Ukuba undwendwela isixeko sase Petersburg Qiniseka ukuba undwendwela abadumileyo Iikholamu zeRostralEsi sisikhumbuzo sobuqaqawuli baselwandle baseRussia, esakhiwa ngo-1810 yiprojekthi yomyili wezakhiwo uTomas de Tomon kwiKapa le Isiqithi saseVasilievsky.
Kuya kutsalela ingqalelo yakho ukuba ezi ntsika zihonjiswe ngamanani amatye abonisa imifula yaseRussia: iVolga, iDnieper, iNeva neVolkhov. Kananjalo uyakuqaphela ukuba iziseko zigqityiwe ngokubonisa ubuso kunye nokuhamba kweenqanawa.
Enye inkcukacha eyongezelelweyo: kwelona candelo liphezulu leekholamu kukho ii-lumbreras (ii-bonfires) ezakhe zasebenza njengezibane zokukhanya ekungeneni kwizibuko kwaye zasebenza njengesikhokelo soomatiloshe. Ngoku babakhanyisela kuphela kumatheko amakhulu esikhumbuzo.
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba esi siqithi sesona sikhulu eSt Petersburg esikumlomo weNeva. Nazi izakhiwo zaselwandle, iyunivesithi yesixeko, kunye nezinye zeembono ezilungileyo esixekweni. Phakathi kweemyuziyam kukho iMyuziyam yaseNavy, iMyuziyam yeZoology, iMyuziyam yeAnthropology kunye ne-Ethnografi okanye iKunstkammer kunye neAkhademi yoBugcisa.
