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Map published in 1902 of the central part of
downtown St Petersburg - just west of the previous map. The fortress is at the
center top with its hornwork north of the main fort. The Neva flows from right
to left.. The Little Neva is left of the fort and the Great Nevka is right of
the fort. Vasilevski island point is at the confluence of the Little Neva and
the Neva left of the fort. South, across the Neva at a point between Vasilevski
Island and the fortress is the Winter Palace. The huge white space south of the
palace is the square in the center of which is the Alexander Column. The former
General Staff building is the semicirclular building on the south side of the
square. The admiralty is left of the Winter Palace and left of it is the park
in which the Bronze Horseman statue is situated. In a straight line from that
park is the round brown mark of the St Isaac Cathedral. The straight street
that runs from the Admiralty east at an angle off the map is Nevski Prospect.
It crosses the Moika, Griboyedova and Fontanka canals. Just south of Nevski
prospect and west of Griboyedova canal is the semicircular colonade in front of
the Cathedral of our Lady of Kazan. Note the orientation of the cathedral
itself, behind the colonade.It is oriented east-west in conformance with proper
theology. Going north along thee Griboyedova from the Kazan cathedral one
passes near the Russia Museum on the right and then comes to the Cathedral of
Our Savior on the spot where Tsar Alexander II was assassinated. Just further
on is the intersection of the Griboyedova and Moika canals. The Moika here as
curved east and then joins the Fontanka canal.In the corner below that
intersection is the Engineer Palace, left of it is the green of the
Mikhailovski garden. The whote space north of the Moika is the former 'Field of
Mars' the drill ground for the imperial guard regiments. Thee large trapezoidal
building right of the Kazan Cathedral is the Gostini dvor - the large bazar
market. Toward the left edge of the map where the Griboyedova makes a sharp
curve near the Fontanka is a green patch. This is the location of the St
Nicholas Maritime Cathedral. Just north of it and left of a white space is the
Marinski Opera theater and across the space is the Rimski Korsakov
Conservatory.
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