More often than not, tourists study only "ceremonial"St. Petersburg. Krasnogvardeyskaya Square, located in the same area of the city, on the banks of the narrow river Okhta, as a rule, is not among the objects they visit. But just two hundred meters to the west of it flows the Neva, immediately after which the historical part of St. Petersburg begins. So, maybe it's worth devoting a couple of hours to studying the "unknown" areas of the northern capital?
Krasnogvardeyskaya area is divided by the river Ohtain two parts. Connects them to the steel Komarovsky Bridge. Right-bank, larger in size, part of the square resembles a fan in shape. Here, important city arteries meet, experiencing a serious traffic load throughout the day: Yakornaya Street, Bolsheokhtinsky, Sredneohtinsky, and Shahumyan Avenue.
The development of the square is multistory, mainlylate Soviet, in an industrial table, without any excesses. The first buildings were erected on it in the 60s. These are three identical houses in seven floors, which in their form successfully repeat the curved right-bank contour of the square.
Krasnogvardeyskaya Square has a goodtransport accessibility. It can be reached by almost any type of public transport in St. Petersburg. Trolleybus routes (Nos. 7, 16, 18 and 33), trams (Nos. 10 and 23) and city buses (Nos. 5, 15, 22, 105, 132, 136, 174, 181) pass through it.
In addition, you can get to the Krasnogvardeiskaya Square by metro. The nearest station is Novocherkasskaya Right Bank, which is located 1.5 km to the south.
The area near the mouth of the Okhta River began activelybuilt in the middle of the twentieth century. In 1962, a new area was formed, which was called Krasnogvardeyskaya. The origin of this toponym can be explained by the proximity of the barracks and the temple of the Novocherkassk Regiment. It was on its basis that in 1918 the first infantry battalions of the Red Army were formed.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Krasnogvardeyskaya squareovergrown with massive structures. Among them - three large residential houses and one building for industrial purposes. The building was carried out under the guidance of famous Soviet architects - FA Gepner, AK Barutchev and A. Sh. Tevyan.
In February 1983, a decision was takento perpetuate the memory of the recently deceased Secretary General of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev in the name of the square. It also had a commemorative stele with the appropriate text, reminiscent of this event.
This institution is known under the abbreviation of MKBM.Address: 195112 (index), Krasnogvardeyskaya square (St. Petersburg), 3 litas. E. The Bureau was founded immediately after the end of the war. In 1972 he built a massive structure of glass and reinforced concrete. It is crowned by a huge glass superstructure of a square shape, which the people called the "Tower of the Bull" or "TV." Today the building, as before, complements the architectural ensemble of the modern Krasnogvardeiskaya Square.
CCBM is one of the world leaders indevelopment of nuclear power plants. The experience of the specialists of the bureau is actively used to create equipment for nuclear power plants located in a number of European countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria and others). The company's products are of high quality and technical characteristics, as well as relatively low cost, which attracts customers from abroad.
Despite the "youth" of the Krasnogvardeiskaya Square, it has many secrets that are known only to the old-timers of St. Petersburg:
From Krasnogvardeiskaya Square you can easily get toleft-bank districts of the city. To do this, you need to drive along the transport line formed by the Komarovsky and Bolsheokhtinsky bridges. The first of these was built in 1960 on the site of a wooden bridge that existed since the 18th century, which was popularly called Gorbatam. The project was developed by engineers V. Zaitsev, B. B. Levin and architect L. Noskov. The bridge (length - 72.7 m, width - 47 m) has a reinforced concrete structure with spans in the form of a 2-pane frame on reinforced concrete supports, which, like the facades of spans, are faced with granite.
The construction of the second building was started inthe beginning of the last century, the grand opening was held in 1909. Before the October Revolution the bridge bore the name of Peter the Great. In 1993, its design underwent major changes, the purpose of which was to improve its functionality.
The area, which used to be called Brezhnev, is one of the ornaments of the historical area, which has become the arena of the struggle of Novgorodians and Swedes more than once.
The Krasnogvardeysky district, encompassing extensiveexpanses on the banks of the Neva, can not, alas, boast a large list of cultural and architectural monuments. Nevertheless, here there are attractions! And the numerous tourists who come to St. Petersburg, even though occasionally look at the right bank of the Neva.
The area of the Okhta cape is a real treasurearchaeological monuments. Here, an ancient man's site was found, an ancient settlement of the Novgorod Republic, as well as the remains of the Swedish stronghold Nyenskans. In the Krasnogvardeisky district there are several ancient manor complexes. This is the so-called Utkin dacha, the estate "Zhernovka", the estate of Kushelev-Bezborodko. The latter, by the way, is reliably guarded by cast-iron lions and sphinxes, near which Petersburgers like to organize photo sessions.
Now you know what can please touristsnorth-eastern part of St. Petersburg. Krasnogvardeiskaya Square is an architectural monument of the late Soviet period that can interest foreign guests with its laconic and at the same time thoughtful and completed appearance. Do not believe me? Check it out!
