The guns of the cruiser "Kirov", a submarine museum, a church-department store and a museum of electric transport - we discover new interesting places around the Primorskaya metro station.
Obelisk in memory of the executed Decembrists..
The island's current name was given in 1935, since it was assumed that the bodies of the executed leaders of the Decembrist uprising were buried here. At the same time, this obelisk was erected in memory of those executed.
Address: Decembrists Garden
House of the New Petersburg complex. In 1911, an English development company bought the eastern part of Goloday Island (now Dekabristov) for the construction of a residential area for the middle class and invited Ivan Fomin and Fyodor Lidval to design it. Fomin proposed implementing a large ensemble composition in the Palladian style, called “New Petersburg”. Before the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, only two semicircular buildings were completed according to Fomin’s project, and large projects were forgotten until the 1960s on Vasilyevsky Island.
Address: Baltic Yung Square.
Hotel Pribaltiyskaya. The hotel was built in 1976-79 as part of the “Marine Facade of Leningrad”, now unfortunately destroyed by alluvial territories. The monument to Peter I by Zurab Tsereteli, erected on September 25, 2006 on the square near the Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, is the first monument to the founder of St. Petersburg, made in the 21st century.
Address: st. Shipbuilders, 14
Guns of the cruiser "Kirov". During the Great Patriotic War, Kirov guns conducted more than 300 live firing exercises. Its shells destroyed thousands of fascist soldiers, hundreds of vehicles with ammunition and equipment, and suppressed dozens of enemy artillery batteries. Unfortunately, the cruiser itself was destroyed after decommissioning, but it was proposed to turn it into a museum, similar to the Aurora or Krasin.
Address: Morskaya embankment 15 - 17.
Kronspitz in Galernaya Harbor. Two small “crown spitz” buildings are the only ones of the many 18th-century buildings in Galernaya Harbor that have survived to this day. Small wooden guard buildings at the ends of the piers (crowns), built according to the design of D. Trezzini, formed the entrance to the harbor. In 1754, the crowns were restored in stone by the architect M. A. Bashmakov, who preserved in their composition the features characteristic of the architecture of the early 18th century.
Address: Shkipersky Protok 14.
Submarine museum. Submarine D-2 "Narodovolets". This is one of 215 ships of Project 613. “Narodovolets” was the first submarine that became a museum and a monument to all sailors, submariners and people who devoted themselves to the sea. The unique boat “Narodovolets” was built at the Baltic Shipyard in 1927-1931. She was part of the Northern Fleet units. During the Great Patriotic War, the Narodovolets boat fought in the Baltic. Until 1975, Narodovolets was an active submarine in the Red Banner Baltic Fleet.
Address: Shkipersky Protok, 10
Lenexpo. It is one of the largest exhibition centers in Russia and the largest in the Northwestern Federal District. Every year the role of congress and exhibition events is growing, because it is an opportunity to get acquainted with product samples, see them in action, evaluate the entire range of offers on the market, as well as live chat with experts.
Marine Station. The mooring complex in St. Petersburg, opened in 1982 specifically for the reception and processing of cruise and ferry cargo-passenger ships. The station building was built in 1973-1983 according to the design of the architect V. A. Sokhin. At the same time it is also a hotel.
Address: Sea Glory Square 1.
Havana Fire Department. A beautiful building in the Art Nouveau style, built in 1906 in the Havana workers' town, a comfortable residential area for workers.
Address: Ostoumova st., 21
Church-department store. Initially, the Church of the Tikhvin Mother of God at the courtyard of the Pyukhtitsa convent, erected in 1903-1906 by architect. V.N. Bobrov, had, as expected, domes and a belfry. In 1923, the church was closed, and in 1929 they instructed the same architect to rebuild it for secular needs - the Havana House of Industrial Cooperation settled here, later the Sverdlovsky department store of Gorpromtorg, then a manufactured goods store a store known in the area as the "Havana General Store".
Address: Kartashikhina st., 1-3.
Church of Our Lady of Mercy. The church was built according to the design of Arch. Kosyakov in the 1880s, in Soviet times it was converted into a training station for submariners, and in a very original way. A vertical shaft was built inside the church up to the dome and filled with water. The student, as it were, ascends from the earth, under the dome of the church, to God... albeit obeying the law of Archimedes. Entry into the water follows the principle of submarines: through a torpedo tube or through an airlock chamber.
Address: Bolshoy pr. VO, building 100.
Brusnitsyn mansion. A rich aristocratic house, located in a now completely illogical place - in the industrial zone of Vasilyevsky Island, once belonged to wealthy entrepreneurs the Brusnitsyns, who owned tanneries on the western tip of Vasilievsky Island. The preservation of the mansion leaves much to be desired; the former decoration, although preserved to this day, is mostly in a derelict state. This house is one of the addresses that St. Petersburg may soon lose forever.
Address: Leather line 27.
Water tower of the Krasny plant. For the rope shop of the plant according to the project of architect. Yakov Chernikhov built a water tower in 1930-1931, a monument to Soviet constructivism. This work of Yakov Chernikhov, reminiscent of a nail, has become a special landmark of St. Petersburg since its construction; experts from all over the world come here.
Address: 24th line, 6.
Icebreaker-museum Krasin."Krasin" is an icebreaker that symbolizes an entire era in the history of our country. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Russia had priority in the development of the Arctic Ocean. Linear icebreakers were used for the first time to explore this unknown space. The first-born of the Russian icebreaker fleet, the Ermak and Svyatogor (now the Krasin), were the most powerful ships of this class in the world for half a century.
Address: emb. Lieutenant Schmidt, 22.
Permanent fire-technical exhibition. This unusual museum is located right in a working fire station.
Address: Bolshoy pr., 73.
Monument to the first mayor of St. Petersburg. One of the new monuments of St. Petersburg, a small but interesting memorial to the first mayor of the city, whose life, as you know, was closely connected with Vasilyevsky Island.
Address: corner of Bolshoy pr. and 26 lines.
Palace of Culture named after. Kirov. The building was built in the 1930s of the last century (architect N.A. Trotsky and S.N. Kozak), and at that time it became the largest center of culture in Leningrad. It resembles a giant ship - now, unfortunately, it looks like it has run aground. Previously, it seemed to cut through the expanses of the Smolensk field, now it itself is quite shabby, and the new high-rise buildings are tightly surrounded and crushed by an abundance of glass, concrete and modern eclecticism.
Address: Bolshoy Prospekt V.O., 83.
Erarta Museum of Contemporary Art. The largest non-state museum of contemporary art in Russia. The museum contains about 2 thousand works by contemporary artists. When making their selections for the collection, museum staff focus on three main qualities in art: freedom, originality and craftsmanship.
Address: 29 line no.2
Museum of Urban Electric Transport. A unique museum for the whole country, which houses 24 retro cars built from 1924 to 1980, displays models of horse-drawn cars and different types of trams. Here are collections of tram tickets from pre-revolutionary times, travel documents, cash registers and composters.
Address: Sredny pr.77.
Geological Exploration Museum. The VSEGEI (Geological Institute) Museum is open to the public and is free to visit. Two large exhibition blocks of the exposition: “Regional Geology” and “Minerals”. One of the unique exhibits of the museum is a monument to Russian stone-cutting art of the 30s of the 20th century - the panel “Industry of Socialism”, made using the technique of Florentine and Russian mosaics from jewelry and ornamental stones. The same famous semi-precious map that was previously exhibited in the St. George Hall of the Hermitage.
Address: Sredny Ave. VO, 74
Chapel of Xenia the Blessed. The Chapel of Blessed Xenia of Petersburg was built at the Smolensk cemetery of the northern capital above the place of her burial. To this day, thousands of believers come to the chapel to press their foreheads against the wall of the shrine, at least for a few moments. They believe that Ksenia of Petersburg will help them in solving important life issues, provide intercession, and give them faith.
Address: Smolensk cemetery.
Puppet Museum. The museum is small, somewhat homely, with a single overall creative and fairy-tale atmosphere. It is somewhat reminiscent of the backstage of a puppet theater - with decorations, as if the performance is about to continue. The dolls are very different, both in size, and in the technique of creation, and in “nationality,” and in character, in individuality. There are dolls with amazing faces that you want to look at for a long time and admire their naivety, some kind of completeness of feelings and fullness of emotions that is impossible in life.
Address: st. Kamskaya, 8.
The former Zhdanovsky, and now Primorsky district is one of the fastest growing in the Northern capital. This is a huge territory with more than half a million inhabitants, very promising, heterogeneous and, without a doubt, worthy of attention.
The Primorsky district today is home to modern new buildings, promising enterprises and good transport links, one of the most popular areas in the real estate market of St. Petersburg. We will tell you in more detail about the place where Dantes shot the “sun of Russian poetry”, where the commandants of the Peter and Paul Fortress lived, the aristocrats of Tsarist Russia built their dachas and tested the first Soviet missiles in Soviet times.
Metro station "Komendantsky Prospekt"
The Primorsky district has been within its borders since the 90s of the last century. This is a huge area of almost 110 square kilometers. The area was initially formed as a residential area capable of housing a significant part of the second most important and largest city in Russia.
The areas that gradually became part of the Primorsky region were known even before Tsar Peter I decided that “a city would be founded here.” Olgino, Lakhta, Lisiy Nos, Staraya and Novaya Derevni - all these were Finnish settlements on the banks of the Neva River, which were subsequently given over to the possessions of nobles and officials close to the emperor. Here is the permanent residence of the commandant of the Peter and Paul Fortress, which at that time was a stronghold of security for the young capital. The estates of the Bestuzhev-Ryumins, Counts Orlovs and other high-ranking aristocrats of the tsarist era were built. Gradually, St. Petersburg grew, the picturesque places of the northwestern environs attracted wealthy summer residents here: by the end of the 19th century, the territory of the future Primorsky (under the Soviets - Zhdanovsky) district was almost completely built up with country estates and summer houses.
The October Revolution of 1917 made its own adjustments: the area gradually began to turn into a strategic site. Organized at the beginning of the 20th century, the Komendantsky airfield - “Russia’s first runway” - acquired a new meaning: the first Russian planes, aircraft, and, subsequently, space rockets were tested here.
During the Great Patriotic War, it was with the help of the Commandant’s airfield that it was possible to establish air communication with besieged Leningrad: the pilots were able to deliver some food and take away the wounded and those subject to evacuation from the city. It is with the location of the Komendantsky airfield and its significance for Russian aviation that the names of the streets in the Primorsky district are associated: Parachute, Planernaya, Aircraft Designers, Testers, and so on. Currently, the Komendantsky airfield does not exist; its territory is located “under” the residential areas of the municipal district of St. Petersburg of the same name.
Today, on the territory of the Primorsky district there are several large avenues: Primorskoye Shosse (which turns into the federal highway “Scandinavia” leading from St. Petersburg to Finland), Ispytaley Avenue, Bogatyrsky Avenue, Komendantsky Avenue and others, four metro stations: “Chernaya Rechka” , “Pionerskaya” (“blue” line), “Staraya Derevnya” and “Komendantsky Prospekt” (“brown” line). Residents of the district can also use Udelnaya and Ozerki, located in the Vyborg district, and metro stations located on the territory of Petrogradka.
There is also a railway connection: the Sestroretsk and Vyborg railway lines pass through the Primorsky district - these are the stations “Yakhtennaya”, “Staraya Derevnya”, “Lakhta”, “Lisiy Nos”, “Novaya Derevnya” and “Olgino”.
However, the standard problem for St. Petersburg - traffic jams and very dense automobile traffic - has not escaped the Primorsky district: during rush hours, in the summer, on weekends and holidays, during mass departure or entry into the city, you can stand here for quite a long time. The recently built Ring Road and many interchanges have, of course, alleviated this problem, but have not fundamentally solved it. At the moment, the hopes of drivers and city administration officials are placed on the Western High-Speed Diameter, however, according to experts, even this modern highway will not be able to completely “unload” St. Petersburg, which is clogged with cars.
The Primorsky district is currently, as mentioned above, one of the most promising and attractive areas in the city. Yes, there are several depressive microdistricts here: for example, “old” dull new buildings in the Pionerskaya area and the area polluted by industrial zones near the Chernaya Rechka and Neva Bay, but in general the area makes a pleasant impression: new houses, clean courtyards, wide avenues, Plenty of shopping and entertainment options.
The real estate here is very different: there are attractive “German cottages”, currently being rebuilt, reconstructed and in demand among lovers of low-rise houses “with history”; there are Stalin buildings, Khrushchev buildings, houses 137th, 528th, 611th and other popular series, modern residential complexes, townhouses in Lakhta, Olgino and Lisiy Nos. As they say, you can choose exactly what you like if you have the money: prices in the Primorsky district are higher than prices for similar real estate in the southern districts of the city.
A standard package of housing and communal services costs residents of the area approximately 2000-2200 rubles per month, it all depends on what class of your house and how much water and electricity you consume.
Despite the vast territories of the Chernorechensk industrial zone, the Primorsky district is considered one of the most environmentally friendly in the city. A large number of green spaces - about a quarter of the entire area of the district - help cope with gas pollution and the consequences of harmful emissions into the atmosphere. This is also facilitated by the wind rose, which helps bring clean air to the Primorsky region from the shores of the Gulf of Finland and from the Resort region.
The background radiation is generally normal, only in the area of Komendantsky Prospekt and Aviakonstruktorov Street the norm is exceeded by 3-7 microroentgens per hour. This is due to the fact that during Soviet times, radioactive burial sites were located on this territory. In general, the territory of the Komendantsky airfield is quite polluted: heavy metals and harmful chemical compounds are present in the soil and groundwater.
The Chernaya Rechka area is also polluted - due to the proximity of industrial enterprises. Particularly dangerous from this point of view is the place where the Black River flows into the Bolshaya Nevka. Not far from Korolev Avenue there is a huge transfer point for household waste, essentially a landfill that harms the atmosphere, soil and appearance of the area. From time to time, officials make proposals for the relocation of this transshipment point and cleanup of the territory, but no concrete actions have yet been taken.
In the area of major highways in the region: Primorskoye Highway, Testers and Aircraft Designers Avenues, Bogatyrsky, Komendantsky and Primorsky Avenues, as well as Savushkina Street, standard gas pollution and noise levels exceeding the norm are observed.
According to data posted on the official website of the administration of this administrative entity, about 540 thousand people live in the Primorsky district. This is one of the youngest, fastest growing and developing districts of St. Petersburg.
Traditionally, housing in the northern regions of the city is in greater demand than in the south. People are more willing to buy apartments here, and, consequently, the area is being developed more actively. A certain recession during and immediately after the crisis of the late 2000s did not greatly affect the development of the real estate market: in the Primorsky district there is housing for every taste and budget, from prestigious and elite business class to comfort and economy apartments. Thanks to such diversity, the desire of developers to please every client, good location and ecology, developed infrastructure and transport links, the population of the Primorsky district is constantly growing.
Visitors and residents of the Northern capital buy housing here: young families who have decided to start an independent life. The social composition is very heterogeneous and “bringing it to a common denominator” is hardly possible. A variety of mortgage programs make it possible to purchase an apartment in installments or on credit, and the area is rapidly becoming younger - the working population here makes up more than half of the total number of residents.
The Primorsky district includes 8 municipal districts: Lisiy Nos, Yuntolovo, Lake Dolgoe, Chernaya Rechka, Lakhta-Olgino, Komendantsky airfield, Kolomyagi and municipal district No. 65.
it is a small coastal village included within the city limits. According to the 2010 census, about 5 thousand people live here. The history of Fox Nose goes back deep into pre-Petrine times: mention of it is found in chronicles dating back to the year 1500. This is an independent municipal entity bordering the outskirts of Sestroretsk (Alexandrovskaya and Gorskaya). For a long time, Lisiy Nos “was” the Leningrad region, then it was annexed to the Kurortny district, and only in the second half of the 90s of the last century it became part of the Primorsky region.
Today, active construction of suburban real estate is underway in Lisiy Nos. Small cottages and gardens are giving way to luxury cottages and villas. This is a picturesque place with good transport accessibility: the village can be reached both by rail (Lisiy Nos station) and by the modern highway M10\E18. If it weren’t for the usual traffic jams in these places, the road to Lisiy Nos would take no more than 30-40 minutes. The land here is expensive, the place is considered prestigious. Cottages can be found from 200 to 500 thousand dollars.
Yuntolovo - this is the former municipal district No. 69, in which, according to the 2010 census, more than 100 thousand people live. Residents of the district can use the Ozerki and Staraya Derevnya metro stations, but either of them must be reached by public transport. The boundaries of the district run along the Kamenka River and the Lakhtinsky Razliv, through the territory of the Prigorodny agricultural enterprise, along Shuvalovsky Prospekt, then along the local railway line to the Ecogazservice industrial zone and along its perimeter - along the southern bank of the pond, along the borders of the Radar and Vikaar industrial zones -note”, along Novoselkovskaya, Repishcheva and Parashutnaya streets, then along Dolgoozernaya and Planernaya, along it - along Kamyshovaya Street and the Glukharka River, along the river - to the Lakhtinsky Razliv and the Kamenka River.
Despite the abundance of nearby industrial zones, this is a beautiful area with many green spaces - it is on the territory of this municipal district that the Yuntolovsky reserve is located, one of the few nature reserves located directly on the territory of urban development in St. Petersburg.
Not very convenient transport accessibility is compensated by parks, squares, and in some neighborhoods even a feeling of country life. The types of real estate being built here range from economy-class high-rise buildings to comfortable low-rise residential complexes. There are also more depressive neighborhoods of “old” new buildings of the last century. Prices range from $2000-2200 per square meter in standard resale apartments to $3500-3800 per square meter in modern residential complexes.
formerly municipal district No. 68, located near the Komendantsky Prospekt metro station. According to the latest population census for 2010, about 90 thousand people live here. The boundaries of the district run along the northern part of Peat Road, then along Gakkelevskaya Street, Kamyshovaya and Planernaya to Dolgoozernaya Street, then along it to Parachute and Baikonurskaya Streets, along Baikonurskaya Street to the place where General Khrulev Street adjoins the Chernaya River, and along Chernaya river to the railway tracks of the Sestroretsk direction and the Peat road.
Once upon a time, this was an unfavorable place, from an environmental point of view, since enterprises located in the Chernorechensk industrial zone “gladly” dumped their waste into reservoirs located on the territory of the district: Lake Dolgoye (thanks to which the district got its name), to the Baikonur artesian well and the Chernaya River. Today, the city authorities have reconsidered their attitude towards this unique zone and are trying in every possible way to cleanse it of the adverse effects of industrial enterprises.
There is little real estate in the area. From the very beginning of the district’s existence, this area was considered something of a “buffer zone” between residential areas in the north of the Primorsky district and vast industrial zones located to the south, on the banks of the Chernaya River. Few houses were built here, and in some places you can still find the “private sector” - wooden houses “like in a village.” However, that's all changing, with picturesque lakes and ponds, pristine parks and a relatively convenient location for public transportation making the area very popular with developers. Prices are still low; housing can be purchased for an average of 2000-2500 dollars per square meter.
Black River - area of the Chernaya Rechka metro station, more than 56 thousand people live here. The district is bounded by the Bolshaya Nevka and Lipovaya Alley until its intersection with the Sestroretsky railway tracks, then along the Vyborg direction railway track, along Serdobolskaya and Studencheskaya streets, along Beloostrovskaya street to the territory of the Raduga industrial zone and along it to Kantemirovskaya street, then closes on Bolshaya Nevka right up to the adjoining Linden Alley.
An area of industrial zones, broken roads, constantly standing railway crossings and trams. It is uncomfortable here, but the developed infrastructure, convenient location relative to the city center and access to the ring road make this district very attractive for housing. Real estate is represented by a small number of old and Stalinist buildings, “new buildings” of the last century (mostly) and several recently built residential complexes. The cost per square meter in terms of price-quality ratio is quite high here: the same 2000-2500 dollars.
Lakhta-Olgino - a separate picturesque area located along the Primorskoye Highway on the site of the historical villages of Olgino and Lakhta. According to the 2010 census, just under 4 thousand people live here. The district is limited by the shore of the Gulf of Finland in the area of Primorsky forestries, then by the railway tracks of the Sestroretsk direction (inactive Morskaya platform), the Pargolovka River (Chernaya River), the perimeters of the Yuntolovsky Nature Reserve, the Kamenka River and the Lakhtinsky Razliv along the eastern shore and closes on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.
It is in Lakhta that they are going to build the “Lakhta Center” - the twin tower of Gazprom - one of the most controversial projects of recent years in St. Petersburg.
As can be seen from the very description of the boundaries of the district, this is a nature protection zone, which is relatively easy to reach from the Staraya Derevnya and Udelnaya metro stations. Minibus taxis run almost every 15 minutes, and there is also a bus service. Living in Olgino is becoming more and more pleasant: developers are offering modern living conditions combined with countryside silence and clean air. You can purchase both a country house and apartments in low-rise residential complexes. Prices are quite standard for St. Petersburg: comfort class - from $3,000 per square meter, economy - cheaper. Secondary housing is represented by Stalinist, post-war houses and standard “old” new buildings of the second half of the 20th century.
Commandant's airfield - one of the municipalities of St. Petersburg that appeared relatively recently. Dense “bedroom” residential development in the Komendantsky Prospekt metro area, located on the territory of Komendantsky Field. It borders with the rest of the districts of the Primorsky district and with the Vyborg district along the Chernaya Rechka, Kolomyazhsky Avenue, Parachute Street and Sizov Avenue. Once upon a time, Pushkin and Dantes shot here, the first balloon flights were carried out, and a little later, already in Soviet times, space rockets were tested. During the Great Patriotic War, it was at the Komendantsky airfield that transport aviation pilots risked their lives and delivered food to besieged Leningrad.
Today, this is a constantly growing area of modern multi-storey development, where, according to data provided by the 2010 census, more than 85 thousand people live. Developed infrastructure, good roads, which the city administration regularly repairs and improves, plenty of parking, good transport accessibility - the district is very, very promising. The disadvantage here, perhaps, is that almost all the territories of the Komendantsky airfield have already been developed in one way or another.
Real estate is represented by “old” and new new buildings, prices per square meter of housing in which range from $2,000 to $2,800.
Municipal district No. 65 - a huge densely populated municipality with a population of more than 128 thousand people. It is limited by the Lakhtinsky Razliv, the Glukharka River, Kamyshovaya and Gakkelevskaya streets until the intersection of the latter with the Peat Road, then along the Peat Road to Lipovaya Alley and along it to the Bolshaya Nevka and Nevskaya Bay to the bridge spanning the Lakhtinsky Razliv. The nearest metro station is Staraya Derevnya.
Most of the population of the Primorsky district lives here. The location is popular; in this municipal district, middle-income people are most willing to buy apartments: you can find quite economical offers on the secondary market. The latter is represented by almost all types of residential development, with the possible exception of the old Peter the Great foundation. There are Stalin buildings, Khrushchev buildings, Brezhnev buildings, brick dotted houses of the second half of the 20th century, and modern housing stock. Prices are very different: from $1,800 per square meter in “five-story buildings” of the Khrushchev era to $3,000 per square meter in new residential complexes.
formerly municipal district No. 70. Population - about 40 thousand people. To get to any metro station in the Primorsky district you need to travel by ground public transport. The territory of the district is limited by the Yuntolovsky reserves, the Pargolovka River (Chernaya River), several blocks of the Pesochinsky forestry, the railway tracks of the Vyborg direction, Kuban Street to Fermskoye Highway, then along the highway to Akkuratova Street and along it, and then along the 3rd line of the 1st half to Migunovskaya and Podgornaya streets, along the latter - to Parashutnaya and Repishchevaya streets, to Novoselkovskaya street and along it to the perimeter boundaries of the industrial zones "Vikaar-prim" and "Radar", then along the southern bank of the pond to the industrial zone "Ekogazservis", the railway tracks adjacent to Shuvalovsky Avenue, along it - to the territory of the Prigorodny agricultural enterprise, to the Kamenka River and the territory of the Yuntolovsky Nature Reserve to the Pargolovka River.
The territory of the district is very heterogeneous; it includes the area of the Yuntolovsky Nature Reserve, the Chernorechensky industrial zones, residential buildings and the area of railroad junctions. For this reason, you can find different types of housing in Kolomyagi, in different price categories and highly differentiated in quality. Few new houses are being built; the process was greatly slowed down by the last crisis in the real estate market in 2008-2009. Secondary housing is presented in all its diversity. Price fluctuations - from 2000 to 2700 dollars per square meter.
Primorsky district is one of the most promising in terms of construction of residential and commercial real estate. Currently, the administration of St. Petersburg is considering projects aimed at reducing the number of hazardous industries in the area and repurposing industrial zones into technology parks and business centers. Some of these plans have already begun to be implemented. A positive example here is the Aquatoria business center, built on the site of an industrial zone.
Reconstruction of Stalinist and Khrushchev-era houses is being carried out, more experimental than functional, but sooner or later the city authorities will find the optimal solution to this problem. Tourist and entertainment centers are being built (the Drunken Harbor area), low-rise residential complexes (Kolomyagi and Lake Dolgoe). Roads and tram tracks are constantly being repaired, new road junctions are being built, and new routes of ground public transport are opening.
A distinctive feature of the infrastructure of the Primorsky district is that ways are being sought to “raise” even the most hopeless areas from an investment point of view.
There are about 55 secondary educational institutions, many public and private kindergartens, and additional education institutions in the area. Among the universities and research institutes, one can highlight the Nevsky Institute of Language and Culture, one of the branches of the Research Institute named after. Ioffe, a small business center owned by the Helsinki Economic Institute, the Ecograd research center and others.
Almost all types of St. Petersburg hypermarkets are represented in the Primorsky district: Lenta, SuperSiva, Ramstore, Okay, Metro, Karusel and others. There are quite a lot of shopping centers offering a wide selection of clothing and shoes from leading European brands, household appliances and electronics, and construction goods for repairs. There are more than 60 shopping zones in the area, and their number is constantly increasing.
The Primorsky district occupies one of the first places in St. Petersburg both in terms of the volume of investment in the production located here, as well as in terms of turnover and profit. The region is known as one of the leading in the field of energy production, food industry, production of building materials, household and industrial chemicals. There is also an oil refining plant, a thermal power plant and a transfer point for processing household waste.
Many kilometers of industrial zones are the location of many large enterprises, such as Metrobeton, Severny Zavod, the Chupa Chups plant, the St. Petersburg branch of the British American Tobacco tobacco company, the Abrasive Plant and many others. There are also many warehouse and commercial premises, an optical-mechanical association and logging production.
There are large shopping centers, a market, and many small companies providing various services to the population. The district is a large payer of taxes to the city treasury. There are also many railway and road junctions here, which also influences the development of the area in a positive direction.
The criminal background in the Primorsky district is relatively calm. “Sleeping” multi-storey neighborhoods are mainly home to domestic crimes, street robberies, car and apartment thefts, and offenses related to the use and/or distribution of narcotic substances. Recently, there has also been an increase in the number of attacks on women for the purpose of rape (in most cases, the perpetrators or suspects are immigrants from the former republics of the USSR), as well as attempts to kidnap children, fortunately, prevented in time.
In the forest parks of the Primorsky and nearby Vyborg districts, bodies of people with swastikas, pentagrams and other signs carved on their bodies were previously found, giving investigators reason to think about a possible murder for the purpose of sacrifice. Some cases of this kind have never been solved.
The area of industrial zones, especially the territory of warehouses and landfills, traditionally attracts criminals who commit economic crimes, as well as those who, for one reason or another, want to hide traces of their activities from law enforcement agencies: car thieves, smugglers, drug traffickers always consider such places almost not your "home".
Those who are interested in Russian history, literature and culture will no doubt be interested in visiting the site of the duel between the great poet Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin and Dantes, which took place in 1837 on the Black River.
Architecture lovers can recommend visiting the Annunciation Church in Staraya Derevnya, which was built in the early 19th century, and the Buddhist Pagoda - the only building dedicated to this religious movement in St. Petersburg. Also worthy of attention is the miraculously preserved dacha of Shishmarev on Primorsky Prospekt, where a children's art school is now located.
For those who prefer entertainment venues to nature walks, where they can relax in the company of friends, watch sporting events on the big screen, dance, drink an exotic cocktail or watch a current movie, the Primorsky district offers a full range of such entertainment: there are a large number of bars, clubs, cafes, restaurants, game and entertainment centers for both children and adults.
The quarter was built at the beginning of the 20th century in the Gavan area, and it became an important social experiment in providing workers with cheap housing. This residential complex is considered a prototype of future microdistricts: on the first floors of the houses there were shops, nurseries, canteens, a library and a school, in the courtyards there were parks and a children's playground. In the 80s, a picturesque panel depicting Buddha appeared on the firewall of house No. 69. The painting was done by students of the Mukhinsky School using the fresco technique, so the drawing remains bright and colorful even now.
Maly pr. V.O., 69 – 71
The construction of the harbor on Vasilievsky Island began by decree of Peter the Great, the author of the project was the architect Domenico Trezzini. According to his drawings, a rectangular pool, docks and wooden crowns were built - watchtowers with flagpoles that served as landmarks for ships. In 1754, the architect M. Bashmakov rebuilt them in stone, preserving the original appearance. The towers in the Peter's Baroque style became a monument of the 18th century and are protected by the state.
Shkipersky Protok, 14a, 16The figures of the participants in the December uprising are shrouded in secrets and mysteries; it is still unknown exactly where they are buried. One of the proposed places is Goloday Island (the modern name is Decembrist Island), where there was a cemetery for executed criminals. In 1926, an obelisk to the Decembrists was erected here, and a few decades later a small park with oak trees, flower beds and flower beds was laid out.
Uralskaya st., 30
In 1999, a monument to the Young Boys of the Baltic appeared on Decembrist Island - an unusually touching and simple bronze figure of a boy on a low pedestal. Since 1942, there were companies of young boys in the Baltic Fleet; about two thousand teenagers were trained in military affairs and then participated in combat operations. A memorial is dedicated to their heroism and feat, opened on the initiative of the Society of Veteran Young Men of the Baltic Fleet.
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The mooring complex, in the best traditions of functionalism, decorated the embankment of the Gulf of Finland in 1983. It was built according to the design of the architect V. A. Sokhin over a whole decade and was designed specifically to receive cruise and ferry ships. Today, a new port, “Sea Façade,” has been built not far from it, but its older comrade continues to function: ferries to Helsinki, Stockholm and Tallinn depart from here, and tourists can stay in hotel rooms here.
Sea Glory Square 1
Buildings on supports became a symbol of architectural modernism, which was reflected in the late Soviet development of Leningrad. “Houses on legs” on Novosmolenskaya embankment were built as part of a large-scale project to develop Vasilyevsky Island towards the bay. They had a height that was unique for the 80s - 22 floors, and the famous “legs”-supports. The pillars made it possible to free up space for flower beds and greenery, and raised the lower levels of the building to protect them from city noise, dust and possible floods.
emb. Novosmolenskaya, 2 – 8Near the Smolensk Lutheran Cemetery there is one of the most mysterious graffiti in St. Petersburg. On the wall of a dilapidated building there is a picture of a pale girl in a vest who utters a mysterious phrase: “Put the compass under your pillow.” It is unknown what the author wanted to say with this, so one can only guess about the meaning of the inscription. Fortunately, the place is conducive to leisurely walks and reflection.
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In recent years, the panorama of the waters of the Gulf of Finland has undergone significant changes: the Zenit Arena grew on Krestovsky Island, the bulk of the Lakhta Center rose into the sky behind it, and the Western High-Speed Diameter highway cut the city center from north to south. These metamorphoses are especially noticeable from the beach near Morskaya Embankment, from which the new Cable-stayed Bridge stretches across the Petrovsky Fairway. The best time to come here is when the evening lights come on, at which time the urban landscape takes on its final form.
The submarine "Narodovolets" is an active memorial to submarine heroes, part of the cultural heritage of Russia. The submarine lived a long life (1927 – 1975), repeatedly participated in military campaigns and retired to the shore, turning into a museum in the fall of 1994. On board the submarine you can get acquainted with the weapons, the life of sailors, see old photographs and listen to stories of the war years.
Shkipersky Protok, 10The Metro Museum is an interactive and educational center dedicated to the St. Petersburg subway. Visitors can get acquainted with all the devices that ensure the operation of the metro, find out what the first cars looked like, visit the electric depot and even try on the driver’s uniform. The exhibition features documents and photographs, original items and equipment, as well as a unique model of rolling stock.
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On Baltic Fleet Square you can see real propellers and artillery turrets of the city defender ship. The cruiser Kirov was the first ship entirely designed and built in the USSR. He took part in the Great Patriotic War: he held back the attack on Leningrad, defended Tallinn and Kronstadt. During the battles, the ship was badly damaged, and part of the crew died. The monument to the cruiser Kirov and the feat of the sailors of the Baltic Fleet was opened in 1990.
pl. Baltic FleetA new space for business and cultural projects is the premises of the Siemens & Halske plant. The company moved its workshops, and it was decided to use the vacated space for something useful. This is how “Port Sevkabel” appeared - an area where you can relax, play basketball, go to a festival or exhibition. The building is still in the process of reconstruction, so it is gradually filled with residents, but constantly updates the cultural program. True, it will take about half an hour to get from Primorskaya on foot.
Leather line, 40Hello, dear travelers! Vasilyevsky Island is the heart of St. Petersburg, the largest of the city’s islands. Its streets are steeped in the history of the Russian state. And Peter I planned to turn it into Russian Venice, but these plans were never realized. What to see on Vasilyevsky Island when you arrive in St. Petersburg?
On the streets of Vasilievsky Island, like nowhere else in St. Petersburg, you can feel the atmosphere of the 18th-19th centuries. Some houses look the same as they did a hundred years ago, so when you find yourself there, you feel like you're stepping back into the last century.
I don’t want to choose either a country or a graveyard. I will come to Vasilyevsky Island to die. I won’t find your dark blue façade in the dark, between the faded lines I’ll fall onto the asphalt,” Joseph Brodsky
In the summer, thousands of tourists come to see the main event of the city - the opening of the Palace Bridge, connecting Vasilyevsky Island with Nevsky Prospekt.
But local residents are not happy with the fact that the only way to get home at night is by swimming or waiting for bridges to close. Recently, a night metro line was launched, which transports residents from one bank to the other during the period of bridge opening.
The weather on Vasilyevsky Island is different from St. Petersburg - it is almost always colder and windier here, so it would be a good idea to take warm clothes for a walk.
The history of Vasilyevsky Island dates back to the 18th century, when Peter I gave it to A.D. Menshikov. He built a palace on it, the original appearance of which has been preserved to this day. In 1732 it was transferred to the disposal of the First Cadet Corps. And since 1981, a branch of the Hermitage and an exhibition from the times of Peter I have settled here.
They began to actively develop Vasilyevsky Island when Peter I wanted to build something akin to the cities of Europe.
In 1720, the architect Trezzini presented a project with parallel canal streets, in the spirit of Venice. The idea was accepted, but without the canals, and the streets were renamed lines.
By 1810, the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island was built on the eastern part. A little later the port was moved. They set up a place for a cemetery. The Blagoveshchensky Bridge was erected. Educational and scientific institutions were opened. Residential and public buildings began to be actively developed. Industrial enterprises began operating in the north and south of the island. The first tram line was laid.
In the 20-21 centuries, by merging with the neighboring Dekabristov Island, the Vasileostrovsky district appeared. Bolshoy Prospekt was reconstructed. Highways were formed. The following areas were actively developed: the Harbor area, the Western side area, which is the sea facade of St. Petersburg.
At the mouth of the river In Smolenka, after the construction of the Shipbuilders Bridge on it, it was planned to create a park called “Window to Europe”, but due to the start of perestroika, the project had to be curtailed. According to the latest information, the Window to Europe park project on Vasilyevsky Island may see the light of day.
The first thing that guests of the island see are the Rostral Columns on Exchange Square, built in 1810 and previously serving as lighthouses.
From the very top of the columns there is a stunning view of the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island.
Strelka is the eastern edge of Vasilyevsky Island. This is a complex of architectural buildings that harmoniously combine with the Neva embankment.
Here is the narrowest street of the city - Repina and the most picturesque 6th and 7th lines of Vasilyevsky Island.
There is something to see on the Spit of Vasilievsky Island itself:
You can also take a walk from the Vasileostrovskaya metro station, moving along Bolshoy Prospekt.
Along the way you can visit:
On Bolshoy Prospect, literally every building has a story, for example, house No. 6 or the house of the merchant Gromov. At the beginning of the 18th century, the L.N. Museum was opened here. Tolstoy. After this there lived a writer - N. Chernyshevsky, and during the war years - Tatyana Savicheva, whose stories about life in besieged Leningrad told about this terrible period of the city.
Today this building houses Spice Museum.
On Sredny Avenue you will find:
There are not many attractions on Maly Prospekt, but it is definitely worth strolling along the streets and enjoying the view of the Annunciation Church.
There are 4 embankments on Vasilyevsky Island: Universitetskaya, Lieutenant Schmidt embankment, Makarova and Morskaya.
There are a large number of attractions on Universitetskaya:
Moving along the University Embankment towards the Blagoveshchensky Bridge, you will get to the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment.
Walking through these places, you can see: the Naval and Mining Institute, the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the icebreaker-museum "Krasin", which was a participant in the rescue operation at the North Pole and the Great Patriotic War.
The Mining Museum in St. Petersburg was founded on October 21, 1773, together with the Mining School, by decree of Catherine II. It is located on the second floor of the Mining University building. The museum's collections occupy the best historical rooms of the building.
The museum is an important cultural, educational, educational and scientific center of the university. Its collections have served as the basis for the scientific and educational activities of the Mining University for several centuries.
Today the Mining Museum consists of 20 halls, the area of which exceeds 4000 square meters. m. The museum's holdings include over 240 thousand exhibits, some of which are unique and rare.
The museum is divided into 3 departments: history of mining technology, mineralogy and geology. Visitors will be able to see collections of minerals and meteorites collected in the 18th–19th centuries.
Also on display are rare items from the Faberge jewelry company, items made of steel, copper and cast iron.
Opening hours: Monday-Thursday from 9.00 to 17.00.
Friday from 9.00 to 16.00.
Excursions only in organized groups (students, schoolchildren, organizations).
Saturday: excursions by appointment only for individual visitors (2 groups of 25 people).
Ticket price: Visiting the museum is free. Be sure to have your ID with you.
What travelers say:
My team and I went on an excursion to the mining museum one Saturday. To my shame, having lived for so many years in this beautiful city, I have not been to this museum. It was a shock. The exhibits were amazing in their beauty. It was as if we had plunged into the world of a fairy tale. Wonderfully designed display cases. It is clear that the museum was created with love. I really liked the girl guide. I fell in love with the Charoite stone. The most important thing is that the museum is free. It turns out you just need to sign up.
Located on Lieutenant Schmidt embankment, house 27/2. It was founded in the courtyard of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra in 1895. Construction was completed in 1903. The pseudo-Russian style gives the temple elegance and lightness.
The church is five-domed, built without the use of columns made of brick, concrete, granite, and Radom sandstone. The architect was able to achieve an amazing combination of a monumental cathedral and the comfort of a house church. V. A. Kosyakov managed to harmoniously fit the building into the panorama of Vasilyevsky Island.
Accommodates up to 2000 people. Didn't escape closure. Until 1991, it housed a gym, an indoor skating rink, baths and flower plantations.
Divine services resumed in August 1991. Based on photographs, it was possible to restore the unique porcelain iconostasis.
The icebreaker "Krasin" is a unique open-air museum, a genuine Arctic icebreaker that has traveled tens of thousands of kilometers throughout all the oceans of the world during its long life. Over the more than century-long history of its existence, the icebreaker managed to serve in the Russian and Soviet navies, work as a convoy ship and a research vessel.
In the last decade and a half, the rather aged, but still strong, handsome man has been permanently moored at the Lieutenant Schmidt embankment in St. Petersburg and whiles away his days as a living museum.
The years of perestroika became a difficult period in the life of the icebreaker. Lack of funding and even attempts to sell the dilapidated ship, which had become useless to anyone, almost led to the death of the Krasin.
Thanks to the efforts of caring people and enthusiasts, an organization was found that was ready to sponsor the restoration of the historical ship and turn it into a museum on the water.
Opening hours: Wed–Sun from 11:00 to 18:00 (ticket office until 17:00).
Mon, Tue – weekend.
The last Wednesday of the month is sanitary day.
Ticket price - Entrance ticket (excursion): adults - 400 rubles, schoolchildren, students, pensioners, children from 5 to 7 years old - 200 rubles, children under 5 years old, combatants, conscripts - free.
What travelers say:
We were lucky, we got on an unscheduled excursion (they are usually held every hour -12.00, 13.00, etc.), we had an amazing guide - Diana Borisovna. The story was very interesting and emotional (on the part of the visitors). They told the story of the icebreaker, how it differs from other ships, you could hold the helm (you can’t turn it - the icebreaker is working), knock on Morse code, and look into the captain’s cabin. They gave us time to take photographs. Everyone was very pleased with the excursion, we will be back in the summer for a walk on the upper deck!! (We visited in mid-March).
The Chapel of St. Xenia of Petersburg is the most visited place among believers. It is located next to the Primorskaya metro station, on the territory of the Smolensk cemetery. There is a belief that Ksenia helps everyone who asks her for help.
You can also walk to Lenexpo - one of the largest exhibition complexes in the Russian Federation.
And the marine terminal, located on Sea Glory Square, is ready to receive any ships.
The Blagoveshchensky Bridge was the first to appear on Vasilyevsky Island.
Later, Dvortsovy, Birzhevoy and Tuchkov appeared. In the summer, all these bridges are opened one by one in accordance with the schedule, but it changes every year, so it is better to check in advance.
To get to St. Petersburg and Vasilyevsky Island, book your plane tickets in advance.
For online booking of air and train tickets, as well as hotels and tours, you can use the website "Ozon.Travel".
Here you will receive information about payment for the order and delivery of tickets, tariffs, and availability.
Have you been to Vasilyevsky Island? Maybe we missed something? Add your routes in the comments.
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