Robespierre Embankment

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ROBESPIERRE EMBANKMENT (in 1887-1916 Voskresenskaya Embankment, after the Holy Resurrection Church; until 1923 Belgiiskaya Embankment), on the left bank of the Neva River, between Smolnaya Embankment and Liteiny Avenue. It was renamed after a figure of French Revolution, M. Robespierre (1758-94). The embankment has been built up since the second half of the 19th century. In 1853- 56, part of the embankment was faced with granite. In 1925, the bank was strengthened. In 1936, the school building was erected by architects A.I. Gegello and N.M. Ustvolskaya). Before the construction of the embankment in 1977-80, construction materials, firewood and timber were unloaded on this territory. In the 1980-90s, Robespierre Embankment was built up with new houses. In 1995, a monument to victims of political repression (artist M.M. Shemyakin, architect V.B. Bukhaev) was placed on the slope to the Neva River.

Reference: Брандт И. Б. Набережная Робеспьера // БА. 1977. № 7. С. 42-49; Константинов А. С. Кварталы на набережной Робеспьера // ЛП. 1986. № 5. С. 9-10; Заушкевич Г. В. История застройки территории между Шпалерной улицей и Невой западнее Воскресенского проспекта // Петербургские чтения. СПб., 1993. Вып. 1. С. 149-151.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Bukhaev Vyacheslav Borisovich
Gegello Alexander Ivanovich
Robespierre Maximilian
Shemyakin Mikhail Mikhailovich
Ustvolskaya Natalia Mikhailovna
Liteiny Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Robespierre Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Smolnaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Константинов А. С. Кварталы на набережной Робеспьера // Ленингр. панорама, 1986
Брандт И. Б. Набережная Робеспьера // Блокнот агитатора, 1977
Заушкевич Г. В. История застройки территории между Шпалерной улицей и Невой западнее Воскресенского проспекта // Петербургские чтения. СПб., 1993