What to bring as a gift from Peter: interesting ideas and recommendations

Beautiful Peter, St. Petersburg, Leningrad - a historic city on the river Neva. Every year it is visited by millions of tourists. They willingly take pictures of the numerous sights. In the archives of Russians, residents of near and far abroad, a myriad of images of "born of the genius of Peter" are kept. In addition to a chic photoreport, what can you bring from St. Petersburg as a gift? This question interests every guest.

There would be a product - the buyer will be found!

Stalls, benches, specialty shops are full of the usual assortment of souvenirs: inexpensive fridge magnets, pens with a subway map, kaleidoscopes "Petersburg suburbs", bells "Aurora", plates on the wall "St. Petersburg", flasks "Palace bridge", snow ball " Bronze Horseman".

At the book fair, popularly called "Krupa" (located in the House of Culture named after NK Krupskaya), an expanse for lovers of souvenir printed products. In this place they do not think much about what to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift.

For small and decent money you can buy everything that your darling likes: from a simple calendar to beautifully designed booklets and books. There are tourists for whom prints smelling of fresh paint are a souvenir more valuable than decorative thimbles, ships, cup holders, watches, mugs, figures of sphinxes.

"Zenit is a champion!

However, many are interested in something special, a status, "chip" of St. Petersburg. Let's try to understand the topic. Let's start with football. As they say: "I support the Dynamo, you are in favor of Zenit!" Masters of a glorious team with an astronomical name knows, it seems, the whole "Pieterburh" (as the indigenous inhabitants of the city often call their city).

Ask the fan of Zenit, who lives anywhere in the world: "What should I bring as a gift from Peter?" 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 antiaircraft coloring: clothes, bags, slippers, dishes. You can buy a "souvenir" in the Central store (the corner of Nevsky and Sadovaya), in the Gostiny Dvor. However, the products can be purchased at other major retail outlets, as well as at the kiosks of the airport, railway station.

Fish - "cucumber"

Often travelers dream of buying something from a meal that is specific to a specific locality. In the era of rapid development of network trading, it is becoming increasingly difficult. It is even more important to know in advance where and what to bring. From Peter as a gift edible, "different from others", bring many travelers. This "zest" can be called a fish with a gentle name "smelt". She smells unusually fresh cucumber.

Of course, catch and sell it not only in these parts. But they are very respected here! The season opens by analogy with the wires of winter and the meeting of spring. The holiday is called Smelt Day (May). The inhabitants of St. Petersburg are accustomed to the European Osmerus. The length of the specimens is fifteen to eighteen centimeters, weight is one hundred grams. The Baltic fish is larger, Ladoga - smaller. The locals always tell you where the delicious rays are sold.

Most smokers of fish dishes smelt as a delicacy. At a price a large inhabitant of the water element is more expensive. However, experts say: the trifle also goes to cheer. It can be fried according to the principle of chips. Crispy deliciousness is like a lot! So there is a choice! It's a pity the smelt season is short.

Revolution of taste failed?

Sweets! That's what you can bring from St. Petersburg as a gift! There is a famous in the historical city confectionery factory named after N.K. Krupskaya (built in 1938). For many years the production was famous for its excellent taste. Bringing home St. Petersburg chocolate, sweets for travelers was considered an immutable law. The only complaint was that they were very sweet. The people of Leningrad explained the problem of the sagary by the Leningrad siege of the past.

During the years of existence, much has changed. In the perestroika of the nineties of the twentieth century, the enterprise became a joint stock company. In 2006, joined the group of Norwegian industrial companies Orkl. More and more often you can hear from gourmets: the application of new technologies and the adjustment of the composition of the "revolution of taste" did not.

They say that the filling of favorite sweets - "Kudesnitsa", "Firebird", "Squirrel", "Mishka in the North" - is not so tender and tasty as before. And the famous chocolate "Special" and "Summer Garden"? Some argue that it is the same as in the good old days, others - that its taste is markedly different from the usual.

Tapestry from the factory "Uzor"

People praise the waffles "Mishutka". They resemble cakes with layers of nuts and chocolate. Fans of peanut ravioli certainly will not regret buying. Chocolate is in demand . In the range not only the usual dogs, cats, birds, turtles. Hardcore dacha owners will probably like chocolate gardeners, newlyweds - doves with rings, figures of the groom with the bride. There are no edible medals with Peter's views.

So, sweets are bought. It is time to continue the action in the direction of expanding knowledge about what to bring from St. Petersburg as a gift. Well-proven vyritskie tapestries. Factory "Pattern" in the village of Vyritsa was founded in 1944. Some strive to call modern paintings a variant of an old wall mat with swans, a kind of kitsch of the XXI century. However, we will not rush with generalizations.

Figures with views of the Gatchina Park, Pushkin scenes are developed by factory artists who graduated from the St. Petersburg Art and Industry Academy. Based on ancient engravings and watercolors. There are reproductions of paintings by famous artists. The quality of the products pleases: the paintings look dignified. A total of about 250 titles have been developed.

Nice heart of retro

Reflections on what can be brought from St. Petersburg from souvenirs as a gift, can lead to the most unexpected places. Near the metro station "Udelnaya" is a flea market. There is an opinion: the inhabitants of Leningrad who possessed a very modest means of life loved old things, stored and protected them. They have accumulated in their apartments a lot of household items, which over time from "nothing special" have turned into cute new generations of retro inhabitants.

There are those who call things "rubbish", old. Judging by how long the market lives and thrives, it is not so. Some tourists manage to buy something antique. But among the admirers of the old days there are a lot of those who feel happy, having bought a cup holder with engraved T-34, a star, the first satellite of the USSR.

Details that are no longer produced, old jewelry, forgotten plates, figurines, - in general, there is something to bring as a gift from Peter. Someone will think that this is not it. How to know: it is possible that it is the gift with the history - what was thought about. Foreign tourists at one time willingly bought "curiosities" in the center of the city, near the Vladimir Cathedral. Now the flea market moved to the outskirts, but it did not cease to be one of the most visited places of the city on the Neva.

Created by decree of Peter the Great's daughter

Probably, the "same" porcelain figurine will fall on your eyes, that half a century ago stood on the table at my mother's, a cigarette-case reminiscent of her grandfather's, like her father's. Everyone will choose what to bring as a gift from Peter, relying on the nostalgic experiences of his and loved ones.

In addition to items for which the buyer is a 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") make cute tea pairs or just cups.

The enterprise was founded in 1744, it was originally the property of the Romanov dynasty. In Soviet times, it was called the Leningrad Porcelain Factory named after Lomonosov. The demand is not only for cups decorated with silhouettes of famous poets and city views, but also thin transparent bone china. Beautiful and elegant in itself, it does not need intricate forms.

Revolutionary chess

There is the concept of agitation porcelain. Artists of the early twentieth century developed images that glorify the proletarian way of life. In the assortment today there are also images of female workers, peasant women, gopnik, chess, who could be popular with the parties formed during the October Revolution of 1917 (the "reds" start and win against the "whites" and vice versa).

There are dishes from Kazimir Malevich, Chashnik and Suetin (supermatism), as well as works created by the imagination of the artist Mikhail Shemyakin. Shop IFZ is 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 of tea and coffee

The assortment is the richest. If there is a desire - to choose a suitable purchase is not a problem. Visit stores or departments in major shopping centers and you can as a museum: "Ballerina Krasavina", "Uzbek with a Tambourine", "Fedor Chaliapin in the Boris Godunov" - these and other statuettes are the porcelain chronicle of the country. Here is a gift you can bring from St. Petersburg!

Cosmetics and paints

Porcelain business does not end! Since Soviet times, the residents of the former USSR know the brand "Nevskaya Cosmetics". Overcrowded with jars, tubes and bottles, the modern beauty market noticeably overshadowed the favorite brand of Soviet women and men, but it continues to please the consumer: both quality and price.

What to bring as a gift from St. Petersburg? Sets for the skin care of the face, legs, hands, hair. Soap. "Bathhouse", "Coniferous", "Children's", probably, is in all shops of the country. But you can pay attention to other types of fragrant. If suddenly something does not fit - small costs. Most consumers respond about products very well.

In "Nevskaya" there was something from those times when in the country oil was butter, sausage - sausage, and cream - cream. Are there any other gifts? You can bring paint from St. Petersburg, which works most famous Russian artists. Moreover, they are used for the restoration of paintings from the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery.

The "Master-class" series is pure color, high light fastness, preservation of tone after drying. The evaluation of professionals is "excellent". For the student of the art department, everything from the Nevskaya Palitra is a dream.

What gift can you bring from St. Petersburg to the future and real Shishkin and Aivazovsky? Oil, watercolor, acrylic paints, brushes, goods for decorators - it's hard to say if there is another place in Russia with such a rich assortment of objects for creativity. Sets of paints are sold in the Gostiny Dvor. There are many specialized stores.