Frunzensky District

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FRUNZENSKY DISTRICT, an administrative and territorial unit of St. Petersburg, with its administration located at 46 Prazhskaya Street. Formed in 1936, it was named in honour of Soviet statesman and military commander M. V. Frunze (1885-1925), and has existed in its present boundaries since 1973. A southern St. Petersburg district, it is located between the Obvodnoy Canal on the North and the Vitebskaya and Moskovskaya lines of the Oktyabrskaya Railway. The district neighbours the Mosovsky District on the west, the Nevsky District on the east, and the Pushkinsky and Kolpinsky Districts on the south. As of 2003, the population count was 383,700 inhabitants living on a territory of 36,2 square-km. The northern part of the Frunzensky District is crossed by a railway line connecting the Moscow and Vitebsk directions of the Oktyabrskaya Railway; the adjacent northern territory consists mostly of industrial complexes, and southern one of residential buildings. The district includes six municipal units, including Municipal Districts Nos 71, 72, 74, 76, 55, and Kupchino. Russian villages existing on the territory since the 17th century includes Volkova (see Volkova Village) and Kupsino (see Kupchino). Beginning with the 18th century, the Frunzensky District's present-day territory belonged to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, falling in 1711-18 under Tsesarevich Alexey Petrovich's domain. In 1721, the gravity-pulled Ligovsky aqueduct was laid out in the district's northern part to provide water supply to the Summer Garden fountains. In 1756, the Volkovskoe Cemetery (see Volkovskoe Cemetery) was laid out north of the Village of Volkova. Only a small section of the district territory had been developed by the turn of the 20th century. The areas near Ligovsky Avenue were built up with residential housing, while the Volkovskoe Cemetery and nearby railway lines consisted mainly of industrial complexes and storage facilities. The rest was wasteland, pastures, and military testing areas and pits. The southern part of the territory saw major residential development starting in the 1960s. By 1980, a large residential community named Kupchino had sprung up, with a population of approximately 350.000 inhabitants. The area is served by the Kupchino metro station, which is aligned with the Kupchino railway station. Three stations are located along the thruway in the Vitebsk direction, including Prospekt Slavy, Vozdukhoplavatelny Park, and Borovaya stations. There is a bus terminal along the Obvodnoy Canal Embankment. The district's infrastructure is includes major thoroughfares such as Slavy Avenue (a section of the Central Circular Highway), Bukharestskaya Street, Sofiyskaya Street, Belgradskaya Street, and Ligovsky Avenue. A number of industrial enterprises are located in the area, including the LAK Knitwear Association, the Shaumyana Plant, the Carburettor Plant, the Stroyfarfor Plant, the Southern Heating Station, and numerous storage, transport and construction facilities. The district is home to the St. Petersburg Humanities University of the Trades Unions, a branch of the University of Engineering and Economics, the Dzhanelidze Science and Research Institute of Emergency Medicine, and the Eye Microsurgery Centre. Its architectural legacy is represented by the Necropolis Literatorskie Mostky and the Victims of 9 January Memorial Cemetery.

References: Санкт-Петербург: Фрунзенский р-н / Сост. Н. Гаврикова. СПб., 1996; Даринский А. В. Невский край: С.-Петербург и Ленингр. обл.: Природа. Население. Хоз-во. Р-ны. СПб., 2000; Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000; Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001; Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культурную ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001.

Е. А. Bondarchuk, P. Y. Yudin. Alexey Petrovich, Tsesarevitch
Frunze Mikhail Vasilievich
Shaumyan Stepan Georgievich
Belgradskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Bukharestskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Ligovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Obvodny Canal Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city
Prazhskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 46
Slavy Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Sofiiskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Saint Petersburg, city
Волкова деревня
Купчино
Даринский А. В. Невский край: С-Петербург и Ленингр. обл.: Природа. Население. Хоз-во. Районы. СПб., 2000
Даринский А. В., Асеева И. В. География Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 1996
Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000
Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001
Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культур. ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001 Alexander Nevsky Lavra
Volkovskoe Cemeteries
Humanitarian University of Trade Unions, St. Petersburg
Engineering-Economical University, St. Petersburg State
Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis
Memorial Cemetery to the Victims of 9th January