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Matveevsky Bridge
Matveevsky Bridge — is a steel girder bridge over the Kryukov Canal in the Admiralteysky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects the Kolomensky and Kazansky Islands. The bridge has retained the architectural appearance characteristic of the bridges of the Kryukov Canal during the 1780s. It is a monument of history and culture. Location Matveevsky Bridge is located along the (southern) embankment of the Moyka River between houses No. 100 and 102, at the intersection of the Kryukov Canal and the Moyka River. It forms an ensemble with the nearby Krasnoflotsky Bridge across the Moyka River. The Central Naval Museum (Kryukov Naval Barracks) and the New Holland Island are next to the bridge. Downstream is the Decembrists' Bridge or the Dekabristov Bridge. The nearest metro stations are Sadovaya, Sennaya Ploschad, and Spasskaya. Name Since 1798, the Matveevsky Bridge was called "Konyushenny" because the embankment of the left bank of the Moyka River was then Konyu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kryukov Canal
Kryukov Canal (russian: link=no, Крюков канал) is one of the Canals in central Saint Petersburg, Russia. Name In 1738, the canal was named after the contractor Semyon Kryukov. History The Kryukov Canal runs from the Admiralteysky Canal in the area of the present Labor Square and all the way to the Fontanka River. Kryukov Canal was originally dug in 1719–1720 from the Neva River to the Moyka River for transport purposes. During the construction of part of the Annunciation Bridge, some water was piped through the present Labor Square. The water pipe has survived to this day.//СПИГ Since 1830, the section from the Moyka to the Fontanka The Fontanka (russian: Фонтанка), a left branch of the river Neva, flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia – from the Summer Garden to . It is long, with a width up to , and a depth up to . The Moyka River for ... became called the Kryukov Canal. Granite embankments were built in 1801–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th
18 (eighteen) is the natural number following 17 and preceding 19. In mathematics * Eighteen is a composite number, its divisors being 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9. Three of these divisors (3, 6 and 9) add up to 18, hence 18 is a semiperfect number. Eighteen is the first inverted square-prime of the form ''p''·''q''2. * In base ten, it is a Harshad number. * It is an abundant number, as the sum of its proper divisors is greater than itself (1+2+3+6+9 = 21). It is known to be a solitary number, despite not being coprime to this sum. * It is the number of one-sided pentominoes. * It is the only number where the sum of its written digits in base 10 (1+8 = 9) is equal to half of itself (18/2 = 9). * It is a Fine number. In science Chemistry * Eighteen is the atomic number of argon. * Group 18 of the periodic table is called the noble gases. * The 18-electron rule is a rule of thumb in transition metal chemistry for characterising and predicting the stability of metal complexes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiralteysky District, Saint Petersburg
Admiralteysky District (russian: Адмиралте́йский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 157,897; down from 187,837 recorded in the 2002 Census. Geography The district borders the Neva River in the north and in the west, the Yekateringofka River in the southwest, areas around Gorokhovaya Street in the east, and areas around Zagorodny Avenue in the south. History It was established on March 11, 1994 as a result of the merger of Leninsky and Oktyabrsky Districts.Official website of the Administration of St. PetersburgAdmiralteysky District. General Information. Municipal divisions Admiralteysky District comprises the following six municipal okrugs:Law #411-68 * Admiralteysky * Izmaylovskoye *Kolomna Kolomna ( rus, Колóмна, p=kɐˈlomnə) is a historical types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridges In Saint Petersburg
There are more than 342 bridges in the city limits of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of the most famous ones. Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens skillful in sailing. Initially, there were only about ten bridges constructed in the city, mainly across ditches and minor creeks. By Peter's plans, in the summer months, the citizens were supposed to move around in boats, and in the winter months when the water froze to move in sledges. However, after Peter's death, new bridges were built, as it was a much easier way of transportation. Temporary ponton bridges were used in the summertime. The first permanent bridge of bricks and stones across the main branch of the Neva river appeared in 1850. Today, there are more 342 bridges over canals and rivers of various sizes, styles and constructions, built at different periods. Some of them are small pedestrian bridges, such as Bank and Lion bridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bridges In Saint Petersburg
There are more than 342 bridges in the city limits of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of the most famous ones. Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens skillful in sailing. Initially, there were only about ten bridges constructed in the city, mainly across ditches and minor creeks. By Peter's plans, in the summer months, the citizens were supposed to move around in boats, and in the winter months when the water froze to move in sledges. However, after Peter's death, new bridges were built, as it was a much easier way of transportation. Temporary ponton bridges were used in the summertime. The first permanent bridge of bricks and stones across the main branch of the Neva river appeared in 1850. Today, there are more 342 bridges over canals and rivers of various sizes, styles and constructions, built at different periods. Some of them are small pedestrian bridges, such as Bank and Lion bridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matveev Bridge 01
Matveyev (russian: Матвеев; masculine) or Matveyeva (; feminine) is a Russian language family name. Its alternative spellings include Matveev. The name is derived from the male given name Matvey and literally means ''Matvey's''. It may refer to: * Aleksandr Matveyev (other) **Aleksandr Matveyev (linguist) (b. 1926), Russian linguist **Aleksandr Matveyev (medic), Russian medic **Aleksandr Matveyev (officer) (b. 1922), Soviet army officer and Full Cavalier of the Order of Glory ** Aleksandr Matveyev (sculptor) (1878–1960), Russian sculptor *Andrey Matveyev (1666–1728), Russian statesman * Andrey Matveyev (painter) (1702–1739), Russian painter *Artamon Matveyev (1625–1682), Russian statesman, diplomat and reformer * Boris Matveyev (percussionist) (1928–?), Russian percussionist * Boris Matveyev (zoologist) (1889–1973), Soviet zoologist * Boris Matveyev (footballer) (b. 1970), Soviet and Russian footballer *Fyodor Matveyev (1758–1826), Russian painter and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
February Revolution
The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and sometimes as the March Revolution, was the first of two revolutions which took place in Russia in 1917. The main events of the revolution took place in and near Petrograd (present-day Saint Petersburg), the then-capital of Russia, where long-standing discontent with the monarchy erupted into mass protests against food rationing on 23 February Old Style (8 March New Style). Revolutionary activity lasted about eight days, involving mass demonstrations and violent armed clashes with police and gendarmes, the last loyal forces of the Russian monarchy. On 27 February O.S. (12 March N.S.) the forces of the capital's garrison sided with the revolutionaries. Three days later Tsar Nicholas II abdicated, ending Romanov dynastic rule and the Russian Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th
19 (nineteen) is the natural number following 18 and preceding 20. It is a prime number. Mathematics 19 is the eighth prime number, and forms a sexy prime with 13, a twin prime with 17, and a cousin prime with 23. It is the third full reptend prime, the fifth central trinomial coefficient, and the seventh Mersenne prime exponent. It is also the second Keith number, and more specifically the first Keith prime. * 19 is the maximum number of fourth powers needed to sum up to any natural number, and in the context of Waring's problem, 19 is the fourth value of g(k). * The sum of the squares of the first 19 primes is divisible by 19. *19 is the sixth Heegner number. 67 and 163, respectively the 19th and 38th prime numbers, are the two largest Heegner numbers, of nine total. * 19 is the third centered triangular number as well as the third centered hexagonal number. : The 19th triangular number is 190, equivalently the sum of the first 19 non-zero integers, that is also t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spasskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Spasskaya (russian: Спáсская) is the current western terminus station of the Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro. It is part of the first three-way transfer station that also includes Sadovaya and Sennaya Ploshchad stations. The station was originally scheduled to open in December 2008, but eventually opened on March 7, 2009 because of last-minute repairs to station's transfer escalators. {{As of, 2009, the station does not have a ground-level vestibule or a connecting escalator. Passengers have to transfer to one of the connected stations in order to exit to the city. Gallery File:SpasskayaMetrostation-2009-03-07-13.jpg, Location of the future exit See also * Saviour Church on Sennaya Square The Assumption Church on Sennaya Square in St. Petersburg was a Late Baroque penticupolar church underwritten by Orthodox merchants trading at the nearby Sennaya Square market. The church originated as a wooden building transferred across the ... - demolished church f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiralteysky District
Admiralteysky District (russian: Адмиралте́йский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 157,897; down from 187,837 recorded in the 2002 Census. Geography The district borders the Neva River in the north and in the west, the Yekateringofka River in the southwest, areas around Gorokhovaya Street in the east, and areas around Zagorodny Avenue in the south. History It was established on March 11, 1994 as a result of the merger of Leninsky and Oktyabrsky Districts.Official website of the Administration of St. PetersburgAdmiralteysky District. General Information. Municipal divisions Admiralteysky District comprises the following six municipal okrugs:Law #411-68 * Admiralteysky * Izmaylovskoye *Kolomna Kolomna ( rus, Колóмна, p=kɐˈlomnə) is a historical city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sennaya Ploshchad (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Sennaya Ploshchad ( rus, Сеннáя плóщадь, p=sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ, ''Sennaya Square'') is a station on the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. History The station opened on 1 July 1963. It is a deep underground pylon station. Its surface vestibule is situated near Sennaya Square, which gives its name to the station. The Saviour Church on Sennaya Square was demolished to give way for construction of the entrance to the station. Before 1992 both the square and the station were known under the name Ploshchad Mira (Peace Square). In June 1999 the concrete canopy of the surface vestibule collapsed, killing seven. The station is connected to the station Spasskaya of the Pravoberezhnaya Line and Sadovaya of the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line via an underground transfer corridor. On 3 April 2017, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a train between stations Sennaya Ploschad and Tekhnologichesky Institut Tekhnologichesky Institut ( rus, Техн ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadovaya (Saint Petersburg Metro)
Sadovaya (russian: Садовая) is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on 30 December 1991. It provides a transfer to the Pravoberezhnaya line through Spasskaya and the Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya line Line 2 of the Saint Petersburg Metro, also known as ''Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya Line'' (russian: Моско́вско-Петрогра́дская ли́ния) or ''Blue Line'', is a second oldest rapid transit line in Saint Petersburg, Russia, ... through Sennaya Ploshchad. Transport Buses: 49, 50, 70, 71, 181, 262. Trams: 3. Saint Petersburg Metro stations Railway stations in Russia opened in 1991 Railway stations located underground in Russia {{Russia-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
