Fontanka River in the 1820s.

Fontanka (Russian: Фонтанка) is a left branch of the river Neva, which flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its length is 6,700 meters, its width is up to 70 meters, and its depth is up to 3,5 meters. The Fontanka Embankment is lined with the former private residences of Russian nobility. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The River Neva (Russian: Нева́) is a 74 km-long Russian river flowing from Lake Ladoga (Ладожское Озеро, Ladožskoe Ozero) through the Karelian Isthmus (Карельский Перешеек, Karelskij PereÅ¡eek) and the city of Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург, Sankt-Peterburg) to the Gulf of Finland (Финский Залив, Finskij Zaliv). ... The Nevsky Prospekt. ... Categories of Russian nobility and royalty Kniaz (as ancient ruler) Velikiy Kniaz Boyar Tsar (Emperor), Tsarina (Empress, Empress consort) Tsar family Tsarevich, Tsarevna Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Duke) (as title), Velikaya Knyaginya (Grand Duchess), Velikaya Knyazhna (Grand Duchess) Dvoryanstvo Titled Dvoryanstvo Earl Baron Kniaz (as title) Related article Table of Ranks...

This river, one of 93 rivers and channels in St. Petersburg, was once named Anonymous Creek (in Russian, Bezymyannyi Yerik, Безымянный ерик). In the Russian language, yerik is a secondary or intermittent river channel (creek or brook). In 1719, the river received its present name, because water from it supplied the fountains of the Summer Garden. This bridge across the Danube River links Hungary with Slovakia. ... In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia and the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... This bridge across the Danube River links Hungary with Slovakia. ... In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks. ... The primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. ... The primary meaning of stream is a body of water, confined within a bed and banks and having a detectable current. ... The worlds highest fountain: King Fahds Fountain in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Three traditional fountain features: a low jet, a pair of raised basins, and sculpture with a water theme, here hippocamps (Villa Borghese, Rome) A traditional fountain is an arrangement where water issues from a source (Latin fons... The Summer Palace is the name of three Russian royal residences in St Petersburg, of which only one survives to the present. ...

Until the mid-18th century, the Fontanka River was considered the southern boundary of St. Petersburg. Its banks were lined with the spacious messuages of Russian Imperial Family members and nobility, the most brilliant being the Summer Palace and Anichkov Palace. In 1780-1789 Andrey Kvasov superintended the construction of the granite embankments and approaches to the river. The river-bed was regularised as well. The Summer Palace is the name of three Russian royal residences in St Petersburg, of which only one survives to the present. ... Anichkov Bridge and Anichkov Palace in 1753. ... 1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Church on Hay Square in St Petersburg, attributed to Kvasov and demolished by Soviet authorities in the 1930s. ...

Among the relics of Baroque architecture along the banks of the river are the Sheremetev Palace, Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, Shuvalov Palace, and the Church of St. Panteleimon. The notable Neoclassical structures from the 18th century include the Catherine Institute, the Anichkov Palace and the Yusupov Palace. Some of the mansions contain museums of those writers and composers who lived there: Gavrila Derzhavin, Alexander Pushkin, Ivan Turgenev, Anna Akhmatova and others. Adoration, by Peter Paul Rubens. ... View of the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace and Anichkov Bridge in the 1850s. ... Portrait of Countess Catherine P. Shuvalova, 1770s, by Greuze. ... The neoclassical movement that produced Neoclassical architecture began in the mid-18th century, both as a reaction against the Rococo style of anti-tectonic naturalistic ornament, and an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Late Baroque. ... Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврила Романович Державин, 1743 – 1816) was the greatest Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. ... Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин, IPA: ,  ) (June 6 [O.S. May 26] 1799 – February 10 [O.S. January 29] 1837) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet[1][2][3][4] and the founder of modern Russian literature. ... Ivan Turgenev, photo by Félix Nadar (1820-1910) “Turgenev” redirects here. ... Akhmatova in the 1920s Anna Akhmatova (Russian: , real name А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко) (June 23, 1889 [O.S. June 11] — March 5, 1966) was the pen name of Anna Andreevna Gorenko, the leader and the heart and soul of St Petersburg tradition of Russian poetry in the course of half a century. ...

The Fontanka is spanned by fifteen bridges, including the 18th-century Lomonosov Bridge and the extravagant Egyptian Bridge. The most famous of these, the Anichkov Bridge, carries the Nevsky Prospekt over the river. Lomonosov Bridge Pavilions Lomonosov Bridge (Russian: Мост Ломоносова) across the Fontanka River is the best preserved of towered movable bridges that used to be typical for Saint Petersburg in the 18th century. ... Egyptian Bridge in the 19th century. ... The Fontanka River at the Anichkov Bridge The Anichkov Bridge (Russian: Аничков мост, Anichkov Most) is the first and most famous bridge across the Fontanka River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... Nevsky Prospekt, or the Neva Avenue (Russian: Невский проспект), is the main street in the city of St Petersburg. ...

Fontanka in 1753 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Anichkov Bridge Old view of the Fontanka near the Anichkov Bridge. ...

St. Pantaleon Bridge Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Statue of Chizhik-Pyzhik Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2560 × 1920 pixel, file size: 2. ... Chizhyk-Pyzhik statue Chizhyk-Pyzhik (Russian: ) is a Russian nursery rhyme which runs as follows: Чижик-пыжик, где ты был? Выпил рюмку, выпил две — (Chizhyk-Pyzhik, where have you been Drank vodka on the Fontanka Took a shot, took another - Got headaches) The rhyme refers to the students of the Imperial School of Jurisprudence, who frequented a pub belonging...

References

• Канн П. Я. Прогулки по Петербургу: Вдоль Мойки, Фонтанки, Садовой. St. Petersburg, 1994.