Rubinstein St., The Main Restaurant Street of St. Petersburg, Russia

If you're not sure where to eat in Saint Petersburg, go to Rubinstein street which is the main restaurant street in the city.

The street founded as just the lane in 1740. It used to be named as Troitsky Lane, then Troitskaya Street. And only in 1929 it was named after Anton Rubinstein, Russian composer, pianist and founder of Saint Petersburg Conservatory who used to lived at this street in a building number 38.

Rubinstein street is also known for Leningradsky Rock Club which is back in 80's gave a lot of big rock names to Russia. Enough to say the legendary Kino with Victor Tsoy played their first concerts.

In the residential building at Rubinstein street, 23, back in 60-70's lived Sergey Dovlatov, one of the most popular Russian writers and journalist . Now there is a whole memorial with his full-length sculpture.


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