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Park Sosnovka
Park Sosnovka

Overgrown area near the pine trees from the Forest Institute was popular in the 19th century as a place for walking. Known that fans of the conversation to pass the time, breathing the fresh air in the park, there were writers Turgenev and Belinsky, who had a summer residence nearby. Also interesting fact is that because of its savagery park is not just getting a place in the duel and one of them was the famous poet Lermontov. While on the duel, no one was hurt, the famous writer was exiled...

Specific Park
Specific Park

The park has been allocated under Peter I, it was decided to grow tall pines. In order training Forest case has been created next to the fortress Udelninskaya School. After the abolition of serfdom, the school was closed as superfluous, and now in its walls works bolnitsa. In 1934, the park was named Chelyuskintsev park in honor of the members of the polar expedition on the steamship Chelyuskin. In times of war took place on the territory of the park line of defense, since that time there...

Park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg
Park of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg

The youngest of St. Petersburg park was founded specifically to the official date. Its area is 91 ha, in particular repeatedly flooded, so measures for bank protection and backfilling of soil were carried out, created drainage and fencing installed. Main parts of the park are a swimming pool , fountains and granite 22-meter column, erected in the form of a lighthouse. Giveaways park from various cities and organizations have become more than 900 trees. Periodically, the park hosts a variety...

The Monument to Pavlov’s dog
The Monument to Pavlov

The monument to Pavlolv’s dog was inaugurated on August 7, 1935 in Leningrad about the time the 15th international physiologist congress took place. The idea of its creation belongs to the academician Pavlov himself. According to Pavlov, the monument emphasized the importance of the dog as the main subject as to carrying out experiences in physiology of nervous...

Playing Cards Museum
Playing Cards Museum

Museum of playing cards-the only such object in Russia. It is located in a building built in the late 18th century, in which the high society of St. Petersburg was going to have a good time, including playing cards. The discovery ekpozitsii was in 2007, its owner, Alexander Perelman more than 30 years of collecting this collection. He wanted to open it before, in the form of a house of cards, but the Soviet authorities were against such facilities and gambling in general, the more so because...

First Engineer Bridge
First Engineer Bridge

Engineers bridge is named after the castle, located on one of its sides. As usual wooden pedestrian pontoon bridge was first built in 1720, which stood for nearly a century, until in 1825 was not made of cast iron bridge at the new Ironworks, whose base rested on the granite foundations. In addition to the extremely lightweight construction the bridge was an unusually richly decorated-iron helmets, spears and shields on the arches, reschetka-heads of Medusa and swords. In the middle of the 21...