Karpovka Branch of the Neva

The Karpovka River in Saint Petersburg flows from the Bolshaya Nevka to the Malaya Nevka, and its granite embankments, built in the 1960s–1970s, are adorned with strict cast-iron railings. The river's name is associated with the Finnish word "korpi," meaning "wilderness," "dense forest," or "forested swamp." On the Karpovka embankment stands the first residential building of the Leningrad Soviet (house 13), built in 1932–1935 by architects E. A. Levinson and I. I. Fomin as an example of constructivism, while in house 19, architect Zazersky provided residents with household comfort by installing a vacuum cleaner in all apartments. The building of the "Severnaya Korona" hotel at house 31, known as one of the city's longest-running construction projects since 1988, was decided to be demolished in 2018.