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Persons / Bazen Peter Petrovich architect
Bazen P.P.(D.), (1786-1838), architectural engineer

BAZEN (Bazaine) Peter Petrovich (Pierre Dominiq) (1786-1838), architectural engineer, mechanic, mathematician, pedagogue, fellow (1817) and honorary member (1827) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Science, lieutenant general (1830)

Bridges (entry)

BRIDGES, an integral part of the urban planning structure and architectural appearance of St. Petersburg. In 2002, the city numbered 342 bridges of various kinds and types; in Kronstadt: 5 bridges, Pushkin: 54 bridges, Petrodvorets: 51 bridges

Bumazhny Bridge

BUMAZHNY BRIDGE, across Bumazhny Canal (Paper Canal), by Liflyandskaya Street. A wooden bridge was constructed here by 1795, in 1823 it was rebuilt (engineers A.A. Bethencourt, B. Clapeyron, P.P

Committee for Construction and Water Works

COMMITTEE FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WATER WORKS was the state institution created in May 1816 on the initiative of A. A. Bethencourt for consideration of development, urban planning, and improvement projects of St. Petersburg

Demidov Bridge

DEMIDOV BRIDGE, spanning Griboedov Canal, along the route of Grivtsov Lane (formerly Demidov Lane - hence the name). By 1776, a wooden pile bridge existed in this location. In 1834-35, it was rebuilt (engineer E.A. Adam, with the participation of P

Dvortsovy Bridge

DVORTSOVY BRIDGE (1918-52 Republican Bridge, in honour of the Soviet Republic), across the Bolshaya Neva, joining Dvortsovy Passage with Birzhevaya (Stock Market) Square. Named after the Winter Palace

Elagin Bridges

ELAGIN BRIDGES, three bridges on the Elagin Island, with a spanning structure consisting of metal girders resting on concrete abutments and timber metal trestle piers

Embankments (entry)

EMBANKMENTS, engineering works built along the waterways of St. Petersburg from the early 18th century in order to stabilise banks and reclaim land. The first wooden embankments appeared in Gorodskoy Island on the left bank of the Neva River between

French

FRENCH, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. French language is related to Romance group of Indo-European languages. Believers are mostly Catholics, while some are Reformists. French artisans appeared in St

Grilles (entry)

GRILLES. St. Petersburg boasts a number of unique metal grilles, created in the course of three centuries. Wrought grilles of bars with (sometimes gilded) decorative figures made from flat iron bars (the grille of the Ekaterininsky (Catherine)

Industrial Architecture (entry)

INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE. Construction of buildings for industrial purposes originally determined the appearance of St. Petersburg and its outskirts. The industrial style buildings included the Admiralty Shipyard, Partikulyarnaya Shipyard

Inzhenerny Bridges

INZHENERNY BRIDGES (Engineer’s, two bridges in the district of Engineers' (see Mikhailovsky) Castle (hence the name). The first Engineers' Bridge (formerly Letny Bridge) spans the Moika River, along the Fontanka River

Isaakievsky Bridge

ISAAKIEVSKY BRIDGE, (St. Isaac’s Bridge) the first floating bridge over the Bolshaya Neva, opposite what is now Decembrist Square. It linked Admiralteysky Island with Vasilievsky Island. In 1727, the bridge was first launched

Kalinkin Bridges

KALINKIN BRIDGES (Kalinkinsky Bridges), three bridges in the surroundings of a Finnish village Kalyola or Kallina (in the Russian manner Kalinkina), which existed in the 17th-19th centuries in the lower reaches of the Fontanka River

Kamennoostrovsky Bridge

KAMENNOOSTROVSKY BRIDGE (commonly referred to as Betankurovsky), over the Malaya Nevka River, links Aptekarsky and Kamenny Islands along the Kamennoostrovsky Avenue. In 1760 St. Petersburg's fourth boat bridge was built here (architect А. Wist)

Kazachy Bridge

KAZACHY (COSSACK) BRIDGE, over the Monastyrka River, on the right embankment of the Obvodnoy Canal (received its name from the neighbouring barracks of the Cossacks Life Guards Regiment). It was built in 1833 (engineer P.P

Krestovsky Bridges

KRESTOVSKY BRIDGES, two bridges on Krestovsky Island. Malo-Krestovsky Bridge across the Krestovka River, along Dinamo Avenue joins Krestovsky and Kamenny islands

Lebyazhy Bridges

LEBYAZHY BRIDGES, two bridges spanning Lebyazhy Canal. The Nizhne-Lebyazhy Bridge (Lower Lebyazhy Bridge, formerly the first Tsaritsynsky, after Tsaritsyn Medow, see the Field of Mars) is on the Moika River Embankment

Melnikov P.P. (1804-1880), engineer

MELNIKOV Pavel Petrovich (1804-1880, Luban, St. Petersburg province), engineer, statesman, Engineer-General (1869), Honoured Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1858)

Molvinsky Bridge

MOLVINSKY BRIDGE, over the Tarakanovka River, links Liflyandskaya Street and Kalinina Street. Received its name from the summer cottage of merchant Y.N. Molvo. From the late 18th century at this spot was a timber beam bridge

Monastyrsky Bridge

MONASTYRSKY BRIDGE (formerly Blagoveshchensky), over the Monastyrka River (hence the name), along Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue. In 1833, a single-span timber arch bridge on abutments with a limestone and granite facade was built (engineer P.P

Novo-Kamenny Bridge

NOVO-KAMENNY BRIDGE (also known as Vodoprovodny; Yamskoy, after Yamskaya Sloboda; Bolshoy Karetny; Granitny), over Obvodny Canal, at Ligovsky Avenue. The bridge was built in 1817-21 (engineer P.P

Novo-Kirpichny Bridge

NOVO-KIRPICHNY BRIDGE (called Kirpichny until 1908), over the Volkovka River, along the left embankment of Obvodny Canal. A wooden three-span bridge on brick abutments and piers shaped as cast-iron pillars was built in 1833 (engineer P.P. Bazen)

Obvodny Canal

OBVODNY CANAL flows from the Neva River in the area of Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Ekaterinhofka River (8.08 km long, 21.3 meters wide and 42.6 meters wide in its eastern part)

Sadovy Bridges

SADOVY BRIDGES, two bridges spanning the Moika River by the Summer Garden and Mikhailovsky Garden (hence the name which mean garden in Russian); feature identical street lamps

Shlisselburgsky Bridge

SHLISSELBURGSKY BRIDGE (formerly, Arkhangelogorodsky), across Obvodny Canal, on Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue (formerly Shlisselburgsky Avenue, Arkhangelogorodsky Tract, hence the present-day name). The bridge was built in 1833 (engineer P.P

St. Petersburg Dam

ST. PETERSBURG DAM is a hydro-technical complex, built in the mouth of the Neva where it enters the Gulf of Finland to prevent floods. First dam projects for St. Petersburg date back to the 18th century: The St

Summer Garden

SUMMER GARDEN (Dvortsovaya Embankment), an 18th-19th century landscaping monument. It is the oldest city garden in the central part of St. Petersburg, and is situated on the left bank of Neva, on an island formed by Fontanka River

Sutugin Bridge

SUTUGIN BRIDGE, across Bumazhny Canal, along Perekopskaya Street (former Sutugina Street, hence the name), serves as an entrance into Ekateringof Park. Prior to 1795

Voskresensky Canal

VOSKRESENSKY CANAL (The Inzhenernaya Channel) was dug during the construction of Mikhailovsky Castle along its southern facade in 1797-1800. It flew from the Fontanka River through the ponds of Mikhailovsky Garden and drained into the Moika River