Sunny clock of St. Petersburg. History, myths, errors

The book of Valery Dmitriev is the first in the history of St. Petersburg, dedicated to the Sun and its brilliant suburbs. Their creation, life, death and revival. A living and fascinating narrative containing little -known facts from the life of the city and citizens allowed the author to bring new colors to the picture of a beloved city. The author is not only a historian, but also a master of sunny hours, his work is continued by almost three hundred -year -old “sunny” traditions of not the very sunny city of Russia. Both when creating new and reconstruction of lost historical sunny hours. Numerous myths and mass misconceptions accompanying the sunny clock of St. Petersburg are considered by the author thoroughly, but without boring