The most unusual street in St. Petersburg — Pravdy street

In 1997, the improvement of the courtyards of houses 2-8 on Pravda Street began and an "emerald courtyard" appeared, inhabited by fairy-tale characters: the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Lion, the good sorceresses Stella and Willina, Faramant, as well as the Cannibal, Bastinda, and the Sabertooth Tigers. And on the street itself there are avant-garde sculptures.


Sculpture "Organizer" ("Director") - a sculpture on Pravdy Street, opposite the St. Petersburg Institute of Cinema and Television. Sculptors Dmitry and Daniil Kaminkery.

Saint Petersburg State University of Film and Television (SPbGUKiT). The former School Council of the Synod and the Church of St. Alexander Nevsky in memory of Emperor Alexander III.



1898 - 1901, architect Pomerantsev A. N. Former 1st male gymnasium with the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, now school number 321, St. Petersburg, Socialist street, 7.


Dog Gavryusha - a monument to the "Good dog", St. Petersburg, square on Pravdy street. Sculptor V. A. Sivakov, architect L. V. Domracheva.


Composition "Three Angels", St. Petersburg, Pravda street. Author - Boris Sergeev, the sculpture was created in memory of three churches that were previously located nearby - John the Baptist, St. Alexander Nevsky at the School of the Synod (Pravdy St., 13) and the Transfiguration of the Lord.


The sculpture "Blind" or "Lonely" by Dmitry Kaminker is located at the intersection of Sotsialisticheskaya and Pravda streets.





Decorative construction "Cannibal", courtyard of houses 2–8 on Pravdy Street. Courtyard with sculptures "The Wizard of the Emerald City" . Ellie, Totoshka, Tin Woodman, Scarecrow and Cowardly Lion.


Tin Woodman


Scarecrow

Cowardly lion


Bastinda




Flying Monkeys graffiti


Saber-toothed tigers


Passage yard


A wrought-iron canopy of an entrance with flying monkeys.


Decorative construction "Head" (wizard Goodwin is disguised as a flowerbed).


A decorative structure "Faramant", here is the Emerald City itself, which is surrounded by guards, intricately inscribed in the legs of the benches.










Bonus, the continuation of Pravda Street - Bolshaya Moskovskaya Street: Fountain "Bridge". Now he is turned off, but on the fly it is very funny and very much loved by children. Sculpture "Chimney sweep" on the wall of house No. 7 on Bolshaya Moskovskaya street. The sculpture was installed in October 2006. Sculptor A. Vasiliev, artists A. Shevardin, S. M. Simina.




Monument to Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, the beginning of Bolshaya Moskovskaya street. Sculptors L. M. Kholina, P. P. Ignatiev, artist P. A. Ignatiev. Architect V.L.Spiridonov. Opened May 30, 1997 .


Related Topic: Mosaic Courtyard Nelson's Courtyard