Chizhik-Pyzhik
Thumb-sized bronze songbird above a river, said to bring luck to a coin balanced on its ledge.
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This guide to Chizhik-Pyzhik in Saint Petersburg introduces the thumb-sized bronze songbird that artist Rezo Gabriadze set above the Fontanka in 1994, and the old drinking song about green-and-yellow-clad law students that gave him his name. It traces the local belief that a coin balanced on his narrow ledge brings luck, and the string of thefts that have sent the bird missing more than once since he arrived. Listen for the river below as you search the parapet for him.
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