Dzhambula Lane

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DZHAMBULA LANE, running between the Fontanka River Embankment and Zagorodny Avenue. Known as Leshtukov (Lestokov) Lane until 1952. The lane was laid in the first half of the 18th century, and received its original name from the landlord and Surgeon in Ordinary to the King Count J.H. Lestocq (1692-1767), who owned ground on the Fontanka River from 1745, before which it belonged to Tsarina Praskovya Fedorovna. In 1952, the street was renamed after Kazakh Akyn (poet and singer) Dzhambul Dzhabaev (1846-1945), who set to verse the Leningrad residents" heroic feat during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1944. The majority of the buildings date back to the 19th - 20th centuries. Past prominent residents include P.I. Tchaikovsky (building no. 16, 1863), revolutionary V.N. Figner (building no. 15, 1879) and V.I. Lenin (building no. 15, 1894).

Reference: Жаров С. Переулок Джамбула // БА. 1971. № 27. С. 30-36.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Dzhabaev Dzhambul
Figner Vera Nikolaevna
Lenin (real name Ulyanov) Vladimir Ilyich
Lestocq Johann Hermann (Ivan Ivanovich)
Praskovya Fedorovna, Tsarina
Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich
Dzhambula Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 13
Dzhambula Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Dzhambula Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 15
Dzhambula Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
Жаров С. Переулок Джамбула // Блокнот агитатора, 1971