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- Nikolai Nikolaevich, your profession is not related to travel, why did you decide to initiate such a project?
I dreamed of going to the island since childhood... Yes, I'm not an ethnologist or an anthropologist, but Nikolai Nikolayevich Sr. didn't have a special education either. But, having gone to Papua New Guinea, he returned as a famous scientist. He was lucky to explore places not yet affected by Western civilization and collect unique material, which is set out in diaries and scientific articles. He was able to study the life of the island in various manifestations, starting with nature and ending with the life of people, their culture, perfectly described and sketched all this in such a way that these data are widely used in the scientific world today.
- How is the preparation for the expedition going?
We've been preparing for a year now. The organizer of the expedition is the Foundation for the Preservation of Ethno-Cultural Heritage. Miklukho-Maclay”, and the scientific and expert support for the project is provided by the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. N.N.Miklukho-Maclay RAS, Russian Geographical Society, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography RAS (“Kunstkamera”), Moscow State University. M.V. Lomonosov and the Museum of Russian Ethnography. The team of five people, in addition to me, includes an employee of the Department of Ethnography of Australia, Oceania and Indonesia of the Kunstkamera, Candidate of Historical Sciences Arina Lebedeva, Associate Professor of the Department of Ethnology of Moscow State University. M. V. Lomonosov Andrey Tutorsky, employee of the Institute of Ethnology. Miklukho-Maclay Igor Chininov, travel photographer Vlad Smirnov. The first stage will be field research on the "Maclay Coast" in Papua New Guinea, where we plan to spend 16 days. The second stage is Sydney, where Nikolai Nikolaevich lived in recent years. This city has the Maclay Museum and many other memorable places. He was married to an Australian daughter of the Governor General of South Wales, Margaret. After the death of her husband, she took her sons - Vladimir and Alexander - to Australia. So went the Australian line of descendants, with whom we keep in touch.
- Who are you to the great scientist?
Grand-nephew. Our kinship with him comes from Sergei, the elder brother of Nikolai Nikolaevich. In general, the origin of our double surname is a whole story. Our ancestor, the Scottish baron Maclay, who fought in the Russian-Polish wars on the side of the Poles and was captured in Russia, ended up in the house of a Cossack named Miklukha, who subsequently not only sheltered him, but also allowed him to marry his daughter. All the descendants of this Scotch-Russian family continued to be called "Miklukhs" until Nikolai Nikolaevich was the first to wear a double surname - on foreign travels it turned out to be more convenient for him to use the name "Maclay", which is more easily pronounced for foreigners. Unfortunately, in Russia there are already few bearers of the surname Miklukho-Maclay, and there were no full namesakes before me.
- Do the inhabitants of the island know that the expedition is coming?
Yes! In Papua New Guinea, they not only value Russia very much, but also expect help from it. Even Nikolai Nikolayevich managed to convince the inhabitants of the island: if anything, it is Russia that can protect them. Not so long ago, John Anari, the representative of West Papua to the UN, addressed the Russian president directly from the NTV broadcast: “We greatly appreciate and love Miklouho-Maclay, who opened our island to the whole world. Today our countries need to develop cooperation. We have minerals, uranium, oil, gas, fish, and we need the support of such a big country as Russia,” he said. Papua New Guinea is rich in gold deposits and many other natural resources.
In general, the country is very interesting, diverse. There are many resorts for surfers. It is impossible to cross the island up and down by car - mountains, impenetrable jungle. The only local airline, AirNiu-Gini, helps plan travel. In Russia, this direction is still considered quite dangerous due to malaria. Nevertheless, I hope this can be overcome, and after our trip we will try to open an ethnopark there: we will help to recreate the hut in which he lived on the Maclay Coast, build several new ones, so that tourists can feel like in a real jungle. After all, it is one thing to attend a festival in a city, and another thing to live in the depths of the island, in real Papuan villages.
In what other areas is cooperation between Russia and Papua New Guinea relevant? Can your expedition contribute to the restoration of diplomatic relations between our countries?
I believe that by the very fact of preparing the expedition, we are already contributing to the formation of more important, human relationships with the inhabitants of the island. We are preparing it in contact with the country's former health minister, Sir Peter Barter. He has been living on the island for more than half a century, is a member of the Madang City Council, communicates closely with our diplomats and promotes interaction with Russia. He invested in the preservation of Cape Garagasi and the villages where Nikolai Nikolayevich lived, his memorial. This is a person who confirms that the attitude that Nikolai Nikolaevich demonstrated towards the Papuans was remembered by people for centuries, and nothing can uproot him. So Maclay is not only our, Russian, but also “their” hero, and our arrival is a significant event not only for us.
As for the relations between our countries, so far, unfortunately, they are almost at zero. It would be great if our project attracted the attention of the Russian government, and Russia would begin cultural interaction with the island.
- What funds are used to organize the expedition?
So far, everything is being done at my own expense and thanks to the help of those who have expressed a desire to participate in the project privately. At the same time, we are looking forward to support from patrons, because a scientific expedition must be equipped with the highest quality to be effective. Appealing to government agencies for support, unfortunately, is too long a process. There are also plans to make a feature film with the participation of the Ministry of Culture by 2021, on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of Miklouho-Maclay. SONY provided us with the most advanced tribal filming equipment. Director of the Maly Theater of Russia Yury Solomin, director and performer of the main role of the multi-part feature film “The Shore of His Life”, is ready to provide support with the script and editing of the film. This tape, dedicated to the history of Miklouho-Maclay, was released back in 1985.
You must have read his diaries more than once. What moments do you remember the most?
It is impossible not to admire his ingenuity and plots, for example, about how Miklouho-Maclay almost "lit" the sea. Despite his friendliness towards the Papuans, at first, in order to ensure a respectful attitude towards himself, he nevertheless tried to keep a certain distance with them. Once he demonstrated his “strength” by pouring a glass of water, drinking it, and then pouring alcohol into the same glass and setting it on fire, warning the natives that in case of an aggressive attitude towards white people, the next time he would “set fire to the sea.” On another occasion, when some natives tried to attack him, he blew up one of the mines laid by the sailors around his hut, declaring that if something happened, he would cause an "earthquake." Needless to say, the Papuans believed in his extraordinary strength and asked very much not to “burn the sea” and not to “shake the earth” - in any case, they realized that it was better not to have conflicts with such an “almighty”.
- What do you see as the origins of the character and life wisdom of your famous ancestor?
Perseverance and courage he adopted, most likely, from his father Nikolai Ilyich. I read that in his youth he was expelled from the gymnasium for pointing out to the teacher's face that he was wrong. All of this builds character. After all, a person can be judged by the goals that he sets for himself. In my opinion, the upbringing in the family was also important, and the fact that he knew how to set good, big goals for himself and was not afraid to take on super-tasks. The Miklukh family had a family motto - "Tengounapalabra", or "I keep my word." Nikolai Nikolaevich always adhered to it, including in dealing with the Papuans.
On one of the very first days of his stay on the island, realizing that without knowing the language it would be difficult for him to show his good intentions, Nikolai Nikolaevich, surrounded by Papuans with spears aimed at him, simply ... took off his shoes and fell asleep. When I woke up, the aggressive natives had already removed their weapons and were ready to talk calmly. He valued their trust. He never took a pistol with him, and when spears were pointed at him, he did not run away and did not hide. This contempt for danger earned him the glory of a deity. Thanks to this, he was not killed, although there were a lot of attacks on whites. He didn't watch the natives when they didn't want to. Approaching an unfamiliar village, with a special whistle he warned their inhabitants about his approach so that the Papuans managed to hide their women - in the tradition of the natives, when any stranger appears, send all women and children into the forest, and prepare for defense themselves.
Is travel in your blood?
I think yes. I traveled all over Europe, USA. I lived in India for half a year, including in the corners where people ran after me and touched me: for the first time they saw a white man. But travel is not the same as an expedition. The purpose of the latter is not just to gain impressions, but to collect valuable material.
-What scientific information do you expect to bring back from the expedition?
- Our mission is to reflect the cultural dynamics on the island 150 years after the stay of Miklouho-Maclay, to tell what happened and how it became. Not only diaries, but also numerous drawings of Nikolai Nikolayevich, which are of great value to the scientific world, will help us to imagine “how it was”. He drew details very accurately, was an excellent draftsman, the only explorer who drew himself, while Semenov-Tyan-Shansky and Przhevalsky, for example, took draftsmen with them.
In general, Papua New Guinea is a very important region of the world in terms of ethnography and anthropology, so anthropologists have studied and are studying it quite a lot. The rich material collected by my great-great-grandfather is stored in the Kunstkamera of St. Petersburg, and, in addition, it is actively discussed and updated at the Maklaev Readings, which our Foundation annually holds on Ethnographer's Day, July 17, in the village of Yazykovo-Rozhdestvenskoye, Novgorod Region, near Okulovka, the native village of Nikolai Nikolaevich. The records are kept in the Russian Geographical Society and the Kunstkamera, but are also available on the Internet on the website of our foundation http://expedition2017.mikluho-maclay.ru.
Famous and famous say
People's Artist of the USSR, artistic director of the Maly Theater of Russia, director and leading actor in the film "The Shore of His Life" Yuri Solomin:
As a child, after the war, when I saw the very first film about Miklouho-Maclay, I had a feeling of understatement in my soul. Later, rummaging through the library, I accidentally stumbled upon the book "The Man from the Moon" about his travels. For a long time he was "sick" of this topic, until, finally, in 1980, it was not possible to agree with the head of the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company Sergey Lapin on the filming of a new film about him. Incredibly, as an exception, we were given the opportunity to shoot one of the first serial films in the USSR, as many as nine parts, because it was impossible to briefly talk about the great Maclay! Recently, this film "The Shore of His Life" was shown on television already in our time, but late at night. I think that it should be broadcast in prime time so that everyone can watch the film. This is our national hero, this is what we should be proud of, and it is very good that now there is an opportunity, thanks to the upcoming expedition, to revive interest in his life and achievements.
Member of the Presidium of the Council under the President of the Russian Federation for Interethnic Relations, Deputy Director of the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Miklukho-Maclay Vladimir Zorin:
The expedition has two important aspects. First, scientific. 40 years have passed, two generations after the last expedition to the Maclay Coast, and this is already a rather serious period for new scientific ethnological and anthropological research, the study of trends. Secondly, the expedition has a huge social meaning. Miklouho-Maclay demonstrated a new model of human relations in the world. Today, when the modern world is faced with new collisions in the relations between different races and peoples, the traditions of humanism, cooperation between peoples, mutual support, exchange of culture, laid down by Russian scientists, are of great importance. He proved that a person is the greatest value in this world, regardless of social status, gender, age, skin color, religion. And this is true more than ever.
Recall that today a scientific institute, a bay, streets in different cities and countries are named after Miklukho-Maclay. And even an asteroid. In 1996 N.N. Miklouho-Maclay was awarded the title of "Citizen of the World" by UNESCO.
Some men do not want to get married because the family will restrict their freedom.
The famous Russian scientist and traveler Nikolai Miklukho-Maclay left Russia at the age of eighteen when he went to study in Germany. Thus began the time of his wanderings - first through German universities, and then around the world. He went on his first journey at the age of twenty, and his famous expedition to New Guinea took place when Miklouho-Maclay was only twenty-four years old.
The active, unpretentious and enthusiastic nature of Nikolai found everything he needed in his travels: amazing discoveries, new horizons, a sense of unlimited freedom ... It seemed to the scientist that his heart could only be occupied by expeditions, scientific research and the struggle for the rights of the Guinean natives. He avoided women - the prospect of family life did not attract him. Parting with the vast expanses of the sea and the inability to travel to New Guinea would be a tragedy for Nicholas. But one day a woman appeared in his life, next to whom the loss of freedom of movement across countries and continents ceased to seem terrible.
In 1881, Miklouho-Maclay founded a biological station in the capital of Australia - the city of Sydney, not far from which the former official John Robertson lived. Nikolai often came to visit him, where he met his youngest daughter, M A rgaret- E mmoy. Her husband recently died, and she did not think about a new marriage, although her hands And this young, beautiful and rich widow was sought after by many admirers. Upon learning of this, Nikolai only chuckled - no, he will never be among them! But as soon as he heard Margaret's clear voice, saw her gentle smile, the convinced bachelor trembled.
Miklukho-Maclay, who preferred solitude all his life, realized that he had begun to be weary of it. His whole being yearned for Rita, as he affectionately called Margaret. However, Nikolai did not confess his feelings for a long time, fearing that next to the sophisticated beauty he would look too rude. He did not have time to propose to her - he had to urgently leave for Russia.
Returning to his homeland, Miklukho-Maclay very quickly realized that he had hesitated in vain. The images of the mysterious islands faded in comparison with the face of Margaret that arises in memory. But the journey to Russia and back will take at least a year ... Their correspondence with Rita did not stop, and Nikolai wrote about his love in a letter. The answer to it was greatly delayed along the way, and Miklouho-Maclay was already on the verge of despair when the letter to his beloved finally reached him. After reading it, Nikolai could not believe his eyes. Margaret was ready to follow him to the ends of the earth, just to be near ...
Miklouho-Maclay went back to Sydney as soon as possible. But there new problems awaited him - the father of the bride refused to give permission for the marriage. Nicholas was poor, and his health was undermined by long expeditions. In addition, the bride was a Protestant, and in Russia her marriage with the Orthodox might not be recognized. Nicholas was demanded that he ask permission from the emperor himself. This did not stop Miklukho-Maclay. Soon the highest permission came, and there were no obstacles to the wedding.
Having married, the couple began to live at the biological station, where they had two sons. A year later, the government took the station building, and Nikolai decided to move his family home. Margaret happily agreed, although she did not know Russian. She was not even afraid of the harsh Russian winters - if only not to part with her husband!
Nicholas was happy with his wife. He wrote to one of his friends: “Indeed, I understand now that a woman can bring true happiness into the life of a man who never believed that it exists in the world.”
Unfortunately, the happiness of the spouses was short-lived. In the northern climate, Miklouho-Maclay's illnesses worsened, he began to suffer from incomprehensible pains, and the best doctors in the country were unable to help him. Nicholas died in his wife's arms after only four years of marriage.
Margarita remained in Russia, publishing her husband's works. Only after completing this work, she returned to Australia. However, far from Russia, Nikolai continued to live in her heart, and until the end of her days she signed as Margaret de Miklouho-Maclay.
On September 20, 1871, a young Russian scientist landed on the verdant shore of a tropical paradise. His dream finally came true. After a long 10 months of travel on the Vityaz corvette, 25-year-old Nikolai Miklukho-Maclay landed in Astrolabe Bay, on the coast of the island of New Guinea, which became the coast of his fate, where he aspired for the rest of his life.
Thus began this wonderful story and a new era in the life of a young researcher, traveler and great humanist, whose name, after a century and a half, is called children in Papuan families on the Maclay Coast, on the northeast coast of the island of New Guinea.
Nikolai Miklukho-Maclay - "White Papuan"
Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukha, later Miklukho-Maclay, was born on June 17, 1846 in the village of Yazykovo-Rozhdestvenskoye near Borovichi, Novgorod province. He was the second of five children in the family of a young railway engineer Nikolai Ilyich Miklukha, who in those years worked on the construction of a railway in this province. Nikolai Ilyich became the first head of the Nikolaevsky, today the Moscow station in St. Petersburg, but he lived a short life, dying at the age of 39 from tuberculosis. He was a true patriot of his work, personally participating in the construction of the railway, where he often lived in extremely cramped conditions and undermined his health. The children, the eldest of whom at that time was 12, and the youngest 1.5 years old, remained with their mother, Ekaterina Semyonovna, nee Becker, who came from a family of Russified Germans who came to Russia under Catherine II. Ekaterina Semyonovna's grandfather was a life physician of the Polish king Stanislav Poniatowski, to whose service he came from Prussia on behalf of the Prussian king, and her father married a Polish woman, Louise Shatkovskaya, originally from the city of Vilna.
Nikolai Nikolaevich became the most famous of the Miklukho-Maklaev family, and today Novgorodians and all Russians are proud of their famous compatriot. However, the life of Nikolai Nikolaevich was filled with difficulties from an early age. It was very difficult for the mother to support such a large family, but she managed to raise all the children in the spirit of the original Russian nobility, with high morals and principles. All children received a good education. Nikolai Nikolaevich began his education at St. Petersburg University, but in 1864, he was expelled for participating in the student movement. Nikolai Nikolaevich continued his studies abroad, at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Heidelberg, and at the Medical Faculties of Leipzig and Jena Universities, studying anatomy and zoology. Scientific work in these areas brought Nikolai Nikolayevich his first fame in scientific circles.
In 1866, N. N. Miklouho-Maclay went to the Canary Islands, where, together with his teacher of zoology, a famous biologist, professor at the University of Jena, Ernst Haeckel, he studied the fauna of the island of Lanzarote. After trips to Sicily and the coastal regions of the Red Sea, in the autumn of 1869, Nikolai Nikolayevich presented his plan for a scientific trip to the Pacific Ocean to the Russian Geographical Society and received support and approval. As a result, the Vityaz corvette, which was then circumnavigating the world, took a young scientist on board, and on September 20, 1871, he landed on the island of New Guinea, in the Astrolabe Bay, and the Vityaz team built a small hut for Nikolai Nikolaevich on the shore of the bay and two of his companions. Thus began an amazing epic of life and scientific research of the famous scientist. During his first trip, Miklukho-Maclay lived for 15 months among the Papuans, having won boundless trust and respect, as a man of his word, who became his "white Papuan" for the local population.
Miklouho-Maclay was the first among Europeans to assert the equality of all races and advocated the right of the Papuans to independence. In 1882, during his stay in St. Petersburg, Nikolai Nikolayevich even turned to Emperor Alexander III with a proposal to protect the population of the Malay coast of New Guinea and establish a "free Russian colony" there. However, this offer was not accepted, and he went back to Sydney, where for two years he put his extensive collections and diaries in order.
There he also married Margaret Robertson (01/21/1855 - 01/01/1936), the daughter of a large landowner, the Governor General of New South Wales in Australia, with whom he later lived in St. Petersburg for almost two years, bringing with him two sons to his homeland - Alexander (11/14/1884 - November 1951) and Vladimir (12/29/1885 - 02/19/1958).
The collected materials and collections allowed Nikolai Nikolayevich to arrange an exhibition in St. Petersburg in 1886, which became a sensation in scientific circles. Miklukho-Maclay's articles were published in many editions, and, first of all, in Izvestia of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.
On April 14, 1888, at the age of 42, Nikolai Nikolayevich died in St. Petersburg and was buried at the Volkovskoye cemetery. In 1938, his ashes were reburied next to the grave of his father at Literary Bridges. After the death of Nikolai Nikolaevich, his widow and children returned to Sydney. Until 1917, for special services to the fatherland, she received a pension from the Russian government for the maintenance of children. She donated the works and collections of her husband to the Russian Geographical Society. More than 700 drawings are stored in the archives of the Russian Geographical Society, a collection of items collected during expeditions, and some diaries are now stored in St. Petersburg, in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography named after. Peter the Great (Kunstkamera)¹.
The rare Russian surname Miklukho-Maclay is known all over the world today. But it was Nikolai Nikolaevich who restored it, after which the whole family officially accepted it.
According to one of the family legends, in 1648, during the Battle of Zhovti Vody, in Ukraine, the Cossacks of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, who defeated the troops of the Polish hetman Potocki, captured the Scottish baron Mikael MacLay, who served in the Polish army. The baron remained in Ukraine, became Russified and married the daughter of a Cossack who captured him, named Miklukha, taking the name of his wife. Until the 60s of the XIX century, the second part of the surname was used very rarely, and Nikolai Nikolayevich officially restored it before his first trip to the island of New Guinea.
It was after Margaret took her sons to Sydney that the Miklukho-Maklayev family got an Australian branch. The descendants of Nikolai Nikolaevich live in Australia - in the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Canbera, and still maintain contact with his family in Russia.
The Russian branch of bearers of the surname in the male line comes from the elder brother of Sergei Nikolaevich. Unfortunately, there are not so many bearers of the surname left - someone died during the war in besieged Leningrad, someone left for Yugoslavia during the revolution, someone disappeared in the troubled 20s of the twentieth century.
Miklukho-Maclay and Maclay Coast
The descendants of Sergei Nikolaevich, the elder brother of the great humanist and traveler, live in St. Petersburg. His great-grandson Nikolai Andreevich was born in 1940, graduated from the Faculty of Geography of Leningrad University, and worked for 35 years at the Central Research Geological Prospecting Institute. Now he is retired. His son, great-great-grandson Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maclay, was born in 1973. He is the first full namesake of the great scientist, an economist by education, fond of the legacy of the great traveler Nikolai Nikolayevich, the first of Miklukho-Maklaev to repeat the trip to the island of New Guinea in 2017, organizing an expedition with the participation of researchers from the St. Petersburg Museum of Ethnography and Anthropology (Kunstkamera ) of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology. N.N.Miklukho-Maclay RAS.
Modern Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai is the founder of the Foundation for the Preservation of Ethnocultural Heritage named after. Miklouho-Maclay.
As a result of the expedition, it was possible to bring to Russia a rich collection of objects of material culture of the peoples living on the Maclay Coast, a unique photo and video material was collected that will serve humanity and become the basis for organizing exhibitions, creating documentaries, scientific articles and works.
The modern collection will replenish the one that was collected in the 19th century by Miklukho-Maclay the Great, and is stored in the St. Petersburg Kunstkamera. Now we can really say that the idea of preserving the legacy of the great scientist has come to life, opening up a unique world that is still little studied, and the interest of the world community in it has not faded to this day.
The expedition of the descendant of Miklouho-Maclay with the participation of scientists confirmed the relevance of the works of Nikolai Nikolaevich and the collections he had collected. We are rediscovering a world unknown to us 150 years ago, establishing ties not only with the local population, but also with the scientific community, with the largest Universities and Museums of Papua New Guinea.
It is symbolic that Papua New Guinea opened its doors to the full namesake and descendant of Miklouho-Maclay from Russia, with a desire to restore lost ties. Miklouho-Maclay of the 21st century was received by the "father of the nation" Sir Michael Somare, major public figures of this country, one of which is Sir Peter Barter, the leadership of Universities and National Museums.
Oceania, the island of New Guinea, once so distant and unknown, is getting closer thanks to Miklouho-Maclay the Younger and the memory of Miklouho-Maclay the Elder, who is still rightfully considered the discoverer of the island. After all, it was he who opened to mankind an island inhabited by people equal to Europeans, although it was previously believed that a separate transitional species between apes and humans lives on the island. Miklouho-Maclay proved the untenability of these ideas and fought for a long time for the rights of the peoples inhabiting the second largest island in the world.
At one time, the Maclay Coast was named after the great scientist - a section of the northeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, about 300 km long. But over time, the historical name was lost, and today it is called Rai Coast, after a French explorer who studied the languages of New Guinea.
During the first Russian expedition in 2017, Miklukho-Maclay Jr., or the fourth, as he was called on the island, discovered documents in the Mitchell Library in Australia confirming the historical name of the coast - Maclay Coast, used in documents of that time. And today there is a real opportunity to restore this name on the maps of Papua New Guinea, especially since public figures and local residents of this country were glad to learn about such an initiative.
More than a century has passed since the death of H. H. Miklouho-Maclay, a classic of world science, a brave traveler, a humanist thinker, a passionate fighter for the rights of oppressed peoples. But his scientific and social feat, his rich heritage have not lost their significance to this day.
¹ Based on materials from the archives of the Miklukho-Maklaev family and the article “The Russian family is a scattering of diamonds. Meet Miklukho-Maclay. V.E. Pavlov, magazine "History of St. Petersburg" No. 3 (13) of 2003
Here is a complete guide to Shanghai for 2019, in which you will find a description of more than 20 attractions in Shanghai. You will also learn how to get from Shanghai airport to the city, whether you need a visa on arrival to Shanghai, what hotel to stay in, what the weather is like throughout the year, what transport to use when sightseeing Shanghai and whether there is a beach holiday here. It should be clarified that not all of the places described were visited personally, however, I tried to tell in as much detail as possible about all the interesting places in the city and how to get to them. The main guide covering all of China, .
The interactive map shows all the sights of Shanghai from the overview. Please note that in the description of each marker there is information about prices, schedules and tips on how to get to the place.
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Sights of Shanghai
Starting a review of the sights of Shanghai, first let's talk about those located in the Pudong area. These sights, if desired, can be bypassed very quickly. If you're only in Shanghai for a few hours or a day, this is probably the best place to start exploring the city.
List of attractions in Shanghai:
Oriental Pearl TV Tower
Speaking about the sights of Shanghai, it is worth starting with one of its symbols - the Oriental Pearl television tower. With a height of almost 500 meters, it ranks fifth in the world among other TV towers. A feature of the "Oriental Pearl" is a restaurant rotating in a circle, located in a spherical room of the tower. Even if you do not plan to visit the TV tower, do not miss the moment when the backlight turns on in the evening and the building begins to play with colorful lights. This spectacle leaves few indifferent.
Opening hours and cost: daily from 8.00 to 21.30. Tickets cost from 130 yuan to 220, depending on the choice of the observation deck.
Shanghai Tower
This is the only skyscraper in Shanghai that I have personally visited. I highly recommend going up and taking a look at the beautiful city from a height of 546 meters with your own eyes. By the way, a super high-speed elevator will take you to the observation deck in just 10 seconds. Most importantly, take your passport with you, without it the ticket will not be sold.
How to get there: Lujiazui station (Line 2).
Opening hours and cost: daily from 8.00 to 22.30 (the box office is open until 22.00). Tickets cost 180 yuan for an adult, 120 for students (not older than 23 years), 90 for children and for pensioners (pensioners - over 60). Must have a passport.
Shanghai World Financial Center
One of the most famous skyscrapers in the world, the Shanghai World Financial Center, is located in the Pudong area. This majestic building can be admired both from the ground and from one of the viewing platforms located directly in the building of the center. In the evening, the building is illuminated with lights and photography lovers will have a place to turn around.
How to get there: Lujiazui metro station (Line 2).
Opening hours and prices: open from 8.30 to 22:00. The ticket price is from 100 to 150 yuan, depending on the chosen observation deck.
Shanghai Oceanarium (Shanghai Ocean Aquarium)
The largest oceanarium in Asia, Shanghai attracts thousands of visitors every year. Here you will find more than 10,000 representatives of marine nature from various climatic zones of our planet.
Opening hours and cost: the aquarium is open from 9.00 to 18.00 (the box office closes at 17.30). Ticket for an adult is 160 yuan, for children 110, for pensioners 90.
Shanghai Municipal History Museum
Perhaps the most interesting and informative museum in Shanghai. The museum staff tried to recreate the historical scenes of bygone times, and they succeeded admirably.
How to get there: Lujiazui station (line 2).
Schedule and prices: daily from 9.00 to 17.30, 35 yuan.
Skyscraper Jinmao (Jin Mao Tower)
Another place for connoisseurs of panoramic views. Along with the Shanghai World Financial Center, the Jinmao skyscraper is one of the symbols of Shanghai and one of the main attractions. Climb up to the observation deck located on the 88th floor and enjoy the stunning views of Shanghai at night.
How to get there: Lujiazui station (Line 2).
Opening hours and cost: every day from 8.30 to 22.00. Ticket for adults 120 yuan, for children 60 yuan.
Lu Jia Zui Pedestrian Bridge
A masterpiece of architectural thought, the Lujiazui Bridge has adorned Shanghai for only six years. Walking around Pudong, do not apply to visit and take pictures of it.
How to get there: Lujiazui station (Line 2).
Undoubtedly one of the most famous attractions of Shanghai. The embankment is located on the other side of the river from the Pudong area. Here you will find not only numerous tourists, but also fully enjoy the beautiful old architecture of Shanghai. The city authorities are trying not to distort the area with modern buildings, which allows even today to find pieces of old Shanghai in this historical place. It is worth visiting this place both in the daytime and at night, when the Bund of Vaitan is illuminated by many lights.
How to get there: East Nanjing Rd (Line 2 / Line 10 junction)
Museum of Jewish Refugees (Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum)
During the difficult times of the Second World War, many Jews were forced to immigrate in all directions. Shanghai has become a haven for many thousands of refugees. Expositions of the Museum of Jewish Refugees in Shanghai will tell us about those difficult times.
How to get there: Tilanqiao (line 12).
Schedule and prices: daily from 9.00 to 17.00, 50 yuan.
Shanghai Postal Museum
Another interesting museum that tells how the people of China communicated with each other before the advent of trains, planes and the Internet.
How to get there: Tiantong Road (intersection of lines 10 and 12).
Schedule and prices: open on weekends, as well as on Wednesday and Thursday. The entrance is free.
Shanghai attractions. Yu Yuan Garden
Almost 500 years ago, the beautiful Yu Yuan Garden was created, which still delights the eyes of guests and residents of Shanghai. Divided into seven themed areas, the garden is a great place to take a stroll. Don't miss the opportunity to see and enjoy this beautiful sight with your own eyes when you are in Shanghai.
How to get there: Yuyuan Garden (Line 10).
Opening hours and cost: from 8.30 to 17.00, 40 yuan.
Shanghai old town
Gardens, markets, elements of the architecture of old Shanghai, all this can be found here. Spending some time exploring the streets of the old town will be an enjoyable experience. Shanghai Old City is located near the Yu Yuan Garden, in the area of Zhonghua Road and Renmin Road.
Find: Yuyuan Garden (Line 10)
Temple of Confucius (Shang Hai Wen Miao)
If you love and revere Confucius or are just interested in beautiful temples, don't miss the Confucius Temple in Shanghai. To everyone who wishes, the servants of the temple are ready to demonstrate the traditional tea ceremony.
How to get there: Laoximen (intersection of lines 10 and 8).
Schedule and prices: from 9.00 to 16.30, 10 yuan.
Nanjing Road
Paradise for shopaholics. Hundreds of boutiques, big and small. Here you will find the most fashionable and expensive things, you can dine in one of the hundreds of cafes and restaurants, just feel like a resident of a huge metropolis. Evening is no less interesting. Street musicians and neon lights of houses change this place beyond recognition.
Find: People's Square (intersection of metro lines 1, 2, 8)
People's Square (People's Square)
On the site of the former hippodrome, the city authorities decided to create a people's square, which is also not deprived of the attention of tourists. The area is especially beautiful in spring and autumn, when you can walk in the parks located here and enjoy the calming nature.
Find: People's Square (intersection of lines 1, 2, 8)
French Quarter (French Concession)
If you love French culture, the French Quarter is for you. Even today, buildings can be found here that received numerous immigrants in the first half of the 20th century.
Find: South Shaanxi Road (Metro Line 10).
Jade Buddha Temple
Founded in the 19th century, the Jade Buddha Temple may seem interesting to many. Buddha sculptures brought from Burma, as well as several internal halls, will help you learn a little more about the history of Asia.
Find: Changshou Road (intersection of lines 7, 13)
Schedule and prices: every day from 8.00 to 20.00, ticket price is 20 yuan.
Shanghai attractions. Long Hua Pagoda
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to get into the pagoda itself, because of the fear of collapse, entering it is strictly prohibited. Nevertheless, it is not forbidden to admire the beautiful building from the outside by visiting the temple complex.
How to get there: Longhua (intersection of lines 11 and 12).
Schedule and prices: from 7.00 to 16.30, 10 yuan.
Shanghai Zoo
This zoo is not a zoo in the usual way. Instead of just putting animals in cages and displaying them to the public, special pavilions were created with favorable living conditions for animals. In the Shanghai Zoo you can see the symbol and pride of China - the panda.
Find: Shanghai Zoo (line 10).
Schedule and prices: in the winter months the zoo is open from 8.30 to 16.30, from March to November from 8.00 to 17.00. Adult ticket 130 yuan, children 65. Children under six years old are free.
Visa to Shanghai for Russians
As such, there is no visa to Shanghai, of course, but there are different options to see Shanghai. If you are planning a trip to China, it makes sense to take care of obtaining a tourist visa to China. A detailed article with up-to-date information on how to get a visa to China is published separately.
In case you are flying through Shanghai in transit, you can use the 144 hour air transit rule in Shanghai. In this case, you can stay in Shanghai for no more than 144 hours, after which you must leave the country. In the case of air transit, you can leave the country only by plane, land or sea modes of transport are excluded.
To Shanghai from the airport
The blog already has about Shanghai airport, in which he described in detail all the nuances of arriving at the airport and how to get from the airport to the city. Routes from both Shanghai International Airports are shown.
Transport in Shanghai (metro, buses, ferries, taxis)
In a huge metropolis like Shanghai, ways to get around the city must be plentiful. Let's analyze the main modes of transport in Shanghai.
The cheapest and most often the most convenient way to see all the sights of Shanghai. The approximate cost of a journey in the Shanghai subway is from three to ten yuan, depending on the route. The operating time of the subway of each individual line varies, but on average, the operating hours of the Shanghai subway are from 05.30 to 23.00. At the moment, there are 14 different branches in Shanghai, below you can see the Shanghai metro map, and by clicking on the link you will be taken to the official website of the Shanghai metro.
"Shanghai Metro Map"
Buses
The city has a huge bus network. The vast majority of Shanghai attractions can be reached by subway and then walk. But there are places to which you have to go by bus. As a rule, bus fare is two yuan. If the bus is long-distance, the fare can reach up to five yuan.
Ferries
In the touristy and busy areas of the city, you can find ferry crossings. Swimming from shore to shore will usually cost 1-2 yuan. Ferries run frequently, the interval is 10-15 minutes.
Taxi
Taxi fares in Shanghai start at RMB 12 per landing. Further, 2 yuan for each kilometer traveled. At night, rates increase by 30%.
Shanghai Hotels
I decided to make a review of Shanghai hotels in a separate article. The choice of hotels in Shanghai is huge. There are budget hostels for 40-50 yuan per bed in a dormitory room, there are luxury 5-star hotels, and there is something in between. In a review article about Shanghai hotels, you will find specific examples for different price categories of hotels.
Weather in Shanghai
Seaside vacation Shanghai
I tried in vain to find at least some positive information about what a seaside vacation in Shanghai is like. People who live in Shanghai for a long time unanimously claim that there is no quality beach holiday in Shanghai. There are a huge number of Chinese on the beaches, it is dirty, and the quality of water in the coastal zone leaves much to be desired. If you are interested in a beach holiday in China, you may find useful a guide to Hainan Island, which is based on my personal experience of staying on a resort island.
How many people are in Shanghai
If you are wondering how many residents there are in Shanghai, it is not possible to get an exact answer. In Shanghai, in addition to officially registered residents, there are a lot of visitors and illegal immigrants. According to official figures, about 25 million people live in Shanghai and the surrounding area.
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In one of the most amazing cities on earth, where skyscrapers are perfectly combined with pagodas and gardens, a traveler can spend a whole month and still not have time to see everything.
Therefore, for those who are going to Shanghai for a short time and want to get around all the main attractions, we have selected ten places that should not be missed.
It is best to start a sightseeing tour of Shanghai from the Bund or from a boat trip on the Huangpu River. The embankment looks best in the light of evening lights, and during the day it resembles the streets of New York and Chicago with its skyscrapers and dense infrastructure.
Now the embankment is considered a symbol of Shanghai, and tourists are entertained here by street performers and musicians. By the way, you can buy the best souvenirs right here, in one of the many shops.
The Shanghai Museum, the theater and the city government building are concentrated on People's Square. However, it does not look like a traditional city square at all, because it is a park with sculptures, fountains, benches and quiet clearings for relaxation.
People's Square will be a great place to relax with friends or take a solitary walk.
Created more than half a century ago in the stands of the former hippodrome, the Shanghai Museum has 11 galleries. Connoisseurs of art and antiquities will be able to spend the whole day here and not get bored.
The museum has a wonderful sculpture hall, an art gallery, a selection of ancient porcelain, items made of precious stones and metals. A picturesque jade hall is of particular value to the museum.
In the old part of the city there is a huge garden spread over four hectares, part of which is the ancient Yu Yuan Bazaar. This garden was founded in the 16th century by a family of wealthy officials and was called the Mandarin Garden. Trade rows soon grew up around it, which still exist to this day.
Among the hundreds of shops you can find both traditional souvenirs and antiques, and food. And in a local cafe you can have a bite of chicken soup, radish pies and wash it all down with hot tea or inexpensive wine.
The Jade Buddha Temple was built at the beginning of the 20th century. Its main shrine is a statue of Buddha, made of white stone, which was brought here by a nameless monk. However, he is not alone here, because his peace is guarded by three more gilded sculptures and hundreds of stone guards.
The temple is open to guests all days, except for the Chinese New Year, when a sacred service is held in it, however, photography is still not allowed here. Well, as a consolation, tourists can buy small gongs copied from those used in the temple.
An attraction that can only be admired from the outside has been the Longhua Pagoda for many years. Built in the middle of the 3rd century, it has already been restored several times and still remains too fragile to let in crowds of tourists who dream of seeing the pagoda from the inside.
However, no one forbids photographing the seven-story building, and there are a lot of people around the pagoda at any time of the day.
A popular place among families with children is the modern Shanghai Zoo. Here you can see the living symbol of China - the panda, and for the sake of such an unusual spectacle, thousands of people flock to the walls of the zoo.
By the way, the animals live here in conditions as close to wild as possible, so people will have to hide and travel by bus in a strictly limited area.
The Temple of Confucius is small, but very loved by the locals. This building, dating back several centuries, was destroyed by the imperial army and restored only at the end of the 20th century. Now the statue of the philosopher greets guests on the threshold of the temple, and his sayings can be found inside.
It is worth visiting the temple if only to appreciate the elegance of national architecture and take a break from the insane flow of tourists, which, as a rule, surrounds all the sights.
The giant Shanghai Oceanarium is located on twenty thousand square kilometers. It is rightfully considered one of the best in the world and annually receives more than a million visitors.
The oceanarium is divided into nine zones, each with its own habitat. More than 450 species of sea creatures live here in conditions similar to those that were in their homeland. During a tour of the aquarium, the visitor seems to get from China to other countries, to the continents and even to the opposite hemisphere.
And of course, any Russian tourist is simply obliged to visit the monument to his great compatriot. Perhaps, in Russia, monuments to A. S. Pushkin are found in every second public garden, but in Shanghai this is the only monument to a foreign poet.
The uniqueness of this bronze bust also lies in the fact that in the 20th century alone it was destroyed and restored twice. Like the relationship between the Soviet Union and China, the history of the monument was not easy, but now it is popular among the population and causes only respect and love among the residents of Shanghai.
Of course, in order to get around all this, a couple of days will not be enough. But do not rush and run from one attraction to another. Try to feel the magical atmosphere of Shanghai, and you can leave a few monuments for your next visit.
