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May you know any "exact" place in St. Petersburg where my friend could buy a Cheburashka doll and maybe other Cheburashka-related stuff for me? I am also interested in places where you can buy souvenirs (especially interested in T-shirts) for reasonable prices?
Thanks for your replies in advance!
Cheburashkas of all sorts have been industrially produced since the very popular children book and cartoon were released in 1970s. Still now you can find it in the big stores selling children goods, usually called "Detskiy mir" - 'Children World' (there must be one in St. Pete).
Search the net for Cheburashka related goods, you can always find some stuff. Like this for instance:
http://goldengrail.com/goods/72/0/3301/details.html
Last time I bought one in underground pedestrian crossing on a Garden Ring just in front of MID - Ministry of International Affairs. There were choice of different size from 50 r. to 300 r. Quite the same price I saw in an underground cross under Lubyanskaya sq. (assume that you want to cross square from KGB building to "Children's World store") and at the entrance to the metro staition Kitai-Gorod.
I think that prize for these kind of toys in big bazars can be higher that in the streets, but I am not sure.
Thanks a lot for the hints, I hope my friend can find one - should be after so many suggestions!=))
Pavel, I am afraid they are going to St. Pete, while you are talking of Moscow... ;-)
oops ... sorry
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