CENTRAL POST OFFICE

The Central Post Office (Glavpochtamt) is a huge post and communications center located in downtown St. Petersburg (one block West from St Isaac's Cathedral). Look for a two-storey yellow building with an arch over the street.

The Post Office is huge and every counter is for a specific task only. Here are some of the most useful counters:

Windows 7, 8	Money transfers (Russia and CIS)
Window 9	Subscriptions (Postal code 190000 area only)
Window 12	Collection stamps
Window 13	Recorded mail
Window 14	Customs clearance for international parcels
Window 24	International ordinary and recorded mail counter
Window 28	Wrapping and packing small packages and parcels. Small packages counter
Window 29	Ordinary and recorded parcels
Windows 31, 32	Parcels within Russia
Window 38	Telegrams, fax service, photocopying. SPT and BCL phonecards on sale
Window 46	International express mail "Euroletter" (in association with Swedish Post)
Window 47	EMS Garantpost - Express Mail of Russia
Window 48	E-mail. Direct mail advertising
Window 49	Fast mail to St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast (Region), Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Norilsk
Window 50	Help desk. Your questions in Russian should be addressed here

Envelopes and cards can be purchased at the kiosk and windows 8, 13, 24, 39, 46, 51
You can by postage at the kiosk or at window 24 where you turn in your letters
Mail boxes are in the lobby. Look for the one with the sign "International Correspondence"
Currency Exchange is adjacent to the Lobby (near the exit)
BCL International card telephone is in the Lobby (Phone cards available from window 38)
Pharmacy kiosk is in the Lobby

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