Kolpino
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Admiralteyskaya Street (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Admiralteyskaya Street
Admiralteyskaya Street in Kolpino was one of the three named streets of the village until the 1870s, and then it received the name Chukhonskaya. In 1918, it was renamed Volodarsky Avenue, and between 1934 and 1946, it became Volodarsky Street. Opposite house No. 11 on this street in Kolpinsky Park, a monument to A. D. Menshikov was erected, created by sculptor A. S. Charkin based on the design of A. A. Seleznev in 1997. In the 1960s, five-story buildings and the residential building of Boarding School No. 27 appeared on the odd side of the street, and in the 1970s, nine-story buildings were constructed.
Admiralteysky Bridge (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Svobody Boulevard
Admiralteysky Bridge is a road reinforced concrete beam bridge over the Sovetsky Canal in the city of Kolpino, located on Svoboda Boulevard. Its total width is 20 meters, and its length is 50.4 meters. The superstructures from the 1950s are made of steel I-beams of constant height, connected by transverse beams, on which a monolithic reinforced concrete slab is laid. Before the construction of the Big Izhorsky Bridge, it was the only crossing between the banks of the Izhora River, and a speed limit sign of 40 kilometers per hour is installed in front of it.
Bogoslovka Estate
Kolpino, Nevsky Forest Park, Bogoslovka Estate
The Bogoslovka estate in the Nevsky forest park of Kolpino is a complex where it is planned to recreate the Kargopol fortress of 1664–1665 with the Spasskaya Church and the voivode's house. The territory of about 600 hectares is under a long-term lease of the Pokrovsky Foundation, which won a court case in 2012 regarding the ownership rights to part of the land. The holy gates and the fence of the complex are conceived as a reconstruction of the fences of the late 18th century of the Lyadinsky and Spassky churchyards of Kargopol district, and a bell tower will also be restored in the park according to the measurements of Vladimir Suslov from 1884. The first private owner of the area was Archpriest Fyodor Yakovlevich Dubiansky, and in 1843 the estate passed to N. V. Zinoviev, after which it became known as Zinovievka.
Large Izhorsky Bridge
Kolpino, Proletarskaya Street
The Big Izhorsky Bridge is a seven-span reinforced concrete girder continuous bridge in Kolpino on Proletarskaya Street, built from January 1975 to October 1977 by the efforts of SU-2 of the "Lenmostostroy" trust under the leadership of chief engineer L. S. Kulibanov. The construction involved the brigades of I. A. Pyzhov, A. P. Lebedev, E. F. Trus, and A. I. Galoshin, and thanks to the chairman of the Kolpinsky District Executive Committee, A. P. Paranichev, the project was implemented without the use of earthen dams. Each channel support of the bridge consists of two independent semi-supports with rocker-type bearing parts, and its span structure is formed by 12 I-beams. The roadway and sidewalks of the bridge have an asphalt concrete surface.
Church-School of the Ascension (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Lenin Avenue, 4
The Ascension Church-School in Kolpino at 4 Lenin Avenue is the only church in the city that has survived from the Tsarist era. After 1918, the temple was assigned to the Kolpino Trinity Cathedral, and its premises were used as a sports hall for the Spartak club, a reading room, and a cinema ticket office, while the bell tower of the building was dismantled in the early 1920s. On May 31, 1995, Bishop Simon (Getya) of Tikhvin fully consecrated the restored three-altar church, the main altar of which is dedicated to the Ascension of the Lord.
Voznesensky Bridge (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Voznesensky Bridge
Voznesensky Bridge is a road metal beam bridge over the Sovetsky Canal in Kolpino. Its stone piers are encased in a metal "jacket", while the sub-foundation platforms are made of reinforced concrete, whereas the abutment wings are made of brickwork plastered with cement mortar. The bridge's sidewalks are separated from the roadway by reinforced concrete parapets, and the railing is made of metal by forging. Lenin Avenue, on which the bridge is located, crosses the Sovetsky Canal over it, and upstream is the Admiralty Bridge.
Voznesenskoye Highway
Kolpino, Voznesenskoye Highway
Voznesenskoye Highway runs through Kolpino from Kolpinskaya Street near the Kolpino railway station to Petrozavodskoye Highway, serving as the eastern boundary of the Balkans and Krasny Kirpichnik microdistricts. On the 1902 map, this road is marked as a path to the sapper camp, and since the late 19th century it was called the Sapper-Camp Highway, bordering the territory of the Ust-Izhora sapper camp. In 2023–2024, traffic was gradually opened on a new overpass here, and near the military unit 01630 of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations stands the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, built in 2000–2003 according to the design of Valentina Prokoshina.
Izora River
Kolpino, Ust-Izhora, Izhora River mouth
At the mouth of the Izhora River near Kolpino, the stream width reaches 60 meters and the depth is 4 meters. The modern source of the river is located in a spring on the Izhora Upland near the village of Skvoritsy in the Gatchina District, where its upper part was formerly called Pudost. It was here, at the mouth, on July 15, 1240, that the Novgorodians and Ladozhans under the command of Alexander Nevsky defeated the Swedish camp. To divert excess floodwaters in Kolpino, a straight canal with a dam at the end was built.
Izhorsky Ram
Telmana, October Railway 29th km, border with Kolpino
The "Izhora Ram" Memorial in Kolpino, opened on November 2, 1967, marks the front line of the defense of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944. The central monument consists of three reinforced concrete supports of different heights, supporting a horizontal beam-ram, the tip of which is directed towards the former enemy positions. An appropriate inscription is located on the front side of the monument, while the back side indicates that the soldiers of the Leningrad Front and the militia of the Izhora Plant stood here to the death. A shallow ditch has been preserved in front of the memorial – the remains of an anti-tank ditch, for which particularly fierce battles took place at the end of 1941, and there is a through opening in the shape of a five-pointed star on the beam-ram.
Kolpino Station
Kolpino, Voznesenskoye Highway
Kolpino station in the town of Kolpino, located on Voznesenskoye Highway, received its first passenger train on May 17, 1847, marking the beginning of regular traffic on the Petersburg-Moscow railway. The freight section of the station, located north of the passenger section, serves the Izhora factories, with which it is connected by access tracks, one of which was built in 1901. The central part of the station building, rebuilt in the early 1890s and reopened in 1893, was decorated with wooden carvings, and in 1892 the internal layout on the Moscow side was changed. The Lenin monument near the station is installed facing the railway, which was the result of the opinion of the Izhora workers, and the ensemble of the Station Square remained unfinished due to the 1953 decree on eliminating excesses in construction.
Izora Plant Building Complex
Kolpino, Lenin Avenue, 1
The complex of buildings of the Izhorsky Plant in Kolpino is located at 1 Lenin Avenue. Its history began around 1710 with the construction of a dam on the Izhora River and a water-powered mill at the instruction of A. D. Menshikov. In 1803, the enterprise was transformed into a machine-building plant, and in 1806 the reinforcement of the main dam was completed with the construction of a retaining brick wall 12.8 meters high. In 2007, the Heraldic Council confirmed the plant's right to use its historical flag.
Battle on the Neva Site (Ust-Izhora)
Kolpino, Ust-Izhora, Shlisselburgskoye Highway, 48
In Ust-Izhora, where historical reenactments have been held annually since 1992, is the site of the Battle of the Neva. In memory of Prince Alexander Nevsky's victory over the Swedes in 1711, a wooden church was founded here by decree of Peter I. The village has two museums dedicated to this event: the diorama "Battle of the Neva 1240" with a panoramic canvas by Igor Zhebrovsky, reproducing the landscape of the 13th century, and the museum "Alexander Nevsky and the Izhora Land" with an earthen fortress from the 18th century. The Novgorod First Chronicle of the 14th century is one of the earliest sources describing this battle.
Monument to the Soldiers of the Izhora Battalion
Kolpino, Svobody Boulevard
The monument to the soldiers of the Izhora Battalion was erected in 1959 in Kolpino on Freedom Boulevard in memory of the feat of the 72nd Battalion, formed from workers of the Izhora Plant. The memorial stele depicts the Order of the Red Banner of Battle, framed by laurel branches with the date 1941 and oak branches with the date 1945, and at the bottom lie three bronze wreaths. The mourning ribbon on the wall symbolizes grief for the fallen, laurel wreaths symbolize their steadfastness and courage, and oak branches symbolize the feat accomplished. The monument is part of the memorial complex "Green Belt of Glory" and is included in the register of cultural heritage sites.
Nicholas Bridge (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Krasnaya Street
The Nikolsky Bridge in Kolpino is located on Krasnaya Street and is intended for motor vehicle and pedestrian traffic, having two lanes for cars. Its total length is 30.2 meters, and its width is 18.25 meters. The span structure consists of prefabricated reinforced concrete beams of I-section, united by the roadway slab, while the supports are made of wood and brickwork. In 2000, antique-style torches were installed on granite pedestals, which were replaced in 2015 by lanterns in the form of white spheres.
Defense Bridge
Kolpino, Zavodskoy Avenue
The Defense Bridge connects Zavodskoy Avenue and Oboronnaya Street in Kolpino, passing over the Izhora Pond near Kolpinsky Park. This facility was opened in 2016, and its construction, along with the reconstruction of the adjacent road section over 2 km long, cost 1.24 billion rubles. The bridge was necessary to relieve the Big Izhora Bridge and divert part of the traffic flow from Lenin Avenue and Proletarskaya Street, and its relevance increased after the construction of the Kresty-2 pre-trial detention center began. Since 2019, the city express route No. 330 to the Shushary metro station has also passed along this route.
Flame Cinema
Kolpino, Kultury Street, 3
The former cinema "Plamya" in Kolpino, built in 1958 in the style of Stalinist neoclassicism, is a building that was heavily damaged by shelling during the war years. After revitalization, during which the engineering networks were restored, the building turned into a public space with premises of 18–30 square meters for workshops and clubs. The interiors of the multiplex are decorated with cast glass panels by artists Alexander Korolev and Vladimir Bukanov, whose works are also located in the vestibule of the Gostiny Dvor metro station. The first residents of the space were the music bar "Replika", a sewing workshop, an art studio for children, a creative workshop, and beauty residents, and the management company "BS ART DEV" plans to open a rollerdrome on the adjacent plot.
Feat Cinema
Kolpino, Pavlovskaya Street, 34
The "Podvig" cinema in Kolpino on Pavlovskaya Street serves as an architectural landmark and a favorite leisure spot for residents, near which the "City of Military Glory" stele is located in the Heroes-Izhortsy Square. In 2019, the building became city property to house a cultural and leisure center, where, in addition to film screenings, exhibitions, concerts, master classes, and festivals are held, and children's clubs operate. The cinema's large hall seats 303 people, and the small hall seats 65; both halls were equipped with 3D systems in 2010 and 2011. The lobby on the second floor is decorated with the diptych "War" and "Victory Salute," created by artists N. P. Fomin, S. N. Repin, I. G. Uralov, and V. V. Sukhov.
Pokrovskaya Church (Nevsky Forest Park)
Kolpino, Nevsky Forest Park, Pokrovskaya Church
The Intercession Church in the Neva Forest Park of the city of Kolpino belongs to the deanery of the Patriarchal Compound of the Moscow Diocese. The foundation of the church, solemnly laid on October 4, 2005, contains stones from the foundation of the burnt-down Intercession Church of the Vytegra Pogost. Among the shrines of the church are the icons of the Dormition of the Mother of God, the Passion-Bearers Boris and Gleb, "The Savior on Birch Bark," a copy of the icon from the Zvenigorod Rank, and the Solovetsky Cross, while the church icon of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos is a 21st-century copy, whereas the original is kept in the storage of the Russian Museum. The complex project also includes a parish house, which is a copy of the Mankin House of 1889 from the village of Kaskesruchey in the Petrozavodsky Uyezd.
Proletarskaya Street (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Proletarskaya Street
Proletarskaya Street in Kolpino, formerly Posadskaya, runs parallel to Lenin Avenue, Finlyandskaya and Pavlovskaya Streets. Its development was completely destroyed during the Great Patriotic War, after which houses made of slag blocks were built on the odd-numbered side, while on the section from Admiralteyskaya to Vavilova Street, isolated examples of post-war wooden private sector buildings have been preserved. In 2017, the street was extended, incorporating a section up to the Moscow Highway and further to the toll road M11 "Neva". To the south lies a residential area from the 1970s, bounded by Zavodskoy Avenue and the Izhora River.
Holy Trinity Cathedral (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Proletarskaya Street, 2A
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Kolpino is a modern church, the solemn laying of the foundation stone of which took place on December 19, 2004, on the site of a lost shrine. By 2007, the building was roughly erected, and in 2009 a permanent iconostasis was installed in it, although the first liturgy was held back in 2006. The previous stone church, built next to a wooden church in 1758 and consecrated in 1773, was closed in 1937, and after the war its return to believers was denied. In memory of the lost cathedral, a wooden "Izora Cross" was installed in the city garden on August 29, 1996.
Stela "City of Military Glory" (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Geroyev-Izhortsev Square
The stele "City of Military Glory" was solemnly opened in May 2015 in the Heroes-Izhortsy Square of the city of Kolpino. On the blade of the sword installed on the monument, which is 1.2 meters long, is engraved a phrase by Prince Alexander Nevsky stating that he who comes with the sword will perish by the sword. In 2022, at the Victory Museum on Poklonnaya Hill, the city, like other cities of military glory, was awarded the Sword of Victory — a blade covered with gold and adorned with precious stones. The first stone at the site of the future stele was laid on August 31, 2012, with the participation of veterans and representatives of the administration.
Tver Bridge (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Tverskoy Bridge
The Tver Bridge in Kolpino is a single-span reinforced concrete frame structure built in 1969 according to the design of engineer A. D. Guttsait. The total length of the crossing is 32.3 meters, and its width is 18 meters, which includes two lanes for motor vehicles and sidewalks with asphalt concrete pavement. The structure received its current name on July 20, 2012, after the nearby Tver Street, and its railing is made of cast iron sections and is fixed in pink granite pedestals. Previously, there was a wooden bridge at this location, which was destroyed during the war and was no longer marked on maps by 1951.
Vera Slutskaya Street
Kolpino, Vera Slutskaya Street
Vera Slutskaya Street in Kolpino is named after a participant in the revolutionary movement who died near Tsarskoye Selo. In the mid-1950s, "Stalin-era buildings" were constructed on its section up to Pavlovskaya Street, and further on, up to Stakhanovskaya Street, buildings of the hospital complex were erected. The intersection with Trudyashchikhsya Boulevard is known to the townspeople as "Helicopter" because of an army vehicle that stood there, which was twice attempted to be set on fire, after which it burned down and was dismantled. In June 2023, a new square was opened on the street, and the Governor of St. Petersburg and the speaker of the city parliament attended the solemn ceremony.
Izhorsky Battalion Street
Kolpino, Izhorskogo Batalyona Street
Izborsky Battalion Street in Kolpino is named after a military unit formed from workers of the Izorsky Plant and local residents in late August 1941. The first commander of the battalion was V. S. Kudryavtsev, a factory engineer, and the unit saw its first battle on September 4, 1941, after which it was reorganized into the 72nd Separate Machine Gun-Artillery Battalion in July 1942. The western end of this street leads to the Izorsky Pond, where Kolpino residents gather on holidays to watch fireworks, causing the road section to be sometimes closed to traffic. The modern appearance of the neighborhood at the intersection with Krymskaya and Oktyabrskaya Streets took shape in the late 1970s with the construction of four nine-story buildings.
Karl Marx Street (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Karla Marksa Street
Karl Marx Street in Kolpino was historically built up mainly with wooden residential houses, lacking any notable buildings or shops. It runs through Finland Street, Lenin Avenue, Kosinov, Pavlovskaya, and Stakhanovskaya Streets, and also extended south to Proletarskaya Street. In 1882, its predecessor, First Sawdust Street, was renamed to Transfiguration Street, and in the 1930s, two slag concrete houses were built here, one of which housed Kolpino's first kindergarten. Building No. 21 is occupied by City Hospital No. 33.
St. Nicholas Church at Kolpinskoye Cemetery
Kolpino, Kolpinskaya Street, 3
The Church of St. Nicholas on Kolpinskoye Cemetery was built in 1828, destroyed in 1941, and rebuilt in a new location between 1997 and 2000. In 2002, it was surrounded by a wooden fence, and in 2008, a freestanding wooden bell tower and service buildings were erected nearby. Hero of the Soviet Union I. P. Medvedev, athlete Vladimir Anisimov, and Izhora Plant director G. A. Shutkov are buried in the cemetery.
Chapel of Alexander Nevsky (Kolpino)
Kolpino, Admiralteyskaya Street, 6a
The Chapel of Alexander Nevsky in Kolpino was built in 1898 according to the design of technician Pavel Mulchanov and, despite its name, functioned as a full-fledged church with an iconostasis, accommodating up to 300 people. Since 2001, the building has been a recognized architectural monument, and since 2015 it has had the status of a regional monument. In the 2010s, renovation began in the chapel, during which it is planned to partially restore the exterior finish and renovate the vault of the central dome, and in August 2022, the passage connecting it to the former almshouse was dismantled.
Shlisselburgskoye Highway
Ust-Izhora, Shlisselburgskoye Highway
Shlisselburgskoye Highway in Ust-Izhora is a historic section of the road that, until the early 19th century, served as part of the route for carters and for stopping wagons. During the Soviet era, it was called Ninth of January Avenue, but its historical name was restored in 2002. The main value of this place is the preserved cobblestone pavement, thanks to which in 2019 the section between houses 169 and 251 was proposed to be recognized as a landmark. Here you can also find a residential house from the 1830s, the pedestrian Menshikov Bridge over the Izhora River, the Alexander Nevsky Church, and a diorama museum.
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