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20 cool facts about Peter, that we did not know
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The site says: if you do not adore Saint Petersburg, then you just were not there! We gathered two dozen of cool facts about St. Petersburg, many of which are unknown even to local. < 1. The Mining Museum of the City exposed the biggest chunk of malachite in the world. He was brought from the Urals even in 1787. The mass of stone - 1504 kilo.
2. unique chess game live pieces was held in 1796 in the country of Count Stroganov in the new village. The servants, dressed in medieval clothes, moving in line with the party moves on the yellow-green meadow.
3. In the most common version of the word "Gopnik" traces its etymology from the abbreviation GOP - Urban hostel proletariat in Petrograd, is notable for its high incidence of crime.
4. The first edition of the famous dictionary of signs Ozhegova urban residents attended only the word "Leningrad", released to the dictionary to separate from each other the word "lazy" and "Leninist».
5. In the 18th century, numbering of houses was quite amusing: the streets passing areas in different parts of the city re-numbered from 1 rooms. Thus, if the street is, for example, three areas, then it was three houses with the same numbers. By order of Paul I, all the houses in Petersburg numbered row - from 1 to the last. So there were houses with three or even four-digit number.
6. Although the general idea of the pre-Petrine times, proven fact is that at the site of the historic center of St. Petersburg at its base there were many settlements (according to some sources - 40), some of which have been here before the arrival of the Swedes.
7. However, in the 18th century very close to the territory of modern Yelagin Island, inhabited by bears.
8. From the beginning to the middle of the XIX century on the streets of St. Petersburg strictly forbidden to smoke. Roadways, sidewalks and homes were built at the time in a lot of wood, and often because of a thrown cigarette butt started the fire.
9. 25-fold increased mortality in the first year of the siege of Leningrad in comparison with the pre-war period. Total for 2 years from 1941 to 1943 the population in the city has decreased 5 times.
10. Only one athlete - this is the number of participants of the first Russian championship in figure skating in 1897.
11. Nevsky Prospect - the warmest part of the city. The temperature difference from the suburbs in the summer - 2-3 degrees; in the winter of 10-12 degrees above.
12. In the US there are 15 cities with the name St. Petersburg. The biggest is St. Petersburg, Florida, on the shores of Tampa Bay.
13. Small Planet "Leningrad", discovered in 1968 by astronomer T. M. is Smirnova 220 million. kilometers from the city on the Neva.
14. 10% of the total area of the city is covered by water.
15. The Mikhailovsky (Engineers') Castle is on all four sides different architectural facades. It was conceived with the aim to achieve harmony of the form of the castle with the surrounding urban environment.
16. The height of the spire of the Admiralty - 72 meters. Ship weathervane on top of it weighs 65 kilograms and is covered with 2 kilograms of gold.
17. Standing on St. Isaac's Square, a monument to Nicholas I by P. Klodt is the world's equestrian monument, having only 2 points of support.
18. In St. Petersburg metro is the deepest in the world. The average depth of his stations is 70-80 meters! Not surprisingly, in the St. Petersburg subway stations do not have open.
19. collection of the Hermitage has about 3 million items housed in 350 halls of five buildings. To view the entire collection, stopping at each exhibit only 1 minute, you will have to spend 8 years of life and walk more than 20 kilometers.
20. According to statistics, every day on the main avenue - the Nevsky Prospekt is about 2 million people.
via factroom.ru
2. unique chess game live pieces was held in 1796 in the country of Count Stroganov in the new village. The servants, dressed in medieval clothes, moving in line with the party moves on the yellow-green meadow.
3. In the most common version of the word "Gopnik" traces its etymology from the abbreviation GOP - Urban hostel proletariat in Petrograd, is notable for its high incidence of crime.
4. The first edition of the famous dictionary of signs Ozhegova urban residents attended only the word "Leningrad", released to the dictionary to separate from each other the word "lazy" and "Leninist».
5. In the 18th century, numbering of houses was quite amusing: the streets passing areas in different parts of the city re-numbered from 1 rooms. Thus, if the street is, for example, three areas, then it was three houses with the same numbers. By order of Paul I, all the houses in Petersburg numbered row - from 1 to the last. So there were houses with three or even four-digit number.
6. Although the general idea of the pre-Petrine times, proven fact is that at the site of the historic center of St. Petersburg at its base there were many settlements (according to some sources - 40), some of which have been here before the arrival of the Swedes.
7. However, in the 18th century very close to the territory of modern Yelagin Island, inhabited by bears.
8. From the beginning to the middle of the XIX century on the streets of St. Petersburg strictly forbidden to smoke. Roadways, sidewalks and homes were built at the time in a lot of wood, and often because of a thrown cigarette butt started the fire.
9. 25-fold increased mortality in the first year of the siege of Leningrad in comparison with the pre-war period. Total for 2 years from 1941 to 1943 the population in the city has decreased 5 times.
10. Only one athlete - this is the number of participants of the first Russian championship in figure skating in 1897.
11. Nevsky Prospect - the warmest part of the city. The temperature difference from the suburbs in the summer - 2-3 degrees; in the winter of 10-12 degrees above.
12. In the US there are 15 cities with the name St. Petersburg. The biggest is St. Petersburg, Florida, on the shores of Tampa Bay.
13. Small Planet "Leningrad", discovered in 1968 by astronomer T. M. is Smirnova 220 million. kilometers from the city on the Neva.
14. 10% of the total area of the city is covered by water.
15. The Mikhailovsky (Engineers') Castle is on all four sides different architectural facades. It was conceived with the aim to achieve harmony of the form of the castle with the surrounding urban environment.
16. The height of the spire of the Admiralty - 72 meters. Ship weathervane on top of it weighs 65 kilograms and is covered with 2 kilograms of gold.
17. Standing on St. Isaac's Square, a monument to Nicholas I by P. Klodt is the world's equestrian monument, having only 2 points of support.
18. In St. Petersburg metro is the deepest in the world. The average depth of his stations is 70-80 meters! Not surprisingly, in the St. Petersburg subway stations do not have open.
19. collection of the Hermitage has about 3 million items housed in 350 halls of five buildings. To view the entire collection, stopping at each exhibit only 1 minute, you will have to spend 8 years of life and walk more than 20 kilometers.
20. According to statistics, every day on the main avenue - the Nevsky Prospekt is about 2 million people.
via factroom.ru
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