Voznesensky Prospekt is 1770 meters long. It originates from another highway. Its name is Admir alteisky Prospekt. The street crosses St. Isaac's Square, the Moika River and the Griboyedov Canal and ends at the Fontanka River. There she goes to Izmailovsky Prospekt. At the beginning of the 18th century, there was a road leading from the Admir alty fortress to Narva and Pskov on the site of the Voznesenskaya highway.
Voznesensky and Nevsky prospects simultaneously with Gorokhovaya street form the so-called "Nevsky trident". These three highways depart from the Admir alty building in fan beams. Initially, the construction of these streets was carried out as the basis for the implementation of the architectural project for the construction of the city. The creation of all three highways took place simultaneously. The name of the avenue on the city map was approved by Empress Anna Ioannovna in April 1738. But at the time it sounded different. It was Voznesenskaya promising street,which ended at the Moika River.
It was officially extended to the Fontanka only in 1939. In everyday life, the abbreviated name of the street was used - Voznesenskaya Perspective, and only after 1775 it began to be called Voznesensky Prospekt. At the end of the 18th century, there was another version of the name of the highway - 3rd Admir alteyskaya Street. Nevsky and Gorokhovaya were called 1st and 2nd Admir alteyskaya, respectively. There was also another name for the avenue - Red Street. After the construction of the Church of the Ascension of the Lord on the highway, it became Ascension. In Soviet times, from 1923 to 1991, the street was called Mayorova Avenue. Pyotr Vasilievich Mayorov died tragically during the counter-revolutionary uprising in Samara in 1919. He received the title of Hero of the Civil War posthumously, and the avenue was named after him.
A very famous street was often mentioned in famous literary works. For example, Voznesensky Prospect St. Petersburg is the place of residence of Ivan Yakovlevich, the barber from Gogol's Nose. Dostoevsky also mentioned this street in his works.
His character from the novel "Humiliated and Insulted" - Jeremiah Smith - lived in one of the houses of the famous highway. Voznesensky Avenue, whose photo reflects the unusual beauty of its buildings, is distinguished by unique architectural creations of famous masters. For example, the street originates from the house of Lobanov-Rostovsky, designed by Auguste Montserrat. In another way, it is called "the house with lions." Heoften found in the works of famous writers and poets. So, one of the marble lions saved Eugene from the Bronze Horseman during a flood in St. Petersburg. Another well-known house is located opposite the building, which in 1881 housed the headquarters of the Narodnaya Volya. The undoubted attraction of the avenue is the Voznesensky Bridge. The unremarkable building was immortalized by the great writer F. M. Dostoevsky. The novel "Crime and Punishment" reflects many events that unfolded directly both on the bridge and around it. It was Rodion Raskolnikov's favorite walking place.
When the historical names of city objects were restored, Voznesensky Prospekt returned its historical name in 1991.
