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Podzorny Island

PODZORNY ISLAND (Observation Island) is a defunct island that was situated at the mouth of the Fontanka River and was about two hectares in area. It was named after the Observation House situated on the island in the early 18th century

Pokrovsky Island

POKROVSKY ISLAND, translated as Intercession Island, area between the Fontanka River, Griboedova Canal, and Kryukov Canal. The area is about 40 hectares. The island was a part of Pervushin Island that also included Kolomensky Island, Kazansky Island

Rezvy Maly Island

REZVY MALY ISLAND in the Ekaterinhofka River, downstream the mouth of the Tarakanovka River. It is linked to Gutuevsky Island via a wooden bridge. The island is about two hectares in area, 300 metres long, and 100 metres wide

Spassky Island

SPASSKY ISLAND, translated as Saviour Island, situated in the centre of St. Petersburg between the Fontanka River, Moika River, Griboedova Canal, and Kryukov Canal. It is over 230 hectares in area

Troitsky Island

TROITSKY ISLAND (Trinity Island) used to bear the name Petrogradsky Island, along with the name of Gorodskoy Island in the first third of the 18th century. After, it was renamed after the Holy Trinity and St. Peter's Cathedral. Е. А

Tuchkov Buyan

TUCHKOV BUYAN (1a Bolshoy Avenue of the Petrogradskaya Side), an architectural monument in the style of Early Classicism, consisting of a set of hemp storehouses, which include three stone structures

Vasilievsky Island

VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, the largest island in the estuary of the Neva 1,090 hectares in area. The island is washed by the Bolshaya Neva in the south and the Malaya Neva in the northeast

Volny Island

VOLNY ISLAND, name of two now defunct islands. 1) Volny Island at the mouth of the Malaya Neva River where the coasts watch post was situated until the early 20th century. It was linked to Dekabristov Island after deposition of soil in 1960s

Zayachy Island

ZAYACHY ISLAND situated in the broadest part of the Neva. In the north, it is separated from Petrogradsky Island with Kronverksky Strait. The island is 28 hectares in area, 900 metres long, and 500 metres wide


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