Kryukov Canal

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KRYUKOV CANAL runs from the Admiralty Canal by Truda Square to the Fontanka River. 1015 meters long, it was dug from the Neva River to the Moika River in 1719-20 and was named after the contractor Semen Kyukov in 1738 (the section from the Neva to the Admiralty Canal was filled up in 1842). In 1830, it received the common name with the former Nikolsky Canal dug from the Moika River to the Fontanka River in 1782-87 (before 1800, the Poperechny Canal). Granite embankments were constructed in 1801-07 (engineer Ivan Gerard, maker Samson Sukhanov).Six bridges span the canal: Smezhny (the Fontanka Embankment), Staro-Nikolsky (Sadovaya Street), Kashin (Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue), Torgovy (Soyuza Pechatnikov Street), Dekabristov (Dekabristov Street), and Matveevsky (the Moika River). The New Holland complex is located on the right bank of the canal. The composer Eduard Napravnik lived and died in No 6; Igor Stravinsky spent time here his younger years. The Mariinsky Theatre is located on the left bank between Dekabristov Street and Souyuza Pechatnikov Street. The poet Vasily Zhukovsky lived here in No 11/43 in 1818 and Modest Mussorgsky in 1865-68. The Documentary Film Studio is located in No 12 (1887, architect Maximilian Messmacher). Number 14 was constructed in Neoclassic style in 1912-14 (architect Sergey Ovsyannikov). The belfry of St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral overlooks the Kryukov Canal. Alexander Suvorov died in No 23 owned by the poet and statesman Duke Dmitry Khvostov on May 6, 1800.

References.: Кусов Н. Крюков канал // БА. 1963. № 17. С. 40-46; Исаченко В. Г. По малым рекам и каналам Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001. С. 26-74.

Y.M. Priyutko. Gerard Ivan (Johann Konrad) Kondratievich
Khvostov Dmitry Ivanovich
Kryukov Semen
Messmacher Maximilian Egorovich
Mussorgsky Modest Petrovich
Napravnik Eduard Frantsevich
Ovsyannikov Sergey Osipovich (Iosifovich)
Stravinsky Igor Fedorovich
Sukhanov Samson Xenofontovich
Suvorov Alexander Arkadievich, Count
Zhukovsky Vasily Andreevich
Dekabristov St./Saint Petersburg, city
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Kryukov Canal/Saint Petersburg, city
Kryukova Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
Kryukova Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 11/43
Kryukova Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Kryukova Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 6
Kryukova Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 23
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Rimsky-Korsakov Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Soyuza Pechatnikov St./Saint Petersburg, city
Truda Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Кусов Н. Крюков канал // Блокнот агитатора, 1963
Исаченко В. Г. По малым рекам и каналам Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001 Smezhny Bridge
Nikolsky Bridges
Torgovy Bridge
Dekabristov Bridge
Matveevsky Bridge
Mariinsky Theatre
Studio of Documentary Films
St. Nicholas' Naval Cathedral
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