From Chyornaya Rechka to Lanskaya: a duel, the avant-garde, and old St. Petersburg
A walk through the sites of Pushkin's last duel, an experimental house, and the historic streets of the Primorsky District
Stories along the route
Место последней дуэли Пушкина · 0.1 km
You are standing where, on January 27, 1837, the fate of Russian poetry was decided. Imagine: a frosty day, snow crunching underfoot, and two men meeting at the barrier. Here, on the former outskirts of St.
Ланское шоссе · 1.3 km
You're standing on Lanskoy Highway, and you may not even suspect that this road is a true crossroads of times. It begins right at the Chernaya Rechka embankment, at the Lanskoy Bridge, and stretches all the way to Engels…
Здание железнодорожной станции Ланская · 2.1 km
Посмотрите на это здание — оно словно вырастает из земли, и это не метафора. Когда-то его строили так, чтобы оно примыкало к железнодорожной насыпи, но насыпь появилась позже, и теперь второй этаж парит над уровнем улицы…
Ланская (станция) · 2.4 km
You're standing on an embankment, and beneath your feet is not just earth, but an entire railway junction that breathes history. Lanskaya is not just a station — it's a place where tracks converge, like destinies.
Экспериментальный пластиковый дом · 3.1 km
Before you stands not just an old house — it's a time machine from 1961, assembled from plastic. Imagine: in Leningrad, between the blocks of an ordinary khrushchyovka apartment building, a futuristic example suddenly ri…
Торжковский рынок · 3.4 km
Before you is not just a place to buy groceries — it's an arena where eras and destinies collide. Take a close look at this building: it was erected in the late seventies to replace the Svetlanovsky Market, and it has se…