Petrodvortsovy District

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PETRODVORTSOVY DISTRICT, an administrative-territorial entity within St. Petersburg, with the territorial administration located at 7 Kalininskaya Street, Petrodvorets. The district is named after the town of Petrodvorets, the district centre. It was established in 1936 as Petergofsky (Peterhof) District and obtained its present-day name in 1944. The district is located in the western part of St. Petersburg. It borders on Krasnoselsky District on the east, Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Region on the south and Lomonosovsky District of St. Petersburg on the west. The northern side of Petrodvortsovy District opens on the coast of the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland, stretching for about 20 kilometres along the coast. The district incorporates over 20 historical localities and inhabited localities, including Novy (New)Peterhof, Stary (Old) Peterhof, Strelna, Kamenka, Vikkolovo, Mikhaylovka, Shuvalovka, Znamenka, Krasnye Zori, Sverdlov Settlement, Luisino, Skorokhod, Suvorovsky Town, Knyazevo, Zayachy Remiz, Timyashkino, Troitskaya Gora (Troitskaya Hill), Petergofskaya Koloniya (Peterhof Settlement), Sergievka and Prosveshchenie. The area of the district totals 72.4 square kilometres; residential areas account for 13%, industrial areas 3%, and plantations account for 33%. As of 2001, the population of the district totalled 79,500 persons. Within the structure of the district, there are two municipal units: the town of Petrodvorets and the village of Strelna. By the early 18th century, the territory of the district comprised nearly 20 small-sized settlements, while the site of the present-day Central Park was occupied by the village of Kusoja and the village of Pohioki. In 1709, the building of the palace and park ensemble started (see Peterhof). The characteristic features of the present-day development of Petrodvorets and Strelna consist in the combination of numerous private houses, buildings pertaining to the 19th century, two- or three-storied buildings constructed in the 1950s and standard buildings of the 1960s-80s. The territory of the district is crossed by the railway line towards Lomonosov, including the following railway stations: Strelna, Krasnye Zori, Novy Peterhof, Stary Peterhof, Universitetskaya. During the navigation period motor vessels run between Petrodvorets Harbour and the centre of St. Petersburg. The major thoroughfares of the district are the St. Petersburg - Sosnovy Bor freeway running coastwise (the freeway bears the name St. Peterburgskoe Freeway within the limits of the district), St. Peterburgsky Avenue and Lomonosovskoe Freeway. Ropshinskoe Freeway, Volkhonskoe Freeway and Gostilitskoe Freeway are also very important for the transportation system of the district. The district comprises 11 industrial enterprises, including Petrodvorets watch factory, the 61st Armour Repair Plant, the 55th Metalworking Plant, Mashrybprom Factory etc. The agricultural facilities of the district include a large-scale battery farm Krasnye Zori. The area of the district also accommodates the educational and scientific complex of St. Petersburg State University (four faculties of natural sciences), eight scientific research institutes, the academic gymnasia, Research Plant, Telecommunication Centre, the Palace of Culture and Science, a preventorium and a number of military educational institutions: Professor Popov Naval Institute of Radio Electronics, Military Transport University of the Railway Troops of the Russian Federation, Admiral Makarov State Naval Academy, Kirov Higher Senior Service College of Combined Arms, Trade-Economic Lyceum of Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. The territory of the district holds the unique examples of landscape architecture, architectural and cultural monuments: the palace and park ensemble of Peterhof incorporating a system of fountains and cascades, Alexandria Park, Konstantinovsky Park and Orlovsky Park in Strelna, Mikhailovka estate, Znamenka estate, Sobstvennaya Dacha estate, the Holy Trinity Monastery of St. Sergius and Nizhnaya (Lower; also known as Tsarskaya - Tsar) Road. Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna had been restored by 2003.

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Е. А. Bondarchuk, P.Y. Yudin. Kirov (real name Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich
Makarov Stepan Osipovich
Gostilitskoe Freeway/Peterhoff, town
Kalininskaya Street/Peterhoff, town, house 7
Oranienbaumskoe Freeway/Peterhoff, town
Ropshinskoe Freeway/Peterhoff, town
Sankt-Peterburgskoe Freeway/Peterhoff, town
Sankt-Peterburgsky Avenue/Peterhoff, town
Volkhonskoe Freeway/Saint Petersburg, city
Петродворцовый район
Даринский А. В., Асеева И. В. География Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 1996
Памятники истории и культуры Санкт-Петербурга, состоящие под государственной охраной: Справ. СПб., 2000
Историческая застройка Санкт-Петербурга: Перечень вновь выявленных объектов, представляющих ист., науч., худож. или иную культур. ценность (учетных зданий): Справ. СПб., 2001
Атлас исторического наследия Санкт-Петербурга. СПб., 2001
Даринский А. В. Невский край: С-Петербург и Ленингр. обл.: Природа. Население. Хоз-во. Районы. СПб., 2000 Petrodvortsovy Watch Factory
State University, St. Petersburg
Academic Gymnasium
Mikhailovka, manor
Znamenka, manor
Sergievka
Holy Trinity & St. Sergius Hermitage
Konstantinovsky Palace (Strelna)