Lesnoy Avenue

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LESNOY AVENUE, from Akademika Lebedeva Street to Institutsky Lane, joining the Finlyandsky Railway Station with the Lesnoy District. The street was laid in the 19th century; until 1913, the avenue, divided by Finlyandskaya Railway Embankment and its viaduct (1870), consisted of two parts, one of which was called Nyustadskaya Street (from modern Akademika Lebedeva Street to Neishlotsky Lane), and the other of which was called Mezhevaya Street (from the modern Litovskaya Street to Institutsky Lane), which led to the Forestry Institute (today, the Academy of Forestry Engineering). The first section was built up in the late 19th - 20th centuries, with building no. 16, the St. John the Baptist Church (1901-03, architects G.D. Grimm, G.G. von Goli, reconstructed); building no. 17, the Vyborgskoe fire-station (1930, architects G.A. Simonov, I.G. Kaptsyug); building no. 20, a residential area for the workers of the Ludwig Nobel Plant (1890-1910s, architects F.I. Lidval, R.F. Meltzer, V.A. Schreter); building no. 19, the former Nobel People's House Library (1906, architect Meltzer); building no. 21, E.L. Nobel's former mansion (1910, architect Lidval); and buildings nos. 34-36, the Baburinsky Housing Estate (1927-30, architects Simonov, T.D. Katzenelenbogen, V.A. Zhukovskaya). The buildings of the second section date back to the 1930-90s, including buildings nos. 37-39, the Bateninsky Housing Estate (1927-34, architects Simonov, Katzenelenbogen); buildings nos. 61 and 61a, the House of Specialists (1932-34, architects Katzenelenbogen, Simonov); and buildings nos. 63-65, which were student dormitories (1930-32, architect S.E. Brovtsev). Many of the area's buildings are striking examples of the Constructivist Style. Past prominent residents of Lesnoy Avenue include Finnish writer M. Lassila (A. Untola) in building no. 9 (1902-04); as well as chemist V.G. Khlopin (1945-50), artist and sculptor N. I. Altman (1935-70), and polar captain V.I. Voronin (1930s - 1952), all of which lived in building no. 61 in various years. In 1941, a militia division formed in building no. 65, and a tractional substation in building no. 28 provided tram movement during the Siege. An inscription warning of the danger of bombardment is preserved on building no. 61. The Vyborgskaya and Lesnaya Metro stations went into operation in 1975.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Altman Moisei Semenovich
Altman Natan Isaevich
Brovtsev Sergey Efimovich
Goli Gustav Gustavovich von
Grimm German Davidovich
Kaptsyug Ivan Georgievich
Katzenelenbogen Tamara Davydovna
Khlopin Vitaly Grigorievich
Lassila Maiju (real name Tietavainen Algot Untola)
Lidval Fedor (Iogan Friedrich) Ivanovich
Meltzer Roman (Robert-Friedrich) Fedorovich
Nobel Emmanuel Ludwigovich
Schreter Viktor Alexandrovich
Simonov Grigory Alexandrovich
Voronin Vladimir Ivanovich
Zhukovskaya V.A.
Akademika Lebedeva St./Saint Petersburg, city
Institutsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 61
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 21
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 34
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 36
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 37
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 39
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 61, litera л. А
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 63
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 65
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 9
Lesnaya Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 28
Litovskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Neishlotsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Forestry Engineering Academy
Houses of Specialists (entry)
1928
1930