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This long, but relatively easy
multi-cache will show you the northern part of the district which
is called Petrogradskaya Storona (Petrograd Side), which is one of
the oldest and most interesting districts in Saint-Petersburg. This
long toponym is often reduced to "Petrogradka".
The walk is about 3 kilometers long, so please put on some
comfortable shoes and be in a good mood. In order to find the final
cache you have to visit 4 intermediate points and do some easy
arithmetics with the numbers which you will find there. All
intermediate points are accessible to the public at all seasons,
but some of the numbers can be more easily seen at day light, so
please plan you walk appropriately. Probably the early morning
hours of a white night could be the best time for this caching
:)
The walk starts at
metro station "Petrogradskaya"
(N 59° 57.970 E
030°
18.690
) which is the center of students, business and cultural life.
There are three universities nearby, a concert hall, a number of
business centers and boutiques, so it is always full of people.
While heading to the first point, you'll pass a square with one
absolutely unique building. Its two towers make it looking like a
medieval castle, the sunset often paints its facade in unusual
colors, and its ground floor is occupied by a small cute theater. A
plaque on its walls used to be one of the points of this cache in
2008
but currently
the house is under reconstruction, its facade is hidden behind the
scaffolding and the plaque was
removed.
Point 1.
Violins garden and the Wall of Centenaries N59 57.805' E030
18.800'
This garden, decorated with allegorical violin sculptures, is
relatively new and appeared just a few years ago. It is named after
Andrey Petrov, one of the greatest Soviet composers, who planted a
few trees here. A wall of one of the houses on the side of this
garden is called "Wall of Centenaries" because it is decorated with
white medallions in memory of remarkable people. Most of them are
Russian, but there is one who is not and whose name is written in
Latin characters. Count the number of characters (in both parts
of his name) to get number A.
From this garden through the chain of yards and gateways you can
proceed to the next point.
Point 2. Leningrad Symphony.
N59 57.732' E030 18.642'
The siege of Leningrad during the
World War II lasted 900 days. Daily ration of a Leningrad workman
in winter 1941-1942 was a piece of "bread" which weighed 200 grams
and consisted mostly of substances having nothing common with
flour. More than half a million of inhabitants died from starvation
during the first year. Nevertheless, in one year after the
beginning of the siege, in August 1942, Leningrad Symphony was
presented in the philharmonic hall. The author of this symphony,
Dmitry Shostakovich, had been living before evacuation in the
Benoit house which is around you. You
may see his bust in the yard.
From the yard, go to the street,
turn to the right and turn to the right once again on the crossing.
Walk around the northern side of the house and find a memorial
plaque. Write down the last two digits of the bigger
year. It is number B.
Don't miss small streets between
Point 2 and Point 3 and visit "Baltiyskiy khleb" (Baltic Bread)
bakery at N59
57.84' E030 18.52' if you need some refreshment or just want to
buy some tasty bread (you may need it later :).
Point 3.
Domes. N59 58.212' E030 18.102'
This Petrogradka corner is
very quiet. Here on the bank of Karpovka river you will find a
monastery with a cathedral in Byzantine style. The monastery was
founded on the edge of XIX and XX centuries, was dispersed in the
Soviet times and resurrected in 1990. Many pilgrims come here to
see the relics of Ioann from Kronstadt.
Your task is to
look at the monastery from different points and count the
total number of domes on the cathedral and the bell tower. It
is number C. Don't rush, relax, take a few photos here
:)
Point 4.
Lopukhinsky garden. N59 58.607' E030
18.151'
This old and beautiful garden on
the bank of Malaya Nevka river is beloved by many local inhabitants
and numerous ducks and seagulls (here you may feed them on your
bread!). It was founded in the middle of XIX century by a
businessman Gromov, whose wooden house still stands in the center
of the garden (at N59 58.589, E030 18.315). Count the
number of metal balls on the granite ladder from
Kamennoostrovsky prospect to the garden. It is number D.
The cache is hidden inside a
hollow at N59
58.CX E030 17.YZ,
where X=(D+2)*2,
Y=A/2,
Z=B-A-3.
This place is usually not very crowded but still there may be a few
mugglers hanging around, so be careful when searching and hiding
the cache. The container is a small vitamins box, with a tiny
pencil and a thin logbook. It can't hold anything bigger than a
small pin or Kinder Surprise toy. Happy
caching!
You may read and watch the news of this cache, other my caches
(if I manage to create them) and my geocaching in St.Petersburg and
its surroundings on http://petrocaching.blogspot.com