Vasilyevsky Island

island, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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Vasilyevsky Island is a significant island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, located between the Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva rivers. It forms the northwestern part of the city's central area and was one of the first districts to be developed due to its defensible position.12

The eastern tip of the island features the Strelka, an architectural complex with Rostral Columns and the former Exchange building, now home to the Central Naval Museum. Other notable structures include the Twelve Colleges building, which now houses the city's state university, and the Academy of Sciences. Vasilyevsky Island also hosts the Erarta Museum and Galleries of Contemporary Art and the Novy Muzei.1

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One of the first areas of St. Petersburg to be developed because of its defendable position, Vasilyevsky Island forms the northwestern corner of the central city. Opposite the Admiralty and Winter Palace, at the island’s eastern tip, is the remarkable architectural complex known…
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