Nobel’s home in St.Petersburg

Petrogradskaya embankment, 24, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia, 197046

Not many people know that the famous Swede Alfred Nobel lived in Russia for over 20 years (1842-1863). His father moved to St.Petersburg when Alfred was 5 years old, and the family joined a few years later. In this house on Petrogradskaya Embankment Alfred spent his childhood years, the family lived here until 1859.


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There is a monument to Alfred Nobel by the water across the street, erected in 1991 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the first Nobel Prize presentation.


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