Today (September 25) we celebrate Dmitri Shostakovich's birth anniversary. He was a Soviet Russian composer and pianist, one of the most important figures of 20th-century ...
Despite being famous today as St. Petersburg bar and restaurant street, Rubinshteina Street (Улица Рубинштейна) is actually an historical place in the heart of the ...
The Legend of Sadko and The Sea Tsar
Byliny (Былины) are East Slavic oral epic narrative poems from the Medieval era. They take historical elements and turn it into fictional ...
Atelier bar (Ателье бар) is a three-storey tall bar/club right in the centre of St. Petersburg, just round the corner from Dumskaya Ulitsa, St. Petersburg bar street.
The ...
Although Charlie Chaplin is American, he has always been really famous in Russia. For instance, clowns in circuses after the Soviet revolution were often dressed in ...
Yesterday, two teams of students from Liden & Denz explored some less famous parts of the city in search of unique hidden jems.
They went through Mikhailovsky Park ...
Here we continue our reviews of Russian films. This week, we show you a list of 5 great movies from the 21st century. This is a great way to get acquainted with contemporary ...
On September 15, the city will host a special sport event, the Open Big Tennis (Открой Большой Теннис). For the first time in St. Petersburg, a tennis-court will be installed ...
Art Prospect (Арт Проспект) is an international public art festival that will take place from Thursday (September 12) to Sunday (September 15) in St. Petersburg.
For four ...
Today (September 9) marks Tolstoy’s 185th birth anniversary. Lev Tolstoy (Лев Толстой), born in 1828, is arguably one of the greatest and most famous writers of all time, and ...
As many of you know, St. Petersburg is currently hosting the G20 summit, where the most important politicians in the world are discussing crucial global issues. At the same ...
