Vosstaniya Street

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VOSSTANIYA STREET known as Znamenskaya (Holy Sign) Street until 1923, named after the Holy Sign Church. The street runs between Nevsky Prospect and Kirochnaya Street. The present-day name is in memory of the February Revolution of 1917. The street appeared in the mid-18th century as a link between settlements of Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky Life Guard Regiments. It was built up with apartment houses, mansions, and public buildings in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. House 116/2 built by architect P. I. Gilev in 1900-02 accommodated the Hermitage Hotel. House 8 built by architect R. A. Zhelyazevich in 1845-51 accommodated Pavlovsky Girls' Orphanage. Today, it houses Gymnasium No. 209. House 19, former P. T. Badaev's apartment house, built by architect G. A. Kosyakov assisted by V. A. Kosyakov in 1904-06 is a striking example of Art Nouveau. The house has a rounded corner decorated with a ceramic panel by artist P. K. Vaulin. House 45 is the former I. K. Myasnikov's mansion with a Baroque facade built by architect A. P. Gemilian in 1857-59. Chemical engineer N. N. Kachalov and actress E. I. Time, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, lived in house 6. The editorial office of Zhizn journalwere accommodated in house 20 in 1899-1901. M. Gorky who was in charge of the literary department of the journal lived in house 29. Y. P. Polonsky lived in house 26 in 1888-98. Critic V. V. Stasov and writer I. L. Andronikov lived in house 36 in 1890-96 and 1930s, respectively. House 41 accommodated Rampa Cinema later renamed as Luch.

References: Вяземский С. М. Улица Восстания // БА. 1967. № 7. С. 41-49; Исаченко В. Г. Творчество братьев Косяковых // СиАЛ. 1981. № 6. С. 34-37.

O. A. Chekanova. Andronnikov Irakly Luarsabovich
Badaev P.T.
Gemilian A.P.
Gilev Peter Ivanovich
Gorky Maxim (Alexey Maximovich Peshkov)
Kachalov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Kosyakov Vasily Antonovich
Kosyakov Vladimir Antonovich
Myasnikov I.K.
Polonsky Yakov Petrovich
Stasov Vladimir Vasilievich
Time Elizaveta Ivanovna
Vaulin Peter Kuzmich
Zhelyazevich Rudolf Andreevich
Kirochnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Nevsky prospect/Saint Petersburg, city
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 45
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 41
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 2/116
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 29
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 26
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 36
Vosstaniya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Исаченко В. Г. Творчество братьев Косяковых // Стр-во и архитектура Ленинграда, 1981
Вяземский С. М. Улица Восстания // Блокнот агитатора, 1967 Church of the Holy Sign
February Revolution of 1917
Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment
Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment
Zhizn (Life), journal