Izmailovsky Garden

Izmailovsky Garden in St. Petersburg is located on the embankment of the Fontanka River and has a history dating back to the 18th-century estates of postmaster Ash and General Rumyantsev. Under Catherine II, the park turned into a luxurious flower garden, and in 1901 the Buff Theatre with a weather vane opened here, giving the garden a new name. The historical name "Izmailovsky Garden" was restored in 1949, and in 1979 the Leningrad Youth Theater of Vladimir Malyschitsky began rehearsals in the former skating rink building.