Vasileostrovsky District

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VASILEOSTROVSKY DISTRICT is an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg. (Its territory administration is located at 55 Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island) Its present-day borders were formed in 1917 (the western part was a separate Sverdlovsky District in 1936-61.) The district covers the territory of Vasilievsky Island (hence, the name) and Dekabristov Island. Vasilievsky Disrict is connected to Central District with Dvortsovy Bridge, and to Admiralteysky District - with Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, and to Petrogradsky District - with Birzhevoy and Tuchkov bridges. The area of the district is 19.8 sq.km. Its population is 191,300 people (2003). The district includes five municipal units: Morskoy Okrug (administrative division) and municipal okrugs Nos. 7, 8, 9, 11. Until the middle of the 19th century, the district was built up mostly with wooden buildings; areas of Gavan (Harbour) and present-day Dekabristov Island had vast waterlogged wastelands. The eastern part of the district was wholly built up in the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. An industrial area was formed to the southwest. In 1911-13, a new residential district New Petersburg was under construction in the western part of Goloday Island (today, Dekabristov Island). The Harbor and Dekabristov Island were built up in 1950s. After the soil inwash, new residential quarters appeared in the north-western part of the district. Important units of a new city sea facade include Morskoy Marine Passenger Terminal and the Pribaltiyskaya Hotel. Two metro stations are located in the district - Vasileostrovskaya and Primorskaya. Main thoroughfares include Bolshoy, Sredny and Maly Avenues of Vasilievsky Island, Nalichnaya Street, Korablestroiteley Street, and Makarova Embankment, Universitetskaya Embankment and Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment. The district houses a lot of educational institutions and research institutes, including St. Petersburg State University, Repin Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Plekhanov College of Mines, St. Petersburg RAS Science Centre, Institute of Russian Literature (The House of Pushkin), Research Institute, the Arctic and the Antarctic Research Institute, Vavilov State Optic Institute, et al. Cultural and recreational objects include the Naval Museum, the Anthropology and Ethnography Museum named after Peter the Great (the Kunstkammer), the Zoological Museum, the Menshikov Museum, the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex, et al. Over 40 industrial enterprises are located here, including the Baltic Factory, the Steel Mill, Sevkabel, Electroapparat, the Kozitsky Factory, et al. Among historical and cultural monuments under state protection are the Rostrum Columns, the Exchange, the Building of the Twelve Collegiums, the Menshikov Palace, Academy of Arts, St. Andrew's Cathedral, the Rumyantsev's Obelisk, the wharf with sphinxes in front of Academy of Arts, the monument to Ivan Krusenstern, historical burial places at the Smolensky Cemeteries, et al. The monument to Andrey Sakharov was opened in 2003.

References: Даринский А. В. Невский край: С.-Петербург и Ленингр. обл.: Природа. Население. Хоз-во. Р-ны. СПб., 2000; Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000; Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001; Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культурную ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001; Никитенко Г. Ю., Соболь В. Д. Василеостровский район: Энцикл. улиц С.-Петербурга. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. СПб., 2002.

Е. А. Bondarchuk, P.Y. Yudin. Krusenstern Ivan Fedorovich
Menshikov Alexander Danilovich, Gracious Prince
Peter I, Emperor
Plekhanov Georgy Valentinovich
Repin Ilya Efimovich
Sakharov Andrey Dmitrievich
Vavilov Sergey Ivanovich
Bolshoy Ave of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 55
Bolshoy Ave of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city
Korablestroiteley St./Saint Petersburg, city
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Makarova Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Maly Vasilievsky Island Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Nalichnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Sredny Ave of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Свердловский район
Василеостровский район
Даринский А. В., Асеева И. В. География Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 1996
Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001
Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культур. ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001
Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000
Никитенко Г. Ю., Соболь В. Д. Василеостровский район: Энцикл. улиц С.-Петербурга. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. СПб., 2002 New Petersburg
Sea Passenger Terminal
Oktyabrskaya Hotel
State University, St. Petersburg
Repin Academic Institute Of Painting, Sculpture And Architecture, St. Petersburg State
Plekhanov State Mining Institute, St. Petersburg
Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Arctic and Antarctic Institute
Vavilov State Optical Institute
Central Military and Naval Museum
Kunstkammer
Kunstkammer
Museum of Zoology
Menshikov Palace
Lenexpo
Baltic Shipyard and Machine-Building Plant
Steel-Rolling Plant
Northern Cable, the factory
Electric Apparatus Plant
Kozitsky Factory
Rostral Columns
Twelve Collegiums Building
Academy of Arts
Academy of Arts
St. Andrew’s Cathedral
Rumyantsevsky Obelisk
Smolenskoe Cemeteries