Sea Port

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SEA PORT, Merchant (located at 5 Mezhevoy Canal) is one of the oldest merchant seaports of Russia, and the biggest operator of cargo traffic in St. Petersburg Sea Port. The first port buildings were laid in St. Petersburg in 1703 on the order of Peter the Great. Quays were built on both banks of the Neva River, and the first of those quays, called Troitskaya, was situated not far from Peter's cabin. Later the Sea Port was moved to Vasilievsky Island. Sea vessels entered the port along natural waterway channels. After the opening of the Sea Canal the port was moved to the southwest part of the city, near Gutuevsky Island, Volny Island, and Turukhtanny Island. In the south and north there are dams 13 km in length, and berths of over 1.5 km in length were built in 1884-1914. In the 1930s the Sea Port was reconstructed. In 1941-45 its territory was under air fire and air raids, over two thirds of port facilities were destroyed. After the war, the port was restored and reconstructed, and new berths were added. The present-day seaport (St. Petersburg Sea Port Open Joint-Stock Company) is the largest transport hub where sea, river, railway and automobile transport routes merge together. The cargo turnover of 2002 surpassed 23 million tons (53% of the total cargo turnover of St. Petersburg Sea Port), with the year-round navigation season.

References: Борисевич К. К. Ленинградский морской порт. Л., 1966; Попов И. С. Петербургский порт: Из истории стр-ва // Актуальные проблемы профессионального образования и совершенствования гуманитарных знаний. СПб., 1995. С. 194-199; Усанов Б. П. "Ногою твердой стать при море...". СПб., 2003.

I. A. Bogdanov. Peter I, Emperor
Mezhevoy Canal/Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Борисевич К. К. Ленинградский морской порт. Л., 1966
Шумилова Т. А. Гутуевский остров // Первые открытые слушания «Института Петербурга». СПб., 1994
Попов И. С. Петербургский порт: Из истории строительства // Актуальные проблемы профессионального образования и совершенствования гуманитарных знаний. СПб., 1995 Cabin of Peter the Great, museum
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