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      🌳 Ovsyannikovsky Garden

      между пр. Бакунина, 3-й Советской, Мытнинской и Старорусской ул.

      A quiet garden in Peski on the site of the former Horse Square; it marks the place of Chernyshevsky's mock execution.

      Ovsyannikovsky Garden
      © Книжная пыль · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Ovsyannikovsky Garden
      © Книжная пыль · CC BY-SA 4.0
      Ovsyannikovsky Garden
      © Книжная пыль · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • On 19 May 1864 the civil execution of Nikolai Chernyshevsky took place here, then on Horse Square.
      • The square was laid out in 1864–1866 with money from the merchant Stepan Ovsyannikov — his house faced the garden.
      • The garden covers 1.8 hectares and is heptagonal in shape.
      • Its other name is Chernyshevsky Garden.

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      • Peski: a resurrected church and Feodorovsky Cathedral

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