Petrogradsky Island
Petrogradsky Island or Petrograd Island (
Neva River
delta
in Zayachy Island, Aptekarsky Island, and Petrovsky Island, it constitutes the Petrogradskaya Side (Russian: Петроградская сторона).[2] It is the administrative center of the Petrogradsky District
and hosts a number of universities and research centers, as well as cultural, historical, and recreational facilities.
Geography
Petrogradsky Island lies between the
Bolshaya Nevka
branch.
It is separated from Malaya Nevka
,
from Zayachy Island on the southeast by the Kronverksky Strait
.
It is linked to the central district by the Vasilievsky Island by the Birzhevoy (Exchange) Bridge and Tuchkov Bridge), to Petrovsky Island by the Maly Petrovsky Bridge, to Krestovsky Island by the Lazarevsky Bolshoy Krestovsky Bridges, and to the Vyborgskaya Side via the Sampsonievsky and Grenadersky Bridges.[1]
History
Finnish and Swedish farms added to a large Russian settlement, continuing to develop the island in the 17th century. In 1703 Tsar
Zayachy Island
.
During this time, he resided near the present-day site of Troitsky Square near the southeastern tip of island. Its name was changing over the period and included Troitsky Island, Gorodovoy or Gorodskoy (City) Island and then was settled as St. Petersburg Island after the Peter's death.
The administrative center of Saint Petersburg moved to Vasilievsky Island in the 1720s, and in the 1730s, stone buildings north of the Kronverk were banned. As a result, the island became more residential and suburban.[2]
One of the earliest main avenues, dating from the 1730s, is the
Bolshoy Prospekt, crossing the island from the northeast to the Tuchkov Bridge in the southwest. The Yamburgsky, Koporsky, St. Petersburg, and Belozersky regiments had their quarters on the island at that time, and the new road served to connect them all. Horsecars first ran in the 1860s, followed by trams in 1908 and trolleybuses in 1948.[3]
The other main avenue, the
Kamenny Island. In the 1820s there was a high road with special paving. In the 1870s, horsecars started operating along the avenue, and in 1909, an electric tramway was introduced. In 1903 the avenue extended as far as Troitskaya Square.[4]
When Saint Petersburg was renamed
Petrograd in 1914, the island received its present name, Petrograd(sky) Island.[2]
However, when the city was renamed again–this time Leningrad after Lenin's death, the island name wasn't touched. Thus, when the original city name Saint Petersburg was restored, the name of the island remained intact and currently it is one of the few reminders of the days when the city was named Petrograd.
Places of interest
Petrogradsky Island is the home of several noted universities, science and research institutes. The First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, located at 6/8 Leo Tolstoy Street, was founded in 1897 as the first Russian medical institute for women.[5]
The
Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics is one of Russia's leading technical universities.[6][7]
The A.F. Mozhaysky Military-Space Academy (13 Zhdanovskaya street) is a polytechnical military educational institution and space research center.[2]
Of historical interest is the cruiser
Bolshaya Nevka, near the Sampsonievsky Bridge.[8]
Just north of the Kronwerk, in the former Aquarium Gardens, the first motion picture was shown in Russia in 1896, at what is now Lenfilm Studios[4][9]
The island also houses the Baltic House Festival Theatre,[10] the Yubileyny Sports Palace,[11] the Saint Petersburg Planetarium[12] and the Leningrad Zoo.[13]
References
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- ^ a b c d "Petrogradsky District". The Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
- ^ "Saint Petersburg encyclopaedia". www.encspb.ru.
- ^ a b "Saint Petersburg encyclopaedia". Энциклопедия Санкт-Петербурга (in Latin). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "St Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University". Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2010-07-21. Saint Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University
- ^ "Organisations: St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics: St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia". www.mathnet.ru.
- ^ "ITMO University". en.itmo.ru.
- ^ "Aurora". Archived from the original on 2008-10-04. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "Ęčíîńňóäč˙ Ëĺíôčëüě". Archived from the original on 2009-04-28. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
- ^ "театр-фестиваль - официальный сайт". Балтийский дом (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Спортивный комплекс "Юбилейный"". Спортивный комплекс «Юбилейный» (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Планетарий". Планетарий (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ "Ленинградский Зоопарк". Archived from the original on 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2009-07-05.