Nevskiy Prospekt

Nevskiy Prospekt is the main thoroughfare of the city. Many years ago one of the most famous Russian writers Nikolay Gogol wrote: "There is nothing finer than Nevskiy Prospekt, at least in Petersburg. It is everything for the city".

It began many years ago as a country road (built in 1710). The road passed through the waterlogged forest from the Alexander Nevskiy Monastery to the city's centre and on to the Admiralty shipyard. Nevskiy Prospekt was formed over a period of more than two centuries. Many architects and sculptors took part in its creation. The prospectus got its name in 1783.

In 1864 a 'konka' (horse-drawn tram) appeared on Nevskiy prospekt and in 1907 the first tram line was constructed. After the Second World War the tramlines were removed from Nevskiy Prospekt, as they impeded buses, trolley-buses and cars.

The part of Nevskiy Prospekt from Lavra to Insurrection Square, so-called "Staro-Nevskiy prospekt", was built later. It is not so rich by architectural masterpieces as Nevskiy Prospekt and consists of buildings of the latter part of 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries. Some of the buildings were reconstructed recently. Others were built nowadays.

References to serve as a source of historical and technological information during creation of the information project, the photo album on the bridges of St. Petersburg.