St.Petersburg’s hidden treasures

The people’s vote for the top unofficial sights in St.Petersburg ended today. The shortlist includes a statue of Gavryusha the mongrel in a yard in Malaya Sadovaya, the Emerald City in Pradva street, the Kamchatka boiler house and many others. In the photo: a statue of Chizhik-Pyzhik the sparrow on the Fontanka River in St.Petersburg.

Fifty-nine informal destinations of the northern capital were nominated online for public voting in October. In the photo: a statue of Gavryusha the mongrel in Pravda street in St.Petersburg.

The shortlist includes a statue of Gavryusha the mongrel in a yard in Malaya Sadovaya, the Emerald City in Pradva street, the Kamchatka boiler house and many others. In the photo: a statue of Blockade Stickleback in Kronshtadt.

The winners will be announced today. In the photo: St.Petersburg residents passing by a memorial plaque in Nevsky Prospekt saying “This side of the street is most dangerous during a bomb attack” (the sign was kept to commemorate courageous Leningrad residents who lived through the 900 days of the Leningrad siege).

The shortlist was published on a website dedicated to curiosities and unconventional memorials that official city guides tend to omit. In the photo: a statue of Yaroslavl cats in St.Petersburg.

In the photo: a statue of photographer in Malaya Sadovaya in St.Petersburg near the house that hosted prominent photographer Karl Bulla’s workshop in the early 20th century. Installed in 2001. Designed by Boris Petrov.

Blockade Ice-Hole, a memorial plaque

In the photo: a statue of Yaroslavl cats in St.Petersburg

A statue of a hare at the Peter and Paul Fortress in St.Petersburg. The hare that survived a flood is ‘sitting’ as a mascot near the Ioannovsky Bridge leading to the Peter and Paul’s Fortress. The legend says that a little hare survived a flood by getting inside Peter the Great’s boot. The Zayachy island (Hare Island) where the Peter and Paul’s Fortress stands was thus named after the brave hare.