Admiralteisky District

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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. It was formed in 1994 by merging Leninsky and Oktyabrsky districts. It was named after the former Admiralty Police Department and the Main Admiralty. It is located between the Bolshaya Neva River, the Obvodny Canal and partially to the south of the latter, where it borders on Moskovsky and Kirovsky districts (to the south-west). It borders on Central District on the east. It is connected with Vasilievsky Island with Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge. The area of the district is 13.8 sq.km (the smallest in St. Petersburg) with the population of 181,100 people (2003). There are six municipal division located at the district's territory, including Sennoy okrug, Izmailovskoye, Kolomna, Admiralteysky okrug, municipal okrugs Nos. 4 and 6. The district's history is closely connected with the history of the Russian fleet. It housed Main Admiralty, the Admiralty Shipyard, St. Nicolas Naval Cathedral and Christ the Saviour Church (not preserved). The naval history of the district is reflected in the names of its streets, including Bolshaya and Malaya Morskaya, Galernaya, and Lotsmanskaya (Pilot) Streets. The building started in 1704 with the construction of the shipyard and Admiralty Fortress to protect the latter. By the middle of the 18th century, quarters along the Neva River between the Admiralty and Galley Yard, and Naval quarter (along present-day Bolshaya Morskaya Street) were built-up with stone buildings. The present-day planning of the territory located to the north of the Obvodny Canal was formed in the early 19th century. The "industrial belt" along the Obvodny Canal was formed in the second half of the 19th century due to railroad construction. The district has five metro stations, including Baltiyskaya, Tekhnologichesky Institut, Pushkinskaya, Frunzenskaya, and Sennaya Ploschad-Sadovaya; and three railway stations, including Vitebsky, Baltiysky and Varshavsky. The following rivers flow through the district: Moika, Fontanka and Pryazhка, and canals: Griboyedova, Kryukov, Obvodny, et al. The main thoroughfares and traffic centres of the district include Admiralty and Angliiskaya Embankments, the Fontanka River Embankment and the Obvodny Canal Embankment, Voznesensky and Izmailovsky Avenues, Sadovaya Street, Lermontovsky Avenue, Staro-Petergofsky Avenue, Teatralnaya Square and St. Isaac Square. A lot of cultural and tourist attractions are located in the territory of the district, including Mariinsky Theatre, the Theatre of Young Spectators named after Alexander Bryantsev, Conservatory, St. Isaac's Cathedral, and the Manezh Central Exhibition Hall. The district houses the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, the State Russian Historic Archives, the Russian Geographic Society, Technological Institute, Architectural and Construction University, Baltic State Technical University named after Ustinov, the Astoria Hotel and the Sovietskaya Hotel. Over 50 industrial enterprises are located in the district, including Admiralteyskie Verfi, the Treugolnik Factory of Rubber Footwear, the Goznak Factory, the Sovietskaya Zvezda Spinning Factory, the Stepan Razin Brewery, the Petmol Dairy, the Foil Rolling Factory, the Metallist Factory, et al. There are 169 architectural and historical monuments protected by the state, including St. Isaac's Cathedral, St. Nicolas Naval Cathedral and Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment; Mariinsky, Yusupov and Nikolayevsky Palaces, the Senate and Sinod Building, the House of Lobanov-Rostovsky, et al. (see relevant articles); monuments to Peter the Great (the Bronze Horseman), Emperor Nicolas I, A. Bethencourt, Mikhail Glinka, Mikhail Lermontov, Peter Lesgaft, Georgy Plekhanov, Nikolay Rimsky-Korskakov, et al.

References: Даринский А. В. Невский край: С.-Петербург и Ленингр. обл.: Природа. Население. Хоз-во. Р-ны. СПб., 2000; Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000; Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001; Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культурную ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001; Сушко А. М. Кораблик по небу плывет, или Сказ об Адмиралтейском районе. СПб., 2001.

Е. А. Bondarchuk, P.Y. Yudin. Bethencourt Avgustin Avgustinovich
Bryantsev Alexander Alexandrovich
Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich
Lermontov Mikhail Yurievich
Lesgaft Peter Franzevich
Nicholas I, Emperor
Plekhanov Georgy Valentinovich
Razin Stepan Timofeevich
Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolay Andreevich
Ustinov Dmitry Fedorovich
Admiralteyskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Angliiskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Bolshaya Morskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Izmailovsky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Izmailovsky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 10
Lermontovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Obvodny Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
St.Isaac's Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Staro-Petergofsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Teatralnaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Voznesensky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Октябрьский район
Ленинский район
Адмиралтейский район
Даринский А. В., Асеева И. В. География Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 1996
Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000
Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001
Сушко А. М. Кораблик по небу плывет, или Сказ об Адмиралтейском районе. СПб., 2001
Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культур. ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001 Admiralty
Admiralty Shipyard
St. Nicholas' Naval Cathedral
Admiralty Fortress
Galley Yard
Vitebsky Railway Station
Baltiysky Railway Station
Varshavsky Railway Station
Mariinsky Theatre
Young People's Theatre
Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory
St. Isaac's Cathedral
Russian Historical Archive
Russian Geographical Society
State Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg
Architectural-Construction University, St. Petersburg State
Ustinov Baltic Technical University
Astoria Hotel
Admiralty Dockyards
Goznaka Paper Factory
Foil Rolling Plant
Mariinsky Palace
Yusupov Palace (94 Moika River Embankment)
Nikolaevsky Palace (Palace of Labour)
Senate and Synod Buildings
Lobanov-Rostovsky, House of
Bronze Horseman