Monuments of Vladivostok - review, description, interesting facts and reviews

Coming to Vladivostok, you do not have to worry about leisure - in this city you can build a route to attractions for every taste. We will make you a company and walk around Vladivostok!

Monuments of Vladivostok

In the capital of the Primorsky Territory there are 720 historical and cultural official monuments protected by the state. Of them:

• 465 architectural creations;
• 103 fortifications;
• 101 objects of monumental and fine art;
• 47 burial places-memorials;
• 16 cultural objects of the federal level;
• 4 garden and park ensemble.

The most interesting and significant monuments of Vladivostok with descriptions we put in the relevant thematic sections below.

Pedestrian routes

Let's imagine the most fascinating walking routes of Vladivostok:

• Embankment of the Tsesarevich (Dalzavodskaya street). One of the most modern and visited places, popular as in fans of leisurely walks, and fans of outdoor activities.
• Million. The former Chinese quarter, which is made up of houses built by the Chinese, who lived here until 1937. Millionka is a kind of "city in the city", it is often conducted interesting excursions, revealing the many secrets and legends of this place.
• University embankment (Russian Island, Ajax bay). An excellent place for sports recreation - there is organized and rental, and food court, and recreation area. From the embankment there is a beautiful view of the sea and the Russian bridge in the evenings.

Canonical monuments

Let's look at the monuments of Vladivostok - symbols, copies, statues:

• Monument to Solzhenitsyn (Ship Embankment). The bronze figure of the writer depicts him on the run, on the run. Many associate the installation of the monument with the fact that Solzhenitsyn returned from his emigration through Vladivostok.
• Peter and Fevronia of Murom (Ocean Ave, 44). Walking along the quiet Pokrovsky Park, you will find a sculpture.
• Monument to Katyusha (2 Ovchinnikova Street). Monument to a girl who is waiting for a loved one from the front. According to many legends, the heroine of the popular song of the war years lived in Vladivostok.
• Monument to Ilya Muromtsu (between the Ship Embankment and the Theater named after M. Gorky). The protagonist is represented in an unusual appearance of the Russian elder, because Ilya of Murom - patron of the border guards.

Architectural monuments, constructions

Among the architectural monuments of Vladivostok culture, as well as its grandiose buildings, the following are distinguished:

• Bridge on about. Russian. The cable-stayed bridge is equipped with the latest technology. It is most convenient to admire the embankment of the FEFU and the Novosiltsevskaya battery. Impressive of tourists and its evening illumination.
• Mansion Brinners (Aleutian, 15). This building of the beginning of XX century. Especially attracts connoisseurs of modernism. The mansion, which survived to the present in almost unchanged form, belonged to the Hollywood actor's family, Yul Brynner, whose statue is set not far from the building.
• Historical railway station of Vladivostok (Ship-front embankment). Many people note its similarity with the capital Yaroslavl station. The building, which resembles a tower in the Art Nouveau style, was built in 1891. It is interesting not only from the outside, but also inside - a unique floor tile, wall paintings and murals. Next to it is the sign "9288 km" - the distance to the other terminal point of Transsib - Moscow.
• Golden bridge across the Golden Horn. A majestic structure is decorated with most souvenirs with views of the city. Although it is more convenient to admire the bridge from afar (from the quay of the Cesarevitch, observation platforms near the Opera House, the Eagle's Nest), it is also possible to walk on it.
• Vladivostok Fortress (4a, Batareinaya Str.). Historical military museum in the open air, thought out to the smallest detail, is a grand fort fortress.
• Lighthouse Egersheld (Cape Tokarevsky). Another name is "Tokarevskaya cat" (this is a scythe, by which you can reach the lighthouse at low tide). A great place to meet the dawn or sunset, as if created especially for romantics.

Natural monuments

Let's imagine the natural monuments of Vladivostok with the description:

• Burachek Hill. A beautiful natural viewing platform - from it you can clearly see the center of the city, the Russian Island, the Golden and Russian Bridge, the East Bosporus Strait, the lighthouse on Egersheld. However, climbing here is quite laborious, therefore, as an alternative, often choose the hill Tigrovoy or Eagle, on the top of which you can even drive a car.
• State Marine Reserve (Palchevskogo Street, 17). Pure sea, pine forest, amazing views from the hills. One minus - you can get here only after a special permission.
• Sopka Eagle's Nest. The most popular viewing platform of the city, from which truly fabulous views are opened.

Religious monuments

We present the description and history of the monuments of Vladivostok, one way or another connected with religion:

• The Temple of New Jagannath Puri (Kalinin str., 170). Beautiful building of the Krishna center, freely open for visits - with those who wish to share knowledge on astrology, cooking, Ayurveda, etc.
• Church-chapel of St. Apostle Andrew the First-Called (St. Peter the Great, 4g). Visitors note the soulful, namolennuyu atmosphere of the church, decorated with icons of military and church themes.
• Vladivostok Christian Methodist Church (Svetlanskaya street, 108zh). Protestant temple, quiet and modest, located in a small but quite beautiful building.
• The Armenian Apostolic Church "Surb Gevorg" (Volodarsky Street, 13). A solemn and beautiful building erected on the site of the ruined. In the temple there are no icons, no iconostasis - only the souls of believers who turn to God.
• St. Nicholas Cathedral (Makhalina, 30). The oldest Vladivostok Orthodox church, built in memory of the victims of the Russo-Japanese War. Here are the relics of Nicholas the Wonderworker, Andrew the First-Called and other saints.
• The Catholic Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Volodarsky Street, 22). This magnificent Gothic church seems to take the traveler to Germany or Poland. Amazing and concert evenings, filled with charming sounds of the classical organ, held here.

Attractions & Fleet

The price of monuments in Vladivostok, dedicated to the navy and sailors - is someone's valor, courage, sacrifice, sometimes even life. Therefore, so many tourists tend to bow their heads before the following facilities:

• Monument to the merchant navy sailors of 1941-1945. (Intersection of Svetlanskaya and Fokina streets). It is dedicated to the commands of Vladivostok-San Francisco flights, which delivered humanitarian aid from their allies to the home country in World War II.
• Frigates "Pallas" and "Hope" (Golden Horn Bay). For the tourist luck, when these majestic ships "rest" in the port - these days are organized tours-visits. At other times frigates with practicing cadets go to the World Ocean.
• Square them. Anna Schetinina (80, Krygina St.). The square dedicated to the first female captain is also a wonderful observation platform - from here you can clearly see the icebreakers' parking, the Russky Island, the Bosporus East Pass.
• "Red pennant", a memorial ship (the Ship embankment). For a symbolic fee, you can wander along the deck of the former patrol ship.

Memorials, burial places

The most significant monuments of Vladivostok in this category are:

• Memorial complex "City of Military Glory" (Bortsov Square for the power of the Soviets). The bas-reliefs decorating the stele tell us about the history of Vladivostok, the hero-city of the Great Patriotic War.
• Memorial "Battle glory of the Pacific Fleet" (Ship's embankment). The complex includes a bas-relief story, Eternal Fire, a memorial book and a board dedicated to the dead sailors and ships, the museum "Submarine S-56", which, according to many, is a visiting card of Vladivostok.

• Marine cemetery (Patroclus street, 6). It is located on the top of the hill. Here you can find the graves of the seamen "Varyag", the soldier of the Czechoslovak Corps, the traveler Arseniev, the famous skipper Gek, the first female captain Shchetinina and many others. The cemetery is one of the oldest - it was founded in 1903.

Art objects

Let's list the most popular unofficial monuments of Vladivostok:

• Monument to the Predator (25a Berezovaya Street). Access to a copy of the hero of the legendary American blockbuster is limited - a metal statue is located on the fishing port territory. To admire her, you need to pay a symbolic amount - 50 rubles.
• Monument to the Alien (Fontannaya St., 44). The idea belongs to the Swiss artist Hans Rudolf Giger - in Vladivostok, they installed a three-meter metal copy of the monster-leader. The holder of the figure is MetallTorg, which is also the owner of the Predator.
• Art object "Bookcase" (Sukhanov Square). In the center of the square there is a real bookcase, where everyone can find literature for himself to taste, in order to familiarize with it here, on cozy shady avenues.

Monuments of Vladivostok open the history of the city from different sides, so among their variety there is always one or those that will leave an indelible impression in the memory of each person.