Obukhovskaya Square - a square in the Admiralteysky district of St. Petersburg . Located at the intersection of Moskovsky Prospekt and the odd side of the embankment of the Fontanka River .
| Obukhovskaya Square St. Petersburg | ||
| general information | ||
|---|---|---|
| City District | Admiralty | |
| Police unit | Spassky part | |
| Nearest metro stations |  Sennaya Ploshchad / Spasskaya / "Garden" | |
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Content
History
The name was given in 1828 along the Obukhov bridge across the Fontanka River .
Objects
On the square is located Obukhov Square, in which a bust of A. A. Betankur is installed.
One of the buildings of the St. Petersburg State University of Railway Transport goes to Obukhovskaya Square.
Literature
- City names today and yesterday: Petersburg toponymy / comp. S. V. Alekseeva, A. G. Vladimirovich , A. D. Erofeev, and others. - 2nd ed., Revised. and add. - SPb. : Lick , 1997 .-- S. 88. - 288 p. - (Three centuries of Northern Palmyra). - ISBN 5-86038-023-2 .
- Architects of St. Petersburg. XX century / comp. V. G. Isachenko ; ed. Y. Artemyeva, S. Prokhvatilova. - SPb. : Lenizdat , 2000. - 720 p. - ISBN 5-289-01928-6 .
- 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 .
Links
- Bird's-eye view of Obukhovskaya Square - Yandex.Panoramas .