A SIGNATURE ST. PETERSBURG WALK: FROM THE MIRROR WORLD TO THE ARTISTS’ TOWER
Dear friends, please enjoy the new episode of our project “St. Petersburg’s Storeys. City is Growing Up.” This time, we’re walking along one of the most famous streets in Europe. Can you guess which one?
📍It was home to the Leningrad Rock Club.
📍Maly Drama Theater is based there.
📍The spirit of Sergei Dovlatov feels strongest there.
📍It’s home to the Mirror World (Zazerkalie), the artists’ tower, and the “tear of socialism.”
📍The band Scorpions performed three songs in one of its courtyards.
It’s also favored by every tourist: it’s recognized as one of the greatest streets for foodies in all of Europe 😉
Naturally, we’re going to Rubinshteina Street! We’re accompanied by Vera Vrubel of the Five Corners community and by the residents of this wonderful neighborhood.
00:00 - the journey begins!
01:51 - origins of Russian ballet
01:22 - why socialism shed tears while architectural ambitions made people smile
02:38 - hard rock and the Mirror World
05:15 - Scorpions’ courtyard performance: how it happened
05:30 - Dovlatov-style incidents
08:51 - Tolstoy House and the unmapped street
09:55 - Theatre of Europe, Russian style
10:46 - Chekhov’s and Mayakovsky’s beginnings
11:26 - Five Corners tower, architectural Jiu Jitsu, and recollections of great-great-great…
13:07 - at home in Ioff’s tenement house
13:59 - home of the muse of Rubinshteina Street
16:17 - behind the scenes