The Karpovka (russian: Ка́рповка) is a small river of the
Neva basin in
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
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
. It separates
Aptekarsky Island
Aptekarsky Island (russian: Апте́карский о́стров, , "Apothecary Island", fi, Korpisaari, "Deep Forest Island") is a relatively small island situated in the northern part of the Neva delta. It is separated from Petrogradsky Is ...
(right bank) from
Petrogradsky Island
Petrogradsky Island or Petrograd Island ( Russian: Петроградский остров) is the third largest island in the Neva River delta
in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Along with Zayachy Island, Aptekarsky Island, and Petrovsky Island, it c ...
(left bank). The Karpovka flows from the
Bolshaya Nevka
The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka () is an arm of the Neva that begins about below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg.
Attractions
* Bridges
** Samson Bridge
** Grenadiers Bridge
** Kantemirovsky Bridge
** Ushakovsky Bridge
** 3rd ...
to the
Malaya Nevka
The Little Nevka or Malaya Nevka (russian: Ма́лая Не́вка) is the southern distributary of the Great Nevka. The Great Nevka splits into Little Nevka (the southern armlet) and Middle Nevka (the northern armlet) near the Kamenny Is ...
and is long. The Russian name is derived from the old
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
name of the river, ''Korpijoki'', meaning ''forested area river''. The
Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
The main Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden, officially known as the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Komarov Botanical Institute's Botanical Garden of Peter the Great (russian: Ботанический сад Петра Великого Б ...
and
Ioannovsky Convent are situated on the right bank of the river.
See also
*
List of bridges in Saint Petersburg
External links
Karpovka, river@ ''Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg''
Distributaries of the Neva
Rivers of Saint Petersburg
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