Ligovsky Prospekt () is a major street 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 ...

. Before the establishment of the city, it was a street leading to Novgorod, used by the people living in the villages around the Neva delta. Between 1718-25, when Saint Petersburg was the capital of

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, construction began on the Ligovsky Canal. The canal was used to transfer water from the river to fountains of the

Summer Garden The Summer Garden (russian: Ле́тний сад, ''Letniy sad'') is a historic public garden that occupies an eponymous island between the Neva, Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in downtown Saint Petersburg, Russia and shares its name w ...

, hence the name of the street and the canal. After the flood of 1777 all the fountains were demolished, and later the canal was as well.

Ligovsky Prospekt today

The Ligovsky Prospekt is one of the largest streets in Saint Petersburg. It extends from Oktyabrskiy Big Concert Hall,

Vosstaniya Square Vosstaniya Square (russian: Пло́щадь Восста́ния, lit. ''Uprising Square'') is a major square in the Central Business District of Saint Petersburg, Russia. The square lies at the crossing of Nevsky Prospekt, Ligovsky Prospekt, V ...

and

Nevsky Prospekt Nevsky Prospect ( rus, Не́вский проспе́кт, r=Nevsky Prospekt, p=ˈnʲɛfskʲɪj prɐˈspʲɛkt) is the main street (high street) in the federal city of St. Petersburg in Russia. It takes its name from the Alexander Nevsky L ...

, and runs through southern Saint Petersburg, onto

Moskovsky Prospekt Moskovsky Prospekt (russian: Моско́вский проспе́кт, ''Moskovsky Avenue'') is a 10 km-long prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It runs from Sennaya Square and Sadovaya Street, to Victory Square, where it splits into ...

and the

Moscow Triumphal Gate The Moscow Triumphal Gate (russian: Моско́вские Триумфа́льные воро́та, ''Moskovskiye Triumfalnye vorota'') is a Neoclassical triumphal arch in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The monument, built mainly in cast iron, was e ...

Names of the street

* Moskovskaya Street; during 1739 to the late eighteenth century * Ligovsky Canal Embankment; during the nineteenth century * Ligovskaya Street; during 1892 to 1952 * Stalingradsky Prospekt; during 1952 to 1956 * Ligovsky Prospekt; during 1956 to present Streets in Saint Petersburg {{Russia-road-stub