Soyuza Pechatnikov Street

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SOYUZA PECHATNIKOV STREET, from Kryukov Canal to Kulibina Square. Starting from 1739, the street bore the name Bolshaya Matrosskaya Street, renamed Torgovaya Street in 1776. It acquired its present-day name in 1925; in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Union of Printing Workers established in 1905 (the union was quartered in house No. 25, memorial plaque). A.S. Griboedov lived in house No. 5 in 1824-25. From 1909 to 1959 sculptor S.A. Evseev lived and worked in house No. 17, while M.S. Tsvet, the founder of chromatography, is associated with house No. 25. House No. 12 (1912-14, architect P.M. Mulkhanov) and house No. 29 (1914, architect S.Y. Turkovsky) serve as typical models of neo-classical apartment houses. At number 22, St. Stanislaw's Roman Catholic Church is located.

References: Васильев В. Улица Союза Печатников // БА. 1974. № 18. С. 38-45.

Y. M. Piryutko. Evseev Sergey Alexandrovich
Griboedov Alexander Sergeevich
Mulkhanov Pavel Mikhailovich
Tsvet Mikhail Semenovich
Turkovsky Sergey Yakovlevich
Kulibina Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 22
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 25
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 29
Васильев В. Улица Союза Печатников // Блокнот агитатора, 1974 St Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church