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Petrogradsky District
Petrogradsky District (russian: Петрогра́дский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Bolshaya Nevka River in the north and in the east, the Neva River in the south, and areas around the Malaya Neva River in the west. District's population: Petrogradsky District comprises the following municipal okrugs: * Aptekarsky Ostrov * Chkalovskoye * Kronverkskoye * Petrovsky * Posadsky * Vvedensky History Development of what would become the Petrogradsky District began in May 1703 when Peter the Great began construction of the Peter and Paul fortress on Zayachy Island. Under Peter the Great, Petrogradsky district became the commercial and administrative center of Saint Petersburg. It was under Peter the Great that Gorodskoy Island (today Petrogradsky Island Petrogradsky Island or Petrograd Island ( Russian: Петроградский остров) is the third largest island in the Neva River delta in Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chkalovskoye Municipal Okrug
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Chkalovsky (masculine), Chkalovskaya (feminine), or Chkalovskoye (neuter) may refer to: * Chkalovsky District, name of several districts and city districts in Russia *Chkalovsky Airport, an airport near Moscow serving the Russian space program * Chkalovsky (rural locality) (''Chkalovskaya'', ''Chkalovskoye''), name of several rural localities in Russia * Chkalovskaya metro station (other), name of several metro stations in Russia * Chkalovskoye Municipal Okrug, a municipal okrug of Petrogradsky District of St. Petersburg, Russia See also * Chkalov (other) * Chkalovsk (other) *Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zayachy Island
Zayachy Island ( Russian Заячий остров, literally ''Hare Island'') is an island in the Neva River in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is separated by the Kronverksky Strait from Petrogradsky Island to the north, to which it is connected by the Kronverksky and Ioannovsky bridges. History Zayachy Island was for the most part swampy, uninhabited, and unremarkable until 1703, when Peter the Great began the construction of the Peter and Paul fortress there, himself laying the foundation stones. Until the late 19th century, there were three canals inside the fortress, dividing the island into four parts. The canals were filled up by the late 19th century. The island is described as offering picturesque views of central St Petersburg (including the Winter Palace and Vasilyevsky Island) across the Neva River. Zayachy Island is the site of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral where many members of the House of Romanov are buried. On July 17, 1998 the remains of Czar Nicholas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter And Paul Fortress
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Between the first half of the 1700s and early 1920s it served as a prison for political criminals. It has been a museum since 1924. Today it has been adapted as the central and most important part of the State Museum of Saint Petersburg History. The museum has gradually become virtually the sole owner of the fortress building, except the structure occupied by the Saint Petersburg Mint (Monetniy Dvor). History From foundation until 1917 The fortress was established by Peter the Great on May 16 ( Old Style; henceforth "(O.S.)"; May 27 by the Gregorian Calendar) 1703 on small Hare Island by the north bank of the Neva River, the last upstream island of the Neva delta. From around 1720, the fort served as a base for the city garrison and also as a prison for high-ranking or political pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter The Great
Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from to 1721 and subsequently the Russian Empire until his death in 1725, jointly ruling with his elder half-brother, Ivan V until 1696. He is primarily credited with the modernisation of the country, transforming it into a European power. Through a number of successful wars, he captured ports at Azov and the Baltic Sea, laying the groundwork for the Imperial Russian Navy, ending uncontested Swedish supremacy in the Baltic and beginning the Tsardom's expansion into a much larger empire that became a major European power. He led a cultural revolution that replaced some of the traditionalist and medieval social and political systems with ones that were modern, scientific, Westernised and based on the Enlightenment. Peter's reforms had a last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vvedensky Municipal Okrug
Vvedensky Municipal Okrug (russian: Введе́нский муниципа́льный о́круг), formerly Municipal Okrug #58 (), is a municipal okrug of Petrogradsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: The okrug borders Bolshoy Avenue in the north, Vvdenskaya Street in the east, Kronverksky Avenu in the southeast, and Malaya Neva The Little Neva or Malaya Neva (russian: Ма́лая Нева́) is the second largest distributary of the river Neva. The Neva splits into Great Neva (the southern armlet) and Little Neva (the northern armlet) near the Spit of Vasilievsky ... in the southwest. References Petrogradsky District {{SaintPetersburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrovsky Municipal Okrug
Petrovsky (masculine) and its feminine form Petrovskaya are Russian-language surnames. People with the surname include: People *Adolf Petrovsky (1887–1937), Soviet diplomat * Boris Petrovsky (1908–2004), Soviet surgeon and politician *Grigory Petrovsky (1878–1958), Ukrainian revolutionary * Ivan Petrovsky (1901–1973), mathematician * Kyra Petrovskaya Wayne (1918–2018), Russian-American writer *Leonid Petrovsky (1897–1941), Soviet lieutenant general *Nikolai Petrovsky (1837–1908), diplomat *Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern (born 1962), Russian-American historian, philologist and essayist Fictional characters * Aleksandr Petrovsky, fictional character played by Mikhail Baryshnikov in ''Sex and the City ''Sex and the City'' is an American romantic comedy-drama television series created by Darren Star for HBO. An adaptation of Candace Bushnell's newspaper column and 1996 book anthology of the same name, the series premiered in the United Stat ...'' {{Peter-surname S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronverkskoye Municipal Okrug
Kronverkskoye Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Кронверкское) is a municipal okrug of Petrogradsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: The okrug borders Bolshoy Avenue in the north, Kamenny Island Avenue in the east, the Neva River in the south, and Vvdenskaya Street and Kronverksky Avenue in the west. Places of interest include the Peter and Paul Fortress, Leningrad Zoo The Leningrad Zoo (russian: Ленингра́дский зоопа́рк), sometimes called the Saint Petersburg Zoo or Sankt-Peterburgskiy Zoopark (russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргский зоопа́рк), in Saint Petersburg (forme ..., and the Artillery Museum. References {{Use mdy dates, date=April 2013 Petrogradsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug
Aptekarsky Ostrov Municipal Okrug (russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Апте́карский О́стров) is a municipal okrug in Petrogradsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, 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 ....Law #411-68 As of the 2010 Census, its population was 20,575, up from 19,277 recorded during the 2002 Census. References Notes Sources * {{Use mdy dates, date=February 2015 Petrogradsky District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petrogradsky District
Petrogradsky District (russian: Петрогра́дский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It borders the Bolshaya Nevka River in the north and in the east, the Neva River in the south, and areas around the Malaya Neva River in the west. District's population: Petrogradsky District comprises the following municipal okrugs: * Aptekarsky Ostrov * Chkalovskoye * Kronverkskoye * Petrovsky * Posadsky * Vvedensky History Development of what would become the Petrogradsky District began in May 1703 when Peter the Great began construction of the Peter and Paul fortress on Zayachy Island. Under Peter the Great, Petrogradsky district became the commercial and administrative center of Saint Petersburg. It was under Peter the Great that Gorodskoy Island (today Petrogradsky Island Petrogradsky Island or Petrograd Island ( Russian: Петроградский остров) is the third largest island in the Neva River delta in Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okrug
An ''okrug, ; russian: о́круг, ókrug; sr, округ, okrug, ; uk, о́круг, о́kruh; be, акруга, akruha; pl, okręg; ab, оқрҿс; mhr, йырвел, '' is a type of administrative division in some Slavic states. The word ''okrug'' is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as ''area'', ''district'', or ''region''. Etymologically, ''okrug'' literally means ' circuit'. In meaning, the word is similar to the German term '' Bezirk'' ('district') and the French word ''arrondissement''; all of which refer to something "encircled" or "surrounded". Bulgaria In Bulgaria, ''s'' are the abolished primary unit of the administrative division and implied "districts" or "counties". They existed in the postwar Bulgaria between 1946 and 1987 and corresponded approximately to today's oblasts. Poland As historical administrative subdivisions of Poland, existed in the later part of the Congress Poland period, from 1842, when the name was applied to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
