Cruiser Aurora"
St. Petersburg, nab. Petrovskaya 
One of the first museum ships in St. Petersburg was the cruiser "Aurora", who was Russia's defender in two wars - in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and in the First World War of 1914-1918, in which he participated in the brigade cruisers of the Baltic Fleet.
The icebreaker "Krasin"
St. Petersburg, nab. Lieutenant Schmidt, line 23 
The Krasin icebreaker (originally called the Svyatogor icebreaker), built in 1916, was conceived as the most powerful Russian Arctic icebreaker and was for a couple of years in military service, but was soon flooded.
Submarine "Narodovolets"
St. Petersburg, Skipper Prok, 10 
The memorial complex of the submarine D-2 "Narodovolets", founded by the Central Naval Museum, is a monument of the history of shipbuilding, as well as a memory of the heroes-submariners of the Great Patriotic War.
The tradition to preserve ships as monuments of the past and memorial objects came to Russia in the era of Peter the Great .Who issued a decree on the preservation of the remains of the fleet .At the beginning of the nineteenth century, on the bank of the Pereslavl Lake, a museum was built for the preservation of Peter's ships .Currently, the museum ships occupy prominent places on the central embankments .Most of them are warships that left a significant mark in the history of the year .Despite the fact that some of their parts are being reconstructed, they retain their original appearance .
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| Cruiser "Aurora" at sunset |
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| The icebreaker "Krasin" |