Screenshot from the site Retromap.ru On the Retromap.ru website with old cards, a picture of Leningrad was published , taken in 1966 from an American satellite. Attention to the publication was paid by members of the Paper Friends Club . The photograph covers most of the city, but some sections of the Vyborg, Primorsky and Nevsky districts are not available. Users can increase the picture, as well as compare it with the modern map of St. Petersburg - this function is available by reference .

In the Leningrad Zoo, a she -wolf, a shadow, died. This was told in the press service of the institution. The shadow was born in March 2007. From the week, she was fed by the local trainer Dmitry Vasiliev - he temporarily took the she -wolf home, and then returned to the institution again. "Paper" interviewed Vasiliev about his work. Dmitry Vasiliev trainer - She [shadow] in three weeks knew our three -room apartment like her four fingers.

On the evening of March 30, about 150 people went to the campaign against the development of the square in Kuznechny Lane in the Central District. This is reported by the movement "Central District for a comfortable habitat", Details gives Zaks.ru. The audience lined up in a “live chain”, demanding to include the square in the green spaces zone (SNSP). The shares were attended by deputies of the Legislative Assembly Alexei Kovalev (“Fair Russia”) and Olga Khodunov (Communist Party).

The speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko criticized the song Manizhi Russian Woman, with whom the artist will speak at Eurovision 2021 following a popular vote. “Who is not familiar [with text], I recommend that you familiarize yourself. Some kind of horses, some kind of nonsense. I don’t understand what this is about, ”said Matvienko. She suggested asking Channel One Channel information on how the voting procedure passed.

On Sredne Avenue of Vasilievsky Island, 13 of the Cafe “Seven Spices” opened, the creators of the project told Paper . In the institution, you can try Indian street food adapted to European tastes. Indian chefs work in the kitchen, and cakes bake in Tandura - a large clay furnace. In addition, the menu has snacks and rolls-for example, a panir of a pacorah and a shrimp-roll with spicy shrimp in a wheat cake.

Students of St. Petersburg State University announced the raising of funds for the restoration of a historical crypt in the Smolensk Lutheran cemetery, which was shot in the film by Alexei Balabanov “Brother”. Money from March 29 is collected on the crowdfunding platform Planeta.ru . For support, you can get postcards, chopers and a cemetery tour. The restoration in January 2021 approved the Committee on State Control, the Use and Protection of Monuments (KGIOP).

In the famous Buck House on Kirochny Street, where Mariengof and Bakst lived at the beginning of the 20th century, you can not only examine the beautiful front -line with marble stairs and air galleries , but also visit one of historical apartments. The owners take excursions there. In one of the rooms of the apartment, a real museum was created - with ancient furniture, archival pictures, paintings.

The Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg asked Governor Alexander Beglov to prevent sealing development on Levashovsky Prospekt in the Petrograd district. The deputies believe that the owner is preparing to build a multi-storey apart-hotel east of house No. 24, and they urge Smolny to evaluate the legality of the transactions by which the land crossed the developer of Time LLC. The corresponding deputy request was approved on March 31, Interfax reports .

The project of the Red Bor garbage training ground will pass all the necessary examinations until 2022, until 2024 they promise to turn it into a “green hill”. This was announced to journalists on March 30 by the head of the department of environmental engineering of the Federal Ecological Operator Mikhail Shcherbakov, Fontanka reports . Around the landfill, they plan to build an anti -filtration echeloned curtain - a five -meter wall made of concrete, polymeric materials, clay and sensors.

According to the results of 2020, Petersburg and Moscow were included in the top 10 cities of the world, where housing prices rose most strongly. This was reported to the press service of the international consulting company Knight Frank. According to the study, the leaders in the increase in housing prices were the Turkish cities of Ankara (+30.2 %), Izmir (+29.4 %) and Istanbul (+27.9 %).

On the Utuub channel “The Fifth Channel of Russia” published two parts of the Soviet television test “Keepers”, filmed in the first of the three parts of the novel “The Lord of the Rings”. As the world of science fiction notes , the film adaptation was considered lost. The Soviet television test was shot at the Leningrad Television studio in 1991.

They plan to unite Alferov University with the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. This was reported to the “Paper” department in the public relations of the first university. On Monday, March 29, the scientific council of Alferov University voted to merge with the Polytechnic. The exact terms of the association are still unknown: presumably, it should be completed in a year.

Russia takes the second place in the world in mortality in the pandemic, writes Project There was news about the text of the “project” about excess mortality in Russia, which, according to the publication, in 2020 amounted to 20 % more than it would be without pandemia. On July 15, 2021, the Prosecutor General recognized the “project” as an unwanted organization: supposedly the publication may pose a threat to the basics of the constitutional system of Russia, defense or safety.

Yandex.Marts created a virtual collection of hats with symbols of Russian cities - masks can be found in the Instagram of the service. Masks with the Peter and Paul Fortress, the skyscrapers of the Moscow City, Yeltsin Center (Yekaterinburg), the Suyumbike (Kazan) and the Globus Theater (Kazan) are available to users. All objects can be viewed with natural light, as well as with evening lighting - for this you need to press the screen during shooting.

The St. Petersburg art critic and historian Olga Khoroshilova presented a new book - “ Russian travee in history, culture and everyday life ”. The work is based on archival documents, letters and photographs-and talks about the development of travesty cultures in Russia from the XVIII to the first half of the 20th century. Many facts have not previously been published anywhere.