Silver Boulevard is one of the streets named after Russian aviation

2024 Author: Harold Hamphrey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:06

In 1973, a new residential area with typical apartment buildings was built on the site of the former Commandant airfield. Silver Boulevard, like many other local highways, in their names retained the memory of the previous object, which had a glorious history.

History of the territory

The Black River, originating in a swamp adjacent to Lake Dolgoe and flowing into the Bolshaya Nevka, has a rather sad fame in connection with the duel of A. S. Pushkin, which took place here in 1837. But due to the picturesque nature of the river, its surroundings have been built up with government summer residences since the 17th century.

On its left bank was the dacha of the commandant of the Peter and Paul Fortress. Therefore, the vast territories belonging to it were called the Commandant's field. The area was not empty. At the beginning, there was the Specific hippodrome, which was later chosen by aviators.

Why so namedboulevard

Modern Silver Boulevard, named after the color of the aircraft, crosses the then Commandant's airfield, built at the expense of the Wings partnership, where the first aeronautics festival was held already in 1910. Much is connected with this air harbor in the history of Russian aviation, which received the name "first" - a flight to Kronstadt (1910, a little later - to Gatchina), a group flight to Moscow in 1911. It was here that the idea of creating a parachute was born. The memory of this airfield and its history, designers and pilots, whose activities were associated with it, has been preserved not only in the names of the streets of the modern microdistrict (Aerodromnaya, Parashutnaya, Polikarpova, etc.). The Icarus Folk Museum was created at school No. 66.

Tribute to memory

Silver Boulevard was originally conceived as a tribute to the former airfield. It was supposed to be planted with silver willows so that everything here is associated and resembled the wings of airplanes.

Great unrealized idea. Planned as a boulevard, in essence it remained a rather narrow street. But the name remained, and it is closely connected with the history of the city. Therefore, the address: St. Petersburg, Silver Boulevard, despite the novelty of the latter, in its name, like almost all objects of the northern capital, contains part of the information about the historical events of the Russian State.

Heroes of Russia

The military history of Russia knows several Khrulev generals who brought her glory over the past two centuries. But the street in Primorskyarea of St. Petersburg is dedicated to Andrei Vasilievich Khrulev (1892-1962), who became famous as the head of the rear of the Red Army, especially in the early years of the Great Patriotic War. Silver Boulevard originates from the street named after the hero-general and ends at Parachute Street. It is built up mainly with houses that correspond to the plans of the new microdistricts of 1970.

Comfortable area

This area is quite cozy and has all the necessary infrastructure. There are many cafes (there are also quite exotic names, for example, "Hata Magnata") and restaurants ("Caucasus"), several salons, factories, beauty studios and just hairdressers.

Silver Boulevard hosts hospitals for children and adults, and various veterinary services. Do not count a variety of shops, there are video rooms and fitness clubs. There are many offices of various companies and comfortable hotels. So, for example, at the address: Russia, St. Petersburg, Serebrysty Boulevard, 21, there are about 30 objects, which include almost all of the above life support centers of the area. And in house 24-1 there is the Archive of the Navy, in house 27 (building 2) there is a business center "Silver". And the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology occupies building 3 of the building at number 18. Silver Boulevard itself runs parallel to Sedov Avenue and the Kolomyazhskaya highway, at the intersection of which with Ispytateley Avenue is the closest (900 meters) to the described object, the Pionerskaya metro station. HimselfSerebrysty Boulevard crosses or comes close to such highways as Bogatyrsky, Ispytateley, Koroleva avenues, Polikarpov and Kotelnikov alleys, Aerodromnaya and Parashutnaya streets. The plans of the city include the restoration of Silver Avenue.