Millionnaya Street (russian: Миллионная улица), a street on the left bank of the
Neva in the
Central District of
St. Petersburg in Russia, runs - parallel to the
Palace Quay - from the
Swan Canal
The Swan Canal (russian: Лебяжья канавка) is a waterway located in Saint Petersburg. Dating from the early years of the foundation of the city, it connects the Moyka and Neva Rivers.
Originally built as part of a system of drainage ...
to the
Palace Square. Significant buildings on Millionnaya Street include the
New Hermitage Museum, the
Chief Pharmacy
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Title or rank
Military and law enforcement
* Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force
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, the
Marble Palace, and the
New Michael Palace
The New Michael Palace (Ново-Михайловский дворец, ''Novo-Mikhailovsky Dvorets'') was the third Saint Petersburg palace designed by Andrei Stackenschneider for Nicholas I's children. It was built between 1857 and 1862 on the ...
.
History
In the first half of the 18th century, the area of the current Millionnaya Street was the "German Settlement", the area in St. Petersburg where foreigners lived. Close to the
Field of Mars The term Field of Mars ( la, Campus Martius) goes back to antiquity, and designates an area, inside or near a city, used as a parade or exercise ground by the military.
Notable examples of places which were used for these purposes include:
* Campus ...
and the current marketplace area was a Greek suburb. Several streets that ran near or on the route of the current Millionnaya Street existed under various names at various times: German Street, Great German Street, Greek Street, Great Street, Holy Trinity Street, Nobility Street, and Meadow Street, the last referring to the high meadow which later became the Field of Mars.
The last and most well-established name was Millionnaya Street, the name generally being ascribed to the wealth of the built-up streets in the area and the proximity of the royal residence, the
Winter Palace.
In Soviet times the street was named Khalturina Street, in honor of the
Narodnik
The Narodniks (russian: народники, ) were a politically conscious movement of the Russian intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism, ...
revolutionary
Stepan Khalturin
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, who detonated a bomb in the Winter Palace in 1880 that caused 67 casualties (but failed to kill the Czar).
References
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Natalia Mordvinova, ''Memories of Admiral Nikolai Semenovich Mordvinova''
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Streets in Saint Petersburg