Kirova Avenue (until 1917 German street , in 1883 actually Skobelev street , from 1917 to 1935 the Republic street ) - one of the central streets of Saratov . Passes from Radishchev street to Chapaev street [1] .
| Avenue | |
| Kirov Avenue | |
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| general information | |
| A country | Russia |
| Region | Saratov region |
| City | Saratov |
| Area | Frunze |
| Length | 1000 m |
| Former names | German street, Skobelev street, Republic street |
| Name in honor | |
Kirov Avenue is the central street of the city, in the XIX century it was called the "Nevsky Prospect" of Saratov. Since the closure of traffic and the organization of one of the first pedestrian zones in Russia along the entire length of the street (end of the 20th century ), it has received the nickname “Saratov Arbat ”.
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History
On the 1803 Saratov development plan, empty land and a grid of neighborhoods for future development were shown on the site of the avenue. The same grid was preserved on the city plan of 1812 . Only on the left side in the middle of the first quarter is a small wooden Catholic church shown. There were no other buildings on the plan.
After the approval of the land plan, these began to be set aside for development. In the first quarter, the German colonists settled mainly by Catherine the Great for the development of the rich Volga region, and in the second and third quarters the French prisoners lived mainly. There were also estates of Russian residents. In documents of 1825 the street is already called German. So it was called until 1917.
In July 1883, the city council attempted to rename Deutsche Street on behalf of General Mikhail Skobelev . The decision of the Duma was sent to St. Petersburg for approval, and meanwhile, a notice about renaming the street was sent to all institutions in Saratov. Signs with a new street name were even posted. But the Minister of the Interior rejected the request in January 1884 , and the tablets were replaced with the old ones.
After the February Revolution of 1917, Deutsche Street was renamed Republic Street. And in March 1935 the street was transformed into Kirov Avenue [2] .
Since 1983, the street has become completely pedestrian [3] .
Kirov Avenue starts from Chernyshevsky Square , where the entrance to Lipki Park is located, crosses Radishchev , Maxim Gorky , Volskaya Streets and ends with the intersection of Chapaev Street and Kirov Square with the same name.
Historic Buildings
- Saratov State Conservatory named after L.V. Sobinov (1 Kirov Avenue)
- Zamotkin House (Prospect Kirova, 5)
- Erfurt House (7 Kirov Avenue)
- House of F. Ya. Druzhinin (Prospect Kirova, 5)
- Apartment Building Bestuzhev (Prospect Kirova, 12)
- House of the Catholic Bishop (13 Kirov Avenue)
- Apartment building on the German street (Prospect Kirova, 15)
- Hotel "Europe" (Prospect Kirova, 17)
- Cinema "Grand Michel" (Prospect Kirova, 22)
- House of E. S. Polyakov (Prospect Kirova, 24)
- Apartment building of V. A. Krasulin (Prospect Kirova, 25)
- Printing house of the partnership “Pechatnya S. P. Yakovlev” (Prospect Kirova, 27)
- The building of the branch of the St. Petersburg pawnshop (Prospect Kirova, 29)
- Apartment building K. Yu. Yuryev (Prospect Kirova, 30)
- The building of the hotel "Astoria" (Prospect Kirova, 34)
- Apartment building O. N. German (Prospect Kirova, 37)
- Nikitin's House (39 Kirov Avenue)
- Book House (Kirova Avenue, 44)
- House "New Life" (Prospect Kirova, 48)
Gallery
Cafe Lira in German
The building of the Agricultural University
Soothe My Sorrows Church
Book House
Covered Market Building
See also
- List of Saratov Streets
Sources
- ↑ See any map of Saratov
- ↑ Historical streets: Saratov (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment May 16, 2008. Archived March 4, 2011.
- ↑ Six Lives of Kirov Avenue: 78 years in Saratov