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Alexandrinsky Square

Created on the territory between Nevsky Prospekt, Anichkov Palace, Alexandrinsky Theatre and the Imperial Public Library (1830s). Mikhail Mikeshin’s monument to Catherine the Great was installed in t...

Trinity Square

Formed on Petersburg Island near the Peter and Paul Fortress (early 18th century). Centre of St Petersburg (until 1730s). Accommodated Gostiny Dvor, Customs House, market (until 1710), Austeria Inn, ...

River Moika

Flowed out of a swamp near the Field of Mars (early 18th century). Joined to the Anonymous Creek to the south of the Summer Garden (1711). Originally called the Mya after the Izhorian word for “mire....

River Fontanka

Source of the River Neva known as the Anonymous Creek (until 1712–14). Intersects the city centre. Flows out of the River Neva at the Summer Garden and back into it to the north of Gutuyev Island. So...

Kryukov Canal

Dug between the River Fontanka and the River Moika by Semyon Kryukov (1719–20). Named the Kryukov Canal (1738). Granite embankments were built (1801–07). Section between the River Neva and the Admira...

Griboyedov Canal

Originally called the Catherine Canal. Created at the suggestion of engineer Illarion Golenischev-Kutuzov, who presented Empress Elizabeth Petrovna with a project for a “canal for saving the inhabita...

Winter Canal

Canal from the River Neva to the River Moika. Dug by Vasily Ozerov to drain the plot of land earmarked for the Winter Palace of Peter the Great (1718–19). Granite embankments and three granite bridge...

Upper Swan Bridge

Built at the same time as the granite embankment of the River Neva (1767–68) on the site of the wooden drawbridge (1720s) across the Swan Canal joining the River Neva and the River Moika. Designed by...

Tuchkov Bridge

Pontoon bridge across the River Malaya Neva, uniting Vasilyevsky Island and the Petersburg Side (late 1750s). Named after the nearby timber yards of merchant Abraham Tuchkov. Replaced by a wooden mult...

Trinity Bridge

Joined the Summer Garden to the Petersburg (now Petrograd) Side. Stone piles for the pontoon Trinity (Suvorov) Bridge were laid (1824–27), replacing the floating Resurrection Bridge further upstream....

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