Kryukov Canal (russian: link=no, Крюков канал) is one of the

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s in

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, 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

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River. Kryukov Canal was originally dug in 1719–1720 from the

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River to the

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River for transport purposes. During the construction of part of the

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, some water was piped through the present Labor Square. The water pipe has survived to this day.//СПИГ Since 1830, the section from the

to the

became called the Kryukov Canal. Granite embankments were built in 1801–1807.

Geographic information

The length is 1.5 km, the width is up to 20 m, and the depth is 2 m. Together with the Admiralteysky Canal, the Kryukov Canal separates the New Holland Island from the Second Admiralteysky Island.

Bridges across the Kryukov Canal

* Smezhny Bridge * Staro-Nikolsky Bridge * Kashin Bridge * Torgovy Bridge * Dekabristov Bridge * Matveevsky Bridge

References

*Горбачевич К. С., Хабло Е. П., Почему так названы? О происхождении названий улиц, площадей, островов, рек и мостов Ленинграда. — 3-е изд., испр. и доп. — Л.: Лениздат, 1985. — С. 448—449. — 511 с. *Горбачевич К. С., Хабло Е. П., Почему так названы? О происхождении названий улиц, площадей, островов, рек и мостов Санкт-Петербурга. — 4-е изд., перераб. — СПб.: Норинт, 1996. — С. 313. — 359 с. — . *Городские имена сегодня и вчера: Петербургская топонимика / сост. С. В. Алексеева, А. Г. Владимирович, А. Д. Ерофеев и др. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. — СПб.: Лик, 1997. — С. 62. — 288 с. — (Три века Северной Пальмиры). — . *По малым рекам и каналам Санкт-Петербурга. СПб.: Лениздат, 2001. *Зуев Г. И. Там, где Крюков канал… — М.-СПб.: Центрполиграф, МиМ-Дельта, 2007. — . {{coord missing, Russia Admiralteysky District, Saint Petersburg Canals of Saint Petersburg

Name

History

Geographic information

Bridges across the Kryukov Canal

References

Further reading