Alternative art, humor and sarcasm, anti-glamour, dark humor

The legendary St. Petersburg café "Saigon" at the corner of Nevsky and Vladimirsky Prospects, a haven for the intelligentsia and bourgeoisie from Dovlatov to Tsoi and from Brodsky to Nikita Shulakov

The "Elvish" or "Elf" garden got its name from the nearby café "Elf." In the 1980s, the café and the square were meeting places for creative people — representatives of the Leningrad underground. Artists, poets, rock musicians, philosophers, and simply hippies gathered in the square. Among them were Viktor Tsoi, Boris Grebenshchikov, and Alexander Bashlachev.

"KAMCHATKA" of Tsoi in St. Petersburg, located at 15 Blokhina Street, is a place that still annually welcomes thousands of pilgrims from all over the world. It is a cult site for fans of Leningrad rock and roll. It was within these walls that many songs by the musical groups "Kino," "Aquarium," and "Alisa" were born. Now, a club-museum dedicated to Viktor Tsoi operates here.

For every resident of St. Petersburg, the green tower on Kirochnaya Street means something different. For the older generation, it is precisely an elite cinema, a Mecca for film connoisseurs; for the younger ones, a tear-off rock club—one of the first in the city. Now it is a church again, but the soot-stained walls remember everything...

An iconic place for fans of Russian rock. It used to be a regular hangout for nonconformists, but the owner of the establishment once promised the locals that it would be peaceful. Clients of this art venue included Shevchuk, Grebenshchikov, Garkusha, and other famous musicians.