Alexander Matrosov Street (St. Petersburg)

Initially, the street ran from the embankment to Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Avenue and since 1836 it was called Granichny Lane , since it shared the plots of owners of industrial enterprises. In 1849, the name Bateninsky Lane appears, and from 1865 - Batenin .

Bateninsky Lane got its name from the porcelain factory F.S. Batenin, who has been here since 1814, which lasted until September 29, 1838, when a fire broke out in a nearby factory, which destroyed all the workshops of the Batenin factory. After the fire, the plant was not restored ^[1] .

On April 16, 1887, Batenin Lane was extended to the modern Harchenko Street and renamed Batenin Street . A little later, the street was extended to the modern Polyustrovsky Avenue .

In December 1952, Batenin Street was renamed Alexander Matrosov Street in honor of the hero of World War II A. Matrosov . Then, the rest of Reimerovsky Prospect was attached to it.

Reimerovsky Avenue (until 1914 - Lane) has been known since 1887 by the name of the doctor A.K. Reimer, who had two dachas at the beginning of the avenue. The avenue ran from the modern Polyustrovsky Avenue to the Avenue of the Unconquered about halfway between the modern Polytechnic Street and the Kushelevskaya Road . In the late 1930s - early 1940s , shortly before the outbreak of war, part of the avenue north of the railway line entered industrial development territory.

In the early 1960s, part of Alexander Matrosov Street also entered industrial and residential areas, as a result of which the street was reduced to Kharchenko Street. Thus, the modern street of Alexander Matrosov is exclusively the former Batenin Street, the attached former Reimerovsky Prospect is fully included in the development area.

The quarters on both sides of the street from Vyborg Embankment to Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Prospect are occupied by industrial buildings. Here are typical examples of brick industrial architecture of the late XIX - early XX centuries and newer buildings dating back to the 70s of the XX century .

At the corner of Vyborg embankment (house number 51) and Alexander Matrosov street (house number 2) was the Vyborg paper spinning mill of the joint-stock company Voronin, Lutsh and Chesher. Its main building was erected in 1899 according to the design of Vasily Kosyakov .   architectural monument (newly identified object) ^[2]

The entire block from the embankment to Bolshoi Sampsonievsky Prospect, 66 inclusive, is listed as Alexandra Matrosova, 1. The United Mechanical Plant “ New Lessner ” was located here. Part of the production premises located in the courtyard was built in 1898 (architect K.K. Schmidt ). In 1916 - 1917, according to the project of technical engineer S. I. Belyaevsky , the office building was rebuilt and superstructure, an outpatient clinic and a workshop were built. In October 2015, the demolition of the factory buildings for the construction of housing and a business center began. ^[3]

On May 7, 1968, a monument to Alexander Matrosov (sculptor L. M. Torich, architect L. I. Shimakovsky) was unveiled in a square on the corner of Alexander Matrosov Street and Karl Marx Avenue .

Opposite the square with the monument, at the address of Alexander Matrosov street, 12 is a former tenement house built in 1901 . Architect A. G. Boehme . The house was built at a later time.

The territory of the Pediatric Institute goes onto Alexander Matrosov Street. Initially, the complex of buildings of the then City Children's Hospital on Bolshaya Sampsonievsky Avenue , 65 - Litovskaya Street , 2 - Alexander Matrosov Street, 3 was built in 1901-1955 by architect M. I. Kitner . In 1925 - 1935, the Institute for the Protection of Motherhood and Infancy was located here.

The territory of Bateninsky housing estate and Bateninsky baths is connected with the street.

The family of Leonid Nikolaev and Milda Draule lived in house No. 9/37 before their execution.

Between Lesniy Prospekt , Alexander Matrosov Street and the Finland Line of Oktyabrskaya Railway there is Alexander Matrosov’s Garden.

Nearest metro stations:

• Forest

Coordinates of the beginning:
End coordinates:

Alexandra Matrosova Street crosses or borders with the following avenues, streets and embankments:

• Vyborg embankment
• Big Sampsonievsky Avenue
• Forest Avenue
• Pargolovskaya street
• Kharchenko street

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• Neighborhood Streets of Alexander Matrosov on the Wandering Camera website
• Felix Lurie. All (almost) monuments of St. Petersburg in alphabetical order
• Overview of street buildings on Citywalls