The Open City project with free excursions on closed palaces and mansions of St. Petersburg will continue its activities in 2017. This was reported by the press service of KGIOP. On excursions on the mansions, palaces and other famous historical buildings inaccessible to visit, they will begin to drive in April 2017. The organizers plan to expand the format of measures, increase the number of objects and quests.

Weather in St. Petersburg on February 14 broke the temperature maximum of 1995 On Tuesday, February 14, the temperature in St. Petersburg rose to a plus of five degrees, breaking the 1995 record. This was announced by the chief weather forecaster of the city and region Alexander Kolesov. Photo on the cover: Pryanay

In the Isaac's Cathedral, the excursion route “From the sensations to feelings”, developed for visually impaired people, was presented. During the excursion, visitors with the help of special devices will be able to form ideas about the architecture of the Isaac's Cathedral, fragments of the interior decoration, as well as get acquainted with the history of its construction. The route is equipped with relief-graphic paintings, signs diagnosed with Braille, and an audio guide.

A bill has been submitted to the State Duma, which implies criminal liability for the “propaganda of exclusivity, superiority or inferiority” of a person or group of persons. The author of the initiative is the State Duma deputy from the LDPR Sergey Ivanov. The bill published on the website of the lower house of parliament involves amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

As part of the renovation of North Kolomna, the Urban Planning Committee proposed to transfer the university of physical education named after Lesgaft from the center of St. Petersburg, writes Fontanka. According to the chairman of the committee Vladimir Grigoryev, 35 plan to equip a new city space at the site of the university building at 35 Decembrists.

How do wedding registers in St. Petersburg registry offices relate to newlyweds and festive dates, why did they choose this profession and what weddings were remembered most of all? By Valentine's Day, “ Paper” learned from the employees of the registry office how they relate to their work, which brides annoy them and whether it is possible to determine the pair that the divorce awaits.

A parody rally was held on Palace Square for an abortion ban On Palace Square, activists-Prolifera arranged a parody picket in support of the ban on abortion. Some slogans of participants contained obscene curses. Thus, activists wanted to show that the ban on abortion is an initiative that harms women. Photo: David Frenkel Photo: David Frenkel A similar picket was held in June 2016 near the Kazan Cathedral. Then only men took part in the action. Photo cover: David Frenkel

On Bali, the fifth day is looking for St. Petersburg diver Sergey Lapkin. The loss was reported by his wife Daria on social networks. According to her, on February 9, Sergey went to dive into the Indian Ocean, and they did not see him anymore. Daria said that she turned to the police, and also contacted the Honorary Consul of the Russian Federation at Bali. According to her, he promised to send a helicopter to the area of ​​operation, but there is still no helicopter.

By February 14, Tinder was developed to get acquainted with historical personalities On the website of the project "1917. Free history ” Tinder with historical personalities appeared. On a social network, you can get acquainted with Boris Pasternak, Vladimir Lenin or Marina Tsvetaeva. In Tinder 1917, users are offered to evaluate portraits of writers, poets, as well as members of the imperial family living in the 20th century, and to find out which of them could become your perfect couple.

State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov said that his words about the ancestors of the deputies of ZakS Boris Vishnevsky and Maxim Reznik, who “cooked Christians in the boilers”, were pulled out of context. Milonov added that he will continue to express himself accurately, writes Lenta.ru. Vitaly Milonov, deputy: - I am sincerely grateful that this topic was exacerbated so. Probably, thanks to this, I can express myself even more carefully, although much more carefully.

In Smolny, three options for socio-economic development of St. Petersburg were presented until 2035-“Basic”, “Basic Plus” and “Target”. With the target option, the average salary in St. Petersburg should be 133 thousand rubles by 2035. According to the basic scenario, the growth rate of the gross regional product (GRP) will amount to 3 %annually, and investments will increase to 20 %. The number of residents of the city by 2035 will increase to 5.8 million people.

On Dumskaya will open the registration point of eternal love On Valentine's Day on Dumskaya Street, an eternal love registration point will open. The action will be held from 17:00 to 19:00. During registration, lovers will make the oaths of fidelity, after which they will receive a certificate of eternal love. Those whose lovers are outside of St. Petersburg will be able to send certificates of fidelity by mail. Read more about the conditions in the group . Participation in all shares is free.

The Moscow company “Leok”, which for the 2018 World Cup must improve the acceleum at the stadium on Krestovsky, complained to President Vladimir Putin on Smolny. In contact with the president, a company, which received a contract of 1.7 billion rubles, said that in 2016, the head of the construction committee, Sergei Morozov, began to force them to leave the construction site and abandon the order.

The Museum of the History of St. Petersburg and the Culture Committee presented a project to update the stable department. After the repair, art workshops, galleries, a concert hall and an open amphitheater will be located here. According to the concept, a conference center, a public cultural space, recreation areas, restaurant courtyards and an information and tourist center will also open in the stable department. In the western building, an exposition dedicated to the history of St.

The Ministry of Defense announced a tender purchase of more than 20 thousand medals for participants in a military operation in Syria, RIA Novosti writes with reference to public procurement materials. For medals, insignia, commemorative signs, forms of certificates, connectors and cases and other heraldic products, the department plans to spend 45 million rubles.