The Russian State Arctic and Antarctic Museum (russian: Российский государственный музей Арктики и Антарктики) is a museum in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eight ...

. It was established in November 1930 as part of the Soviet

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, but was not opened until six years later. The museum is located in

Avraam Melnikov Abram or Avraam Melnikov (Авраам Иванович Мельников; 1784—1854) was a Russian Neoclassical architect associated with the late phase of the Empire style. His teachers at the Imperial Academy of Arts included Andreyan Zakhar ...

's Neoclassical church from the 1820s and remains the largest museum dedicated to polar exploration in the world. The current director of the museum is Victor Boyarsky.

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Arctic and Antarctic Museum
- official site 1930 establishments in Russia Arctic research Russia and the Antarctic Science museums in Saint Petersburg Natural history museums in Saint Petersburg Art museums and galleries in Saint Petersburg Museums established in 1930 Soviet Union and the Antarctic Polar exploration by Russia and the Soviet Union Antarctic research {{russia-museum-stub

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