Znayu mestoI know a place
RUENESTR中文عربيفارسی
Русский English Español Türkçe 中文 العربية فارسی

Places to see in Saint Petersburg

    🚶 Routes 📍 Places
    Where do you start
    Start typing an address, metro station or place in the search box above — or tap the map where you will start
    How much walking
    Interests
    Child's age pick one or more
    Food we'll pick places along the way
      ← All places

      🏛 Alexander Gates of the Gunpowder Factory

      ул. Коммуны / Ильинская слобода

      The gates of the Okhta Gunpowder Factory designed by Demertsov (1806) and an old powder cellar next to them.

      Alexander Gates of the Gunpowder Factory
      © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The Okhta Gunpowder Factory was founded by decree of Peter the Great in 1715 — the oldest gunpowder production in Petersburg.
      • The gates appeared after the explosion of 1803: Demertsov rebuilt the factory and spread the dangerous workshops far apart.
      • In the 1820s the wooden gates were replaced with stone ones designed by Zakhar Krasnopevkov.
      • The worst explosion happened on 31 August 1858: 1,500 poods of gunpowder blew up and 50 people died.
      • The names of Mendeleev, Zasyadko and Konstantinov are tied to the factory; in 1894 a smokeless-powder laboratory opened here.
      • The whole Porokhovye district is named after this factory's buildings.

      Part of these routes

      • Porokhovye: Zhernovka and the gunpowder settlement

      Find us on Telegram

      Partnerships and ideas

      ✉️ privet@znayumesto.ru

      Settings

      Data: © OpenStreetMap · DB-IP · weather — Open-Meteo
      The map did not load. You can still browse routes in the list and open them in Yandex Maps.

      We use cookies and Yandex Metrica to understand which routes are useful. Without your consent we keep only our own cookie-free statistics.