You might want to spend some time browsing the exhibits at Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad, Blockade Museum, or Anna Akhmatova Museum at the Fountain House. While you're exploring, swing by Church of the Holy Righteous Simeon and Anna the Prophetess, Bolshoi Saint Petersburg State Circus, and St. Michael's Castle to learn a bit about the area. You can check out the local talent at Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall, St. Petersburg Comedy Theatre Akimov, and St. Petersburg Philharmonia.