Vyborg Regiments Square

It appeared at the end of the 19th century on the site of the dismantled fortifications of the Horned Fortress , when an area of ​​about 10,000 square meters, originally allotted for the central city park according to the general plan of the city, remained free from buildings and green spaces. The area, divided into two parts by Tsarskaya Street ( Finnish. Keisarinkatu , now Vyborg), has been used since the beginning of the 20th century for sporting and special events of nearby schools: the classical lyceum , the real lyceum , the Finnish joint school , as well as the nautical and trade school . It received the name “School Field” ( Finnish. Koulukenttä , that is, a school stadium; on the Russian map of 1915 the name of the square is designated as “Square for Sports”).

In the future, the area, stretching to the present Morskaya Naberezhnaya street , also began to be used for official city events (holidays, parades, processions and shows). For example, in 1918 and in 1938, a military parade was hosted by General K. G. Mannerheim . And at the end of the Soviet-Finnish war (1939-1940) , at a parade of Soviet troops in May 1940, M. I. Kalinin , Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR , presented state awards to distinguished soldiers, as evidenced by a memorial plaque on the facade of the former lyceum, as well as a new name - Heroes Square (since 1941).

In 1939, the city architect Ragnar Yupuya a concert hall building was designed in the northern part of the square, but military events prevented the construction and the project remained on paper.

During the post-war reconstruction of Vyborg, the appearance of the square repeatedly changed. On the part of the territory between Vyborgskaya and Krepostnaya streets, a square was laid out, which since 1947 was called Suvorovskaya Square. On the site where it was previously planned to build a concert hall, a bust of IV Stalin (1951-1953), a monument to Maxim Gorky (1953-1957) and a monument to M. I. Kalinin (1957-2010) were successively erected on a granite pedestal in the middle of the square.

Since 1999, there has been a granite stele with a new name on the square - “Vyborg Regiments Square” and a list of military units, which during the Great Northern War and World War II were given the honorary name “Vyborg”:

For military valor shown during the siege of Vyborg in 1710 , Peter I was given the honorary name Vyborg 85th Infantry Regiment . The formations and units of the Leningrad Front that distinguished themselves in the Vyborg operation in 1944 were given the honorary names Vyborg: 265 riflemen. divisions , 19, 173, 286, 386, 693, 709, 1074, 1076, 1078, 1187, 1189, 1191, 1236 , 1238, 1240 arrows. regiments, 30 guards. tank brigade, 27th guards. heavy tank regiment, 21 , 336 arm. cannon regiments , 883 fighter. anti-tank, 70th guards., 534 arm. mortar regiments, 2 motorized engineer. brigade, 5th motor. pontoon engineer shelf, 1 Guards. Baltic Fleet Air Force Fighter Air Division , 11 , 27 , 102 Guards. , 283 ext. air regiments, 52 correctional squadrons, 1 aeronautical division, 349 line battalion of communications.

After Vyborg was awarded the honorary title “City of Military Glory”, the square acquired its modern appearance by decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 341 dated March 25, 2010. A monument-stela “City of Military Glory” , an eleven-meter granite column, has been located since 2011. a Doric order topped with a bronze coat of arms of the Russian Federation. On the front of the pedestal is a cartouche with the text of a presidential decree on conferring a rank on a city, and on the back of a pedestal is a cartouche with a bronze coat of arms of the city . Around the column are four pedestals with artistic bas-reliefs of military subjects depicting events of the history of Vyborg since the 13th century.

In the course of landscaping works, new lanterns, flagpoles and benches were installed during the construction of the stele, the area is paved with paving stones. On it again solemn and festive events of city significance are held. The section from Vyborgskaya Street to Morskaya Naberezhnaya Street, as before, is used as a stadium, the reconstruction of which was completed in 2014.

• Residential building (Krepostnaya St., 37). Architect Leander Iconen , 1891.
• Gymnasium, the former building of the classical lyceum (Pushkin St., 10). Architect Jacob Arenberg , 1892.
• Former joint school (Vyborgskaya ul., D. 25). Architect Leander Iconen, 1903.
• Residential building (Morskaya Naberezhnaya St., 24). Architect Allan Schulman , 1904.
• Residential building (Suvorov Avenue, 1). Architect Paavo Watila , 1909.
• Residential building (Suvorov avenue, 3). Architect Axel Gülden 1910
• The headquarters of the separate checkpoint "Vyborg", the former Marine and Trade School (5, Morskaya Naberezhnaya St.). Architect Ragnar Yupuya 1937
• Residential building with shops (Krepostnaya St., 39). Architect Ole Gripenberg 1937
• Stela with a list of Vyborg regiments, 1999.
• Stela "City of Military Glory . " Architect I. N. Voskresensky , sculptors S. A. Shcherbakov , E. B. Volkova, 2011.

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  Presentation of the decree on awarding the honorary title to Vyborg

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  Coat of arms of the city of military glory on a coin

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  Commemorative stamp dedicated to the city of military glory

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  View of the stele from the south side

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  The former lyceum building, now a gymnasium

• List of cities of military glory

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