City names yesterday and today. The fate of Petersburg toponymy in urban folklore

From 1703 to the present, more than 10 thousand toponyms appeared in the city of Neva. Some of them were prepared by life limited in time, some, noting his 300-year anniversary, continue to live today. Only the names of streets, squares, alleys and embankments exceed 1400 units. Their stories are extremely fascinating. They are rooted in the city folklore, cheeky and tearing, emotional and concise - not in the eyebrow, but in the eye ...
You will learn how Nevsky changed over the years, get acquainted with interesting facts from the history of the Tavrichesky, Alexandrovsky and summer gardens, folklore of famous St. Petersburg districts and penetrate the special atmosphere of the mystery and strict inexpensiveness of the northern capital.
2nd edition