Lesnoy

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LESNOY, a historical district in the north of St. Petersburg, between Engelsa Avenue to the west, Manchesterskaya Street to the north, Thoreza Avenue and Karbysheva Street to the east and Novorossiiskaya Street to the south. In 1811, the Practical School of Forestry (later renamed Forestry Institute, today - Academy of Forestry Engineering) was transferred here from Tsarskoe Selo. In the second half of the 19th century, the dacha area of the same name emerged to the north of the Forestry Institute. In 1889, the Machine Building Plant of Ayvaz (today Svetlana Joint-stock Company) was founded in the northern part of Lesnoy. By the beginning of the 20th century, the modern streets' planning was developed: Murinsky Avenue (today Second Murinsky Avenue), Angliisky Avenue (today Parkhomenko Avenue), Novosiltsevskaya Street (today Novorossiiskaya Street) and others. In the 1930s, Svetlanovsky Avenue was built. In the middle of the 1960s, a general reconstruction of Lesnoy was carried out; the territory was built up with standard brick houses, with the majority of them constructed by building societies. In Lesnoy, a number of scientific research establishments were concentrated: Sechenov Scientific Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Cardiology Scientific Research Institute, Radium Institute, Forestry Scientific Research Institute, etc. The former building of Lesnoy Board (13 Bolotnaya Street), the country estate of A.I. Danilevsky (1911, 22 Institutsky Avenue), Olga's Hospital Refuge (1911-12, 12/3 Second Murinsky Avenue) and others have been preserved. The recreation centre of Lesnoy is the park Dacha of Danilevsky with the Silver Pond. The place name has been preserved in the names of Lesnaya metro station and Lesnoy Avenue.

References: Безбах С. А. Лесной. Л., 1929. Ч. 1; Кобак А. В. Особняки и дачи старого Лесного // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. СПб., 1999. [Вып.] 4. С. 436-455; Глезеров С. Е. К истории краеведческого движения в Лесном // Там же. 2001. [Вып. 5]. С. 232-254.

Е. А. Bondarchuk, P.Y. Yudin. Danilevsky A.I.
Sechenov Ivan Mikhailovich
2nd Murinsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12, litera корп. 3
2nd Murinsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Engelsa Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Institutsky Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city, house 22
Karbysheva St./Saint Petersburg, city
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Manchesterskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Novorossiiskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Parkhomenko Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Svetlanovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Thorez Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Безбах С. А. Лесной. Л., 1929
Глезеров С. Е. К истории краеведческого движения в Лесном // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. СПб., 2001
Кобак А. В. Особняки и дачи старого Лесного // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. СПб., 1999 Forestry Engineering Academy
Svetlana Factory
Sechenov Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Khlopin Radium Institute