Pionerskaya Square

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PIONERSKAYA SQUARE between Zagorodny Avenue and the Young People's Theatre. It partly occupies the former vast ground of Semenovsky Lifeguard Regiment. Members of Petrashevsky's Circle were subjected to a mock execution in the ground in 1849 and killers of Emperor Alexander II were hanged on 3 April 1881. There was a race track in the ground in 1880s and the first cycle track in St. Petersburg opened in 1893. Most of the ground was built up in 1940-50s. The area that remained unbuilt was named Pionerskaya Square in 1962. The Juvenile Theatre was built by architect A. V. Zhuk at number 1 in the same year. A monument to A. S. Griboedov by sculptor V. V. Lishev was installed in 1959.

Reference: Кириков Б. М., Марголис А. Д. Пионерская площадь. Л., 1983.

O. A. Chekanova. Alexander II, Emperor
Griboedov Alexander Sergeevich
Lishev Vsevolod Vsevolodovich
Zhuk Alexander Vladimirovich
Pionerskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Кириков Б. М., Марголис А. Д. Пионерская площадь. Л., 1983 Young People's Theatre
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