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Krasnoye Selo, Saint Petersburg — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Krasnoye Selo is a district of Saint Petersburg, a former paper-mill town set around its Palace Park and the Trinity church.
About Krasnoye Selo
Where to stay in Krasnoye Selo
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Krasnoye Selo suits travellers who want a quieter base out among parkland rather than in the Saint Petersburg core. Rooms sit near the Krasnoe selo railway station and the Palace Park, within reach of the Summer Palace of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich and the Trinity church. The pace is provincial.
If you would rather bed down beside the Lower Park and the Lenina Prospekt boulevard than in the crowded centre, this southern district trades palace landmarks for parks and long green walks.
About Krasnoye Selo
What are the main landmarks in Krasnoye Selo?
Krasnoye Selo keeps its palace-town bones. The Summer Palace of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich anchors the Palace Park, while the Lower Park, the Trinity church and the Saint Alexander Nevskiy church mark the older settlement across the district. A water tower still stands.
The Bust of Mozhaysky stands not far from the Paper factory buildings that recall the district's paper trade. Trains still call at the Krasnoe selo railway station.
What is the history of Krasnoye Selo?
Krasnoye Selo grew up as a country retreat south of Saint Petersburg. A Former Swedish redoubt marks the district's oldest defensive layer, from the centuries when these lands changed hands between competing crowns. Later the Summer Palace of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich and its Palace Park drew the court out from the city, and the settlement spread along the Lenina Prospekt boulevard.
Paper-making followed. The Paper factory buildings and the Trinity church record the working town that filled in around the imperial grounds.
Where is Krasnoye Selo?
Krasnoye Selo lies south-southeast of central Saint Petersburg, a broad district of parks and old paper mills gathered around its Palace Park and the Lower Park.
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Updated July 2026