Interesting places in Saint- Petersburg. 1.This writer was born in Ukraine. 2. He wrote the story, named as a part of a human face. - презентация

1 Interesting places in Saint- Petersburg

2 1.This writer was born in Ukraine. 2. He wrote the story, named as a part of a human face.

3 «Major`s Kovalev Nose» This monument is devoted to Gogol`s character of the story «Nose». It is made of pink ukrainian marble (from Gogol`s motherland) It was stolen in 2002, and found the next year, in This monument is situated in Voznesensky avenue.

4 This man invented an electric lamp in Russia, in the end of the 19 th century.

5 «Lamplighter» In this place, in Odesskaya street, there was a workshop of the Russian inventor- A. Lodygin. He invented an electric lamp, and a lot of lamplighters lost their job. They were victims of a technological progress.

6 When did the first running water appear in St.Petersburg?

7 «Water carrier» Running water appeared in Saint- Petersburg only in the middle of the19 th century. Before that, special men carried clean water to people. This monument is devoted to them.

8 In this presentation I told you only about three interesting places in my city, but there are a lot of them. Visit my city if you like my presentation.

9 Vlasenco Eugene