St. Petersburg’s Storeys. Museum of the History of St. Petersburg
The Lakhta Center presents a series of video tours through the city’s storeys – under the ground and above the clouds, historical and standardized, legendary and obscure… Together with the people starring in the episodes, we’ll tell you about the innovative and untamed spirit of St. Petersburg and will have a new look at the city from the soaring height of the Lakhta Center skyscraper.
In the first episode, Pavel Perets, the author of the Cultural Tours, will lead us through the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg and tell us a few surprising facts about St. Petersburg’s innovations.
00:00 — Here’s where history begins
01:26 — What St. Petersburg business was more profitable that a Siberian goldmine?
03:28 — How did fashion influence the development of the public transport?
04:04 — What was the first high-rise business center in St. Petersburg?
04:45 — Why did trams run on ice?
06:30 — Which event in the pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg could compare to the European Football Championship?
In the next episode, we will tell you about the Flood Prevention Facility Complex of St. Petersburg, which allowed the city to tame the sea and stop the counter of devastating floods.
