'Behind the Facade: 25 Letters about St. Petersburg and Its Residents' is a project from the well-known online publication 'Paper,' now available in print. The book's authors, young St. Petersburg local historians Alexey Shishkin and Elya Novopashennaya, have selected the most striking and interesting stories of St. Petersburg's buildings. After reading this book, you'll not only 'take a stroll' through the northern capital but also see it from a completely different perspective.

You will be able to:
- find out where the local anarchist estate was located;
- 'visit' the place where 'Travel from St. Petersburg to Moscow' was first published;
- look at Kuindzhi's house, where the artist himself never lived.

'Behind the Facade: 25 Letters about St. Petersburg and Its Residents' will be a wonderful gift for anyone interested in local history, but does not always have the opportunity to personally explore the streets of the city. This publication will not leave indifferent both native residents of the city and those who, having seen St. Petersburg once, fell in love with it forever.