Kamennoostrovsky Prospect is rightfully called one of the most interesting and beautiful avenues of Saint Petersburg. It crosses the Petrograd side of the Northern capital, starting from the Trinity Bridge over the Neva and ending on Kamenny Island before the Ushakovsky Bridge. Its length is 3 kilometers and 400 meters, with a width of only 20 meters. The prospect was formed in several stages, beginning in 1712, when a road was laid from the Arsenal Yard built in the area of today's Mira Street to Trinity Square, which soon received the name Bolshaya Ruzheynaya (Great Armory Street). The "Road to Kamenny Island" was the name of the path from today's Lev Tolstoy Square to one of the Neva's branches – the Malaya Nevka. At the beginning of the 19th century, this section was named "Kamennoostrovsky Prospect." From the middle of the same century, it was extended to the Bolshaya Nevka. “Kamennoostrovsky Prospect is one of the lightest and most carefree streets of Petersburg. Don’t turn right or left: there’s nonsense there, a tramless wilderness. Trams on Kamennoostrovsky develop unheard-of speed. Kamennoostrovsky is a frivolous handsome man, starching his only two stone shirts, and the sea wind whistles in his tram head. He is a young and unemployed lad, carrying his houses under his arm like a poor dandy with his laundry’s airy package.” — wrote Osip Mandelstam in "Egyptian Stamp." In 1903, the prospect was finally extended through Alexandrovsky Park to the then newly built Trinity Bridge, and at the same time began to be developed in a modern European style, which attracted wealthy and well-known residents of the Northern capital. The entire route from the bridge to the Bolshaya Nevka became known as Kamennoostrovsky Prospect. The prospect began to be actively built up from the late 19th to the early 20th century, mainly with Art Nouveau buildings. These were rental houses and mansions. Park areas were improved. The best architects of the city took part in the construction. Kamennoostrovsky Prospect, connecting the city center with the islands, was often compared to one of the famous streets of Paris — the Champs-Élysées. Even today, the prospect offers a wonderful opportunity for a stroll and to get acquainted with its magnificent sights. After the revolution, it was called Red Dawn Street, then Kirovsky Prospect, until in 1991 historical justice prevailed. One of the oldest prospects of Saint Petersburg was restored to its original name, Kamennoostrovsky. https://peterburg.center/maps/kamennoostrovskiy-prospekt-v-sankt-peterburge.html

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