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Prince Felix Yusupov and his wife, Irena.

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Rasputin Museum at Yusupov Palace

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

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Canal view of the museum

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Kunstkamera

Peter the Great's enlightening collection of natural oddities.

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Peacock Clock

An over 200-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

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Russian Vodka Museum

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Russian Vodka Museum

The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.

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Vladimir Nabokov's butterfly collection in the Nabokov Museum

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Nabokov's Butterflies

Specimens collected by the author of Lolita and self-taught lepidopterist exhibited in his childhood home.

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The Dostoevsky Museum.

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F. M. Dostoyevsky Literary Memorial Museum

An ever-growing literary collection housed in the apartment where the Russian author penned his final novel.

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The Grand Model of Russia

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Grand Maket Rossiya (Grand Model of Russia)

A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.

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Museum of Hygiene

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Museum of Hygiene

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

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