Kirovskaya Square

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KIROVSKAYA SQUARE, located at the intersection of Stachek Avenue and Shvetsova Street. Created in the 1930s as an administrative centre for the Moskovsko-Narvsky (since 1934, Kirovsky) District, according to a plan design by architect L.A. Ilyin (1924), intending to create two squares (Stachek Square and Kirovskaya Square) joined by a common longitudinal axis, emphasized by the Narvskie Triumphal Arch. Named after S.M. Kirov. The architectural centre of Kirovskaya Square is the Kirovsky District Soviet Building (18 Stachek Avenue), a striking example of the Constructivist Style (1930-35, architect N.A. Trotsky). Its tower, 50 meters high, dominates the visual surroundings. Its semicircular convention hall was converted into a cinema hall in 1958 (architects V.V. Khazanov and L.A. Pankratova). In 1938, a monument to S.M. Kirov was unveiled on Kirovskaya Square. In 1949-50, a residential building for the workers of the Kirov Plant was constructed (16 Stachek Avenue, architects Y.Y. Macheret, V.A. Kamensky), closing off the square from the north and giving a strong background to the S.M. Kirov monument.

O. A. Chekanova. Ilyin Lev Alexandrovich
Kamensky Valentin Alexandrovich
Khazanov Viktor Vulfovich
Kirov (real name Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich
Macheret Yury Yakovlevich
Pankratova Lidia Alexeevna
Trotsky Noy Abramovich
Kirovskaya Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Shvetsova St./Saint Petersburg, city
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 18
Narva Triumphal Arch
1935