Sergey Nosov is a writer, poet, winner of a number of literary and theatrical awards (Gogol Prize, Andrei Tolubeev Prize, National Bestseller Prize, etc.), finalist of the Big Book and Russian Booker awards. His book is written in the genre of “another local history”, but at the same time it is also a phenomenon of artistic prose. Entertaining, ease of narration, unique author's intonation, unobtrusive humor, a fresh and unexpected look at things from which it is not customary to expect anything interesting - all this is in Nosov's new work. The heroes of the book are mostly not the most famous, little known and generally unknown (there are such in St. Petersburg) monuments. All of them "live" a tense and hidden life from an unprepared observer, often coming into contact with people and the environment. In essence, this book is not so much about monuments, but about us and our history, about what is often called the "irony of history", about the oddities of history, its tragedy and originality.The book is richly illustrated with original photographs of the author .Editor's design preserved in PDF A4.