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Foreign visitors to St Petersburg were always struck by the beauty of the River Neva, particularly at full tide. A busy transport artery, the river often burst its banks, causing havoc in the city. I...
The Obvodny Canal marked the southern boundary of St Petersburg in the early twentieth century. Beyond the canal lay the run-down outskirts, factories, mills and warehouses. The Izmailovsky Army Ware...
Flowed out of a swamp near the Field of Mars (early 18th century). Joined to the Anonymous Creek to the south of the Summer Garden (1711). Originally called the Mya after the Izhorian word for “mire....
Source of the River Neva known as the Anonymous Creek (until 1712–14). Intersects the city centre. Flows out of the River Neva at the Summer Garden and back into it to the north of Gutuyev Island. So...
Dug between the River Fontanka and the River Moika by Semyon Kryukov (1719–20). Named the Kryukov Canal (1738). Granite embankments were built (1801–07). Section between the River Neva and the Admira...
Originally called the Catherine Canal. Created at the suggestion of engineer Illarion Golenischev-Kutuzov, who presented Empress Elizabeth Petrovna with a project for a “canal for saving the inhabita...
Canal from the River Neva to the River Moika. Dug by Vasily Ozerov to drain the plot of land earmarked for the Winter Palace of Peter the Great (1718–19). Granite embankments and three granite bridge...