On foot in St. Petersburg with Alexander Friends

You are in front of you, illustrated guide to St. Petersburg from the legendary expert Alexander Friend-the Diamond Star of the club “What? Where? When?" And the six -time owner of the main prize “Crystal Owl.”

Who can know Petersburg better than a true Petersburger and one of the most famous intellectuals in Russia? Alexander Druz was born in the cultural capital and from childhood loved to walk a lot around the city: first with his parents, then with his future wife and finally with the children. Learning every year new facts about the sights of the city on the Neva and the noble at first glance, he decided to collect his favorite routes and share them with you.

On the pages of this book you will find detailed descriptions of routes and the history of memorable places of the city. You will learn a lot of curious details about St. Petersburg: by what principle did Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky chose the house, where he lived a tailor of the tailor, which was famous for Gogol, sewing a frock coat, in which Pushkin was on the last duel. The author will tell about the curioses in which the legends of St. Petersburg were born, and hold in secret places that you might not notice.