November 2020
DEAR FRIENDS AND GUESTS OF OUR CITY!
From October 26, restaurants, cafes, canteens, buffets, bars and eateries will not be able to serve visitors from 23:00 to 06:00. Exceptions are made for delivering orders to homes, businesses, and hotel rooms. Points at train stations, airports, and gas stations can also operate at night. At the same time, "activities in the field of recreation and entertainment" on the territory of public catering facilities are prohibited. That is, even in the daytime and in the evening, bars and restaurants will not be able to hold concerts, show programs, and the restriction will also apply to karaoke and dance floors. Starting from October 26, a ban on children's entertainment centers will also be introduced. Now only children's playrooms up to 50 square meters will be allowed. m in supermarkets, restaurants and shopping centers. There are no restrictions on other cultural and mass events.
Wearing masks and gloves in public places, transport, and taxis is mandatory.
Interesting route around the metro station Chernyshevskaya
The Back house is a historical building in the Central part of Saint Petersburg, built in 1904-1905 for the publisher of the newspaper "Rech" Julian Back, designed by the architect Boris Girshovich. It is located at 24 Kirochnaya street. It is Distinguished by the expressive decoration of the facades and the original solution of the courtyard: the second and fifth floors of the main building and the wing are connected by air galleries.
Egyptian house.
Its exact address is 23 Zakharyevskaya street. The plot on which the house is located today has repeatedly changed its owners. In the first half of the XIX century, the territory was occupied by several small buildings. in 1832, a stone house appeared here, which also changed owners more than once. In the 1910s, the premises were occupied by the Belgian and Romanian embassies. The building was built in 1911-1913, its owner was Larisa Ivanovna Nezhinskaya (some sources indicate other initials of the hostess - "A. L.").
Garden of friendship - located near houses # 15-17 on Liteyny Prospekt in Saint Petersburg.
The garden was opened in may 2003 to celebrate the city's tercentenary as a gift from Shanghai, St. Petersburg's sister city. The garden covers an area of more than two thousand square meters. On its territory there is a "Wall of nine dragons", "friendship Pagoda", a stone bridge over a small artificial reservoir with a fountain built at it. A variety of stones located on the territory of the garden, according to tradition, create the illusion of miniature mountain ranges. The garden is also decorated with trees — small pines, willows and Apple trees. There is also one Japanese cherry tree in the garden. All the basic materials for creating the garden were delivered from Shanghai.
The Muruzi house occupies "one of the most honorable places on the modern literary map of St. Petersburg":
• D. S. Merezhkovsky and Z. N. Gippius lived here for the last decade of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX century, for a total of twenty — three years.
• Subsequently, there was a public reading room, which was maintained by the grandmother of the poet and translator Vladimir Piast, a close friend of Alexander Blok.
• In the early 1920s, on the initiative of Nikolai Gumilev, the Petrograd house of poets was established here.
• From 1955 to 1972 (before leaving the USSR), the poet Joseph Brodsky lived in the Muruzi house, and the Brodsky memorial Museum is located in his apartment.
Mosaic courtyard is located in the historical part of St. Petersburg, in the courtyard of the house, at the address: Tchaikovsky street, 2/7. The entrance to the courtyard is from the Fontanka river embankment. The mosaic courtyard is an open-air Museum where the works of the artist and founder of the Small Academy of arts Vladimir V. Lubenko and his students are presented. Often the style of V. V. Lubenko is compared with the famous works of the Catalan Gaudi. Photo sessions and videos are regularly held against the background of sculptures and panels. The courtyard is especially good in Sunny weather, the mosaic plays with bright colors and gives a joyful mood to residents of neighboring houses and guests of St. Petersburg. Work on creating sculptures began in 1984. Today, the courtyard is decorated with mosaic bas-reliefs and art objects. At the entrance to the courtyard, guests are greeted by a large panel "St. Petersburg-Olympus of culture", which occupies an entire wall of the house. Nearby is the sculpture complex "Angels". Near the front door you can see the sculpture and mosaic complex "Atlanta "and the panel"Builders". A little further on — the panel "Birth of Spring" and the frieze "Nils with wild geese".
Better safe than sorry thing. Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow
Sculptures, furniture, and objects of applied art accompanied the life of many generations of Sheremetevs and regularly moved from one manor house to another. Fifty items stored in the Moscow family residence in the Ostankino estate were brought to the Sheremetyevo Palace in St. Petersburg. Once again in the mansion on Fontanka, things allowed you to recreate the historical appearance of several rooms at once. Now the interiors of the Etruscan, Crimson and Stucco drawing rooms look the same as when they were first owned in the XVIII and XIX centuries.
Where: Saint Petersburg, nab. Fontanka river, 34
Zhang Huan. In the ashes of history
Zhang Huan is a contemporary Chinese artist who became famous after a number of high-profile performances in China and the United States. In the mid-2000s, the artist began creating paintings in a unique technique: most of his large-scale works are written with ashes from incense from Buddhist temples. One of these works is a forty-meter group portrait of the Communist party of China, which will occupy almost the entire wall of the Nikolaev hall. The exhibition will also feature works in another unusual technique, which is a mix of photography and wood carving. Some of the wooden reliefs are based on paintings from the Hermitage collection. A special series of works "Love" / "Love" will be a response to the personal stories of people affected by the coronavirus. The title refers to the tragic story of a pregnant woman who died from the virus. In total, the exhibition will include more than 30 works by the artist, many of which were created specifically for the Hermitage.
Where: Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, Dvortsovaya PL., 2
Willie Inauen. Composition The Cross «Monto Generoso»
Willy Inauen is a Swiss-born jeweler, artist,and storyteller. One of the main works that he worked on for several years is a jewelry composition in the form of a cross "Monte Generoso". This is a real cross made of gilded silver in human growth. It is decorated with precious stones and 12 stone plates, each of which is dedicated to a separate story — for example, "Hope", "Mystery"or " Desire". Inauen donated this composition along with his other works to the Sheremetyevo Palace in 2014, where they can now be seen in a permanent exhibition.
Where: Saint Petersburg, nab. Fontanka river, 34
