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Boiler Kamchatka
Boiler Kamchatka

All fans of Viktor Tsoi and groups ” Movie ” should go to this place of worship. It is here that the legendary musician worked for two years, even though the salary was small (95 rubles per month) and severe, but the schedule was convenient for the artist-six hours, and you can always call friends to make it more fun. There are now well-known people have visited Alexander Bashlachev, Sergey Firsov, Yuri Shevchuk, Boris Grebenshchikov and many others. In 1999, when the boiler is...

Photo studio Karl Bulla
Photo studio Karl Bulla

For all those who love photography and unusual museums worth visiting this museum. Also runs a viewing platform on the roof of the building. This salon was opened before World War I, but then Charles was known as a first-class specialist. Any celebrity would consider it an honor to have shared the image, such as did Leo Tolstoy. After Bull’s death in 1929, his work was continued by the children, but the first was the suspect of espionage and sent to the White Sea Canal, the second was...

Lopukhinsky garden
Lopukhinsky garden

Located on the island of Apothecary, it is hidden from the eyes of passers-by for the spreading branches of trees; it is actively used for image kinogruppy historical films. It is located on the site of the last attack on the Swedes had not yet unfinished Petersburg, later pitched here garden with plants for pharmacists, which is why the island got its name. Then this part of Prince departs Lopuchin that breaks deer park and built a mansion. In 1848, this is the place to buy lesotorgovets...

Trade House of the Guards Economic Society
Trade House of the Guards Economic Society

Trade House of the Guards Economic Society, the biggest supermarket in our city, which is known for the majority of St. Petersburg acronym EBRT. The land on which the building stands, it belonged to Volyn, who built a hotel there, but in 1907 it bought a small business economic Guards obschestvo.Iznachalno It planned to build only one-story building, so the second floor, or the Small hall was much worse on the quality of performance. In 1918, the first supermarket was opened here, and a few...

Apartment house Lidval
Apartment house Lidval

Apartment house Lidval-attempt to create the most living space of a few houses in the early stages of the existence of St. Petersburg. Initially a single site was eventually bought by different owners and was built up according to their needs, wooden buildings side by side with the plant. Therefore, it was decided to erect several buildings, united by a common roof. The whole composition is distracting from the usual yard-wells, it deployed the front yard to the street facades are not...

Palace Duke Alexei Alexandrovich
Palace Duke Alexei Alexandrovich

Palace Duke Alexei Alexandrovich is not like the strict classical Russian emperors locks. Surrounded by a high fence and facing away from the waterfront, it is noticeable only when approaching all-decorated columns, rings, garlands and a tower with a steep spiral staircase. The building itself was built in the late 19th century for the Grand Duke already an adult, he tried to arrange inhospitable home, make it a family. Almost all the rooms are made in different styles, rococo, renaissance,...