This interesting museum tells the life of the world's first man in space through photos and personal objects. Yuri Gagarin not only lived and studied in Saratov, but also landed (crashed?) his Vostok 1 capsule nearby after his much-lauded flight. The landing site, 40km out of town near the village of Kvasnikovka, is marked by a commemorative monument.
Gagarin Museum
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Saratov State Museum of Military Glory
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Saratov Regional History Museum
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The Regional Museum is located in the ancestral house of British actor Peter Ustinov, who was descended from a local merchant’s family. There’s an…
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This is the main branch of the city’s Fine Arts Museum. It contains a good selection from the 18th to the 20th centuries, including some breathtaking…
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This is the main branch of the city’s Fine Arts Museum. It contains a good selection from the 18th to the 20th centuries, including some breathtaking…
2. Saratov Regional History Museum
1.03 MILES
The Regional Museum is located in the ancestral house of British actor Peter Ustinov, who was descended from a local merchant’s family. There’s an…
3. Saratov State Museum of Military Glory
1.42 MILES
This open-air museum filled with tanks, planes and artillery guns from the glory days of WWII is referred to locally as 'Victory Park'. Entrance to the…
4.19 MILES
The highlight of the Engels Regional Museum is not its military hardware, which hammers home the point about what WWII was about (ie defeating Germany),…