Market Friday. I'm going shopping at Kirov Department Store

Greetings, friends, in the Market Friday challenge!

The other day I felt the need to buy a new surge protector, so I went shopping at a specialty store. There are small electrical stores near my house, but they have a very small selection, and a surge protector may not be there at all, so I decided to go to a big department store. The closest department store to my house is near the Narva Triumphal Gate.

I stopped at Narva Square to take some pictures. The Narva Gate was built in memory of the heroes of the Patriotic War of 1812. Here was the border of the city, through the gate passed the Russian troops returning from the battlefields. At first the gates were made of wood, but later they were replaced by a stone construction.

In the background, behind the gate, you can see a constructivist building, which houses the Palace of Arts. To the right, on the gable end of the house you can see a huge panel reminding of the Soviet period of history and speaking about the revolutionary events at the Narva gates. A little to the left of the gate is a small round pavilion, one of the city's first metro stations.

But I need to enter the building on the other side of the square, the Kirov Department Store. This building is also in the style of constructivism, as is the building of the Palace of Arts opposite. But commerce is much less conservative than art, and this building has been reconstructed many times to meet changing needs. The interior of this department store is not much different from the interiors of ordinary shopping malls.

The first thing I saw when I entered the department store was an unusual exposition on the first floor of the building, in the circular lobby. Zaporozhets cars could have attracted attention on their own, but it was these cars that were especially noticeable, they were painted in the most bizarre ways. This small exhibition was made to promote the motor festival that will be held in St. Petersburg in the summer of 2021.

The text on the poster reads: "ZAZ-966 and ZAZ-968 are legendary small cars of Zaporozhye automobile plant that were produced from 1966 till 1994. The car has a traditional rear-engine layout and went down in the history of the Soviet automobile industry as a people's car".

I was so caught up in looking at the cars that I didn't immediately remember the purpose of my visit to the department store.

I have to go up to the second floor to get to the store that sells digital and home appliances. From the escalator to the store I have to walk across the glass floor. The glass is frosted, so I can't see what's going on downstairs.

And here is the showcase I came here for. On the left there are the surge protectors of "Pilot" brand, the price of these filters varies from 1000 to 1750 rubles, which is $13,5 - $23,5. But a little to the right are similar devices, made at a local factory. Their price is about 2.5 times lower. One of these mains filters I choose.

That is the end of today's outing, I exit the department store and find myself on the square near the Narva Gate again. Thank you for keeping me company on this shopping trip!

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Smartphone	Xiaomi Redmi 3
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia

This is my entry for the #marketfriday challenge by @dswigle.