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About the product The new author’s guide of the “Tourism in Details” series will allow you to discover St. Petersburg from a new angle, to immerse yourself in the history of its houses and palaces located on the embankments and main streets of the pre-revolutionary city. Studying the routes, you can find out: • In honor of what the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood was built and why its construction was delayed for 24 years. • How exactly the robbery took place in Fonarny Lane, which went down in history as one of the most daring in the Russian Empire. • In what houses did the heroes of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel «Crime and Punishment» live? • Where and how the empire of Carl Faberge was born and why it faded so quickly. • What happened to the «Russian Rockefellers», the Nobel brothers, and where their oil production partnership was located. All this and more — in our new author’s guide! Abstract A non-standard author’s guide to the Northern capital for those who want not only to walk around their favorite city, but also to learn the history of buildings and their inhabitants, as well as find interesting locations. Vladislav Poda is a tour guide, local history guide, photographer and blogger. He lives in St. Petersburg and conducts tours of the rooftops and ceremonies of this city. Vladislav has collected 5 routes in the guide, within which you can immerse yourself in the history and atmosphere of St. Petersburg, learn many interesting facts and look into the past of the cultural capital. You will walk along the Griboyedov Canal, Moika and Fontanka embankments, Bolshaya Morskaya and Malaya Morskaya streets, Ligovsky Prospect and Obvodny Canal, you will be able to get to know St. Petersburg a little better, as well as the stories that keep its houses. …
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