Saint Petersburg Guide

VODKA MUSEUM

This one and only vodka museum in Russia and in the whole world opened on the Day of the City, May 27, 2001, in the heart of St. Petersburg, on Konnogvardeisky Boulevard. In all fairness, we have to say that several attempts to make exhibitions dedicated to vodka have already been made in our country.

However, the museum in St. Petersburg, laid out in accordance with all the conventions of museum work, brilliantly decorated by Valery Piskunov, with its comfortable and stylish tasting room, surpasses them all. It is quite symbolic that the museum is situated in the historical centre of the Northern capital, not far from St. Isaac's Cathedral, Mariinsky Palace and the Guards' Riding Hall; an area where the images of our past, seen and unseen, surround us. It is notable that the building housing the museum of the Russian national drink used to be the house of the clergymen of St. Isaac's Cathedral, was constructed by the architect M. A. Makarov, and is next to the former mansion of Prince M. V. Kochubei, a member of a famous noble family.

However, the museum in St. Petersburg, laid out in accordance with all the conventions of museum work, brilliantly decorated by Valery Piskunov, with its comfortable and stylish tasting room, surpasses them all. It is quite symbolic that the museum is situated in the historical centre of the Northern capital, not far from St. Isaac's Cathedral, Mariinsky Palace and the Guards' Riding Hall; an area where the images of our past, seen and unseen, surround us. It is notable that the building housing the museum of the Russian national drink used to be the house of the clergymen of St. Isaac's Cathedral, was constructed by the architect M. A. Makarov, and is next to the former mansion of Prince M. V. Kochubei, a member of a famous noble family.

The guests of the Museum of Russian Vodka have a unique opportunity to see that the process of wine distillation (the original name for vodka production) was very up-to-date for that time period. In the museum halls the visitors can see an originally made installation, showing a Russian monk by the first distillation unit equipped with all the necessary devices and, first of all, with a coil pipe!

• Open: daily
• Location: 5, Konnogvardeysky Pr.

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