New building of the Russian National Library on Moskovsky Prospekt

Moskovsky Prospekt (literally: Moscow Avenue) is a 10 km-long avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The street runs from Sennaya Square and Sadovaya Street, to the Victory Square, where it becomes Pulkovo Highway and Moscow Highway. In doing so, it passes through Fontanka River, Zagorodny Prospekt, Obvodny Canal, and Ligovsky Prospekt. It is named for and leads to Moscow. Visit of Alexander I to the library in 1812. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and... Sennaya Square in 1900. ... Vorontsov Palace on Garden Street was designed by Bartolomeo Rastrelli. ... Pulkovo Airport (Аэропорт Пулково in Russian) ( IATA Airport Code: LED / ICAO Airport Code : ULLI) is located 16 km south of St Petersburg, Russia. ... Fontanka near the Anichkov Bridge Fontanka (in Russian, Фонтанка) is the left branch of the river Neva, which flows through the whole of St. ... Ligovsky Prospekt russian: Лиговский проспект is a major street in Saint Petersburg. ... Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2005)    - Density 10,415,400   8537. ...

The avenue originated in the late 18th century as a road leading from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoe Selo. In the 1770s, marble versta columns were installed along the way; many survive to this day. Another notable fact about the avenue is that it coincides with the Pulkovo Meridian. Among historic buildings in the vicinity is the New Smolny Convent with the adjacent Novodevichy Cemetery. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... Tsarskoye Selo (Царское Село in Russian, may be translated as “Tsar’s Village”), a former residence of the royal families and visiting nobility 24 km south of St. ... Events and Trends For more events, see 18th century United States Declaration of Independence ratified by the Continental Congress (July 4, 1776). ... A verst (Russian versta, верста) is an obsolete Russian unit of length. ... Pulkovo Airport (Аэропорт Пулково in Russian) ( IATA Airport Code: LED / ICAO Airport Code : ULLI) is located 16 km south of St Petersburg, Russia. ... Tomb of Nikolay Nekrasov. ...

The street borders the Victory Park, whose name refers to the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War. The Moscow Triumphal Gate was constructed to Vasily Stasov's design in 1834-38 to commemorate the victory in the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829. After the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-1878 the avenue was renamed Zabalkansky (i.e., Transbalkanian), to memorialize the crossing of the Balkans by the Russian army. The current version of the article or section reads more like an advertisement than an encyclopedic article. ... The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... Moscow Triumphal Gates after the 1960 reconstruction. ... Stasov is a quintessential family of Russian intelligentsia. ... The Russo-Turkish War of 1828-1829 was sparked by the Greeks struggle for independence. ... Plevna Monument near the walls of Kitai-gorod. ...

The street is home to Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology. It is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Russia, the institute was founded in 1828, and it currently has around 5000 students. Among people who worked and studied here are Dmitri Mendeleev, Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev, Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin, and Abram Fedorovich Ioffe. Lapel pin of a graduate from Saint-Petersburg State Institute of Technology Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technological University) (Russian: ) is one of the oldest institutions of higher education in Russia (founded in 1828), that currently trains around 5000 students. ... 1828 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Portrait of Dimitri Mendeleyev by Ilya Repin Dmitri Mendeleev (Russian: , Dmitriy Ivanovich Mendeleyev  ) (8 February 1834 [O.S. 27 January] in Tobolsk – 2 February 1907 [O.S. 20 January] in Saint Petersburg), was a Russian chemist. ... Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev (Russian: ) was a promiment Russian physicist. ... Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin (1847 – 1923) (Александр Николаевич Лодыгин in Russian) was a Russian electrical engineer and inventor, one of inventors of the Incandescent light bulb. ... Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе, October 29, 1880 (new style) – October 14, 1960) was a prominent Soviet/Russian physicist. ...

Other buildings along the avenue are designed mostly in the flamboyant Stalinist style. In 1998, the new campus of the Russian National Library was opened there as well. Unrealised design for the Palace of Soviets, Moscow. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Visit of Alexander I to the library in 1812. ...