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1. 10 Places to Visit in St. Petersburg

2. The Chimizelli Circus

Russia's first stone circus, where the smell of
sawdust mingles with the history of daring
acts and the spirit of the Belle Époque.

3. The Botanical Garden (BIN RAS)

A kingdom of silence and forgotten leaves on
the Petrograd Side, where time is measured
by the growth of ferns in Russia's oldest
garden.

4. The Armenian Section of Smolensk Cemetery

An open-air museum of melancholic art,
where angels of mourning watch over the
stories of the architects, poets, and
engineers who built the city.

5. The Courtyards of Kolomna

The real texture of the city: peeling stucco,
endless brick arches, courtyard wells, and the
echo of shipbuilding history in every brick.

6. New Holland Island

An island of new urban tradition, where the
brick of naval warehouses dialogues with
contemporary art, and the main exhibit is the
tranquil atmosphere itself.

7. The Fountain House, Akhmatova's Apartment

A space where every crack in the parquet
and every object in the communal kitchen
whispers of the Siege, fear, and the great
poetry that survived it all.

8. Ulitsa Pravdy

A quiet street-museum of St. Petersburg Art
Nouveau, where dragons and sunflowers
hide in the facades, and the rhythm is set by
cobblestones.

9. The Datsan Gunzechoinei

The world's northernmost Buddhist temple,
where the scent of juniper blends with the
Baltic wind, and prayers spin silently within
the prayer wheels.

10. The Entrance at Nevsky 22

A portal of spirit, not food. The place where
Pushkin began his final journey, and later,
where the unofficial parliament of
Leningrad's intelligentsia gathered.

11. Sergievka Park

A wild, romantic park by the Gulf of Finland,
where a giant stone head emerges from the
earth, and paths lead to overgrown ponds
and a secluded shore.