Avrora

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  • Address
    Nevsky pr 60, city centre
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  • Phone
    315 5254
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Gostiny Dvor

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Lonely Planet review

Opening in 1913 as the Piccadilly Picture House, this was the city's most fashionable cinema in the early years of Russian film, and it has retained its position pretty consistently ever since. Renamed the more Soviet-sounding Avrora in 1932, it was here that a young Dmitry Shostakovich played piano accompaniment to silent movies. Today it's one of the best cinemas in town, and most premieres (to which you can nearly always buy tickets) take place here.