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Adress index / Saint Petersburg, city / Lermontovsky Ave
История переименований:
Novo-Petergofsky Ave (March 5, 1871 - September 24, 1912)
Zagorodny Ave (1849 - March 5, 1871)
Narvsky Zagorodny Ave (1836 - 1844)
avenue leading to Novo-Obvodny Canal 1828
avenue leading to Obvodny City Canal 1821
Maly Izmailovsky Ave (1798 - 1822)
Lermontovsky Ave (as of September 24, 1912)
Bolshaya Masterskaya St. (1798 -September 24, 1912)
Mogilevskaya St. (July 14, 1859 – September 24, 1912)
Gryaznaya St. (1801 -July 14, 1859)
Staraya Kanonerskaya St. (1798 - 1822)
Bolshaya Poperechnaya St. (1776 - 1793)

Admiralteisky District

ADMIRALTEISKY DISTRICT, (Admiralty) an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg (Its territory administration is located at 10 Izmailovsky Avenue), is one of the central districts of the city

Cavos A.K. (1800-1863), architect.

CAVOS Albert Katarinovich (1800, St. Petersburg - 1863, Peterhof), architect, representative of the late Neoclassicism of Italian descent. A son of C. A. Cavos. He studied at the University of Padua (Italy) under the guidance of C. I. Rossi

Egyptian Bridge

EGYPTIAN BRIDGE, spanning the Fontanka River, on Lermontovsky Avenue. Built in 1825-26 (engineers V.A. Khristianovich, V.K. Traitteur). A single-span chain bridge with rich architectural mounting in Egyptian style; on the approaches are four cast

Griboyedova Canal

GRIBOYEDOVA CANAL (the Ekaterininsky Canal in 1767-1923) starts from the Moika River at the Field of Mars and flows into the Fontanka River at Malo-Kalinkin Bridge. It is 5 km long and 32 meters wide with water flow of 3.1 - 3.4 m3

Hotels (entry)

HOTELS. In St. Petersburg's early years, visitors stayed at hostelries, taverns or with acquaintances. With the spread of commerce, there appeared "guest yards", or visitor's complexes, in front of which merchants sold goods. One of the first St

Kanonerskaya Street

KANONERSKAYA STREET, running from Lermontovsky Avenue beyond Angliisky Avenue. The street was laid in the 1740s. The original name, Shkiperskaya Street (1739), never entered everyday use, and the street was given its modern name in the 1770s

Kolomna

KOLOMNA, a historical district in the west part of St. Petersburg, between the Bolshaya Neva, Moika, Fontanka and Kryukov Canal. The name appeared in the early 18th century, most likely, on account of working people from the town of Kolomna

Krasnoarmeiskie Streets, First - Thirteenth

KRASNOARMEISKAYA STREETS, FIRST - THIRTEENTH (until 1923, the First - Twelfth Roty, and Zarotnaya Street). First - Seventh Krasnoarmeiskaya Streets are located between Moskovsky Avenue and Izmailovsky Avenue; Eighth Krasnoarmeiskaya Street

Lermontov M.Y. (1814-1841), poet

LERMONTOV Mikhail Yurievich (1814-1841), poet, prose writer, playwright. The descendant of G. Lermont, an immigrant from Scotland. Without graduating from Moscow University, Lermontov came to St

Lermontovsky Avenue

LERMONTOVSKY AVENUE, running between Dekabristov Street and Obvodny Canal Embankment. Formed in 1912 as part of the joining of Bolshaya Masterskaya Street (from Dekabristov Street to Griboedova Canal)

Levinson E.A. (1894-1968), architect

LEVINSON Evgeny Adolfovich (1894-1968, Leningrad), architect and artist, Associate of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (from 1941), Doctor of Architecture (1946)

Military Colleges (entry)

MILITARY COLLEGES, military high schools for training army officers. They appeared in the early 19th century. Reorganised and unified in 1859-64, they had uniform admission rules, curriculum and organisation

Mussorgsky М.P., (1839-1881), composer

MUSSORGSKY Modest Petrovich (1839-1881, St. Petersburg), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1849, he studied at St. Petrischule and the Guards and Cavalry Cadets College in 1852-56, situated at the present-day 54 Lermontovsky Avenue

Novo-Petergofsky Bridge

NOVO-PETERGOFSKY BRIDGE, over Obvodny Canal, linking Lermontovsky Avenue (former Novo-Petergofsky Avenue, hence the name) and Baltiiskogo Vokzala Square. A wooden three-span angular-shaped strutted beam bridge had been situated on this site since

Pechkovsky N.K., (1896-1966), singer

PECHKOVSKY Nikolay Konstantinovich (1896-1966, Leningrad), opera actor (lyric drama tenor), People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1939). Began on the stages of Moscow's dramatic theatres in 1910

Rizhsky Avenue

RIZHSKY AVENUE, between Lermontovsky Avenue and the Ekateringofka River. Since 1776, it was known as Izmailovskaya Street (after Izmailovsky Life Guard Regiment quartered nearby), Izmailovsky Avenue and Novoizmailovsky Avenue, St

Semenov-Tyan-Shansky P.P., (1827-1914), geographer

SEMENOV-TYAN-SHANSKY (real name Semenov) Peter Petrovich (1827, St. Petersburg - 1914, Petrograd), geographer, statistician, public figure and statesman, honorary member of the St

Synagogue Grand Choral

THE GRAND CHORAL SYNAGOGUE, located at 2 Lermontovsky Avenue. An architectural monument, constructed in 1883-93 for the needs of the Judaic community of St. Petersburg. The construction was financed by Baron G. E. Ginzburg (architects I. I

Toponymy of St. Petersburg

TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation

Troitsky Avenue

TROITSKY AVENUE, from Izmaylovsky Avenue to Lermontovsky Avenue; the avenue is the extension of First Krasnoarmeyskaya Street. In the late 18th century, the avenue was known as First Street, called Troitskaya Street from the 1830s (Troitsky Avenue)

Yanson Y.E. (1835-1893), statistician and economist

YANSON Yuly Eduardovich (1835-1893, St. Petersburg), statistician and economist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1892. He graduated from Kiev University with a major in history and philology in 1855. Lived in St