gouache, tempera and paintings are represented in this collection. A significant part of the collection is occupied by works devoted to the Great Patriotic War and the Siege of Leningrad. ... ↓ Chronologically, the works in the collection cover the period from 1917 to the present day. ↑
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      Paintings ¹⁴

      The collection of paintings includes two thousand works of art in the technique of oil painting on various surfaces (canvas, wood, hardboard, cardboard, paper). The figurative and abstract paintings in various genres are stored: landscapes (mostly urban), portraits, historical, genre painting, still lifes.
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      Watercolours and drawings ¹³
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      Prints and lithographs ³²
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    Architectural graphics and cartography ³⁰

    More than 17 000 items. Fund of architectural graphics and cartography is a collection of museum objects which reflect the history of the world urban construction.
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      Architectural drawings of the XVIII-XX centuries  ¹⁵

      The handwritten drawings, engraved and lithographed sketches
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      Collection of maps and plans of European and Russian cities in XVIII-XX centuries ¹⁵

      The collection of maps and atlases
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    Sculptures ⁵⁰

    Fund of sculpture has more than 1,000 items and includes sculptural works of Russian, Soviet and foreign artists from the second half of the XVIII century to the beginning of the XXI century.
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      Russian sculpture of the XIX - beginning of the XX century ¹⁰

      This period is represented by 318 items in the collection.
      
      More than 50 of them came from the Museum of Old Petersburg and the Museum of the City, including the gifts of the famous architect, Chairman of the society of architects-artists, count P.Y.Suzor, President of the Museum Council, the publisher of the magazine "Old years" P.P.Weiner, a member of the ... ↓ Museum Board, art historian, historian of St.Petersburg V.Y.Kurbatov, member of the Museum Board, collector, philanthropist L.I.Zheverzheev.
      
      The portrait gallery of the Russian Grand Dukes, tsars, emperors and empresses forms a significant part of the collection. Among them there are portraits of Chancellor N.P.Rumyantsev, General A.P.Yermolov, engineer A.A.Ioss.
      
      Among the exhibits received from the City Museum, housed from 1918 to 1928 in the Anichkov Palace, there are elements of the decoration of the Palace interiors.
      
      In 1949 the Artillery Museum has passed to our museum the portraits of Grand Dukes Konstantin Pavlovich and Mikhail Pavlovich, horse images of emperors Nicholas I and Alexander II, formerly in the collections of regimental museums and the Museum of the Society of Zealots of History. ↑
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      Russian and Soviet sculpture of the XX-XXI centuries ²⁴

      This section mainly presents the works by St. Petersburg sculptors.
      
      A large group of sculptures were received from the Museum of Defense of Leningrad after its liquidation in 1949. These are the portraits of the defenders of Leningrad: pilots V.A.Matsievich, I.M.Shishkan, S.G.Litavrin, partisans: C.D.Karitskoy, A.W.Herman, B.I.Eren-Price, A.Petrova, Junior girls - air ... ↓ defense fighters, nurses.
      
      In 1950-1970-ies the collection was replenished with the active participation of the Culture Committee of the Leningrad Executive Committee. The works of sculptors were purchased at the annual exhibitions of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of the USSR. At this time the Museum actively cooperated with the factories of the Leningrad branch of the Art Fund of the USSR. Orders of the Museum for the manufacture of the series of sculptures for thematic exhibitions of the Museum were performed by famous masters T.F.Linde, B.E.Kaplyanski, M.M.Kharlamova and also young sculptors who just started their careers — A.G.Traugot, L.K.Lazarev. Today these items represent independent artistic value. ↑
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      Sculpture of foreign countries ¹⁶

      This section has a little over 200 units.
      
      The objects, typical for the interior decoration of the St. Petersburg houses in XIX – early XX centuries, which reflect the tastes of different segments of the population form the bulk of the collection.
      
      The gifts to the city from foreign delegations of about twenty countries worldwide form a separate ... ↓ group, illustrating the wide foreign relations of Leningrad. The gifts to the 70th anniversary of I.V.Stalin were received from Communist organizations and individuals and given to the Museum after the disbandment of the Exhibition of gifts to Stalin, held in the Museum of the Revolution and the State Museum of the History of Art. ↑
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    Collection of the Soviet and modern architectural graphics ¹⁰

    About 11,000 items. The collection began to form in the 1920s. It consists of the design materials related to the planning, development and improvement of Leningrad-Petersburg, as well as projects which were designed by St. Petersburg architects for other cities. The chronological framework of the collection - 1917-1990-ies.
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    Replicated graphics ⁷⁸

    The fund of replicated graphics was separated into an independent unit in 1981. The fund includes a collection of posters, playbills, programs, invitations, menus, labels and calendars. The core of the fund is formed from the collections of the Museum of Old Petersburg, City Museum and Museum of the Defense of Leningrad
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      Posters of the pre-revolutionary period ¹⁰

      2 400 units. The collection presents different types of posters, published in pre-revolutionary Russia in the printing house "Association of R.Golike and A. Vilborg", chromolithographic factories of T. Kibbel and of E. Marcus and other print institutions of St.Petersburg.
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      Posters of the Soviet period ¹⁴

      The State Museum of St. Petersburg have formed a unique collection of Soviet posters, numbering about 15,000 items. The collection covers the period from 1918, from the appearance of the first Soviet political posters , to present days.
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      Posters, programs, invitations ¹²

      The collection covers the period from the late XIX century to the present days and numbers more than 20 thousand units.
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      Calendars ¹¹

      More than 500 copies of the wall, flip, souvenir (with ads of trading firms of Petersburg), "eternal" calendars. Chronologically the collection covers the period of 1880-ies - beginning of the XXI century.
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      Menus ¹⁰

      The collection of menus, numbering about 500 items, was taken to the Museum since the creation of the Museum of Old Petersburg. It is one of the best in the country.
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      Stamps ¹¹

      The collection of the postage stamps; police stamps and address fees; municipal stamps, savings, charitable stamps, etc.
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      Labels ¹⁰

      The labels collection presents the pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary periods (end of XIX - the beginning of XXI century) and has more than 9,000 items.
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  Photodocuments ¹⁶¹

  Rich collection of photo documents is stored in 3 funds: pre-revolutionary and contemporary photographs, negatives and photos of cities.
  
  For information: +7 (812) 230-03-21
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    Negatives ⁵³

    About 100 000 items. The collection stores negatives covering the history of St. Petersburg of the late XIX-early XXI century.
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      Leningrad under siege ²⁴

      The State Museum of History of St.Petersburg, the Fund of the negatives presents the period of the siege of Leningrad during the great Patriotic war (1941-1945). The images were made in Leningrad by military photographers D. M. Trachtenberg, V. I. Kapustin, B. V. Utkin, G. I. Chertov, B. S. Losin, V. G. Fedoseyev, N. P.Janov.
      
      The presented negatives reflect the life of ... ↓ the besieged city: shielded Smolny, tanks in the Stachek street, balloons on St. Isaac's square, sales of books at the Nevsky Prospekt during the siege, the dragon's teeth in the Moskovsky Prospect, scenes of providing assistance to the victims of the shelling, the Bolsheokhtinsky cemetery, the diary of Tanya Savicheva, the withdrawal of troops to the front, the guard's parade on Palace square in 1945, and others.
      
      Most of these images were included in the Golden Fund of Soviet journalism and photography. ↑
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      Architecture of St.Petersburg – Leningrad ⁹

      
      The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg owns a unique collection of original negatives, reflecting the history of our city in different aspects. The collection of negatives depicting the architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg has a special place among them. Photos were made in different years, by Leningrad-known photographers such as L.O.Bernstein, S.I.Lavut, B.S.Losin and ... ↓ others. ↑
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      Leningrad region ⁵
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      Municipal services of Petrograd-Leningrad ⁵
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      Culture and art in Leningrad ⁵
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      Festivals and parades in Leningrad ⁵
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    Collection of photographs ⁶⁸

    More than 84 000 items. A rich in volume and diversity collection of art and historical sources on the history of St. Petersburg. The collection consists of two parts: photographs of pre-revolutionary and post-revolutionary periods.
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      Photographs of the pre-revolutionary period  ³⁴

      More than 24 000 units The most important exhibits include photos of such famous authors as I. (J.) Bianchi (1850-1880), K. K. Bulla (1890-1910), C. L. and L. C. Lewicki, A. I. Denier, A. F. Lawrence, W. Classen, F. V. Nicholaevsky.
      
      The history of the collection of photographs in the Museum dates back to 1907, when St. Petersburg the ... ↓ Museum of Old Petersburg was founded (its official status and approved Charter the Museum of Old Petersburg received at the end of 1908). Organizers of the Museum took an active part in the formation of funds. They paid great attention to the collection of photos.
      
      Today it is the richest collection of photographic sources in terms of volume and diversity. The pride of the Museum is the collection of photos (over 200 units) made by Ivan (Giovanni) Bianchi, the first light-painter of Petersburg, an outstanding photo-artist of the second half of the XIXth century. His large-format images capture the architectural ensembles of St. Petersburg and the interior of the palaces. Photos are made with great artistic skill, impeccable composition, they are priceless in their informational content. Very interesting are the photos of 1860-1870-ies, among them - the work of W. A. Carrick from the series "St. Petersburg types” and scenery snapshots of A. F. Lawrence, E. Yuar, F. Buff, A. I. Smirnov, N. D. Digo. Widely are presented photo portraits of 1870-1910-s, made by masters of the portrait genre K. I. Bergamasco, B. I. Yasvoin, E. L. Mrozovskaya, K. A. Shapiro and others. The Museum houses a collection of works (over 2000 units) of Karl Karlovich Bulla and his sons Alexander and Victor. Along with photos of portrait and event genres, the collection includes large-format images depicting architectural ensembles of our city. ↑
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      Photographs created after 1917 ³⁴

      About 60 000 units. Throughout the XXth century the Museum has acquired or received as a gift the works of the best artists-photographers and photojournalists of St. Petersburg. In addition, the materials came from LenTASS, personal archives of residents and from customs. A large collection of photos of 1941-1945 was donated directly by military photographers. It includes works by famous ... ↓ masters D. M. Trakhtenberg, B.P. Kudoyarov, B. S. Losin, B. V. Utkin and others. In 1980 – 1990-ies, the Fund was supplemented by materials from the archives of the oldest St. Petersburg’s photographers: L. L. Sievert, I. N. Narovlyanski, V. P. Samoilov, A. F. Shuvalov. In recent years an impressive collection of works by modern masters was formed: V. S. Antonshenkov, A. A. Kitaev, S. A., Kompaniichenko, A. V. Krupnov, I. P. Potemkin, P. M. Markin, I. V. Gundareva, A. A. Smirnov, B. K. Degtyarev and others. The collection of photographs depicting the architecture of a city in the first half of XXth century is of great interest. Adequately complete is the photo gallery devoted to the Great Patriotic war, the Siege of Leningrad, the restoration of the city and its suburbs in the postwar period. The pictures are made by the Leningrad military photographers D. M. Trakhtenberg, B. V. Utkin, G. I. Chertov, B. S. Losin, V. G. Fedoseyev, V. I. Kapustin, N. P. Yanov and Moscow photographer B.P.Kudoyarov. In the 1960s - 1990s, due to the systematic acquisition, the Fund was supplemented by materials from the archives of the oldest photographers N. P. Karasev, L. L. Sievert, I. A., Narovlyanski, M. A. Kashe, V. P. Samoilov. The Museum is proud to keep a collection of photos showing all extant churches in St. Petersburg. This great work was accomplished in the 1980-ies by A. F. Shuvalov. In recent years, the Museum collection has expanded to include works of contemporary photographers of the St. Petersburg V.C. Antoshenkov, I. V. Gundareva, A. A. Kitaev, S. A. Kompaniichenko, L.S. Tabolina, I. P. Potemkin, S. A. Zakharov, A. V. Sladkov, P. M. Markin, S. V. Chabutkin, A. V. Usov and many other talented photographers. The undoubted success for the Museum was the acquisition of the collection of stereo photographs and stereo negatives numbering 6000 units. The creator of this collection, which presents the views of St. Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad and many other cities of the world was A. A., Krolenko (1889-1970), organizer and leader (1921-1929) of the publishing house "Academia". ↑
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    Cities of the world  ⁴⁰

    More than 44 000 items. The fund consists of original photographs of the 1850 - 2000s and photomechanical prints (collotypes, photo chromolithographs, etc.) of the 1870 – 1960s.
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      Cities of the world in photographs ²⁰

      28 587 units. The collection of photographs of the cities of the world is the unique collection of West-European photography of 1850s - 1900-ies, which presents the views of the cities of Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Great Britain made by such masters, as Alfredo Noack, Giacomo Broggi, Giorgio Sommer, brothers Nerden, Axel Lindahl, Ludwig Hardtmut, Ramon Almela, Francis Fritt and many ... ↓ others. In the collection of Fund there are views of Prague and Warsaw, as well as New York and Chicago. Not a smaller part of the fund forms the collection of townscapes and genre pictures of Russia and near abroad in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuries. Such cities as Moscow, Kiev, Kazan, Minsk, Ekaterinburg, Odessa, Arkhangelsk, Petrozavodsk, Astrakhan, Yalta, Sevastopol, Pyatigorsk, Sochi and many others are widely represented. Among the photographers whose works form this part of the collection it is worth mentioning M. P. Nastyukov and I. F. Barshchevsky, showing the front face of Moscow in XIX century; A. O. Karelin and W. A. Carrick — the first masters of Russian genre pictures; F. Gadaev, A. Engel, F. Ordan, I. Lange — authors of the classic views of Caucasus; F. Orlov, A. Zimmermann, I. Semyonov, Otto Renard, V. Sokornov, S. Rainish, without whom it is impossible to imagine the Crimean photo. Especially noteworthy is photographer Dmitry Yermakov — in the Fund there are his photos with views of Caucasus and the Turkish album. Well represented in the Fund are the photos of Middle and Far East: Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Turkey, Japan, China, Ceylon. The Fund also houses unique documentary photographs of the period of the First World War, acquired by the Museum within N. S. Tagrin’s collection. ↑
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      Cities of the world — photomechanical prints ²⁰

      16 404 units. In addition to the collection of photographs the Fund contains more than 16000 photomechanical prints — landscapes, genre scenes and portraits and printed albums of the late 1870-ies-1960-ies. This collection is devoted to the countries of Western and Eastern Europe, USA and East Asian regions and widely presents not only cities, but also life and culture of different countries ... ↓ and peoples. Among the phototypists, whose works are in the Fund, there are such names as Shevoyon and Dufu, W. I. Stein, M. Schroeder, M. Gubler, A. Salon. The publishing houses, involved in the development and production of photomechanical prints, such as "Scherer, Nabgolts and Co", "Lowman and Hanford", "Photochrom Zürich" (later "Photoglob Zürich AG), publishing house of Ernst Wasmuth and many others are presented in the Fund . Among the techniques, used in this collection, phototypes and relief prints, semitone dominate . But there are also more rare techniques such as photogravure, which is not inferior to photo in quality of reproduction of details and light-shadowed images, as well as photochromolithography, better known as photochrom. With this technique the color photography has begun in the XIX century. ↑
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  Books, manuscripts and documents ¹⁰¹

  Written items are presented in the following funds: book fund, manuscript fund, documentary fund and collection of Vladimir Orlov.
  
  For information: +7 (812) 498-07-53
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    Collection of books ²¹

    The books fund includes more than 45 000 items. The chronological framework of the collection: end of the XVII century - beginning of the XXI century.
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    Collection of manuscripts and documents ³¹

    Collection of the Manuscript and Documentary Fund of the museum consists of original documents of the history of St. Petersburg beginning with foundation of the city to the present day.
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      Documents of the XVIII century ¹⁰

      
      Documents of the XVIII century in the collection of the  Fund are presented mainly by charters on parchment with the signatures-autographs of the Empresses Elizabeth and Catherine II, patents for rank, both military and civil, printed copies of the Imperial and Senate decrees.
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      Documents of the XIX century ¹⁰

      A significant part of the documents of the first half of the XIX century reflects the events associated with the uprising of the Decembrists: the Manifest of abdication of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich in favor of Nicholas Pavlovich, "The List of the State Criminals", a handwritten copy of K.F.Ryleev’s letter before his execution.
      
      Patriotic War of 1812 is ... ↓ presented in the orders, reports, award documents.
      
      The development of industry, science, education and culture is adequately represented in the documentary collection. The documents concerning architecture and construction of the city are of particular value for the research. ↑
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      Documents of the XX century ¹¹

      In the documents of the collection all the diversity of the city's history in the XXth century can be traced and reflected: the First World War, the Revolution, the NEP, space exploration.
      
      A special place is occupied by the relics of the Great Patriotic War and Siege of Leningrad - personal complexes and selected documents of the city's defenders, partisans, residents of ... ↓ Leningrad. Some of these documents can be seen in the expositions and exhibitions in the Rumyantsev Mansion, in the Memorable Hall of the Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad. ↑
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    V. N. Orlov's Collection ⁴⁹

    The collection of Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlov numbering about 12 thousand items is stored in the Museum-apartment of A.A.Blok, a branch of the State Museum of History of St. Petersburg.
    
    The composition of the collection was determined by the interests of its donator Vladimir Nikolaevich Orlov (1908-1985) —the researcher of the life and works of A.A.Blok, the literary ... ↓ critic, the chief editor of "Poet’s Library" (1956-1970), writer, critic, one of the founders of the Museum-apartment of A.A.Blok.
    
    V.N.Orlov was the author of several books and numerous articles about the life and work of the poet, among them — the fictionalized biography "Gamayun: the Life of Alexander Blok" (1978), "Hello, Alexander Blok" (1984), "Poem "Twelve" by A. Blok” (1962), "the Poet and the City: Alexander Blok and Petersburg" (1980). V.N.Orlov was the editor and commentator of the 8-volume edition of the collected works of A.A.Blok.
    
    Studying the heritage of A.A.Blok, Orlov turned to the works of his contemporaries: A.Bely, K.D.Balmont, Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva and to the problems of literature of the early twentieth century ("Crossroads" (1976), "Ways and Fates: Literary essays" (1971)).
    
    Orlov’s library includes lifetime editions of Alexander Blok, including autographs of the poet; lifetime editions of his contemporaries, writers and philosophers: A.A.Akhmatova, K.D.Balmont, Andrei Bely, N.A.Berdyaev, V.Brusov, V.I.Ivanov, A.F.Losev, O.E.Mandelstam, E.L.Radlov, V.V.Rozanov, V.S.Solovyov, M.I.Tsvetaeva, V.F.Ern and many others.
    
    The periodicals of the beginning of the twentieth century is widely represented in Orlov’s library: magazines "World of Art", "Apollo", "Libra", "New Path" and others. A significant section of the library is formed by rare editions of XVIII–XIX centuries.
    
    About 200 sheets and canvases of artworks of the XIX–XX centuries are the most interesting part of the collection, most of them being paintings and drawings of artists of the "World of Art" — contemporaries and friends of A.A.Blok, illustrators of his works, theatrical artists.
    
    Graphics is the main and most valuable part of Orlov’s art collection. The highlights of the collection are the profile portrait of A.A.Blok by K.K.Sokolov and double portrait "Poets. Blok and Dante" by O.D.Forsh.
    
    Among the designs there are outstanding sheets by Y.P.Annenkov, B.D.Grigoriev, B.M.Kustodiev, M.V.Nesterov, K.S.Petrov-Vodkin, portraits of the daughter of V.A.Jünger, the works of the Leningrad graphic M.G.Nemenova.
    
    Of special interst are the etchings of different years by the member of “World of Art” circle E.S.Kruglikova — "House of Maximilian Voloshin", "Portrait of S.V.Shervinsky, M.A.Kuzmin and E.S.Kruglikova" (both 1938) and from her famous series of silhouettes — a portrait of Konstantin Somov (1916).
    
    The watercolor is presented with a number of signed sheets by K.S.Petrov-Vodkin (“Khvalynsk. Houses" 1931; "the Moor", 1907), M.A.Voloshin (“Koktebel”, 1925), sketches by A.N.Benoit.
    
    Of special interest is the collection of sketches for costumes and scenery by the artists of the "World of Art": L.S.Bakst, A.N. Benoit, A.Y.Golovin, B.M.Kustodiev, K.S.Petrov-Vodkin, S.Y.Sudeykin, A.K.Shervashidze, V.I.Shukhaev.
    
    Works of easel paintings by well-known artists O.E.Braz, B.P.Williams, K.A.Korovin, B.M.Kustodiev, E.E.Lansere, K.S.Petrov-Vodkin are in Orlov’s collection also.
    
    In Orlov’s collection there is also the Kustodiev’s sketch for the monumental painting "Peter the Great" (1910), sketches of Petrov-Vodkin of the Paris period (1906-1908) and his "Samarkand" series (1921).
    
    A small part of Orlov’s collection is formed by the items of medallic art (52 medals and two medallions with reliefs).
    
    V.N.Orlov presented his library and art collection to the Museum-apartment of A.A.Blok in 1983. According to the agreement, the collection should be stored in its integrity in the Museum-apartment of Alexander Blok and be available to researchers and lovers of Blok’s poetry and poetry of the Silver age.
    
    In 2006-2010, the Fund was enriched by items from the collection of N.P.Ilyin: the Museum received the documents, manuscripts and letters of A.A.Blok, members of his family and inner circle. ↑
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      Orlov's book collection ⁸

      For V.N.Orlov, a writer and scientist, his extensive library was not a collection, but the working library, which reflected the research interests of Vladimir Nikolayevich —from the literature of the early XIX century and history of the Decembrist movement to books of the Soviet poets and writers.
      
      All books can be divided into several sections:
      lifetime ... ↓ editions of Alexander Blok’s poetry;
      books about A.A.Blok and his time;
      editions of the late XVIII – early XIX centuries;
      rare books and books with autographs of early XX century;
      periodicals of the XIX – early XX centuries (magazines, anthologies, literary collections). ↑
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        Books about A.A.Blok and his time ⁸

        More than half a century V.N.Orlov was persistently engaged in the study of the creative biography of Alexander Blok. Many editions of the collected works of the poet came out edited with commentary and introductory articles by Vladimir Nikolaevich. The books about Blok "the Poet and the City", "Hello, Alexander Blok", "Humayun", and etc. were written by him.
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      Painting ⁹

      A few works of easel painting collected by V.N.Orlov were made by first class artists O.E.Braz, Moscow painter, theatre artist P.B.Williams, K.A.Korovin, B.M.Kustodiev, E.E.Lansere, K.S.Petrov–Vodkin, a follower of I.E.Repin — V. G. Tikhov etc.
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      Graphics ²¹

      The main and most interesting part of V.N.Orlov's art collection are drawings, watercolors, theatrical sketches and prints by the artists of the "World of Art" circle.
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      Medals ⁸

      In Orlov’s small collection of medallic art there are samples of domestic memorabilia, commemorative, portrait and souvenir medals. The most valuable are the works of A.F.Vasyutinsky, I.B.Gass, M.L.Dillon, M.A.Skudnov, S.Y.Yudin - the medals of the XVIII - XX centuries.
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      Photos ³

      In V.N.Orlov’s Fund several portraits of Vladimir Nikolayevich are kept together with photos of B.L.Pasternak, S.I.Chikovani, G.N.Leonidze.
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  Postcards ⁵⁴²

  Museum stores the largest collection of postcards of the 1880s – 1980s, including the fund of Nikolay Tagrin.
  
  For information: +7 (812) 230-83-92
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    Collection of postcards ¹⁹⁹

    More than 80 thousand items. The basic collection of the fund includes: Russian postcards printed earlier than 1917 - about 18 thousand items; Soviet postcards - more than 42 thousand items; foreign postcards - more than 21 thousand items. The chronological framework of the basic collection covers the period from the end of XIX century to the 1980s.
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      "Artistic" postcards ¹⁰

      Portraits of actors and actresses, scenes from operas, dramas, movies, etc.
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      "Glamorous" postcards ¹⁰

      Female images, including the nude ones
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      Authorial postcards ¹³

      An authorial postcard is a postcard with a painting created by the artist directly for it. The subjects of the authorial cards are diverse: genre and historical scenes, cityscapes and nature, historical, literary, and theatrical characters, woman and fashion.
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      Urban views  ¹¹

      Urban views, or postcards with views of cities, memorial sites, attractions constitute a large part of the collection. Cityscape card is not only a cultural monument, but also a source of knowledge about the past. To get an idea of many not existing or distorted monuments of architecture, to understand how whole ensembles of squares and streets at one time or another looked like one can only ... ↓ out of a postcard very often. Urban views were based on photos whose authors are not always known. In particular this applies to the works of the first half of XX century which are of special importance for us. However we can identify some names, such as: S.M.Prokudin-Gorsky, D.Markov, A.N.Pavlovich, V.Svetlichnyi, etc. Domestic cityscape postcards depicted not only the inner cities with ceremonial squares, ancient temples and palaces, but also the suburbs and individual buildings, including industrial ones. Even the most remote areas of the Russian Empire were of interest for photographers. ↑
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      Documentary postcards ⁵

      Documentary postcard – a postcard with images of important historical events, ceremonies, political and artistic events, photos from places of natural disasters, military campaigns and battles. Documentary postcards were especially popular in the difficult war and revolutionary years. So, during the Russo-Japanese War photographers of the Community of Saint Eugenia made a lot of pictures of ... ↓ the equipment of the army, scenes of battles, soldiers, etc. During the revolution and the first years of Soviet power photo-postcards with scenes of street fights, various festivities and ceremonies — funerals, anniversaries, etc. — were actively published ↑
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      Illustrations ¹⁰

      Illustrations are the cards with illustrations to the works of writers, poets, playwrights, to fairy tales, Russian epics and songs. The Community of St. Eugenia published a series of postcards with illustrations for the works of the poet in honor of the centenary of Alexander Pushkin’s burth. The artists who worked for it were N.N Karazin, E.M.Boehm, M.A.Zichy, V.M.Vasnetsov, etc. The theme ... ↓ of Pushkin's fairy tales in the early 1900s was developed in the works of B.V.Zworykin. For the publisher "Richard" A.F.Afanasiev executed a series of drawings for P.P.Yershov’s tale "The Humpbacked Horse". Later the works began to appeare, the themes for which were taken directly from Russian folklore. The postcards with the drawings of V.M.Vasnetsov "The Guslar" and "Kupava" were published. S.S.Solomko created many pictures for the postcards with female images from Russian fairy tales. Postcards by E.M.Boehm present illustrations of national proverbs and sayings. V.A.Taburin creates a series of postcards "Russian Proverbs in persons". During the first Russian revolution postcards with illustrations and texts of the revolutionary songs "The Internationale", "Working Marseillaise", "The Warsaw lady" were published . In the second half of XX century the postcards with the Soviet songs were performed in the “lubok” style of Palekh or Mstera. The editions with illustrations for children's books are of particular interest. ↑
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      Military postcards ¹⁰

      Cards with different types of troops
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      Flora and fauna ¹⁰

      Images of animals and plants in wild nature and in zoos, botanical gardens
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      Postcards with maps ¹⁰

      A large series of open letters with the maps of provinces and regions of the Russian Empire, issued by the Head Office of Publications "Russia" (St. Petersburg), appears to be a perfect educational material for the study of our country.
      
      In addition to the map the coat of arms of the province was depicted together with the brief statistical information about the ... ↓ population and geography of the province, which was preceded at the reverse side by the words of N.V. Gogol: "The ignorance of Russia itself is great" and Strindberg's words: "Know your Homeland".
      
      It should be noted that these postcards were published at the expense of H.E.M Grand Duke Mihail Alexandrovich, the younger brother of the Emperor Nicholas II. ↑
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      Panoramic postcards ⁵

      Panoramic postcard – a postcard with the image of the terrain, characterized by wide viewing angle. Panoramic postcards can be of the enlarged horizontally size or consist of several cards in conventional format.
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      Personalities ²⁰

      Portraits of the prominent statesmen, public and cultural figures, military leaders, scientists and others
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        Postcards with the images of monarchs and the members of Royal families ¹⁰

         
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      Studio greeting cards ¹⁰

      The most common type of cards – greeting ones, dedicated to some holiday. In pre-revolutionary Russia, for example, the postcards — greetings for Christmas, Easter, Saint's Day, more rarely for New Year — were most popular. Greeting cards were issued by almost all publishers. Many open letters were imported from Europe, which created more competition and forced publishers to find new ... ↓ subjects. Among the common attributes of greeting cards the most common were images of angels, children, animals, girls with flowers, churches, various still lifes, scenes from Russian life. ↑
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      Political postcards ¹⁰

      Promotional postcards, posters, cartoons
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      Advertising postcards ¹⁰

      Postcards, advertising firms or goods as well as cards, announcing cultural events
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      Reproductions ¹⁰

      Postcards with reproductions of the works of fine art
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      Souvenir postcards ¹⁰

      Gift cards ("Gruss aus...", "Greetings from...", "Souvenir de...") – are cards "in memory" associated with the memories of someone or something and containing the appropriate treatment. These cards are specially created artistic compositions using hand-drawn or photographic images of a variety of attractions, famous places, etc. This series of ... ↓ postcards was extremely popular at the turn of XIX and XX centuries. ↑
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      Transport postcards  ¹⁵

      Postcards with the images of the means of transport and transport infrastructure
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        Marine theme ⁵

         
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      Ethnographic postcards ²⁰

      A series of postcards depicting people in national costumes
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        The Petersburg types ¹⁰
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    Tagrin's collection  ³⁴³

    More than 570 000 items. Russia's largest collection of postcards on various subjects: landscapes, greetings, reproductions of works of art, personalities, banner greeting cards, etc. The chronological framework of the collection - 1880-1980's.
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      "Artistic" postcards ¹⁸

      Portraits of actors and actresses, scenes from operas, dramas, movies, etc.
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      "Glamorous" postcards ¹⁹

      Female images, including nude ones
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      Authorial postcards ¹⁷

      An authorial postcard is a postcard with a painting created by the artist directly for it. The subjects of the authorial cards are diverse: genre and historical scenes, cityscapes and nature, historical, literary, and theatrical characters, woman and fashion.
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      Urban views  ¹⁹

      Urban views, or postcards with views of cities, memorial sites, attractions constitute a large part of the collection. Cityscape card is not only a cultural monument, but also a source of knowledge about the past. To get an idea of many not existing or distorted monuments of architecture, to understand how whole ensembles of squares and streets at one time or another looked like one can only ... ↓ out of a postcard very often. Urban views were based on photos whose authors are not always known. In particular this applies to the works of the first half of XX century which are of special importance for us. However we can identify some names, such as: S.M.Prokudin-Gorsky, D.Markov, A.N.Pavlovich, V.Svetlichnyi, etc. Domestic cityscape postcards depicted not only the inner cities with ceremonial squares, ancient temples and palaces, but also the suburbs and individual buildings, including industrial ones. Even the most remote areas of the Russian Empire were of interest for photographers. ↑
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      Documentary postcards ¹⁰

      Documentary postcard – a postcard with images of important historical events, ceremonies, political and artistic events, photos from places of natural disasters, military campaigns and battles. Documentary postcards were especially popular in the difficult war and revolutionary years. So, during the Russo-Japanese War photographers of the Community of Saint Eugenia made a lot of pictures of ... ↓ the equipment of the army, scenes of battles, soldiers, etc. During the revolution and the first years of Soviet power photo-postcards with scenes of street fights, various festivities and ceremonies — funerals, anniversaries, etc. — were actively published ↑
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      Illustrations ¹⁶

      Illustrations are the cards with illustrations to the works of writers, poets, playwrights, to fairy tales, Russian epics and songs. The Community of St. Eugenia published a series of postcards with illustrations for the works of the poet in honor of the centenary of Alexander Pushkin’s burth. The artists who worked for it were N.N Karazin, E.M.Boehm, M.A.Zichy, V.M.Vasnetsov, etc. The theme ... ↓ of Pushkin's fairy tales in the early 1900s was developed in the works of B.V.Zworykin. For the publisher "Richard" A.F.Afanasiev executed a series of drawings for P.P.Yershov’s tale "The Humpbacked Horse". Later the works began to appeare, the themes for which were taken directly from Russian folklore. The postcards with the drawings of V.M.Vasnetsov "The Guslar" and "Kupava" were published. S.S.Solomko created many pictures for the postcards with female images from Russian fairy tales. Postcards by E.M.Boehm present illustrations of national proverbs and sayings. V.A.Taburin creates a series of postcards "Russian Proverbs in persons". During the first Russian revolution postcards with illustrations and texts of the revolutionary songs "The Internationale", "Working Marseillaise", "The Warsaw lady" were published . In the second half of XX century the postcards with the Soviet songs were performed in the “lubok” style of Palekh or Mstera. The editions with illustrations for children's books are of particular interest. ↑
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      Military postcards ¹⁸

      Cards with different types of troops. The postcards with the images of air and underwater vehicles used for military purposes are of special interest
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      Flora and fauna ²⁶

      Images of animals and plants in wild nature and in zoos, botanical gardens
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      Panoramic postcards ¹⁰

      Panoramic postcard – a postcard with the image of the terrain, characterized by wide viewing angle. Panoramic postcards can be of the enlarged horizontally size or consist of several cards in conventional format.
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      Personalities ⁴⁰

      Portraits of the prominent statesmen, public and cultural figures, military leaders, scientists and others
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        Postcards with the images of monarchs and the members of Royal families ²⁰
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      Studio greeting cards ²⁴

      Postcards on various holidays
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      Political postcards ²⁰

      Promotional postcards, posters, cartoons
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      Advertising postcards ²⁰

      Postcards, advertising firms or goods as well as cards, announcing cultural events
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      Reproductions ²⁰

      Postcards with reproductions of the works of fine art
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      Stereo postcards ⁹

      Cards with 3-D effect
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      Souvenir postcards ¹⁶

      Cards "For memory" associated with the memories of someone or something and containing the appropriate treatment.
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      Transport postcards ²¹

      Postcards with the image of the means of transport and transport infrastructur
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        Marine section ⁵
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      Ethnographic postcards ²⁰

      A series of postcards depicting people in national costumes