Criminal Petersburg by car

Idea

Brilliant St. Petersburg once received the title of the “criminal capital of Russia” – and it was absolutely deserved. What, how and why – we will understand the tour.

Route.

As part of a 3-hour tour, we will visit the main locations of the city associated with the rampant banditry, the most high-profile crimes and the most tragic punishments.

• Ligovka and Obvodny channel: find out where the word “gopnik” came from, who was called “Stirlitz in a skirt”, who are “black boxers” and where was the main criminal grave of the city
• Vyazem Lavra: Raskolnikov’s native places and real St. Petersburg favelas, where, if robbed and raped, the police did not even accept complaints
• Apraksin Dvor: the genius of the detective Ivan Putilov and the story of the abduction of the silver set of the Duke of Montenbleau
• Gostiny Dvor and Hotel Europe: Farza, currency prostitutes, as well as tsapkas, shirmachi, town dwellers
• Marble Palace: the case of the Grand Duke
• Mother's stolen diamonds and heavy payback
• Crosses: Victims of Political Repression or from Lenka Panteleev to Punin and Gumilev

If we have time, we will remember the high-profile political affairs of our time:

• assassination of Lieutenant Governor Manevich
• death of Galina Starovoitova
• arrest of the leader of the Tambov group Kumarin-Barsukov
• The terrible massacre of Deputy Novoselov n
• Madueva escape

Topics

This tour covers the criminal life of our city from the middle of the XIX century to the present day.

We will discuss the gop-stop and scum of society on the Hot Field, the shot politicians and jailed authorities, the repressed intelligentsia, organized crime groups and bloody blockade stories, Romanov diamonds and fartsu.

• Guide services (led by one of the team guides)
• Transportation

The price does not include:

• Parking (stop for more than 15 minutes) is paid by guests