Sennaya Ploshchad - safety question

[Vladimir Shatsev]

Sennaya ploshad’  and its vicinity is a special place only because it 
depicted in first of all Dostoyevski  Crime and Punishment. A reader of 
Gogol, Pushkin, Lermontov is also could find some interesting bridges, 
houses, lanes  or crossroads mentioned in their works.
In St.Petersburg every step is dangerous.
As for  Sennaya … It is   notorious place just because of literature. You 
can open the book of Dostoevski and found out that he described not only his 
time, but predicted  our time. Listen and hear  all these “sounds and fury” 
of ideological conversations full of drama, full of emotions.
But people who are not experienced in Russian literature will find only 
messy square with sometimes modern buildings as McDonalds for example, not 
more. It depends of point of view .

Vladimir Shatsev




>From: Renee Stillings | Alinga <renee at ALINGA.COM>
>Reply-To: Renee Stillings | Alinga <renee at alinga.com>
>To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
>Subject: [SEELANGS] Sennaya Ploshchad - safety question
>Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:16:29 -0500
>
>A question to the list - particularly anyone who is now in St. Petersburg 
>or has spent considerable time there recently.
>
>Apparently some guidebooks are indicating that Sennaya Ploshchad is a 
>particulary dangerous area and that one should be on guard, especially at 
>night. What I am trying to figure out is why this particular area is being 
>singled out. The instances of pickpocketing are definitely up in general in 
>the center, particularly where tourists might roam. Has something else been 
>going on in the Sennaya Ploshchad area making it any different than say 
>Nevsky prospect/Gostiny dvor, or even say Red Square in Moscow? Anything 
>that basic big-city alertness wouldn't prevent?
>
>Thanks in advance for any replies.
>
>Renee
>
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