This spacetime journey will take us to the stark, dusty and solemn districts along Obvodny canal that once marked the boundary of the old city and later became its industrial artery.

Our main destination will be half-abandoned Red Triangle factory – once the largest producer of rubber goods in Russian Empire, and nowadays the largest spot of industrial decay in Saint Petersburg. Its enormous complex, haunted by the ghosts of a glorious and tragic past, has a very peculiar life today – and a walk through its dark and dusty ruins can add a lot to one’s understanding of Russia’s past and present. Our walk ends in one of the first districts of Soviet Leningrad that also has a story of its own – story of the troubled years of Russian Revolution and Civil War, high hopes and futuristic visions of the 1920s, and a long fall of Soviet utopia.

Starting at: Frunzenskaya subway station
Finishing at: Narvskaya subway station
Duration: 3 hours