Razyezzhaya Street

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RAZYEZZHAYA STREET (in the first half of the 19th century, it was also referred to as Chernyshev Lane), between Zagorodny Avenue and Ligovsky Avenue. The road was named in 1739, constructed in the 1740s following the designs of St. Petersburg Construction Commission. It started from the Five Corners and went through Moskovskaya Yamskaya settlement. In 1817-19, Yamskoy market was constructed under the supervision of architect V.P. Stasov. Most buildings date back to the 19th - 20th centuries: building 3 was the house of architect M.A. Makarov (1874), building 9 (1872, architect R.A. Gedike), building 19 (1813), building 32/51 (the early 19th century, reconstructed in the 1820-30s), building 33 (1820s). The following cultural figures lived on Razyezzhaya Street: dancer M.M. Fokin (building 4, 1900), A.I. Kuprin (building 7; there also the editorial office of the journal Mir Bozhy was quartered), N.A. Nekrasov (building 26/24), F. Sologub (building 31, 1910s), critic A.L. Volynsky (building 39/35, 1900s). The editorial office of the journal Apollon was quartered in building 8 in 1909-17, the newspaper Proletary (see Pravda) was printed in building 17 in August 1917. Today, building 9 accommodates the Memorial Society and the editorial office of the journal Na Nevskom.

Reference: Васильев В. Разъезжая улица // БА. 1968. № 36. С. 29-37.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Fokin Mikhail Mikhailovich
Gedike Robert Andreevich
Kuprin Alexander Ivanovich
Makarov Mikhail Alexeevich
Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeevich
Stasov Vasily Petrovich
Volynsky (Flexer) Akim Lvovich
Ligovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 3
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 32/51
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 33
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 26/24
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 31
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 39/35
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 9
Razyezzhaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 7
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Васильев В. Разъезжая улица // Блокнот агитатора, 1968 Commission for St. Petersburg Construction
Mir Bozhy (God's World), journal, 1892-1906
Apollon (Apollo), journal
Pravda (The Truth), newspaper
Memorial, a non-profit organisation