The first division of the northern capital intoadministrative units dates from the beginning of the XVIII century. Then the city was divided into five parts. Finally, the boundaries of the Admiralty district of St. Petersburg (Russia) were defined in 1994.
Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg was named in honor of one of the oldest buildings in the city. In 1704, Peter I prepared his own drawings, on which construction began. So The Admiralty building appeared in the new city, which already ten years later was rebuilt for the first time. On the gate hoisted a high spitz - after For two centuries it has become one of the most famous symbols of St. Petersburg.
Admiralty district is richlandmarks and architectural monuments. Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Gogol, Griboedov once lived here. Many legends are associated with the streets located in this part of St. Petersburg. So, here once lived a craftsman of German origin, engaged in the manufacture and sale of shoe Vacca. Once he turned to Pushkin with a request to come up with a small poem for his products. The Russian poet did not refuse the entrepreneur and in just a few minutes he composed a slogan, who brought considerable profit to the German: "Darker than night, clearer than day".
Among the streets of the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg, this embankment - the oldest. After all, the emperor founded the shipyard almost simultaneously with the city. Then, of course, this part of the city could not be called a cultural center.
Before the Admiralty was a lot of freespace needed for a possible defense. Channels around the building fell asleep only in 1874. Then the construction began. Formed embankment, which ran from Sennaya Square to the Palace Passage. It received its present name in 1880. In the Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg are also located the same-named passage and avenue.
The main components "Petersburg trident" - Gorokhovaya street, Nevsky and Voznesenskyprospectuses. The latter ends at the Fontanka, where he goes to Izmailovsky. In April 1738, Anna Ivanovna issued a decree according to which one of the main thoroughfares of the city should be called Voznesenskaya Street. She had to reach far beyond the limits Admiralteisky district of St. Petersburg, butUnknown reasons turned out to be significantly shorter than expected in the original draft. By the way, Voznesenskaya Street, which later became the avenue, is named after the temple, located in the house 34A.
In the early twenties, Voznesensky Avenue was renamed. He was named after the politician who died during the Civil War - Mayorov. The historical name was returned in 1991.
This highway, located in the Admiralty district, is one of the oldest in the city. In the first half of the XVIII century, the street was called Middle Prospective. Until 1738, the main line ended at the Sink. Later was not once rebuilt.Today it begins at Admiralteysky Avenue and ends at Zagorodny. When exactly the street was named Gorokhovaya is unknown. There are several versions, but none of them is officially confirmed.
According to the first, Gorokhovaya Street was named after a German merchant who once lived here. His last name was Harrach. First appeared Gorrahova street, then name her It was redone in Russian style. According to the second version, the Germans had nothing to do with it. In St. Petersburg in the XVIII century lived Nikolay Gorokhov - Russian merchant. The street is named after him. However, this version is doubtful: this merchant lived far away, where today is the Big Sea.
A street, named after the great Russian composer, passes through Theater Square to Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue. It was founded in 1739. Her first name - Small Regimental. Already after 30 years, came the second - Nikolskaya.The street goes to the eponymous cathedral. In honor of this temple were also named Nikolskaya Square, Nikolsky Lane. The abundance of similar place names led to the fact that in the nineteenth century the city council decided to get rid of one of them. We considered several variants of the name, in the end The street was named after Mikhail Glinka. In addition, it leads to the Mariinsky Theater, where the works of the composer sound so often.
The length of this street is more than nine.kilometers The avenue stretches from Sennaya Square to Victory Square. It was built at the end of the XVIII century as a road leading to Tsarskoye Selo. In the seventies along it established milestones. Some of them have survived to this day. Yet At the beginning of the 20th century, St. Petersburg, of course, was smaller than today. It ended at the intersection Roshchinskaya streets and moscow avenue. After the revolution, the city grew. In the early fifties, the southern part of the avenue was built up with buildings in the style of the so-called Stalin Empire style.
Other streets of the Admiralty district:Verey, Vitebsk, Wood, Garden, Serpukhov, Pochtamtskaya. Prospectuses - Voznesensky, Zagorodny, Izmaylovsky, Riga and so on. This list is, of course, incomplete.
Administration building of the Admiralty districtSt. Petersburg is located at Izmailovsky Avenue, Building 10. You can see it in the photo above. Head of Administration of the Admiralteisky District of St. Petersburg - Shtukova S.V.
