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The abnormal area of St. Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is very much an ancient city as it was founded in 1703, However, he has a very rich and diverse history, which compensates for his relative youth. From 1712 to 1918 St. Petersburg was the capital of the Russian Empire. In the city there were three revolutions of 1905-1907, the February bourgeois-democratic revolution of 1917, the October socialist revolution of 1917. During the great Patriotic war of 1941-1945, a city of about 900 days was in the enemy blockade, in which over 600,000 people died of starvation.[1]

As in the times of the Russian Empire, St. Petersburg was the most important political centre, and still remains the cultural capital of Russia, in it there is a huge number of palaces, castles and other monuments. Many of them are urban legends, which are the purpose of the expedition. From the point of view of the number of anomalous and mystical places our Northern capital is not inferior to the major European cities, for example, the same Paris.

Due to the large amount of dust inside the historic areas and almost constant rains outside effects that most researchers would take for anomalous, manifested in almost every photo.

Smolny Cathedral

Excerpts from the diary of Nicholas Verbina (189х year):

"You are the Ghost of a pharmacist saw told me passer excited - I live in the neighborhood. Over there are his pharmacy was. He brewed some potions, where he added a pigeon blood. I don't know why, I pharmacy side avoided. One day when fishing the birds, the pharmacist stumbled and fell down. Since then, his Ghost wanders the belfries of the Cathedral, with the birds stolen... When the Empress Elizabeth Petrovna assistant of the architect killed himself right inside of a Church. That's why in this Cathedral service was never performed. Said that after such defilement of service 100 years cannot be made. So, what say the neighbors ' continued the man, - a poor druggist he did not stumble, the Ghost of the suicide pushed him off the bell tower. Too often, the chemist dropped into the possession of the dead souls, for which he paid, and his soul now has remained". [2]

In fact, the service in the Cathedral conducted in tsarist times (and completed in 1835); during the Soviet regime it was closed (from 1931 to 1990), and worship in it was carried out. And since 2009, services were resumed and conducted until now. Mystical stories related to the Cathedral, gradually forgotten.

Sphinxes Of St. Petersburg

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Sphinxes on the University embankment about 3.5 thousand years. Carved from syenite, they stood at the entrance to a majestic temple built in Egypt near Thebes to Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Its place on the embankment sphinxes took during the reign of Nicholas I in 1834, thanks to A. N. Muravyov. [3]

The legend of the sphinxes is very monotonous: the stone statues are the curse, we cannot look into the eyes of the Sphinx otherwise you go crazy and even the ones just walking the Sphynx cause people to insanity. They also say that in the course for the expression of their faces changed from calm to dangerous, and those who ponablyudat this shift can go crazy. Another reason it is considered that due to the sphinxes in St. Petersburg from the moment of their appearance was no serious flooding, but the source of this legend was not found.

There is also a belief that if you touch a Griffin at the foot of the Sphinx and make a wish, it will surely come.

 

Legends of sphinxes in detail described in [4].
From myself I can notice that both day and night around the Sphinx is practically always a lot of people – that locals and tourists. All of these people are quite fun and enthusiastically photographed tinder griffins and experience no negative feelings.

The Church of the Savior on spilled Blood (Cathedral of our Savior on spilled Blood)

 

The temple was built in memory of the fact that this place March 1, 1881 as a result of attempt was mortally wounded Emperor Alexander II (the term "blood" refers to the blood king). Worship continued in it until October 30, 1930 In November 1931 the Regional Committee for cult Affairs issued a decision on the feasibility of disassembly of the Savior on spilled Blood, but the solution of this issue was postponed indefinitely. In 1938 the question was put again, and was resolved, but with the beginning of the great Patriotic war, the leadership of the city was absolutely other tasks. During the siege the Cathedral was placed morgue, were brought to the victims of Leningrad. After the war, the temple was leased by Maly Opera theater staged in the decor warehouse. In 1997, exactly 90 years after its consecration, the Savior on the Blood was opened to visitors as a Museum-monument. In the spring of 2004 in the Cathedral was held after more than 70-year hiatus Liturgy. [5]
Despite all the predisposing factors, the Ghost in the temple only one. It appears at the site of the death of the king before the important events of Saint-Petersburg or Russia in General. It is believed that this spirit guards the temple from the evils.
 

This view shows a patch of light. To pinpoint its source failed, but searching the Internet revealed some more photos (1, 2) from approximately the same perspective, which is similar to Blik. [9,10], it is formed by reflection of the flash from the glossy stone, which made almost the entire interior of the temple. Another version of the explanation is the glare of the flash from the camera lens, presumably located at this place. In my pictures it is not visible, but an Internet search gave me this this photo. [11] the next time you need to pay attention to it.

There is a Ghost associated with this temple. It's the Ghost of Sophia Perovskaya, who filed a white handkerchief, the signal that is approaching the Royal carriage. He appears on the bridge in front of the temple every year on 1 March. [8]
In addition, there is a legend that this temple is the miraculous icon, which encrypted all the important events in our history (revolution, war, Stalin's death), even got a recording talking about the future, however, read it no one has. [6]

Unfortunately, there is no mention of what kind of icon, and on questioning the all just shrugged their shoulders. However, it was succeeded to learn that the urban legend information about the future appears on her dates, on the principle of a similar occurrence.

The Hermitage

As a Museum the Hermitage originated in 1764 as a private collection of Catherine II. The Museum complex of the Hermitage consists of five buildings connected to each other at the Palace embankment. At the moment, the Hermitage – the largest in Russia and one of the largest art and cultural historical museums, the Federal state budgetary institution of culture.

In the Hermitage a bit more than a half century inhabits one of the most famous ghosts of Saint-Petersburg. According to legend, from time to time through the dark corridors of the Museum, wanders the Ghost of Nicholas I. However, the Ghost does not limit its habitat walls of the Hermitage, and sometimes appears in the house at the Champ de Mars, which has long been located in the Institute of Culture.

 

The problem with the study of this legend is the same as with the study of the ghosts of the Louvre or other famous museums: the day they handled a countless number of tourists with cameras, and any anomaly would necessarily be fixed by them. And at night the museums are carefully protected, and to prove or disprove the existence of ghosts can only be servants of the Museum. But they kept silence.

Piers

Piers in St. Petersburg — a bow-shaped channel of the river Neva between the Petrograd and Rabbit Islands
According to legend, from 1708 near Kronverksky Strait Ghost appears drowned. [7] And if the earlier evidence about him was not enough, in recent years the frequency of his appearances has increased.
Also this place is famous for the appearance of other ghosts.

 

The souls of five of the Decembrists were executed in the summer of 1826, also are restless. Eyewitnesses have told you about the moaning coming from the place of execution, and vague outlines of five human figures. [7]
In fact, the place is quite crowded. Sorry, failed to meet any witnesses who saw anything unusual, and the photos didn't show.
St. Isaac's Cathedral

Built in 1818-1858 by the architect Auguste Montferrand, oversaw the construction of Emperor Nicholas I. There is a legend that the architect Montferrand was destined to die as soon as the temple will be completed. And that his Ghost since he settled in this Church and sometimes you see a strange telepathy silhouette. [7]
In fact, as you can tell by the photos inside the Church (like most religious institutions) twilight reigns. Taepodong silhouettes out there enough is the people who came to the Cathedral for religious purposes and for obvious reasons, tries to stay alone.

Petersburg residents say it is difficult to identify several mystical places and mystical can be considered all city. For example, to visit all places where ever there is a Ghost, you need about four months.

I on behalf of the group and myself personally I Express my deep gratitude to Valentina S. and Margarita, gave all possible assistance in the course of this journey.

Translated by «Yandex.Translator»


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