Academic Avenue (Pushkin)

In 1818, the route of the “new ring road” was laid at the site of the destroyed Zverinets bastion, which led from Kuzminskaya Street to the northeastern part of Alexandrovsky Park , which later became known as Farm Park and then went around the Alexander Park from the north. The construction of the road began after the construction of the Imperial railway line in 1895 and the construction of the Tsarsky railway station . Then the street route was changed and directed to the station.

At the beginning of the 20th century , the construction of a large complex of buildings, mostly barracks buildings for regimental formations, began along the road. It was not possible to fully implement the project due to the outbreak of the First World War and the 1917 Revolution. Then, most of these buildings were transferred to the Petrograd Agricultural Academy named after I.A. Stebut (now St. Petersburg State Agrarian University) . In this regard, the road received in 1920 the name of Academic Avenue ^[2] . Probably, it was supposed to arrange a large academic center here.

The avenue got its modern look after the Great Patriotic War , for a long time remaining the only avenue in Pushkin. Initially, the movement of road transport on the highway was two-way, but since 2015, the part from the Kuzminskoye Highway to the Fedorovsky Town has become one-way.

• Fountain "Flora" . The square on the corner of the avenue and Palace Street was defeated in 1954 on the site of a destroyed house. Then a fountain bowl was installed in it with a galvanoplastic sculpture of the fertility goddess (sculptor Savkal, 1852 or 1856 ), cast at the San Galli factory.
• Houses 3-7 . Former service wings of the barracks of His Majesty's Own Infantry Regiment . Residential buildings.
• Houses 2-6 . The complex of buildings of the former Imperial Garage . Belong to St. Petersburg State Agrarian University and a driving school.
  • Garage-residence of the head of the technical service and the personal imperial driver Adolf Kegress (house 2). Built in 1908 according to the project of the architect V. A. Lipsky . Above the front bas-relief with the image of Tsarskoye Selo automobile racing.
  • Shed for cars (garage) with apartments for employees (house 4). Built in 1907 according to the design of S. A. Danini . Then - the department of agricultural machinery of the university.
  • The former building of the additional garage-storage of the Imperial cars (house 6). Built in 1915 according to the project of architect A.K. Minyaev .

• Houses 8-12 . Residential buildings. Former barracks of His Majesty’s Own Infantry Regiment , built in 1910 according to the project of architect V. I. Yakovlev .
• The square on the right side of the avenue between houses 7 and 23 is formed on the site of the burnt wooden barracks of the regiment. In one of the buildings standing here (the former dormitory of the agricultural institute), the bodies of the dead from starvation during the occupation of Pushkin's citizens were resting. After the war , gardening was located here.
• Fedorovsky town (houses 14-30). A complex of structures for clergy and employees of the Fedorovsky Sovereign Cathedral , built in 1913 - 1918 according to the project of architect S. S. Krichinsky . Compound of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
• On the right side of the avenue opposite the town was the building of the Officer Assembly of His Majesty 's Own Convoy (old address - house 17). It was built by the architect V.A. Pokrovsky in 1911 - 1912 . The building that was damaged during the war was demolished in 1967 .
• To the west of Fedorovsky town is the Bucket Pond, dug by the project of architect A.A. Menelas in 1827 . Originally intended for cattle watering from a nearby Imperial farm.

• Fedorovsky Sovereign Cathedral (house 34a). The temple was built for the Consolidated Infantry Regiment and His Majesty's Own Convoy in 1912 according to the project of the architect V.A. Pokrovsky.
• Houses 23-31 . The complex of former barracks of His Majesty's Own convoy . Built in 1914 - 1917 according to the project of V.N. Maksimov instead of wooden barracks. Only the “back”, non-standard buildings were completed. The ceremonial part proposed around the Officer Assembly was not issued. After the revolution, the buildings were transferred to the Agricultural Institute (now the Agrarian University), and after the Great Patriotic War they were rebuilt. In front of the complex is V.V. Dokuchaev .
• On the opposite side of the avenue, opposite the university, there are experimental fields of the educational institution.

Behind the barracks building, Akademichesky Prospekt refracts and approaches the former highway of the Tsarskoye Selo Imperial railway line . Here, the former highway with an avenue leading directly to the Alexander Palace is approaching the street to the left.

• The Imperial Pavilion (house 35b). The station building was built in 1912 according to the project of the architect V. A. Pokrovsky with the participation of the artist M. I. Kurilko . The station was badly damaged during the Great Patriotic War and is in a dilapidated condition.
• The territory opposite the station was supposed to build a complex of barracks in the neo-Russian style for His Majesty's own railway regiment . The project was developed in 1915 - 1916 by the architect V.N. Maksimov, but was not implemented. Subsequently, the site was partially built up with facilities of the production base.
• The same architect also designed the wooden barracks of the Special Aviation Unit that had burned down in 1920 . They were at the intersection of modern avenue and Kuzminskoye highway.

Academic Avenue borders or intersects with the following highways:

• Buses of St. Petersburg :

• Stop "Palace Street": No. 371 (on Palace Street)
• Stop "Egyptian Gate": No. 371, K-342 (on Palace Street)

• 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. 157. - 288 p. - (Three centuries of Northern Palmyra). - ISBN 5-86038-023-2 .

• Overview of street buildings on Citywalls