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# Smolny Complex · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Smolny Complex

There is the Smolny Convent and the Smolny Institute, a yellow low building that was Russia's first educational establishment for women, created by decree under the personal patronage of Empress Catherine II, and continued to function until just before the 1917 revolution.

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## Why go

A nice garden and iron-work grille around the institute date from the early 19th century. In 1917, the building was chosen by Vladimir Lenin as Bolshevik headquarters during the October Revolution. It was Lenin's residence for several months, until the national government was moved to the Moscow Kremlin.

Source: [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Saint_Petersburg/Center)

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