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Alexander Nevsky Lavra

A great monastery at the end of Nevsky Prospect, with the graves of Dostoevsky and Tchaikovsky.

US travel advisory: Level 4, Do Not Travel · checked 2026-11-03

Open: Every day
Price: Free; paid for the cemeteries
Time Needed: 1½ hours
Address: Monastyrka River Embankment 1, St. PetersburgDirections
Getting There: Ploshchad Aleksandra Nevskogo metro station.

Why Go

Peter the Great founded the monastery in 1710 in honor of Alexander Nevsky, the medieval prince who defended Russia against the Swedes. In the Tikhvin Cemetery by the gate lie Dostoevsky, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov.

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Nevsky Prospect1.4 miles

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