Moika biography

Fascinating excursions of the Moika bridges almost all bridges through the sink are cultural monuments. In total, there were 15 of them-and they were all at first wooden, and only at the beginning of the 19th century they gradually became stone: the 1st engineering bridge was dressed in stone only in the year. Here, in the 10ths of the last century, a monument was erected to all the beloved Chizhika-Pyzhik; 1st garden bridge; The 2nd garden is located next to many historical monuments of Peter Savior on the blood of Marse Paul and the Mikhailovsky Garden, and is very popular among tourists; Little-adhed; Singing - 4 in width throughout St.

Petersburg; The Green Bridge, erected in the year, became the first cast -iron transport crossing in the city; Red bridge; The lanter bridge almost until the twentieths of the twentieth century remained wooden; The post office bridge is the only hanging in the city. Kisses of the bridge, about which a lot of legends is folded; Krasnoflotsky; Khrapovitsky bridge, the divorce flight of which was removed only in the year, and after 60 years completely rebuilt; Ship.

One of the most mysterious bridges of the Moika is the kisses of the bridge, surrounded by a mass of rumors, stories and legends. After 30 years, crews and carriages have already traveled along it, and after the Patriotic War of the year the bridge became cast -iron. He received his modern name in the year at the same drinking house belonging to the merchant. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the bridge was strengthened, cast iron was replaced with cast iron, made wider, installed new railings, retaining the original pattern and retaining granite obelisks and bindings, a little later they launched a tram on the bridge, which stopped only by the end of the 10ths.

There are many city legends about this small bridge. Here, according to the locals, they said goodbye to those who were leaving the city for their needs at the time when the city ended in the middle of the sink, here the arrested said with relatives nearby, in those days a prison, here, walking around the city, kissed in love so that they would never part.

And also, according to the beliefs, there were dates from the bridge that hiding their feelings of couples. In Soviet times, traditions have changed somewhat. It was believed that if you kiss the city leaving precisely on the kiss, it will certainly return. The newlyweds, coming to the bridge, had to begin to kiss on one side of the sink, and finish on the other, unless, of course, they wanted to live together for a long time and happily.

For "long and happily", it was also recommended to kiss under the bridge. Walking along the sink embankment, you will involuntarily be involved in an entertaining tour, because the sights here literally at every step. The palaces on the sink for a very long time was a refuge for aristocrats and the city elite. It all started from the summer garden, where Peter decided to arrange his residence, and the whole aristocracy immediately reached out after, trying to get a job in the neighborhood.

Herzen, the Yusupov Palace, where Grigory Rasputin was killed, the houses of Prince Alexei Alexandrovich, Grand Duchess Ksenia Alexandrovna and others. The houses of M. Lomonosov, I. Pushchin, A. Golitsyn, O. Montferrand, the merchant K. Kotomin according to the stories of his contemporaries stood here, A. Pushkin looked here before the deadly duel. And this is only a small part of historical and architectural monuments on the Embankment Moika.

Stroganovsky Palace Sergey Stroganov bought a plot with an old wooden building here. He hired Rastrelli himself to redo it, who, being a court architect, did not want to engage in private ownership, but still made an exception for Stroganov. Construction was completed in record time, and already in the year the Stroganovs arranged a luxurious ball in honor of the housewarming, which Empress Elizabeth herself honored with her presence.

At the same time, she liked the house so much that Elizabeth celebrated her next birthday in the Stroganov house. Gradually, the mansion was restored, the music sounded here again, famous people were again - Krylov, Derzhavin, Fonvizin, etc., with the advent of Soviet power, everything changed. The owners of the mansion went abroad, and the palace was nationalized. The collections of works of art were transferred to the Hermitage, the library of Tomsk University, and the historical museum was first opened in the building, and after the Academy of Agriculture settled here.

At the end of the year. After his death, his children went to the house.

Later, Catherine II bought up the building and gave her friend Countess A. Branitskaya, the income niece Grigory Potemkin. In the x XIX century. At the end of the 19th century, electricity and sewage were carried out. In the winter of the year, a crime was committed in the house that could not go unnoticed - Grigory Rasputin was killed. According to the results of the investigation, Prince Felix Yusupov was convicted and exiled to his estate.

Here were the mansions of the families of aristocrats, balls rattled, weddings were played and the most important transactions were concluded. Therefore, any excursion route in the northern capital must at least take a short time in this cozy street. Choose the right one and book right on the site.When sending a form, I agree with the conditions for using the site and give consent to the processing of my personal data in accordance with the policy of processing personal data.

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