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There’re the Sphinxes sculptures on the Malaya Nevka embankment. They’re not only interesting themselves, but also they have the gripping story. They resemble a lot the Sphinxes on the Egyptian Bridge. This makes the historians think of them as of the first draft moldings, made in 1826 on Ch. Berd’s Factory by P. Sokolov’s models.... More

Everyone who has walked around the centre of St. Petersburg and reached Peter and Paul Fortress (Petropavlovskaya krepost’) must have seen Troitsky Bridge. The bridge connects Suvorovskaya and Troitskaya squares. It’s neither the longest nor the widest bridge in St. Petersburg, but it’s different from the others, and also with its history. After... More

Today icebreaker "Krasin" adorns the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment. This magnificent ship became a museum, and it can tell many interesting things to the visitors. The ship was lying at the bottom, it changed the name it situated under the British flag and saved hundreds of lives. Its history reflects the history of our country in the twentieth... More

In translation from Ancient Egyptian the word "sphinx" means "alive image". This two stone statutes can seem to many guests and residents of Saint-Petersburg to have been situated in their legal domicile, on the University embankment, since the beginning of time. But actually that is not the case. If to believe to the information... More

"I bequeath not to install any monument above me and not to think about such a trifle, unworthy of a Christian". An enigmatic life, an enigmatic death, mystical events after death. The will of N. Gogol was not executed, the monuments were installed, removed and installed again. The decision of building the monument to N.V. Gogol was reached... More