Grechesky Avenue

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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. The majority of the buildings originate from the first half of the 19th century - 20th centuries, including house No. 10-12 of the Basin Flat-Owners Association (1912-13, architects A.I. Zazersky, E.F. Wirrich, N.V. Vasilyev, A.F. Bubyr); house No. 8, the second school building named after Alexander III (1899-1900, architect B.A. Brzhostovsky) and presently a school; and house No. 21, formerly the third vocational college (1895-97, architect A.F. Krasovsky) and presently a school. In 1967, the previous site of the Greek Church became the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall (6 Ligovsky Avenue, architects V.A. Kamensky, A.V. Zhuk, J.M. Vierzhbitsky, G.M. Vlanin). Eminent residents of Grechesky Avenue include F.M. Dostoevsky (house No. 6, 1875-78), V.I. Lenin together with N.K. Krupskaya (house No. 15, 1905), Y.N. Tynyanov (house No. 15, 1919-36) and V.A. Kaverin (house No. 15, the 1920s).

G. Y. Nikitenko. Abaza Alexander Aggeevich
Alexander III, Emperor
Brzhostovsky Boleslav Antonovich
Bubyr Alexey Fedorovich
Dostoevsky Fedor Mikhailovich
Kamensky Valentin Alexandrovich
Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich
Krasovsky Alexander Fedorovich
Krupskaya Nadezhda Konstantinovna
Lenin (real name Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich
Tynyanov Yury Nikolaevich
Vasilyev Nikolay Vasilievich
Verzhbitsky Jean Matveevich
Vlanin Georgy Mikhailovich
Wirrich Ernest-Friedrich Franzevich
Zazersky Alexey Ivanovich
Zhuk Alexander Vladimirovich
2nd Sovetskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Grechesky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Grechesky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Grechesky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 21
Grechesky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Grechesky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Ligovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Vilensky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city