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      Zagorodny: Dovlatov, Glasha and the First Police Chief

      ⏱ 1 h🚶 1.7 km🍽 1📍 5 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      Fifty minutes between Dostoevskaya and Pushkinskaya: a bronze Dovlatov on Rubinshteyna, a chapel of the Konevets metochion and parks with Glasha and a bust of Devier.

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        🏛 Dovlatov Monument
        ул. Рубинштейна, 23
        A bronze Dovlatov by the house on Rubinshteina Street where he lived for thirty years — one of the most photographed monuments on the street.
        From Dostoevskaya to Pyat Uglov and along Rubinshteyna — 5 minutes. Dovlatov is by No. 23, with a memorial plaque next to him.
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        • The monument was unveiled on 4 September 2016, for the writer's 75th anniversary; the author is Vyacheslav Bukhaev.
        • Dovlatov lived in this house from 1944 to 1975.
        • The writer is shown coming out of the door of his house.
        • The sculptor thought of giving Dovlatov a cigarette but dropped the idea because of vandals.
        • The writer's widow Elena and daughter Ekaterina came from New York for the unveiling.
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        🍸 Bekitzer
        ул. Рубинштейна, 40/11
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        If you're hungry — falafel or shawarma in pita at Bekitser, Rubinshteyna 40, by Pyat Uglov.
        🍴 An Israeli gastrobar at the end of Rubinstein Street, noisy and open until morning, with Tel Aviv street food. What to order: shawarma in pita, falafel, hummus, shakshuka.
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        🏛 Church of the Konevets Icon of the Mother of God
        Загородный пр., 7
        A small chapel-church in the row of houses on Zagorodny — the Petersburg metochion of the Ladoga Konevets Monastery.
        Back to Zagorodny, No. 7: a small entrance right off the sidewalk. The church is open in the daytime, and you can pop in for a couple of minutes.
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        • The chapel was built in 1821–1822 and in 1864–1866 it was enlarged and rebuilt by Ivan Slupsky.
        • It is the metochion of the Konevets Monastery on Konevets Island in Ladoga.
        • In 1919 the chapel became a parish church, and in 1932 it was closed.
        • In summer 1993 the building was returned to the monastery, and services have been held here again since 1997.
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        🌳 Dovlatov Square and Glasha the Fox Terrier
        Загородный пр., между домами 15 и 17
        A tiny park on Zagorodny with Dovlatov's bronze fox terrier.
        Across the road and along Zagorodny — the park between Nos. 15 and 17. Look for Glasha by the fence.
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        Dovlatov Square and Glasha the Fox Terrier
        © Bogdanov-62 · CC BY 4.0
        • The park received Dovlatov's name in 2018.
        • For the writer's 80th anniversary, in 2021, a monument to his fox terrier Glasha was put up here; the author is Vyacheslav Bukhaev.
        • By tradition Dovlatov's birthday, 24 August, is celebrated in the park.
        • Across the road, between buildings 36 and 40, is Jazz Square, on the site of a house bombed in the war.
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        🌳 Zvenigorodsky Square with the Devier Bust
        ул. Марата, 79 (угол Звенигородской ул.)
        An old front garden at the corner of Marata and Zvenigorodskaya with a bust of Petersburg's first chief of police.
        Along Marata Street to Zvenigorodskaya — 10 minutes. The Devier bust is behind the fence of the front garden, entrance from Marata. It's 5 minutes to Pushkinskaya and Zvenigorodskaya.
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        Zvenigorodsky Square with the Devier Bust
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The front garden before building 79 on Marata Street was laid out in the late 18th century, together with the house itself.
        • The park took its name from Zvenigorodskaya Street in 2013.
        • In 2018, for the 300th anniversary of the Russian police, a bust of Petersburg's first chief of police, Anton Devier, was unveiled here.
        • The authors of the bust are the sculptor Vladimir Brodarsky and the architect Yulia Reznichenko.

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