Angliisky Avenue

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ANGLIISKY AVENUE, from 1771 - Aglinskaya Perspective or Anglinsky Avenue; from 1846 it possessed its present-day name; in 1918-94 - Maklina, or MacLean, Avenue in honour of English socialist John MacLean (1879-1923) elected an honorary deputy chairman of Petrograd Soviet in 1917. The avenue lies between the Moika River and Fontanka River embankments. It appeared in the district of Kolomna in the 18th century and was developed mainly between the 19th and early 20th centuries. It crosses Griboedova Canal via Alarchin Bridge. House 2-4 was built by architect M. E. Messmacher in 1882-85 and was formerly the palace of Grand Prince Alexey Alexandrovich; house 8-10 built by architect V. Y. Iogansen in 1901-02 is the former mansion of G. G. Gilze van der Pals now accommodating the Military Commissariat of St. Petersburg; house 14-16 accommodates Samoylova Confectionery formerly known under the name of George Borman; house 17-19 built by architect S. B. von Gan in 1859-61 is known as a model residential house for workers and the destitute; house 18 was built by architect I. I. Shaposhnikov in 1887and owned by M. F. Kschessinska in 1892-1906. The Fairy House built by architect A. A. Bernardazzi at what is now 21 Angliisky Avenue in 1909-10 was a striking example of the art nouveau, but was destroyed during the siege. V. F. Komissarzhevskaya lived in house 27. The house also accommodated the Central Committee and Petersburg Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party that held their meetings in a gymnasium room in 1905-07. House 32 built by architect P. L. Zamaraev in 1904-05 accommodated the Biological Laboratory and teachers' department of the Free High School (see Lesgaft's Courses). V. F. Nijinsky lived in house 39 built by architect I. N. Ivanov in 1897. At the corner of Turgeneva Square there is a neoclassical house 50 built by architect Y. M. Kovarsky in 1914-15.

References: Вяземский С. М., Александрова А. Проспект Маклина // БА. 1968. № 14. С. 37-49; Марьяновская З. Проспект Маклина // Диалог. 1988. № 34. С. 26-31.

Y. M. Piryutko. Alexey Alexandrovich, Grand Prince
Bernardazzi Alexander Alexandrovich
Borman Georgy Grigorievich
Dzhorogov A.G.
Gan Samuil Bogdanovich von
Gilze van der Pals G.G.
Iogansen William (Ernest) Yulievich
Ivanov Ivan Nikolaevich
Komissarzhevskaya Vera Fedorovna
Kovarsky Yakov Moiseevich
Kschessinska Mathilde (Maria) Felixovna
MacLean John
Messmacher Maximilian Egorovich
Nijinsky Vaclav Fomich
Piryutko Yury Minaevich
Samoylova Konkordia Nikolaevna
Shaposhnikov Ivan Ivanovich
Vyazemsky Sergey Mikhailovich
Witmer O.K.
Zamaraev Pavel Leontievich
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 21
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 10
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 27
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 32
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 39
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 50
Angliisky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Turgeneva Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Коломна
Вяземский С. М., Александрова А. Проспект Маклина // Блокнот агитатора, 1968
Марьяновская З. Проспект Маклина // Диалог, 1988 Kschessinska Mansion
Lesgaft's Courses