About the book: 2021 / This book is a continuation of a series of original guides to the streets, squares and embankments of St. Petersburg. Today we will talk about Rubinstein Street and the adjacent Grafsky and Shcherbakov lanes. Publications dedicated to them are not numerous, yet their history is very interesting and is connected with many generations of St. Petersburg residents who belonged to different classes, nationalities and professions, who lived, served or visited here: military men and officials, merchants and townspeople, writers and artists, artists and architects...You will see the stories of the destinies of more than two hundred and fifty famous people, and the authors will try to reveal the secrets that local houses keep. The emergence of this small street, stretching 700 meters from Nevsky Prospect to the intersection with Zagorodny Prospekt and Lomonosov Street, dates back to the time of Empress Anna Ioannovna! At the turn of the century, Rubinstein Street was and remains one of the centers of theatrical and musical life in the Northern capital. Today the street continues to live and develop, walking along it, it’s as if we, together with you, find ourselves in a European city with different architecture and cuisines from many countries.