Where can I go on the Pushkin map in Moscow and St. Petersburg.On September 1, 2021, the Pushkin Card project was launched , thanks to which any Russian citizen aged 14 to 22 can get to cultural events throughout the country. Leading theaters and museums of the country have joined the program, and it has become much easier to visit them with the Pushkin Youth Card. In 2021, the state transferred 3,000 rubles to the card, in 2022 and 2023 this amount increased to 5,000.
Where can I go on the Pushkin map in Moscow and St. Petersburg
The Tretyakov Gallery and the Hermitage, the Russian and Historical Museums – the most famous exhibitions can be visited by schoolchildren and students for free by issuing a Pushkin card. The algorithm is the same as when buying regular tickets. The only condition is not to forget to take an identity document with you: the Pushkin card is personalized.
Getting into the Bolshoi or the Mariinsky Theater has always been difficult, especially for students whose budgets are usually quite modest. But with the Pushkin Card, young people can get free access to the best performances of the main theaters of the country, see the play of their favorite actors. You can choose a performance and buy a ticket on theater websites or ticket aggregators.
We have made for you a list of the main theaters and museums in Moscow and St. Petersburg that you can visit using the Pushkin Card.
TITICACA Museum of Records and Facts
What does the largest flower on the planet smell like? Why was the dog given a life sentence? What do elastic bands and a NASA spacesuit have in common? The answers to these and other questions can be found in the TITICACA Museum. In total, you will see more than 100 exhibits from the Guinness Book that you can touch, apply and even smell!
The museum is interesting for both adults and children!
Photo: TITICACA Museum of Records and Facts
Most of the items in the collection are originals that exist in a single copy: for example, the smallest car in the world that was hardly obtained and brought to Russia. Come and make sure – the world is more amazing than it seems!
| Address | St. Petersburg, m. Nevsky prospect, st. Kazanskaya, 7 |
| Ticket price | 600 rub. – adult, 490 rubles. – for children, 350 rubles. – preferential |
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Musical “Don’t be afraid, I’m with you” at the MDM Theater
| Address | Moscow, Komsomolsky pr-t, 28 (m. Frunzenskaya), Moscow Palace of Youth |
| Ticket price | From 900 rub. |
| Website and social networks | secretmusical.ru , Telegram , VK , YouTube |
A great chance to spend a cultural evening and a bright weekend in the capital is to go with your family or a large group of friends to the musical “Don’t be afraid, I’m with you” by the Broadway Moscow theater company at the Moscow Palace of Youth. The audience will be able to hear their favorite hits of the beat quartet “Secret” in a modern arrangement and plunge into the atmosphere of a real holiday.
Events unfold in Leningrad in the mid-80s – a time of great hopes, the flourishing of informal youth and new cultural movements.
Photo: provided by the press service of the theater company “Broadway Moscow”
In the center of the plot are young romantics: Slava, nicknamed “Easy Rider”, his friend Anton, who dropped out of graduate school, and Denis, who plans to marry the professor’s daughter and move to another country. Young guys are constantly faced with the choice of being happy or successful, living according to a pattern or deciding their own destiny. Events unfold in Leningrad in the mid-80s – a time of great hopes, the flourishing of informal youth and new cultural movements.
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Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
The Pushkin Museum is a real cultural center of Moscow.
Photo: Mikhail FROLOV
One of the largest art museums in the country was among the first to join the Pushkin Card program. Opened in 1912, it has become a real cultural center of the capital. Within the walls of the complex of buildings on Volkhonka are masterpieces of world painting and sculpture. Since 2017, the museum has launched an educational project dedicated to contemporary art.
| Address | Moscow, st. Volkhonka, 12 |
| Ticket price | 500 rub. (full ticket for the permanent exhibition), 300 rubles. – reduced ticket, children under 6 years old – free of charge |
Hermitage
A visiting card of St. Petersburg , a symbol of the Northern capital, its pearl is the Winter Palace , in the halls of which one of the most famous Russian museums is located. His collection dates back to 1764 from the collection of Empress Catherine II.
The Hermitage is a mandatory item in the program of every tourist in St. Petersburg.
Photo: Oleg ZOLOTO
Today’s Hermitage is a mandatory item in the program of every tourist in St. Petersburg. It is impossible to see all the halls of the museum in a day, but in total there are about three million works of art in the Hermitage: painting, graphics, sculpture, archaeological finds and more. In addition to the Winter Palace, the Hermitage includes the buildings of the General Staff, the Menshikov Palace, the Winter Palace of Peter I, the Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory, the Stock Exchange, and the Staraya Derevnya Restoration and Storage Center.
| Address | St. Petersburg, Palace Square, 6–8 (halls of the Winter Palace) |
| Ticket price | 500 rub. (main category ticket to the main museum complex, General Staff), 600 rubles. (Winter Palace of Peter I, Menshikov Palace), 650 rubles. (Hermitage – Old Village), 300 rubles. (Museum of the Imperial Porcelain Factory) |
Tretyakov Gallery
In 1856, the famous philanthropist Pavel Tretyakov opened a museum of Russian painting in his house. From that moment began the history of one of the most significant world meetings. To date, the museum has about 190 thousand works of art from icons of the XI century to avant-garde paintings.
You can arrange a photo session against the backdrop of picturesque masterpieces.
Photo: Ivan MAKEEV
The main building of the Tretyakov Gallery is located in the center of Moscow , in Lavrushinsky Lane, in 1998 a branch was opened on Krymsky Val, called the New Tretyakov Gallery. Today, the Tretyakov Gallery is not just an art museum, it is an art center where exhibitions, concerts, performances, film screenings, lectures, seminars, creative workshops are held.
| Address | Moscow, Lavrushinsky lane, 10 (main building), Krymsky Val, 10 (New Tretyakovka) |
| Ticket price | From 500 rubles (adult), 250-300 rubles (children) |
Russian Museum
The history of one of the most extensive collections of Russian art begins in 1895 with the decree of Nicholas II. The basis of the first exposition was made up of works of art from the royal collections and private collections. Today’s Russian Museum is about 400,000 exhibits relating to various types of art and genres from the 10th to the 21st century.
The Russian Museum has collected 400,000 exhibits of various types of art and genres from the 10th to the 21st century.
Photo: Alexander GLUZ
The museum includes, in addition to the Mikhailovsky Palace, the buildings of the Stroganov Palace, the Marble Palace and the Mikhailovsky Castle, as well as the Mikhailovsky Garden, the Summer Garden with the Summer Palace of Peter I and the house of Peter I.
| Address | St. Petersburg, st. Engineering, 4 (main building) |
| Ticket price | 500 rub. (full ticket to the Mikhailovsky Palace), 400 rubles. (full ticket to the Marble, Stroganov Palace, 450 rubles (full ticket to the Mikhailovsky Castle), 350 rubles (full ticket to the Benois Wing, Peter the Great’s House) |
Museum of the Orient
This popular museum has been located in the building on Nikitsky Boulevard since 1984. Its exposition includes more than 160 thousand exhibits dedicated to the art of China, Japan, India, Southeast and Central Asia.
The exposition of the museum is dedicated to the art of China, Japan, India, Southeast and Central Asia.
Photo: orientmuseum.ru
The collections include paintings, graphics, sculpture, household items, weapons and much more. Since 2015, the Roerich Museum, located in pavilion No. 13 at VDNKh, has been a branch of the Museum of Oriental Art. In the museum, in addition to excursions, lectures are held, master classes are held, and the “School of the Orientalist” operates.
| Address | Moscow, Nikitsky Boulevard, 12A (main building) |
| Ticket price | 400 rubles (adult), 200 rubles. (pensioners, schoolchildren over 14 years old, students), children under 14 years old and other preferential categories – free of charge |
Grand Model Russia
The most famous sights and scenes from everyday life are recreated on the model in miniature.
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The unique object was built within five years. After the official opening in 2021, the Grand Maket quickly gained popularity among residents of St. Petersburg and tourists, becoming part of the mandatory visit to the Northern capital. The layout, which depicts scenes of everyday life in motion, is the largest in Russia and the second largest in the world. On an area of 800 square meters every 13 minutes day changes into night, visitors themselves can set the model in motion.
| Address | St. Petersburg, Tsvetochnaya st., 16 |
| Ticket price | 780 rub. (adult), 490 rubles. (children’s) |
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Historical Museum
The magnificent building on Red Square is familiar to everyone. But not many have been inside, and meanwhile, the interiors of this palace are no less impressive than the external appearance. A unique and huge exposition dedicated to the history and culture of Russia from ancient times to the present day.
The interiors of the Historical Museum are no less impressive than the exterior.
Photo: Mikhail FROLOV
The complex of the Historical Museum also includes the Pokrovsky Cathedral (St. Basil’s Cathedral), located opposite, the Romanov Chambers, the building of the former Moscow City Duma, the Mint and Nikolsky shopping arcade. They housed new exhibition halls, the Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812 and the Artillery Yard.
| Address | Moscow, Red Square, 1 (main building) |
| Ticket price | 400 rub. (adult, main building), 500 rubles. (adult, Intercession Cathedral), 700 rubles. (adult, Museum of the Patriotic War of 1812) |
Peter-Pavel’s Fortress
From here, from Hare Island, the history of St. Petersburg began in 1703.
The Peter and Paul Fortress and the famous cathedral are the symbol of St. Petersburg.
Photo: Oleg ZOLOTO
The Peter and Paul Fortress and the famous cathedral are the symbol of the city, its heart. Thousands of tourists come here every day to see the walls of the bastions, the burial places of Russian tsars, including Peter I himself, the Boat House and an exact copy of the boat from which the Russian fleet began, to visit the ravelins, which at one time served as a prison.
| Address | St. Petersburg, Peter and Paul Fortress |
| Ticket price | 550 rub. (adults), 300 rubles (pupils and students), 250 rubles. (retired) |
Victory Museum
The complex on Poklonnaya Gora was opened in 1995. The museum is entirely devoted to the feat of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
The museum is dedicated to the feat of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.
Photo: Vladimir VELENGURIN
On an area of more than 110,000 square meters, today there are about 300,000 exhibits, as well as unique equipment from the war. Permanent exhibitions are called “The feat of the army” and “The feat of the people.” The museum has branches in Rzhev and Krasnogorsk, as well as in the city of Zhukov (museum of the famous Marshal of Victory). The Children’s Center operates in the building on Poklonnaya Hill , and various events are regularly held.
| Address | Moscow, Victory Square, 3 |
| Ticket price | 300 rub. (full), 200 rubles. (preferential) |
“Savior on Spilled Blood”
The uniqueness of the temple is given not only by the external appearance, but also by the stunning interior decoration.
Photo: Oleg ZOLOTO
The famous temple was built by order of Emperor Alexander III on the site where his father, Alexander II, was mortally wounded as a result of an assassination attempt. The uniqueness of the church is given not only by its external appearance, but also by the stunning, unparalleled interior decoration – the floor, iconostasis and icon cases are made of mosaic. The temple is part of the State Museum-monument ” St. Isaac’s Cathedral ” – “Museum of the Four Cathedrals”.
| Address | St. Petersburg, emb. Canal Griboedova, 2a |
| Ticket price | 450 rub. |
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Grand Theatre
From the moment of the first performance of the theater in the building of 1856 to the present time, much has changed, except for one thing: the great desire of any Muscovite and guest of the capital to get to the Bolshoi. The world fame of Russian ballet and opera began here.
The best directors, choreographers, artists strive to work in the Bolshoi.
Photo: Mikhail FROLOV
And today the Bolshoi Theater is a trendsetter, a place where the best directors, choreographers and artists work. Any premiere here is a significant event in the theatrical life of the country. In 2002, the New Stage of the Bolshoi Theater was opened.
| Address | Moscow, Theater Square, 1 (historical stage) |
| Ticket price | From 1000 rub. |
Mariinskii Opera House
The most famous theater in St. Petersburg was founded by decree of Catherine II in 1783, and moved to the current location on Theater Square in 1859. In the 19th century, the Mariinsky , named after the wife of Emperor Alexander II, had the status of the country’s main theater.
People come to the Mariinsky Theater to watch performances and visit the famous luxurious hall.
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It was here, on this stage, that the premieres of famous operas and ballets took place. Guests of the city strive to get to the Mariinsky not only to hear and see a musical performance, but also to visit the famous luxurious hall.
| Address | St. Petersburg, Teatralnaya sq., 1 |
| Ticket price | From 400 rub. |
Chekhov Moscow Art Theater
Many people know that there are two Moscow art theaters in the capital. A single team existed from the moment the team was founded by Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko in 1898 until 1987, when the troupe was divided into two. Moscow Art Theater , which received the name of Chekhov in 1989, puts on performances on the historical stage in Kamergersky Lane.
The repertoire of the Moscow Art Theater includes plays based on the works of classics and modern productions by the best directors of the country.
Photo: Sergey SHAKHIJANYAN
In the repertoire – plays based on the works of the classics coexist with modern ones, staged by the best directors of the country. In 2004, the theater returned to its historical name – Moscow Artistic. At the end of October 2021, the famous actor and director Konstantin Khabensky became the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater.
| Address | Moscow, Kamergersky per., 3, building 1 |
| Ticket price | From 500 rub. |
Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater (BDT)
The theater was founded immediately after the 1917 revolution, and was inspired by Maxim Gorky. The troupe occupied the building, which was built by patron Anton Apraksin. The BDT gained worldwide fame thanks to Georgy Tovstonogov, who led it from 1956 to 1989.
The BDT gained worldwide fame thanks to its leader, Georgy Tovstonogov.
Photo: Timur Khanov
Over the years of its existence, performances have been staged on this stage, which have become classics of stage art. The most famous Russian actors have worked and continue to work here. Today, the BDT, in addition to the main stage, has a second stage – the Kamennoostrovsky Theater – the oldest wooden theater in Russia.
| Address | St. Petersburg, emb. Fontanka River, 65 |
| Ticket price | From 500 rub. |
Theater named after Evgeny Vakhtangov
One of the most famous Moscow theaters celebrated its anniversary in 2021 – 100 years ago, the first performance – “The Miracle of St. Anthony” was played in the building on the Arbat. And today, a century later, the Vakhtangov Theater is located in its house, playing both classical and modern plays.
One of the most famous Moscow theaters celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2021.
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Until now, Princess Turandot, the visiting card of the theater, is still in the repertoire and enjoys constant success. The Vakhtangov Theater, in addition to the main one, has four more stages: Novaya, Simonovskaya, Studio and Art Cafe.
| Address | Moscow, st. Arbat, 26 (main stage) |
| Ticket price | From 1200 rub. |
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Lensoviet Theater
The history of the theater begins in 1933, then it was called the New, and received its current name 20 years later, in 1953. The heyday of the theater is associated with the name of the actor and director Igor Vladimirov, who led the troupe for 40 years and created a magnificent ensemble of actors, many of whose members became stars of the first magnitude.
The Leningrad City Council Theater received its current name in 1953.
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Today, the Lensoviet Theater is one of the most popular in the country; its stage hosts performances based on both classical plays and works by contemporary authors.
| Address | St. Petersburg, Vladimirsky pr-t, 2 |
| Ticket price | From 300 rub. |
Children’s Musical Theater named after Natalia Sats
In this unique theater, young spectators are introduced not only to the understanding of real art, but also taught with the help of its eternal values: kindness, love for loved ones, fidelity. The theater was created by the world’s first female opera director Natalya Sats, on her own initiative in 1979 the original building was built on Vernadsky Avenue, topped with the Blue Bird.
The theater was created by the world’s first woman – opera director Natalia Sats.
Photo: teatr-sats.ru
The repertoire includes performances for the smallest audience, as well as for teenagers and adults. In the 2021-2022 season, the main stage and the hall are closed for reconstruction. The performances take place on the small stage, rotunda and theater foyer.
| Address | Moscow, Vernadsky Ave., 5 |
| Ticket price | From 700 rub. |
Alexandrinsky Theater
A magnificent building in the very center of St. Petersburg, erected in 1832 according to the project of Karl Rossi, occupies the oldest state public theater in Russia – the Alexandrinsky. It was founded by decree of Catherine II, the most famous at that time Russian actor Fyodor Volkov became the first leader of the troupe.
The Alexandrinsky Theater was founded by decree of Catherine II.
Photo: Ivan VISLOV
The theater hosted premieres of plays by Chekhov, Ostrovsky, Turgenev and other classics of Russian literature. In 2013, the New Stage was opened, in 2014 the theater received the status of a National Treasure.
| Address | St. Petersburg, pl. Ostrovsky, 6 (main stage) |
| Ticket price | From 600 rub. |
Obraztsov Puppet Theater
The best performances of the Obraztsov Theater are known all over the world.
Photo: Larisa KUDRYAVTSEVA
The most famous and famous puppet theater in the country is located in a building on the Garden Ring, the facade is decorated with a unique clock. The theater was created by the famous actor and director Sergei Obraztsov, who filled the puppet performances with a new deep meaning, making them truly popular. The Obraztsov Theater is loved by both children and adults, the best performances, for example, “An Extraordinary Concert”, are known all over the world.
| Address | Moscow, st. Sadovaya-Samotechnaya, 3 |
| Ticket price | From 600 rub. |
Where to spend the Pushkin card
After applying for a Pushkin card in 2023, 5,000 rubles will be automatically credited, which must be spent before December 31. They can buy tickets to theaters, museums, and exhibitions. A complete list of events is available on the culture.rf portal, as well as on the institutions’ websites. Usually, the fact that a performance or a museum participates in the Pushkin Card program is indicated in the ticket purchase section.
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