Beautiful Peter, St. Petersburg, Leningrad - a historical city on the Neva River. Millions of tourists visit it annually. They willingly photograph numerous attractions. In the archives of Russians, residents of near and far abroad, a myriad of images of “born of a genius Peter” is stored. In addition to a gorgeous photo report, what can be brought from St. Petersburg as a gift? This question interests every guest.
If there was a product, there would be a buyer!
Stalls, benches, specialty shops are full of the usual assortment of souvenirs: inexpensive fridge magnets, pens with a metro map, kaleidoscopes "Petersburg suburbs", "Aurora" bells, plates on the wall "St. Petersburg", flasks "Palace Bridge", snow globe " Bronze Horseman".
At a book fair, popularly called "Krupa" (located in the House of Culture named after N.K. Krupskaya), expanse for lovers of souvenir printing products. In this place they do not hesitate for a long time what to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift.
For small and decent money you can buy anything that your darling wants: from a simple calendar to beautifully designed booklets, books. There are tourists for whom prints smelling of fresh paint are a souvenir more valuable than decorative thimbles, boats, cup holders, watches, mugs, sphinx figures.
"Zenit is a champion!
However, many are interested in something special, status, the "trick" of St. Petersburg. Let's try to understand the topic. Let's start with football. As the saying goes: "I'm a fan of Dynamo, you're sick of Zenit!" It seems that the whole “Peterburch” knows the masters of a glorious team with an astronomical name (the native inhabitants of the city often call their city).
Ask a Zenith fan who lives anywhere in the world: “What should I bring as a present from St. Petersburg?” Without hesitation, he will say: “Rose!” Not a flower - a team scarf! In this case, it is white-blue.
There are other gizmos of combat anti-aircraft coloring: clothes, bags, slippers, dishes. You can buy a “souvenir” in the Central store (corner of Nevskaya and Sadovaya), in the Gostiny Dvor. However, products can be bought at other large retail outlets, as well as at kiosks at the airport and railway station.
Cucumber fish
Often travelers dream of buying something from a meal specific to a particular locality. In an era of rapid development of network trading, this is becoming increasingly difficult. It is all the more important to know in advance where and what to bring. From St. Petersburg, as a gift, an edible, "distinct from others", is brought by many travelers. Such a “highlight” can be called fish with the affectionate name “smelt”. She smells unusually like a fresh cucumber.
Of course, they catch and sell it not only in these parts. But here is very revered! The season opens by analogy with the wires of winter and the meeting of spring. The holiday is called Smelt Day (May). Residents of St. Petersburg are accustomed to the European Osmerus. The length of individuals is fifteen - eighteen centimeters, weight - one hundred grams. The Baltic fish is larger, the Ladoga fish is smaller. The locals will always tell you where delicious raypuffs are sold.
Most lovers of fish dishes smelt is regarded as a delicacy. At a price, a large inhabitant of the water element is more expensive. However, experts say: a trifle also goes off with a bang. It can be fried on the basis of chips. Many people like crispy sweets! So there is a choice! The only pity is the smelt season is short.
The taste revolution failed?
Sweets! Here's what you can bring from St. Petersburg as a gift! There is a confectionery factory named after N.K. Krupskaya (built in 1938). For many years, the products were famous for their excellent taste. To bring home St. Petersburg chocolate, sweets for travelers was considered an immutable law. The only complaint was that they are very sweet. People explained the exhaustive search by the Leningrad blockade past.
Over the years, a lot has changed. In the perestroika of the nineties of the twentieth century, the enterprise became a joint stock company. In 2006, it became part of the Orkla group of Norwegian industrial companies. Increasingly, one can hear from gourmets: the application of new technologies and the adjustment of the product composition did not make a “taste revolution”.
They say that the filling of sweets that the consumer loves - “The Sorceress”, “The Firebird”, “The Squirrel”, “The Bear in the North” - is not as tender and tasty as before. And the famous “Special” and “Summer Garden” chocolate? Some argue that it is the same as in the good old days, others - that its taste is noticeably different from the usual.
Tapestries from the factory "Pattern"
Praises the people of the waffle "Mishutka." They resemble cakes with layers of nuts and chocolate. Lovers of peanut expanse will definitely not regret the purchase. Curly chocolate is in demand . The assortment includes not only familiar dogs, cats, birds, turtles. Inveterate summer residents will probably like chocolate gardeners, newlyweds - doves with rings, figures of the groom and the bride. Edible medals with views of St. Petersburg do not lie.
So, sweets are bought. It is time to continue actions in the direction of expanding knowledge about what to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift. Vyritsky tapestries are well established. The Uzor factory in the village of Vyritsa was founded in 1944. Some strive to call modern paintings a variant of an old wall rug with swans, a kind of kitsch of the 21st century. However, we will not rush to generalizations.
Drawings with views of the Gatchina Park, Pushkin's plots are developed by factory artists who graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Art and Industry. Based on old engravings and watercolors. There are reproductions of paintings by famous artists. The quality of the products pleases: the pictures look decent. In total, about 250 items have been developed.
Sweetheart retro
Reflections on what can be brought from St. Petersburg from souvenirs as a gift can lead to the most unexpected places. At the Udelnaya metro station there is a flea market. There is an opinion: the inhabitants of Leningrad, who have very modest incomes, loved old things, kept, cherished. They have accumulated a lot of household items in their apartments, which over time from "nothing special" turned into a sweet retro generation for new generations of inhabitants of the earth.
There are those who call the little things "trash", junk. Judging by how long the market has lived and flourished, this is not so. Some tourists manage to buy something antique. But among admirers of antiquity there are many who feel happy, having acquired a cup holder with an engraved T-34, a star, the first satellite of the USSR.
Details that are no longer produced, old jewelry, forgotten records, figurines - in general, there is something to bring as a gift from St. Petersburg. Someone might think that this is all wrong. Who knows: it is possible that a gift with history is what was thought of. Foreign tourists at one time eagerly bought "wonders" in the city center, near the Vladimir Cathedral. Now the flea market has moved to the outskirts, but has not ceased to be one of the most visited places in the city on the Neva.
Created by decree of the daughter of Peter I
Perhaps, the “same” porcelain figurine that half a century ago stood on the table of my mother’s, a cigarette case resembling an old-time one, like a father’s watch. Everyone will choose what to bring as a gift from St. Petersburg, relying on the nostalgic experiences of their own and those close to them.
In addition to items for which the buyer is the new owner, you can find porcelain figurines, cups, dishes that have just come off the assembly line. At the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory (JSC Imperial Porcelain Factory) they make nice tea pairs or just cups.
The company was founded in 1744, was originally the property of the Romanov dynasty. In Soviet times, it was called the Leningrad Porcelain Factory named after Lomonosov. Not only cups decorated with silhouettes of famous poets and views of the city are in demand, but also thin transparent bone china. Beautiful and graceful in itself, it does not need intricate forms.
Revolutionary chess
There is the concept of "agitation china." Artists of the beginning of the 20th century developed images glorifying proletarian life. In the assortment today there are images of women workers, peasant women, gopniks, chess, which could be popular with the parties that formed during the October Revolution of 1917 (the “red” begin and win the “white” and vice versa).
There are dishes from Kazimir Malevich, Chashnik and Suetin (supermatism), as well as works born of the imagination of the artist Mikhail Shemyakin. There is an IFZ store on Vladimirsky Prospekt. Prices for products are different - from those that can afford most to very high. What to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift? Inexpensive are small figures of birds, dogs, gift sets tea and coffee
The assortment is rich. If there is a desire, choosing a suitable purchase is not a problem. You can also visit shops or departments in large shopping centers as a museum: “Ballerina Krasavina”, “Uzbek with a tambourine”, “Fedor Chaliapin in the party of Boris Godunov” - these and other figurines are the porcelain annals of the country. Here is a gift you can bring from St. Petersburg!
Cosmetics and paints
Porcelain does not end there! Since Soviet times, residents of the former USSR have known the brand Nevskaya Cosmetics. Crowded with jars, tubes and bottles, the modern beauty market has noticeably overshadowed the beloved brand of Soviet women and men, but it continues to delight the consumer: with quality and price.
What to bring as a gift from St. Petersburg? Sets for the care of the skin of the face, legs, hands, hair. Soap. “Bath”, “Coniferous”, “Baby”, probably, are in all shops of the country. But you can pay attention to other types of fragrant. If something doesn’t work, the costs are small. Most consumers respond to products very well.
In “Nevskaya” something remained of those times when in the country oil was butter, sausage was sausage, and cream was cream. Are there any other gifts? You can bring paint from St. Petersburg, which works most of the famous Russian artists. Moreover, they are used to restore paintings from the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery.
The Master Class series is a pure color, high light fastness, preservation of tone after drying. The rating of professionals is “excellent”. For a student of the art department, everything from the Nevsky Palette is a dream.
What gift can I bring from St. Petersburg to the future and present Shishkin and Aivazovsky? Oil, watercolors, acrylic paints, brushes, products for decorators - it is difficult to say whether there is another place in Russia with such a rich assortment of items for creativity. Paint sets are sold in the Gostiny Dvor. There are many specialized stores.