If you want to fully experience the spirit of St. Petersburg, be sure to go to the Five Corners, a well-known node of the Northern Capital for any Petersburger. Five corners occupy the first place in the list of unofficial attractions of St. Petersburg. This intersection became famous thanks to many celebrities who lived here, as well as the works of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky. It is generally accepted that the Five Corners have a powerful energy, and the intersection of famous streets attracts the attention of many people.

The architecture of the buildings in this area is quite remarkable. It is amazing, but on a short section of Zagorodny Avenue, three streets converge, on which there are five famous houses. How can so many buildings fit into such a small area at the same time? The explanation is simple — the two buildings have the shape of a triangle, with an acute angle looking at Zagorodny Prospect.

The most notable building at the intersection of the Five Corners is Ioffa's apartment building, designed by Lishnevsky. This building is an example of neoclassical style with a graceful turret topped with a rounded dome, which seems to be the home of a stargazer. Astrophysicist Matvey Petrovich Bronstein lived in this house in the 1930s. He was engaged in quantum theory and cosmology. Like many Russian scientists, he was shot during the Stalinist repressions.

His wife was the daughter of writer Korney Chukovsky, beloved by all children, Lydia Korneyevna, who miraculously managed to escape arrest. Left alone, she became friends with Anna Akhmatova, whose husband, Nikolai Gumilyov, was also shot, and her son was exiled to work in Norilsk. Akhmatova often visited Lydia Korneevna in the Apartment House. Chukovskaya's book “Notes on Anna Akhmatova” is devoted to the great Russian poetess, which describes their conversations.

Another remarkable building is located on the corner of Zagorodny Prospekt and Chernyshev Lane — the Commercial School, created on the initiative of Prokofiy Demidov. In the last years of the XIX century, the building became private property.

But in order to feel the atmosphere of the Five Corners, to feel cut off from time and lost in different eras, be sure to visit this crossroads yourself.