Everyone knows that Russia is a country with a unique culture, and St. Petersburg is our cultural capital. What do you know about the city on the Neva? The author of the book, a famous historian, invites you to make a personal cultural trip with him. After reading the book, you will learn: how to get acquainted with the main masterpieces of St. Petersburg architecture in two and a half hours; how our city arose and developed; to whom and for what are monuments erected in St. Petersburg; what places in the city are the most favorite among citizens; how St. Petersburg was Leningrad; what a modern St. Petersburg he is. At the end of the book you will be tested for the title of a cultured St. Petersburger! It’s not bad at all to rise culturally to at least the Admiralty Needle!