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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.

Persons

Peter I, Emperor

Addresses

Mezhevoy Canal/Saint Petersburg, city, house 5

Bibliographies

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

The subject Index

Cabin of Peter the Great, museum

Chronograph

1703
1733
1885

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Boklevsky K.P., (1862-1928), Ship Building Engineer BOKLEVSKY, Konstantin Petrovich (1862-1928) was a shipbuilding engineer and Major-General of the College of Naval Architects (1914). He graduated from the Technical College of the Naval Department (1884) and from Nikolaevskaya Naval Academy (1888)

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Commerce (general) COMMERCE. Favorably located, St. Petersburg has always played a major role in the country’s foreign trade (see Sea Port). The life of the city itself has been mainly supported by home trade, retail trade above all

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Gutuyevskaya Harbour GUTUYEVSKAYA HARBOUR is an artificial rectangular Harbour (600x300 meters, 7 meters deep)located in the northern part of Gutuyev Island (hence the name). After its reconstruction during the building of the Morskoy Canal in 1874-75

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Petersburg Transportation Hub PETERSBURG TRANSPORTATION HUB. European Russia's largest transport centre. St. Petersburg's unique geographical location, with its accessibility to sea, river and railway routes, as well as major highways

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