Vasilyevsky Island population size. Individual buildings and structures

For more than ten years, in the western part of Vasilievsky Island in St. Petersburg, the “Marine Façade” project has been implemented - washing an area of ​​476 hectares in the Gulf of Finland. Among other things, various developers are building residential complexes on “artificial land.” Part of one of them - the residential complex “Bright World “I am a Romantic”” - was occupied in 2017.

Construction on the alluvium is in the active phase. The construction of “Romantika” and the Golden City business class residential complex continues; In the fall they promise to finally put into operation the long-term construction “Captain Nemo”. And the other day it became known that LSR Group, the largest player in the construction market of St. Petersburg, will build half a million square meters of comfort-class housing here.

The first residents of the alluvium live in economy class apartments. Many of them preferred “life closer to the center” in “beautiful houses” overlooking the bay to alternative options in Devyatkino and Kudrovo, where relatively inexpensive studios and two-room apartments are also being actively built. There are several thousand residents - in total, the developer, Seven Suns Development, handed over the keys to 2.6 thousand apartments to buyers. In the process, a scandal occurred: several shareholders were unable to move into “I am a Romantic,” according to them, because they expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the construction in the media. Recently, the district Investigative Committee opened a criminal case of fraud.

But most residents have other concerns. What to do about noise from the Western High-Speed ​​Diameter? What if your address is not in the taxi drivers’ navigators? Why in walking distance- only a stall with alcohol and not a single good grocery store? How to escape from the sand that is everywhere: in entrances, hallways and almost in refrigerators? We talked about these and other aspects of everyday life with the first residents of the alluvium. And at the same time we asked them about the advantages of living in an artificial territory.

Alluvium of Vasilyevsky Island

Square- about 476 hectares

Main investor- JSC "Terra Nova"

Start of implementation- 2006

Above the WHSD

Part of the facades of the residential complex faces the highway, which was launched shortly before the first houses on the alluvial site were occupied. If on Kanonersky Island the WHSD is overhead, then on Vasilyevsky it is noisy underfoot. Approaching the alluvium, you see a futuristic structure growing out of the ground: lighting poles similar to horns, and above them - houses. IN dark time day, the supports glow, as do the sail-shaped decorative elements on the residential complex. From the Primorsky district, the Lakhta Center responds with ceremonial illumination - another newest attraction, which is especially visible from the alluvium.

“When I bought an apartment here, I knew that the WHSD would be nearby. Moreover, compared with residential complex in Devyatkino, next to which there is also a highway. But here I expected noise barriers to be installed. They were in projects. I thought: well, there will be a little noise, everything is fine. However, I encountered problems,” says the “I am a Romantic” tenant, who wished to remain anonymous. - The screens were somehow canceled, and they were not available at the final stage of construction. And another problem is the lack of ventilation in the apartment. The peculiarity of the layout of my apartment is such that all the windows face the loggia. In order for me to have ventilation, I have to open all the windows and the loggia itself - and the apartment is noisy and cold 24 hours a day. If I close the windows, it will become normal, but there will be no ventilation, and this is impossible for health. The noise is very disturbing. I have a corner apartment in the third building - the sound accumulates in the corner, starting from the fifth floor (in apartments below it - not). The noise level is clearly too high, but we haven’t done an examination yet - we are going to.”

The problem of the WHSD is not relevant for all residents of the alluvium. “We knew that there would be a WHSD nearby, but the windows of the apartment face the other side, so there is no noise at all. The road itself does not interfere with anything, it is convenient. In the summer, several times we didn’t make it to the bridges from the center and had to go through the WHSD, but the trip was quite expensive. But going to the airport is a pleasure,” says Elvira Lozbeneva.

"Nice sleeping bag"

“Some say that this noise makes their ears clog, but it seems to me that it is not so strong,” Alina, a resident of the new building, opens the window. A monotonous hum bursts into a quiet one-room apartment on the eighth floor - like in a liner gaining altitude. “Well, WHSD and WHSD. Imagine how people in Moscow live above Garden Ring, - it’s even noisier there. It’s easier to get used to this noise than to the sounds of eternal construction on the other side.”

Alina is a student at St. Petersburg State University. In Romantika, according to the observations of her and our other interlocutors, there are generally a lot of students, as well as young families - a typical category of residents for new microdistricts. There are quite a few elderly people here, however. Lots of tenants. At CIAN, prices start at 24 thousand rubles per month for a studio, but you can rent for less. “I’m renting a euro two-room apartment for 23 thousand plus public utilities“, said resident of the residential complex Katerina Sergeeva. Utility bills, according to Alina, for her 40 square meters are 1.5 thousand rubles per month: “But they don’t charge us electricity and water yet. We pay for the services of the management company.”

In the front door where Alina lives, the doors are open: the intercom was recently broken. In the elevator, the temporary wooden panels are covered in writing. But the courtyards are cozy: residents of the first floors arrange verandas; children and adults swing in hammocks. The first trees have just been planted on the territory of the residential complex: “rosemary-leaved and purple willows, smooth elms, large-sized pines (common and mountain “Pumilio”) and blue spruce “Hoopsie” more than 2.5 meters high,” the developer lists in a press release.

Alina is from Naro-Fominsk. Until her recent move to the alluvium, she lived very close by - in a university dormitory on Shipbuilders: now she can see it from the window of the new building. I purchased the apartment in 2015 - it cost about 72 thousand rubles per meter, including finishing. Alina eventually sold the kitchen “from the developer.” The student did not consider options in other areas: a new residential complex with inexpensive apartments is located in an area familiar to her and relatively close to the faculty.

Alina gets to the faculty in half an hour. There are no stops near the residential complex - you need to cross the pedestrian bridge over the WHSD and then get to the 158th bus, which runs every half hour, or look for a minibus. Drivers of minibuses running between the Primorskaya metro station and the Pribaltiyskaya Hotel seem to be unaware of the new lands: “Alluvium? What kind of alluvium?

Some taxi drivers and delivery services also did not have time to get used to the phantom in the navigator. “A typical situation: we order a car from the metro to our home, and the navigator takes us through the WHSD and offers to get off right in the middle of the road. We have to order a taxi to Morskaya Embankment,” says Elvira Lozbeneva, a resident of the residential complex. “In the apps, I select a metered fare and tell the taxi driver where to go. It works out much cheaper this way,” adds Katerina Sergeeva.

Sometimes you have to go “to the bakery by taxi” - of the nearest shops there are only two stalls: one with fruit, the second “with alcohol and toilet paper"says Alina. “I hope no one will buy anything there, so that it closes and we have something like “Boucher”.”

Another natural feature of the alluvium is a strong piercing wind. But Alina got used to it “on Ships”: “Two days ago I bought myself a hat. I have threads lying around - then I’ll knit another one, thicker. But after 600 meters - the same thing. If you buy a jacket, you buy it with a hood, but don’t consider options without it. That's the whole difference."

Wind and dust. Alina’s hallway is trampled: we walked along the alluvium and, without noticing, brought sand on our soles. The owner of the apartment explains: “Sand is everywhere. People say it even gets into their refrigerators.”

Someone's conversation can be heard behind the door. They start drilling from the top. Alina says that this is an atypical situation: “Usually one of the Mariinsky soloists is singing somewhere downstairs, these are all sounds. It's calm and quiet here. The area is beautiful. Nice yard. The neighbors are normal. Close to the center - I don’t feel like I’m living on the outskirts. It's a nice sleeping bag."

What residents say

Elvira Lozbeneva

“On April 1, we moved with all our belongings to new apartment. There is, of course, a problem with the infrastructure on Vasilyevsky Island: not a single large shopping center, one cinema and one large hypermarket (Lenta). Now, when I come to Mega Dybenko, I look a little with envy at the people living in Kudrovo, who carry packages from Auchan or Ikea - just like that, on foot, because their house is across the road. To be fair, it should be said that we have been ordering groceries through O’Key delivery for a long time, and prefer shopping in online stores or during trips abroad.

I also don’t really understand why the city can’t make a road for us - Vadim Shefner Street. They knew that houses were being built here, that 5 thousand people would live here. It was possible to plan time and budget for these roads. Or negotiate with the developer to build it, he can do it quickly: the road to the bridge over the WHSD and the bridge itself were built literally in one day.

The apartments were built turnkey, even with furniture and some appliances. Thanks to this, our house is now not in trouble due to renovations. We didn’t do any noisy work at all, except for moving a couple of sockets and installing hanging furniture. I think it's the same for many people. Despite the fact that the quality of the “gift” renovation is low (and in some places very low), it is still better than four bare walls. You can move in and live, slowly changing something.

There is good audibility in the house. Especially in the bathroom, because there are thin partitions between the apartments. It feels like the neighbor couple is communicating with me through the wall, although they are just talking to each other.

I am very glad that we have a yard without cars. This is the best thing that can happen to any residential area. Currently, only trucks delivering large goods are allowed to enter the complex. Sometimes cars also pass by, but there is a time limit for them - it seems no more than 30 minutes. There is a single entrance to the residential complex, there is a barrier and a person who controls it.

I’m also simply delighted with the courtyard and the general appearance of the block. Swings, hammocks, a lot of benches, everything is wooden, eco-friendly, stylish. Bicycle paths, decorative pools with lighting, beautiful landscaping. The entire block is completely illuminated at night, it’s not scary to walk around.

Live next to Gulf of Finland- a complete thrill. In the summer we often fried meat near the water. Sometimes you leave the house and it smells like the sea. And in general it's always fresh. There is a breeze, yes. But I love the fresh wind. There is a lot of sand - either from the wind, or from construction nearby. Windows and window sills quickly become covered with dirt. But these are minor things.

There is a port next to us, beautiful liners stop there. In the summer there were a lot of people in our neighborhood Chinese tourists: I think they were taken here on excursions.

Another feature of life on the alluvium is the hatred of all other residents of Vasilyevsky Island. In the VKontakte group they call us and our houses the worst names. One can understand them: the embankment and the view of the bay were taken away from them, but it is worth recalling that a good half of the island was also once reclaimed. The city grows and develops - this is an inevitable process. In addition, when the territory is completely cleaned up, a beautiful, landscaped embankment will appear for the island’s residents, seemingly even with a public beach (and before, there was just rebar lying there and no one really walked there).”

Resident (anonymous)

“I spent a long time choosing a residential complex. I wanted to live near the center, in an area with good transport accessibility. There was also the issue of price. When I bought an apartment in 2015, they promised to build a “Marine Facade” metro station next to the residential complex. But now the construction date has been pushed back a lot (the construction period of the station is unknown. - Ed.).

Now I rate the local infrastructure as a two or three. I work in the center - these are three stations from Primorskaya, the journey takes 50–55 minutes, of which 20–25 minutes to the metro. The shops are also bad. There are two supermarkets nearby, but that's about it. I would like to have a normal one shopping mall. Sometimes you have to go to Lenta - this is also inconvenient, since you need to carry the packages in your hands. It would be easier with a car.

But there are also many advantages here. This is a new area, there will be no problems with laying communications. The territory itself is very beautiful, it’s nice to be here and walk. The landscaping inside the residential complex is well done. If the territory, as promised, is closed and video surveillance is installed, it will be absolutely wonderful.

We have excellent relations with our neighbors and solve problems together. We went out on cleanup days four times. Now the question has arisen about cadastral registration - together we are studying the documentation.”

Katerina Sergeeva

“I have been living on Vasilyevsky Island for about eight years, and until now all the apartments were in the old building. When the need arose to rent another apartment, friends recommended taking a closer look at the “I am a Romantic” residential complex. It was December 2016. The idea of ​​living right by the water inspired me; the winds didn’t bother me; I was familiar with the area. My friends rented an apartment on the floor below, and we moved in in mid-April. None of us had lived in new buildings before, and we didn’t know what exactly to expect. We liked the minimalistic design and, of course, that everything was new and fresh.

At the very beginning, I cursed everything, because the residential complex along the perimeter was closed, and it was possible to enter only through main entrance. This is exactly diagonally from my body. It took me about 20 minutes to get to the stop public transport. About three weeks after moving, the door to my building was opened, and I was able to go directly to the bus stop in five to seven minutes.

On warm days, I ride my bike to work (about 12 kilometers), which takes about 40 minutes. Sometimes I fasten my bike to the fence - the lack of bike parking causes a lot of inconvenience. There is a minibus running from Shipbuilders to the office. The journey from door to door takes about 50 minutes. My colleagues who live in Devyatkino spend about the same amount on travel. But I'm on an island! The most unpleasant thing is to return home late from the center. The last minibus from the metro leaves at 11 pm. All the rest ground transport goes to Shipbuilders. The 11th trolleybus and the 7th bus are being transported from Nevsky excursion route: long drive is not the right word.

When I first moved here, very few people lived here. I felt like I was in a horror movie. The wind is howling, no one is around, April, darkness. The elevator was not yet working and sometimes it was scary, and sometimes it was fun to go up with some neighbor from the 18th floor and groan that it was not clear what floor I was on, there were no numbers on the walls. Now I live practically alone on the floor. Occasionally I wake up with the first hammer drills. And if we talk about the people I meet on the premises, in the elevator or section, they are mostly polite and friendly. I like my neighbors in the residential complex."

What the expert says

Alexander Karpov

Director of the ECOM Center of Expertise

“A reasonable period when we can safely predict the “maturation” of this area is 30 years. Then everything will really be fine on the alluvium.

Today I see three main interconnected problems. The first is that the alluvium as a construction site has not yet been commissioned or accepted. From my point of view, the city cannot build anything on it - neither roads nor social infrastructure. And this situation of incompleteness will hamper decisions on the allocation of funds from the city budget for a very long time.

The fact that 34 hectares in the southern part of the alluvium were purchased by LSR is an absolute plus for those who have already settled there. I suspect that LSR entered this territory for a reason, but by agreement with the city authorities, and the company will build social infrastructure at its own expense (but then the question will arise as to whether it will be transferred to the city). But when I tried to clarify the situation as to whether LSR would also take on transport infrastructure, the answer was expressive silence. Most likely, the roads in this area will remain bad for a very long time.

A separate story concerns commerce (goods and services). How will businessmen “enter” an unfinished territory and be able to connect the necessary power - electricity, sewerage? And another point: they will come when there is a sufficient population to ensure the flow. In my opinion, we need to wait for more or less large-format trade after the commissioning of at least five more houses.

Finally, the incompleteness of the reclamation worries me from the point of view of the speed of soil stabilization. If the embankment had been done properly, that would be one thing. But now it is actually a huge beach - and the soil mobility will be like on a beach. Yes, it’s not a problem to build a house on the beach, but it means additional operating costs. I am not ready to predict catastrophic scenarios: after all, construction technologies now are not the same as in the last century. But residents may have to deal with additional hassle, such as cracks in the house.”

Vasileostrovsky district St. Petersburg- one of four central regions St. Petersburg. Head of the Vasileostrovsky district administration Ilyin Eduard Aleksandrovich.

Vasilyevsky Island- the largest in the Neva Delta. Its western side, facing the Gulf of Finland, is the central link of the “sea facade” of St. Petersburg, and the eastern end - Strelka - is included in the panorama of the city center. The key position between the main water area of ​​the Neva and the outlet to the Gulf of Finland predetermined its important role in the development of St. Petersburg.



About the area

Territory of the district - 2146.88 hectares

Population - 211,048 people

In Vasileostrovsky district:

  • 30 lines
  • 21st street
  • 5 avenues
  • 17 lanes
  • 3 driveways
  • 8 squares
  • 8 embankments
  • 1 duct


Geography of the area

The territory of the district includes two large islands, separated by the small river Smolenka: Vasilievsky and Dekabristov (Goloday), as well as the small Serny Island. total area The area is 1.4 thousand hectares, which makes it one of the smallest in St. Petersburg. Of these, the area of ​​green spaces is 118 hectares, 51 hectares of which are cemeteries. Rumyantsevsky, Opochinsky and Shkipersky gardens, two small parks and small courtyard squares.

The total length of the district's streets is 90 km. The road surface area is 198 hectares.

The development of Vasilyevsky Island began several centuries before the emergence of northern capital. According to the “Census salary book for Novgorod Votskaya Pyatina” of 1500, fishermen lived on “Vasiliev Island” and there were arable lands. The first fixation of the name of the island dates back to that time. There are scientific hypotheses that explain the name on behalf of several Novgorod mayors: Vasily Drake, Vasily Kazimir, Vasily Ananyin. There is also a version about the origin of the name from the name of one of the first settlers of the island - a certain fisherman Vasily. Settlements existed along the Malaya Neva, near the mouth of the Smolenka and on the right bank of the Smolenka. In the 17th century, under Swedish rule, the island was also called Dammarholm - Pond Island. They probably meant ponds formed on the tributaries of the Smolenka. The island itself belonged at that time to the Swedish military leader J. Delagardi, whose manor was located on Strelka. There was also Finnish name islands: Hirvisaari — Losiny Island. In a transformed form, it appears in documents as the name of the village of Girvizaria, where pilots lived until 1712.

Soon after the founding of St. Petersburg, the island began to be called Vasilievsky again. According to the historian A. Bogdanov, Peter I sent orders to the artillery battery of Vasily Korchmin, stationed on Strelka, with the laconic inscription “To Vasily on the island.” So Vasily Korchmin, with his name, contributed to the revival of the old toponym. From 1704 to 1714 the island was ruled by the Governor General St. Petersburg Prince A.D. Menshikov, hence the name Princely or Menshikov. And later, from 1727 to 1730, there was official name— Preobrazhensky Island. By administrative division St. Petersburg since 1737, the territory of Vasilievsky and neighboring island Golodaya entered the Vasilyevskaya police station.


Origin of the name of part of Vasilyevsky Island — Golodai Islands

There are several versions about the origin of the name of the island. One of them traces it back to the Swedish word "halaua", which means willow. A number of works indicate that the name “Goloday” arose in connection with the inaccurate pronunciation of the name of the English doctor Thomas Golliday, who owned a plot of land on the island in the 18th century. In others, the doctor's name is given as Matthews Galliday. The sound change (Goloday instead of Golliday) was the result of folk etymology - rethinking a little-known word and replacing it with a more understandable one. The current name was given in the 1920s, since it was assumed that the bodies of the executed leaders of the Decembrist uprising were buried here.

The uniqueness of the Vasileostrovsky district lies in its island status - it is entirely located on one island (in fact, it is hardly possible to consider Dekabristov Island and small islands separated by small rivers as something separate) and has only water boundaries with other areas of the city.

You should definitely visit Vasilyevsky Island. Sometimes it is called St. Petersburg squared, because it is where everything that makes this city so unusual is concentrated. You can spend several days thoroughly exploring the island. It is always a little colder there than in other areas of St. Petersburg, which is not famous for good weather and high temperatures, so you should dress warmly for walks. The straight streets and avenues of the island are blown through by winds.


How to get to Vasilyevsky Island

You can get to Vasilyevsky Island by metro. These will be the stops “Primorskaya”, “Sportivnaya” and “Vasileostrovskaya”. For sightseeing, the last station is preferable.

You can get to the island by car, bus, trolleybus or tram across 4 bridges, or take a boat or ship to the Marine Station. Check the bridge opening schedule in advance to avoid any troubles when returning.


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Middle Avenue

Name Sredny Avenue in different years worn on other streets as well. For example, Mayakovsky, Degtyarnaya, Klinsky Prospekt and others. Today, walking along Sredny Avenue of Vasilievsky Island, you can see:

    Built in 1732. The first parishioners were cadets, officers and teachers of the school. In 1874, it was completely rebuilt, since the old building could not accommodate everyone. Residents of the city at that time noted that the church had excellent acoustics, rich decoration and the best organ in St. Petersburg. During the Soviet period, a toy factory operated in the building for a long time. The church was returned to believers in 1992. Restoration work was completed in 2010.

    It was founded by Nicholas II. Today its holdings include about a million exhibits, many of which are valuable and unique.

    Museum of Urban Electric Transport. There are three exhibitions in total. In the interactive part you can enter any carriage and take pictures for free.

Over time, Sredny Avenue on Vasilyevsky Island may be made completely pedestrian, leaving only a lane for public transport. This will happen gradually. According to the transport committee's scheme, the transition to a completely pedestrian zone will be carried out approximately by 2020.


Maly Prospekt

Maly Prospekt on Vasilyevsky Island was built at the beginning of the 19th century. There are not many attractions here:

    Located on the corner of lines 7 and 8 and Maly Prospekt. It is one of the oldest and most beautiful in the city, the only one that has 7 limits. Built in 1750-1765.

    Havana workers' town– several houses with a simple appearance for St. Petersburg. They were distinguished by a development that was atypical for that time: a linear arrangement of buildings with cozy courtyards between them. The houses were built at the beginning of the 20th century. The entire complex accommodated more than 1,000 residents.


Repina Street

Repina Street is the narrowest and most atmospheric in St. Petersburg. Its maximum width is 6 meters. Getting there can be difficult even for city residents, so be careful while searching. You will need to turn next to the Catherine Lutheran Church if you are walking along Bolshoy Prospekt, near building 14 on Sredny Prospekt, or go to it from the Musical Pavilion of the Rumyantsevsky Garden.

Walking along Repin Street, you find yourself in a quiet nook with many yellow houses and mansions characteristic of St. Petersburg, which cannot be attributed to any particular style of architecture. This is one of the famous mystical places cities. The street is described in detail in the story “The Black Chicken, or Underground Inhabitants” by Antony Pogorelsky.


The most beautiful streets of St. Petersburg

The Sixth and Seventh Lines of Vasilyevsky Island are considered the most beautiful in the whole city. At the same time, these are very busy places. You can get here from Vasileostrovskaya station through Sredny Avenue, heading towards Bolshoy. Initially, Peter I planned that they would be the embankments of one of his canals. Northern Venice. The first stone houses appeared here in the 1730s.

Line 6 is known for the fact that a passenger horse-drawn railway line was launched along it in 1861: Admiralteyskaya Square - Konnogvardeysky Boulevard. In this regard, in 2004, a horse-drawn tram of the 1872-1878 model was installed on the corner with Sredny Avenue. There are theater ticket offices inside. In 2005, bronze horses were placed next to the tram. In 2009, the composition was supplemented with a coachman.

In a small area, lines 6 and 7 have been pedestrianized since 2002. At this time, Andreevsky Boulevard was opened here between Bolshoi and Sredny Avenues. In May 2003, a monument to Vasily, the patron saint of the island, was erected on it.

Of the attractions on lines 6 and 7, you should definitely visit St. Andrew's Market. It was built in 1790 and reconstructed in 2003-2005. Opposite the market is the Cathedral of St. Andrew the First-Called.

Many houses along lines 6 and 7 look the same as they did 100 years ago. Therefore, while walking here, you may well sometimes forget what year it is.


Spit of Vasilyevsky Island

The most bright place Vasilyevsky Island is. Even if you are in St. Petersburg for only 1 day, you should visit this place where the river divides into Malaya and Bolshaya. From here you can admire Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Isaac's Cathedral, the Hermitage, the Winter Palace and the Admiralty.

There is also something to see on the Spit of Vasilyevsky Island:

    Built in the Petrine Baroque style and consists of 12 three-story buildings. Now the St. Petersburg State University and Pedagogical Institute operate there.

    Exchange– the central element of the ensemble of the Strelka of Vasilyevsky Island. It looks like an ancient Greek temple, surrounded by 44 columns around the perimeter. Until 2010, the Naval Museum was located inside; today the Museum of Soil Science still operates here, but the question of the further use of the building is still open.

    260 meters long to the Admiralty. Built in 1916.

    It is 250 meters long and connects with Petrogradsky Island. It was completed in 1960, taking into account the proportions and shapes of the Palace.

    Built in 1810, decorated with the bows of ships. Previously, they were used as lighthouses, so inside there is spiral staircases up.

    To the 300th anniversary of the city.

    Size 70x70 meters. The maximum height of the central jet is 60 meters. Worked in three modes: music, light and music and Laser show. Typically the performance lasted 20 minutes at the top of the hour. The lighting equipment is suitable for use even on white nights. Now the fountain complex is not functioning due to the high cost of maintenance.


Universitetskaya embankment

It is impossible to visit St. Petersburg without taking a walk along at least one of its embankments. There are two of them on Vasilyevsky Island. Universitetskaya runs from the Palace Bridge to Blagoveshchensky. Along it are located:

    It is one of the largest in the world. Its holdings include more than 50 million exhibits. In the halls with an area of ​​6000 m2, more than 30 thousand different objects are exhibited, including the world’s only stuffed adult mammoth and a whale skeleton 27 meters long.

    – a museum of rarities, opened on the basis of the collection of Peter I. It is very famous and popular thanks to the collection of Ruysch’s freaks preserved in alcohol. This is one of the richest ethnographic museums which are definitely worth a visit.

    In the Petrine Baroque style, built in 1710-1721 according to the design of Francesco Fontana. At that time it was often used for diplomatic receptions and assemblies of the emperor. In 1727, the First Cadet Corps was located here. In the 1880s, the Museum of the Cadet Corps was opened, which later became a branch of the Hermitage.

    Rumyantsevsky Garden They began to equip it after the Obelisk was moved to this place in honor of the victory in the Russian-Turkish War of 1787-1791 from the Champ de Mars. There are fountains, busts of Repin and Surikov.

    Monument to Mikhail Lomonosov installed near St. Petersburg University in 1986, since it was here that he studied and taught.

    Academy of Sciences building- a striking example of classicism. Built in 1783-1789.

    Academy of Arts and with her. It was founded in 1757. Today it is the largest center of artistic culture in Russia, and until the beginning of the 20th century it was the only higher educational institution of this profile.

    Opposite the Academy of Arts is much older than the city itself - they are about 3.5 thousand years old. They were found in the ruins of the temple of Amenhotep III in 1820. Installed in St. Petersburg in 1834. A pier was built especially for them.


Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment

From the University Embankment towards the Blagoveshchensky Bridge runs the Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment. The following city attractions are located along it:

    Naval Institute- the oldest such institution in the Russian Federation. It is located in former palace Count Burchard Minich. You can recognize the institute by its ten-column portico with a tower. Opposite it stands a three-meter bronze tower, installed in 1870.

    Mining Institute founded in 1773. It works with him. The building where they are now located was erected in the Empire style at the beginning of the 19th century. In funds Mining Museum more than 230 thousand different images different countries, including works by Faberge.

    Construction was completed in 1897. Now the temple is operational. Restoration work was completed in 2013.

    - the only institution of its kind in the world. The ship was launched in 1917 in England. The first name of the icebreaker is “Svyatogor”. In 1918, it sank at the mouth of the Northern Dvina, and was then kept by the British as a war trophy. In 1921, Russian diplomat Leonid Krasin managed to negotiate the purchase of the ship. Posthumously, the icebreaker was renamed in his honor. The ship took part in the rescue expedition at the North Pole when the airship "Italy" crashed, as well as in World War II. The icebreaker has been used as a museum premises since 1992.

St. Petersburg is the second city after the capital of Russia in terms of population and importance. It is home to more than 4 million people. The city itself is divided into 18 districts; Greater St. Petersburg includes a number of small settlements: Kronstadt, Petrodvorets, Zelenogorsk and others. Due to the large number of islands, there are about 580 bridges in the city: cable-stayed, drawbridges and the most ordinary ones.

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An age-old question that interests many people: “How many islands are there in St. Petersburg?” There is no clear answer to this question.

Initially, back in the 17th century, there were 25 islands, the largest of them was Vasilievsky, or, as it was previously called, Hirvisaari.

A hundred years later, when St. Petersburg began to actively rebuild, the number of islands was rapidly increasing due to the construction of new canals and channels. At the same time, in parallel, some canals began to disappear (they were filled up), in particular, dug near Vasilyevsky Island, in the place of its modern lines. Already by the beginning of the 19th century, the number of islands approached 70, and later 30 more were added.

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg? The number reached 101 at that time, as evidenced by a map dating from 1864. But to end of the 19th century century, their number is decreasing, a new seaport is being built, and the central part of the city is being developed. In the 20th century, some existing islands increased in size, for example, named after the Decembrists.

In 2002, the number was 33, but these are only those islands that have their own names, that is, small ones were not included in the list.

Island classification

Today, all the islands of the northern capital are conventionally divided into two groups:

  • Natural - Petrogradsky, Vasilievsky, Krestovsky and others.
  • Artificial - New Holland, Kolomensky, Admiralteyskie and others.

Naturally, the quantity is constantly changing.

Nature of use

Regardless of how many islands St. Petersburg stands on now, there is an interesting classification according to the nature of the use of the territory:

  • WITH developed infrastructure, on which there are residential buildings, administrative buildings, roads, for example, Bezymyanny, Petrogradsky.
  • With limited access due to the presence of industrial facilities: Severny, Bely, Novo-Admiralteysky.
  • Park areas with historical buildings: Elagin, Summer garden and so on.

City Islands

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg and in any city in the river delta? Of course, there are many. Each piece of sushi has its own amazing story emergence and development, regardless of whether it was created by human hands or nature itself. Such shallows can be very interesting natural monuments or man-made, simply put, any island is a unique place.

However, there is one peculiarity in St. Petersburg: often tourists do not even realize that they are on some island, especially if they have crossed a drawbridge. And the schedule changes regularly, so before walking around the city it is better to take it with you so as not to end up on some island and not be able to get to the hotel.

Petrogradsky district

This is one of the oldest sections of the city, which was founded under Peter I.

Most big Island here - Petrogradsky (5.7 sq. km). In fact, this is where you can get acquainted with the history of the northern capital. It is washed by the Neva Spit, the Bolshaya and Malaya Nevka. Part of the sandbank is very densely built up (from the side of Vasilyevsky Island).

Next on the list is Krestovsky Island (3.4 sq. km). It is washed by the Middle and Malaya Nevka, in the western part it borders on the sea.

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg in the Petrogradsky district? Today, together with Petrogradsky and Krestovsky, there are 8, including:

Vasileostrovsky district

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg today in this area? Just two.

The most famous is Vasilyevsky, its area is 10.9 square kilometers. This is one of the largest and natural islands SPb. On the territory of the sandbank there is a harbor where the main port of the northern capital (passenger port) was built and operates.

There are industrial and residential buildings on the shallows. It is here that the huge Smolensk cemetery is located. There are also many parks here: Shkipersky Garden, Vasileostrovets and others.

The second island of the district is called Dekabristov. In the old days, or rather until 1926, it was called Goloday. The total area is 627.9 hectares. Its size was significantly increased in the 1970s due to soil reclamation, and it was then that Volny Island was annexed to it. Now Serny adjoins it.

Central and Admiralteysky districts

The two districts include 13 islands.

1st and 2-1 Admiralty. They are separated by the Winter Canal. 1st Admiralteysky is quite densely built up; in the eastern part there is the Field of Mars. On the second island there is Winter Palace, Bronze Horseman, Admiralty and other interesting sights of the city.

The Summer Garden is a small island, with an area of ​​only 0.12 square meters. km. This is actually a park with Carpie's Pond in the middle.

Kazan Island is a winding coastline, once part of Pervushin. There are many buildings, palaces and temples here.

Spassky Island is a densely built-up piece of land between the Fontanka embankment and Sadovaya Street.

Nameless is an island with an area of ​​16 square meters. km, one of the largest in the entire city. Here there are two amazingly beautiful parks of large area: Tauride and Garden by the Neva.

Monastyrsky (0.5 sq. km), has an almost perfect square shape. There are small enterprises, a monastery and a hospital here. But, most importantly, the Metropolitan Garden, which occupies large area islands.

Kolomensky (0.9 sq. km) - heavily built-up and densely populated.

Pokrovsky Island (0.4 sq. km), is also densely populated and has only one park area- Turgenev Square square.

Novoadmiralteysky is almost completely occupied by industrial enterprises. Also Matisov Island, on which shipbuilding and repair shops are located.

New Holland - an island that was once used for drying timber for the construction of ships, is now occupied by military warehouses. Total area - 0.03 sq. km.

Ekateringovsky (0.42 sq. km), formed only in the 18th century, is separated from the mainland by the Paper Canal. There are as many as 6 ponds and only 1 street.

Kirovsky district

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg? The name of one of the small land islands of the Kirov region is Gutuevsky. Until 1798 it had other names: Krugly, Novosiltsevsky, Vitsasaari. In the period from 1874 to 1885, due to major reconstructions, the island radically changed its outline. Already in Soviet times, a number of other islands were annexed to it and now the Sea Trade Port is located here.

Kanonersky is perhaps the most unique island in the whole city. This is the strip between the Gulf of Finland and the port. There are several residential high-rise buildings and an underwater tunnel for cars.

Artificial and with an area of ​​55 hectares, connected to the Kanonersky Bridge.

Damba Comb Island with only 3 residential buildings. Smooth Island is most likely a port complex built with the latest technology.

Dirty Island - located on the south side of the Tarakanovka River. This is, in fact, an industrial zone where the Hydrolysis Plant and other enterprises operate.

Malyy Reserve Island occupies an area of ​​2.2 hectares and is entirely owned by the municipal district seaport. The land is united by the Reserve Bridge with Krivaya Damba - an artificial island, no more than 1 kilometer long and about 100 meters wide. The district also includes the following islands: Lesnaya Gavan and Turukhtanny.

Kronstadt

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg? It is not known for sure, but it is impossible to imagine without a port city called Kronstadt. Several smaller pieces of land are adjacent to Kotlin. More than 44 thousand people live here and in 1990 the Kronstadt archipelago was included in the UNESCO list. There is a lot here interesting monuments architecture: barracks, Gostiny Dvor, Arsenal, Italian Court and others.

Vanished Islands

When discussing the question of how many islands St. Petersburg is located on, one cannot fail to mention the disappeared shallows.

Cotton Island. It is believed that it was filled up back in the 60s. However, it is no longer included in the 1947 plans.

There is written evidence of the existence of this island dating back to 1842 - this is Galerny Island. It disappeared from the maps due to its annexation to Kolomenskoye and the partial filling of one of the branches of the Fontanka River.

Modern Ural Street was once the island of Gonoropoulo. It was named after its only resident. According to some sources, executed Decembrists were buried here in the 19th century.

The territory of Kakhovsky Lane and KIM Avenue was once an island called Zhadimirovsky. At the beginning of the last century, it was annexed to Goloday Island (the modern name of the Decembrists), then the KIM stadium was built.

Golden Island is a small sandbank in the delta of the Neva River. Old maps show that it periodically disappeared under water, and after the merger of all the free islands, it disappeared altogether.

Conclusion

How many islands are there in St. Petersburg in total? Perhaps no one will answer this question now. But the city has always been compared to Venice, which has 118 islands. And according to some data, today in St. Petersburg there are 101.

At the same time, Associate Professor of the Department of Natural Sciences at St. Petersburg State University Tatyana Burkova claims that this is just a myth. She believes that there were so many sandbanks in the city only at the beginning of the 19th century. Today, answering the question: “How many islands is St. Petersburg located on?”, we can only talk about the number 42, while only 33 of them have their own names.

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