Did you ever wonder what the tsars did with their horses when they died? Well, they buried them in a little graveyard in the northern part of the Alexander Park in Pushkin. Here you can see the graves of Bashkir, Hawk and L’Ami, the horse on which Alexander I rode into Paris after Napoleon’s defeat. It has been partially restored, although quite a bit still needs to be done.

Getting there: from Vitebsky station, take a train to Detskoe selo station, or from Moskovskaya meto, take marshrutka N289, N299, N376 or N342, and get out at either the park or Gostiny-Dvor stop.