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Admiralteisky Avenue
ADMIRALTEISKY AVENUE (Admiralty Avenue) in the mid-to-late 18th century - Admiralteiskaya Street or Bolshaya Street, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Avenue in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917). A link between Palace Square and St
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Angliisky Avenue
ANGLIISKY AVENUE, from 1771 - Aglinskaya Perspective or Anglinsky Avenue; from 1846 it possessed its present-day name; in 1918-94 - Maklina, or MacLean, Avenue in honour of English socialist John MacLean (1879-1923) elected an honorary deputy
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Bakunina Avenue
BAKUNINA AVENUE between Nevsky Prospect and Sinopskaya Embankment. It was laid in the mid-to-late 18th century. Known as Malo-Okhtinsky Ferry Avenue in the late 18th century, it was renamed as Malookhtinsky Avenue in 1820-71
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Bogatyrsky Avenue
BOGATYRSKY AVENUE, a part of the central ring road lying between Kolomyazhsky Avenue and Kamyshovaya Street. The name of Bogatyrsky Avenue and the neighbouring streets is associated with the history of national aviation - the first multi-engine
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Bolsheokhtinsky Avenue
BOLSHEOKHTINSKY AVENUE, one of the main roads in Bolshaya Okhta lying between Krasnogvardeiskaya Square and Revolyutsii Freeway. It was called Bolshoy Okhtensky Avenue from the 1820s and Bolshe-Okhtensky Avenue from the 1880s to 1956
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Bolshevikov Avenue
BOLSHEVIKOV AVENUE, a part of the central ring road lying between Kollontay Street and Oktyabrskaya Embankment. It was laid in the right-bank part of Nevsky District where names of streets are associated with the history of the revolutionary
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Bolshoy Avenue of Petrogradskaya Side
BOLSHOY AVENUE OF PETROGRADSKAYA SIDE, in the 18th century - Bolshaya Road, Bolshaya Garnizonnaya Road, Bolshaya Ofitserskaya Street, in 1919-44 - K. Libknekhta Avenue. It lies between Dobrolyubova Avenue and Karpovka River Embankment
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Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island
BOLSHOY AVENUE OF VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, in 1720s-1780s - Bolshaya Prospektivaya or Bolshaya Pershpektivaya Street, in 1918-22 - F. Adlera Avenue, in 1922-44 - Proletarskoy Pobedy Avenue
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Chernyshevskogo Avenue
CHERNYSHEVSKOGO AVENUE, called Voskresensky Avenue until 1923, from Robespierre Embankment to Kirochnaya Street. The avenue was renamed in commemoration of N.G. Chernyshevsky
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Chkalovsky Avenue
CHKALOVSKY AVENUE, between Krasnogo Kursanta Street and Karpovka River Embankment. The avenue was formed in the 18th century out of the length of Porkhovskaya Street, which ran as far as Bolshaya Raznochinnaya Street
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Dobrolyubova Avenue
DOBROLYUBOVA AVENUE, running from Kronverksky Avenue to Bolshoy Avenue of the Petrogradskaya Side. Laid in the 1860s along the route of a filled-in section of the Zhdanovka River
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Dunaysky Avenue
DUNAYSKY AVENUE, running from Predportovaya Street to Sofiyskaya Street, through Srednaya Rogatka and Kupchino. The avenue was named after the Danube River in 1968
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Energetikov Avenue
ENERGETIKOV AVENUE, from Carl Faberge Avenue to Marshala Blucher Avenue. The avenue was laid in the 1960s as a part of the central ring route. It was built during the 1960s-80s
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Engelsa Avenue
ENGELSA AVENUE, a part of Vyborgskoe Freeway until 1918, running from Novosiltsevsky Lane past Third Verkhny Lane; the avenue is an extension of Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Avenue. The avenue was called so in honour of German socialist F. Engels (1820-95)
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Entuziastov Avenue
ENTUZIASTOV AVENUE, from Peredovikov Street to Kommuny Street, in the area of Rzhevka - Porokhovye. The avenue was laid in the 1960s as a part of the central semicircular thoroughfare
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Grazhdansky Avenue
GRAZHDANSKY AVENUE, running from Nepokorennykh Avenue to Suzdalsky Avenue. The avenue was named after the locality Grazhdanka. Originally called Road to Gorozhanka Village (name known since 1817)
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Grechesky Avenue
GRECHESKY AVENUE, running from Second Sovetskaya Street to Vilensky Lane. The avenue was laid in the 1860s and assumed its name in 1871 after the Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
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Irinovsky Avenue
IRINOVSKY AVENUE, running from Boksitogorskaya Street to Kommuny Street, one of the major arteries of the Porokhovye area. The avenue runs parallel to the former Irinovskaya Railroad line (hence the name)
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Izmaylovsky Avenue
IZMAYLOVSKY AVENUE, running from Fontanka River Embankment to Obvodny Canal Embankment. Called Voznesensky Avenue from the second half of the 18th century to the early 19th century, and Krasnykh Komandirov Street from 1923 to 1944
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Kamennoostrovsky Avenue
KAMENNOOSTROVSKY AVENUE, located between Troitskaya Square and the Bolshaya Nevka River Embankment. The main thoroughfare joining the city centre and the Petrogradskaya Side with Aptekarsky Island and Kamenny Island
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Kima Avenue
KIMA AVENUE, between the Smolenka River Embankment and Uralskaya Street, on Dekabristov Island. Laid in 1914 during the development of the New Petersburg region
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Kondratyevsky Avenue
KONDRATYEVSKY AVENUE (from the 1830s to 1918, Bezborodkinsky Avenue), located between Arsenalnaya Street and Mechnikova Avenue. It was built in the second half of the 18th century
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Kosmonavtov Avenue
KOSMONAVTOV AVENUE is located between Kuznetsovskaya Street and Svirskaya Street, running across the Alexandrovskaya Settlement and Srednyaya Rogatka. Laid out in the 1960s and named in honour of Soviet cosmonauts
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Kosygina Avenue
KOSYGINA AVENUE (in 1976-82 Ladozhsky Avenue), located between the junction of the Oktyabrskaya Railway Line and Kommuny Street. It was built in the 1970s as an extension of Zanevsky Avenue, and named after A.N. Kosygin
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Kronverksky Avenue
KRONVERKSKY AVENUE, between Troitskaya Square and Mytninskaya Embankment, on the Petrogradskaya Side; its semicircular arch includes the territory of Alexandrovsky Park. The avenue was constructed in the first half of the 18th century
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Leninsky Avenue
LENINSKY AVENUE, running between Doblesti Street and Moskovskaya Square, part of the Central Circular Highway. It connects Yugo-Zapad and Ulyanka settlement, and Dachny and Moskovsky Avenues. The avenue, named in 1977 after V.I
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Lermontovsky Avenue
LERMONTOVSKY AVENUE, running between Dekabristov Street and Obvodny Canal Embankment. Formed in 1912 as part of the joining of Bolshaya Masterskaya Street (from Dekabristov Street to Griboedova Canal)
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Lesnoy Avenue
LESNOY AVENUE, from Akademika Lebedeva Street to Institutsky Lane, joining the Finlyandsky Railway Station with the Lesnoy District. The street was laid in the 19th century; until 1913, the avenue
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Ligovsky Avenue
IGOVSKY AVENUE, running between Nekrasova Street and Moskovsky Avenue. Known as Ligovskaya Street until 1956. Constructed along the Ligovsky Canal track (hence the name) starting in 1891
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Liteiny Avenue
LITEINY AVENUE [in 1918-44 - Volodarskogo Avenue, after revolutionary V. Volodarsky (1891-1918)], between Liteiny Bridge and Nevsky Prospect. In 1711, a foundry was founded at the beginning of future Liteiny Avenue; later, houses of craftsmen
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