Sergey Nosov is a writer, poet, winner of a number of literary and theatrical awards (the prize named after him). Gogol Prize. Andrey Tolubeyev, the National Bestseller Award, etc.), finalist of the Big Book and Russian Booker awards. His book is written in the genre of "other local lore", but at the same time it is a phenomenon of fiction. Entertaining, easy narration, unique author's intonation, unobtrusive humor, a fresh and unexpected look at things from which it is not customary to expect anything interesting - all this is in the new work of Nosov. The heroes of the book are mostly not the most famous, little-known and generally not known (there are also such monuments in St. Petersburg). All of them 'live' a tense and hidden life from the untrained observer, often coming into contact with people and the environment. In essence, this book is not so much about monuments, but about us and our history, about what is often called the 'irony of history', about the strangeness of history, its tragedy and uniqueness. The book is richly illustrated with original photographs of the author.