Do you know how, in the 20th century, the people of Leningrad paid for public transportation? How was it possible to see the train...

The history of transport in St. Petersburg, as well as the history of the city itself, is filled with unusual modes of transport....

The center of St. Petersburg is full of amazing discoveries. Even the most famous and familiar buildings can bring surprises when you...

Behind any successful company is the person who founded it. In the case of the chocolate factory "Georges Bormann", it is Grigory...

Saint-Petersburg is a beautiful city with rich history and amazing architecture. But, unfortunately, it does not get a lot of attention...

For every resident of the northern part of St. Petersburg is easily recognizable building, similar to a huge burning candle at night or a...

Maybe you have heard at least once about ERARTA, or you have even visited it for some times, also you may never hear about this place....

The Karl Bulla photo salon-Museum is one of the oldest photo studios in Saint Petersburg. Today, it houses a private photo salon, a...

The Lighthouse Service Museum is the only museum in Russia that tells about lighthouses and their history. The museum is located on the...

The printing Museum is located in a former apartment building, which was attached to the printing house, and therefore includes several...

The Museum of Soviet slot machines in Saint Petersburg is one of the most visited interactive expositions in the historical part of the...

The first museum of the Soviet era in St. Petersburg. The exposition is devoted to the history of the emergence and development of the...

1. The construction of unique houses on supports took place in the late 1980s (Novosmolenskaya embankment, St. Petersburg). This is how...

Cat Museum is one of the most unusual places in Saint Petersburg ,where you can find out many interesting facts about animals. People...

Petersburg courtyards-wells are inseparable from tenement houses.It is clear from the name of the house that it brings income to its...

Students under the direction of D.S. Bilyeva prepared a new understanding of the now unused place next to the 16th building of the...

Russian writer Yuri Olesha in 1927 wrote the novel "Envy" ( an interesting post about cars from this novel you can read here -...

The Soviet Union invested huge amounts of money in fundamental science. A reminder of it, there were massive test centers and training...

Rodchenko began systematically engaged in architecture and visionary design creativity in 1919, becoming a member of the Zhivskulptarch...

"Victory over the Sun" — is a futuristic performance-Opera by the poet Alexey Kruchenykh, the composer Mikhail Matyushin and the artist...