Petrovsky Island is an island in the Neva Delta on the territory of St. Petersburg , bounded by the Malaya Neva , Zhdanovka , Malaya Nevka and the Gulf of Finland rivers. Administratively refers to the Petrograd district , the municipal district of Petrovsky .
| Petrovsky Island | |
|---|---|
 View of the Petrovsky Stadium and Tuchkov Bridge | |
| Characteristics | |
| Area | 1.32 km² |
| Location | |
| Water area | Neva Delta |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | St. Petersburg |
| Area | Petrogradsky district |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Bridges
- 3 Attractions
- 4 notes
- 5 Literature
History
The Finnish name is Patsassaari ( Fin. Patsassaari - Pillar Island ). Before the foundation of St. Petersburg, the island also had the Russian name Pillar Island . Both the Finnish and Russian names were given, probably in connection with the elongated shape of the island [1] .
The modern name was first mentioned in the "Accurate News of the newly built by His Majesty Tsarist Peter Alekseevich on the Great Neva River and the East Sea of the fortress and the city of St. Petersburg", written by a Dutch resident in 1713 . According to the author, “they say that his royal majesty used to have fun there sometimes, so the island was named after him” [2] However, the history of the island began back in 1643 [3] .
In the 18th century, warehouses with food and other goods were located on the island. In 1768, in the southeastern part of Petrovsky Island, a wooden palace was built for Empress Catherine II (burned down in 1912), a French-style park was built around it. Eight straight alleys diverged from the building. Two alleys stretched along the island, on the site of the former Petrovsky clearing, and then became Petrovsky Avenue .
In recent years, the island has experienced a boom in housing. According to the master plan for the development of St. Petersburg, one and a half million square meters should be built here before 2025. Half of them are residential: multi-apartment complexes will occupy 29% of the island. 14% will be given for public and business buildings, 20% will remain under the park and recreational facilities. [four]
Bridges
Six bridges connect the Petrovsky Island with other islands:
- with Krestovsky island through Malaya Nevka on the north side:
- Big Petrovsky bridge
- with the island of the Decembrists through the Malaya Neva from the southwest side:
- Betancourt Bridge
- with the Petrograd island through Zhdanovka bridges:
- Little Petrovsky
- 4th Zhdanovsky
- Red Cadet Bridge
- Zhdanovsky
Attractions
- Sports complex "Petrovsky":
- Petrovsky Stadium
- Small Sports Arena of the Petrovsky Stadium
- Petrovsky park with a pond
- Veterans House Scene
- Lokomotiv Stadium"
- Specialized Sports School of the Olympic Reserve "Center of Rhythmic Gymnastics" [5]
- OJSC Shipbuilding Firm Almaz
- St. Petersburg River Trade Union Yacht Club
- The complex of the cable factory of Ivan Goth [6]
- Housings of the Bavaria Brewery [7]
Notes
- ↑ Toponymic Encyclopedia of St. Petersburg. - St. Petersburg: Information and Publishing Agency LIK, 2002. - S. 283. - 808 p. - ISBN 5-86038-094-1 .
- ↑ Petersburg of Peter I in foreign descriptions, 1991 .
- ↑ History of Petrovsky Island . Date of circulation May 10, 2018.
- ↑ Petrovsky Island: from Peter I to the present day - fontanka.ru portal
- ↑ Site of the rhythmic gymnastics center “Pearl”
- ↑ Architectural site of St. Petersburg. Gotha Cable Factory
- ↑ Architectural site of St. Petersburg. Bavaria Brewery
Literature
- Leningrad. Historical and geographical atlas. - M .: Main Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography under the Council of Ministers of the USSR, 1981.
- Darinsky A.V. Geography of Leningrad. - L .: Lenizdat, 1982.
- Vesnina N.N. Petrovsky Ostrov // Local Lore Notes: studies and materials. - SPb., 1997. - Issue. 5. - S. 51-71.
- City names today and yesterday: Petersburg toponymy / comp. S.V. Alekseeva, A.G. Vladimirovich , A.D. Erofeev et al. - 2nd ed., Revised. and add. - SPb. : Lick , 1997 .-- S. 94. - 288 p. - (Three centuries of Northern Palmyra). - ISBN 5-86038-023-2 .
- Gorbachevich K. S. , Khablo E. P. Why are they so named? On the origin of the names of streets, squares, islands, rivers and bridges of St. Petersburg. - SPb. : Norint , 2002 .-- 353 p. - ISBN 5-7711-0019-6 .
- St. Petersburg: Encyclopedia / Int. beneficent. fund them. D. S. Likhachev; ed. B.V. Ananyich et al. - 2nd ed., Rev. and add. - M .: ROSSPEN ; SPb. : Publishing House "Business Press", 2006. - 1024 p. - 4500 copies. - ISBN 5-8110-0107-X . - ISBN 5-8243-0419-X .
- The exact news about the fortress and the city of St. Petersburg newly built by his royal majesty Peter Alekseevich on the Great Neva and the East Sea ... // Petersburg of Peter I in foreign descriptions: Introduction. Texts. Comments / per. with him. Yu. N. Bespyatykh . - L .: Nauka, 1991 .-- 280 p. - ISBN 5-02-027336-8 .