Kosygina Avenue

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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. Kosygina Avenue is the main thoroughfare of the Rzhevka - Porokhovye area. It was built up with standard residential housing. Beyond the boundaries of St. Petersburg, Kosygina Avenue becomes a highway leading to Yanino and Koltushi.

References: Антощенков В. С. Ржевка - Пороховые: Центр р-на // СиАЛ. 1971. № 4. С. 16-19; Ведмедь Д. А., Вогман С. Д. Прошлое и будущее Ржевки - Пороховых // ЛП. 1983. № 5. С. 6-9.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Kosygin Alexey Nikolaevich
Kommuny St./Saint Petersburg, city
Kosygina Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Zanevsky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Антощенков В. С. Ржевка-Пороховые: Центр р-на // Стр-во и архитектура Ленинграда., 1971
Ведмедь Д. А., Вогман С. Д. Прошлое и будущее Ржевки-Пороховых // Ленингр. панорама, 1983