Around Znamenskaya Square. The development history of Vosstaniya Square, the Ligovsky Canal, and Vosstaniya and Pushkinskaya Streets.
Around Znamenskaya Square. The development history of Vosstaniya Square, the Ligovsky Canal, and Vosstaniya and Pushkinskaya Streets.
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The new work of Andrei Gusarov acquaints readers with the history of the appearance and formation in St. Petersburg of one of the main centers of the city of Vosstaniya Square (former Znamenskaya) and the development of adjacent neighborhoods. In the book, readers will find a story about the pre-Petrine past of the territory occupied by the Uprising Square, learn how the shores of the Ligovsky Canal were built up for decades, and Pushkinskaya and Vosstaniya (former Znamenskaya) streets appeared on the city map.
The history of the Moscow (Mykolaiv) railway station, the famous Northern (October) hotel and the unpreserved Znamenskaya church, on the site of which the ground pavilion of the metro station is built, is presented in detail. An important part of the story is devoted to the fate of the monument to Emperor Alexander III by Italian sculptor Paolo Trubetsky and the history of the obelisk “Hero City of Leningrad”, created by architect Vladimir Lukyanov, with the appearance of which the formation of the ensemble of the Rebellion Square was completed. In addition to informative information about the architecture of buildings built here and on nearby streets, readers will get acquainted with the fate of a number of famous St. Petersburg residents of apartment houses and hotels in this area.
The history of the Moscow (Mykolaiv) railway station, the famous Northern (October) hotel and the unpreserved Znamenskaya church, on the site of which the ground pavilion of the metro station is built, is presented in detail. An important part of the story is devoted to the fate of the monument to Emperor Alexander III by Italian sculptor Paolo Trubetsky and the history of the obelisk “Hero City of Leningrad”, created by architect Vladimir Lukyanov, with the appearance of which the formation of the ensemble of the Rebellion Square was completed. In addition to informative information about the architecture of buildings built here and on nearby streets, readers will get acquainted with the fate of a number of famous St. Petersburg residents of apartment houses and hotels in this area.
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