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История переименований:
Admiralteisky Ave
(January 13, 1944)
Roshalya Ave
(October 1918 – January 13, 1944)
Admiralteisky Ave
(March 7, 1880 – October 1918)
Admiralteiskaya Line
(April 20, 1738 - 1753)
Bolshoy Ave
(1804 - 1817)
Bolshaya St.
(1776 – 1798)
Bolshoy Admiralteisky Ave
(1775 - 1822)
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Admiralteisky Avenue
ADMIRALTEISKY AVENUE (Admiralty Avenue) in the mid-to-late 18th century - Admiralteiskaya Street or Bolshaya Street, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Avenue in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917). A link between Palace Square and St
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Admiralty
ADMIRALTY, in the 18-19 centuries - a place for the building and repairing of warships, provided with all the necessary equipment (dockyards, ship-ways, slipways, storehouses, workshops, etc.). In St
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Admiralty Fortress
ADMIRALTY FORTRESS, founded together with the Main Admiralty on 5 November 1704. The design of the fortress was drafted by Tsar Peter the Great under the guidance of Y.V. Bruce
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Artel of Artists
ARTEL OF ARTISTS (St. Petersburg Artel of Artists), the first ideological association of democratically-minded Russian artists. Founded in 1863 on I. N. Kramskoy's initiative by participants of the so-called Revolt of 14 - graduating students of the
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Gorokhovaya Street
GOROKHOVAYA STREET, runs from Admiralteysky Avenue to Zagorodny Avenue, crossing the Moika River (Krasny Bridge), Griboedova Canal (Kamenny Bridge) and the Fontanka River (Semenovsky Bridge)
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Insurance companies (entry)
INSURANCE COMPANIES, financial and credit institutions, which deal with various kinds of insurance (life, real estate, personal estate insurance, etc.), the basic principle of which consists in compensating damages incurred by one person through
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Kramskoy I.N., (1837-1887), Artist
KRAMSKOY Ivan Nikolaevich (1837-1887, St. Petersburg) was an artist and public figure. He studied at the Academy of Arts (1857-63) under A. T. Markov. He was a member of the Academy from 1869
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Launitz von der V.F. chief of city administration in 1906
LAUNITZ (v. der Launitz) Vladimir Fedorovich (1855-1906), statesman, Major-General (1905). He graduated from Page Corps school in St. Petersburg (1873). In 1873-87 he served in Guards Cavalry, participated in the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78
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Lobanov-Rostovsky, House of
LOBANOV-ROSTOVSKY, HOUSE OF (12 Admiralteisky Avenue), an architectural monument of high classicism. An early work of the architect A.A. Montferrand, it was constructed in 1817-1820 for Prince A.Y. Lobanov-Rostovsky
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Ministry of War
MINISTRY OF WAR (in 1802-08, called the Ministry of Land Forces), a central government institution, military headquarters in the 19th - early 20th centuries. Instituted according to the Manifesto of 8 September 1802
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Museum of History of Political Police
MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF POLITICAL POLICE (6 Admiralty Avenue /2 Gorokhovaya Street), was founded in 1974 as F. E. Dzerzhinsky’s memorial study and in 1975 became a branch of the Museum of the Great October Socialist Revolution (see Museum of Russian
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Nevsky Prospect
NEVSKY PROSPECT known as Bolshaya Pershpektivnaya Road or Bolshaya Pershpektiva until 1738, Nevskaya Prospektivaya Street or Nevskaya Perspektiva in 1738-1780s, and 25 October Avenue in 1918-44 so named in memory of the October Revolution of 1917
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Popov A.S., (1859-1905), physicist
POPOV Alexander Stepanovich (1859-1905, St. Petersburg), physicist and electrical engineer. He graduated from the University of St. Petersburg in 1882. From 1883 to 1900, he taught at various military educational institutions of Kronstadt and St
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Ryleev K.F. (1795-1826), decembrist
RYLEEV Kondraty Fedorovich (1795-1826, St. Petersburg), poet, decembrist, retired 2nd lieutenant. Came to St. Petersburg in 1801. Graduated from the First Cadet Corps (1814). He participated in the Foreign Campaigns of 1813-14
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St. Isaac Square
St.ISAAC SQUARE (St. Isaac’s Square, in 1923-44, Vorovskogo Square), one of the central squares of St. Petersburg. Located between Admiralteisky Avenue and Mariinsky Palace
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Tramway
TRAMWAY (borrowed into Russian as the word derived from English tram (carriage) and way), a means of city rail transport. Three kinds of tramways are known: horse-drawn (see Horse-tram)
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Voznesensky Avenue
VOZNESENSKY AVENUE, translated as Ascension Avenue, between Admiralteisky Avenue and Fontanka River Embankment. It was laid in the early 18th century. It runs towards the tower of the Main Admiralty and crosses St Isaac’s Square
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