State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg exhibitions began in 1957, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Leningrad. The museum contained over 1 million objects in 2002, including the collection of architects documents, photos and plans of Saint Petersburg of the 18th–20th centuries. State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg The State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg (), formerly the Museum of Leningrad History from 1955 to 1991, is a museum of the city history in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The headquarters of the museum are located in the Peter and Paul Fortress. It was established in 1938 as the Museum of History and Development of
Lost Animals of the 20th Century Lost Animals of the 20th Century Lost Animals of the 20th Century is a 16-episode documentary series shown on the Discovery Channel in the 1990s. It features animals that have become extinct throughout the 20th century. Animals are adjudged as such when the last specimen of the species dies sometime from 1901 to 2000. However, since the show was produced in the 1990s (still part of the 20th century), most of the animals covered became extinct in the early part of the century. Greta Scacchi introduces each episode during the title sequence and narrates episodes 1 through 8. Lin Sagovsky