News from 2020

In the Commemoration Day for the Victims of Political Repression a new exhibition dedicated to Tamara Petkevich “Keeping the soul to myself...” was opened. Tamara Petkevich had become famous for her remembrance...

A branch of The Museum of political history of Russia “2 Gorochovaya str. History of political police and public security organs of Russia in XIX-XX centuries” is reopened to the public. The updated...

New permanent exhibition “Russia and the World in the XIX – XXth centuries” opened in The Museum of Political History of Russia. It is dedicated to the connection of Russian and the world’s history. It...

The exhibition presents the works by the artists who survived the siege of Leningrad - Elena Marttila, Nikolai Muratov, Alexei Pakhomov, Alexander Kharshak and other authors.

On 18 September 2020 exhibition “Guerrillas and underground fighters during World War II” was opened. Exhibition opened in the year of Memory and Honor, tells about popular resistance of 1941-1945...

Dear visitors! Due to the epidemiological situation and in accordance with the order of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation of March 16th, 2020 the museum and its branches are temporarily...

On January 17, in the Ho Chi Minh Museum in Hanoi was opened the exhibition "Soviet Woman: Citizen, Worker, Mother" dedicated to the history of the women's movement in Russia and the status of women in...

The State Museum of Political History of Russia opened the exhibition "A writer of the revolution" for the 150th anniversary of the artist Ivan Vladimirov (1870-1947). The exhibition presents about...

Dear friends, we are happy to announce that from July 27, 2020 the Museum of Political History of Russia will open again its doors to visitors! Now we are preparing for the opening and doing...

On 8 February 2020, the new French Ambassador in Russian Federation Mr. Pierre Levy visited the State Museum of Political History of Russia, when he was in St. Petersburg. Besides Mr. Levy, the...