Most Beautiful Streets - St Petersburg, Russia Walking Tour - with Captions!
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00:20 Kirochnaya street.
The name appeared in 1780 and came from the Lutheran church Annenkirche.
07:40 Liteiny prospect.
The avenue got its name from the Foundry Yard, created under Peter I in 1711.
The Foundry Yard was located in the area of the current Foundry Bridge, where the production of copper cannons was located.
08:20 Furshtatskaya street.
The street was laid in the 18th century near the Foundry Yard and named the 3rd Artillery Street.
The territory along which Furshtatskaya Street passes belongs to one of the very first regularly built-up areas of St. Petersburg.
15:30 Tchaikovsky street.
Tchaikovsky Street is one of the oldest in St. Petersburg.
15:50 It arose in 1711 after the founding of the Foundry Yard on the banks of the Neva.
22:22 Liteiny prospect.
34:00 Nekrasov street.
40:53 Vosstaniya Street.
The first mention of Uprising Street dates back to 1740.
43:00 Carnival Royal Hookah bar, cafe.
48:54 Badaev's profitable house is a wonderful Art Nouveau and a sad angel 1906.
49:41 Zhukovsky street.
Until 1902, Zhukovsky Street was named after the Italian Garden Street (mid-18th century).
These names are associated with the Italian Palace located on the banks of the Fontanka River.
1:06:54 Gin Tonic bar Bar, pub. Glass of beer 5 bucks.
1:09:00 Nevsky Prospekt.
1:09:33 Vladimirsky Prospekt.
1:18:00 Vladimirsky passage department store.
1:20:54 Rubinstein street.
The most drinking street in Europe (more than 50 bars and restaurants).
1:26:00 Nevsky Prospekt.
1:33:54 Marat street.
In the 18th century, court servants lived here: grooms, cooks, tailors, footmen.
1:43:38 Pushkinskaya street.
1:50:32 Ligovsky prospect.
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On the site of the modern Ligovsky Prospekt, the road existed long before the founding of St. Petersburg.
The road passed through swampy places and was very inconvenient for travel.
When the construction was completed, it turned out that the canal did not give sufficient strength to the fountains. 1:51:25 In the second half of the 19th century, the embankments of the Ligovsky Canal became a busy city thoroughfare.
In 1891, the canal was filled up, and "Ligovsky boulevards" were laid over it.
At that time, this area was on the outskirts of the city and was notorious.
It was a place of accumulation of hooligans, punks, prostitutes and other disadvantaged elements.
1:53:40 Moscow railway station is ahead.
1:56:05 Vosstaniya Square.
2:01:43 Nevsky Prospekt.
2:02:09 Stackmann department store. Free toilet on the 2nd floor.
2:17:30 Fontanka river embankment.
2:21:30 Sheremetev Palace to the right.
2:25:41 Liteiny Avenue.
2:27:15 Palace of Zinaida Yusupova
2:27:52 Belinsky street.
2:31:48 Belinsky bridge, Fontanka river.
2:32:56 Great St. Petersburg State Circus 19th century.
2:33:30 Caravan street.
Karavannaya Street is located in the "Golden Triangle" of St. Petersburg, the most expensive area of the city.
2:39:06 Nevsky Prospekt.
2:45:00 Department store Passage.
2:57:35 Embankment of the Griboedov Canal.
3:01:00 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street.
Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street appeared in the 20s of the 18th century.
The name of the street is associated with the imperial stables on the banks of the Moika River.
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