Many argue that walking along the Sverdlovsk embankment, you can make some amazing discoveries. Is it really? Is it worth going to this place for tourists who came to St. Petersburg for just a few days, or is it still better to spend time somewhere in the center, seeing world-famous sights?
This article will help the reader to correctly plan his itinerary, taking into account almost every detail, so that a little trip along the Sverdlovsk embankment turns out to be not only interesting and eventful, but also not tiring.
General description of the main artery of the city
This 3100-meter coastal street is located in St. Petersburg. It starts at Arsenalnaya and runs along the Komarovsky bridge, capturing some part of Okhta.
Currently, one of the main roads on the right bank of the Neva, a six-lane transport highway, passes on the two-tiered embankment.
History of the Sverdlovsk embankment
Searly 18th century on the right bank of the Neva River, land development began. We althy townspeople built dachas and country houses here. At that time, the territory of the embankment was called Polyustrovskaya.
In 1773-1777 a two-tier front terrace-wharf was erected on this territory. Its grotto and side stairs had a granite lining. The majestic terrace was decorated with vases and decorated with four sculptures of sphinxes. Fireworks and signals cannons were installed on both sides of the pier.
The wharf of the current Sverdlovsk embankment was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. In 1959-1960. it has been restored. She received her usual name for our ear in 1938 - in honor of the party worker Ya. M. Sverdlov.
In 1967, a large-scale reconstruction began. It lasted over twenty years. During this time, a high granite wall was erected, on the site from Piskarevsky Prospekt to Okhta, opposite the Smolny Cathedral, a wide descent into the water was built from granite.
In 2007, the boundaries of the embankment were finally determined: its small section of territory from Krasnogvardeyskaya Square to Okhta became part of Malookhtinskaya Embankment.
Famous Buildings
Almost every old house on the Sverdlovskaya embankment in St. Petersburg is unique.
For example, here is a monument of classicism and architecture - the Durnovo dacha. This country villa was built in the 1780s. P. P. Bakunin was its owner. After a series of sales in 1813, a prominent official D. N. Durnovo. He made a complete restructuring of the site, as a result of which a park with nightingales was added to the mansion.
It's safe to say that the Sverdlovskaya embankment (St. Petersburg) has played an important role in the life of the Northern capital. Before the October Revolution, the headquarters of the anarchists was located in the dacha, and later the Bolsheviks stored their weapons here.
In Soviet times, the museum and club of the Leningrad Metal Plant was located at the Durnovo dacha.
After the collapse of the USSR, this architectural monument almost died, as it fell into complete decline. And only in 1996 the fence was dismantled at the dacha, but even here fate decreed otherwise. During a fire in 1998, not only did the second floor of the building burn out completely, but the famous pediment collapsed as well.
Until recently, the estate was in complete ruin, but in March 2014, restoration work began: the architectural monument on the Sverdlovskaya embankment began, as they say, to transform before our eyes.
On the embankment, in addition to the Durnovo dacha, there are several more well-known structures not only in the country, but also abroad. For example, production warehouses of the New Bavaria company, Kusheleva dacha (a manor with the famous "lion" fence), a barracks and buildings of a paper-spinning factory are located here.
Uppsala Circus and Park
Uppsala Circus is the only attraction in the world for real hooligans. Now, according to a new social project, it is called a park.
In this area, adults and children havethe opportunity to communicate together, have fun, engage in joint creativity and just fool around enough.
Here there are many green lawns with ducks and squirrels. The best artists and musicians are ready to please visitors, a public circus school is open to guests. Various interesting master classes are constantly held for adults and children in cooking at a long table, juggling, etc.
For the convenience of visitors, Uppsala Park has special free buses that take tourists to the park itself from the Ploshchad Lenina metro station. In addition, there are unusual washbasins and comfortable booths for feeding babies in the open-air area. All of these have been meticulously designed by the city's famous designers.
Note that it is forbidden to smoke in the park and it is strictly not recommended to drink alcohol. Otherwise, violators face a considerable fine.
Here you can enjoy delicious food, ice cream, lemonade, dairy products and other treats.
Working days: every Saturday and some Sundays from mid-May to mid-September.
Positive feedback about the walk
Walking along the Sverdlovsk embankment along the Neva, people involuntarily recall the history of St. Petersburg's buildings. As a rule, they are in awe of how much work it took to curb and conquer this mighty river, "chain" its course in a strong granite stone, and build magnificent bridges.
Residents of the Northern capital celebrateconstantly developing infrastructure of the city. For example, today the maternity hospital on Sverdlovsk Embankment is considered one of the best.
Numerous photographers and artists are also delighted with this place. Dressed in granite, hard and harsh embankments under the morning and evening sun turn into amazing objects for photo shoots. Here you can actually immerse yourself in the world of the past and the beautiful. Canals, rivulets, rivers, bridges intertwining like lace, impressive lions and sphinxes watching the leisurely flow of the river only contribute to this.
Amazing landscapes open from the embankment, and thanks to the steps located at some intervals, you can go down and pat your hand on the Neva.
What still needs to be fixed
In general, tourists believe that the embankment still needs to be added a little picturesque, after which it could well receive the status of one of the coziest corners of Russia. This will require quite a bit: plant flowers, trees and shrubs, and, of course, organize their watering in the hot season. The construction of additional sports fields and bicycle paths would not hurt.
