Murinsky Stream

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MURINSKY STREAM, a water course in the north of St. Petersburg and a tributary to the Okhta River. The name comes from the village of Murino. The stream heads from Sosnovka Park, flowing through the territory of Grazhdanka between Lunacharskogo Avenue and Severny Avenue. The stream is crossed by Tikhoretsky Avenue, Svetlanovsky Avenue, Grazhdansky Avenue and Rustaveli Street; in the 1960s-70s some bridges were erected across the stream along the direction of the above-mentioned avenues and streets. The stream is 8.7 kilometres long, with a width varying from 5 metres to 30 metres, and the depth reaching one metre in places. The basin of the Murinsky is 41 km2. In the upper reaches of the stream, a lake-shaped expansion was established, elongated along the current and known as Murinsky Ruchey pond; some smaller expansions can be found downstream. The adjacent territory was turned into a recreation zone. The site where the stream flows into the Okhta River is occupied by a small village of Novaya which is no longer an official residential zone.

Y. P. Seliverstov. Grazhdansky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Lunacharsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Murinsky Stream/Saint Petersburg, city
Rustaveli St./Saint Petersburg, city
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Svetlanovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Tikhoretsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
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