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      From Sobchak to Komitas: Bolshoy Prospekt and the Smolenka

      ⏱ 1 h 25 min🚶 2.9 km🍽 1📍 5 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      Non-touristy Vasilyevsky: the square in front of the Kirov Palace of Culture, a big district garden with Roerich, an Armenian park and an old church on the Smolenka bank.

      🏛 History and architecture🌳 Parks and nature⏱ An hour or so
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        ☕️ Bushe in Baltiysky shopping mall
        Большой пр. В.О., 68, ТЦ «Балтийский»
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        Coffee and a croissant right at the exit from Gorny Institut metro, in the Baltiysky mall.
        🍴 A café-bakery of the Petersburg chain by Gorny Institut metro: coffee, croissants and pastries.
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        🏛 Sobchak Square
        Большой пр. В.О., 83
        The square in front of the monumental Kirov Palace of Culture, with a bust of Petersburg's first mayor.
        From Baltiysky to the Kirov Palace of Culture along Bolshoy Prospekt — 5 minutes. The Sobchak bust is by the 26th Line, against the backdrop of the Kirov Palace.
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        Sobchak Square
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The square was named in 2005 after Anatoly Sobchak, mayor of Petersburg in 1991–1996.
        • The bronze bust of Sobchak by Igor Korneev was unveiled in June 2006.
        • Until the 19th century the Smolensky Field lay here, a place of executions; in 1866 Dmitry Karakozov was hanged here.
        • The Kirov Palace of Culture was built in 1931–1937 to a design by Noi Trotsky; its restoration has been under way since 2021.
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        🌳 Vasileostrovets Garden and the Roerich Monument
        Большой пр. В.О., 79
        A large district garden between Bolshoy and Sredny prospekts with a granite monument to Nicholas Roerich.
        Across Bolshoy Prospekt into the garden: the granite Roerich is at the entrance from the corner of the 25th Line. Then through the garden to Sredny Prospekt.
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        Vasileostrovets Garden and the Roerich Monument
        © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Vasileostrovets Garden and the Roerich Monument
        © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The garden appeared in 1887; in its present boundaries, 4.78 hectares, it has existed since the post-war years.
        • After the Kirov Palace of Culture was built, the garden was extended to Sredny Prospekt.
        • The 3.5-metre granite monument to Roerich was unveiled on 9 November 2010; the sculptor is Viktor Zaiko.
        • Roerich was born on Vasilievsky Island and studied here at Karl May's gymnasium.
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        🌳 Kamsky Garden: Komitas and the Khachkar
        Камская ул., между 13-й и 14-й линиями
        A small park on the bank of the Smolenka with Armenian monuments — next to the Armenian cemetery.
        Along the 25th Line and Kamskaya to the Smolenka — 20 minutes. A khachkar at the entrance, Komitas in the middle of the park.
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        Kamsky Garden: Komitas and the Khachkar
        © Dj-2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kamsky Garden: Komitas and the Khachkar
        © Dj-2 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kamsky Garden: Komitas and the Khachkar
        © Alexey Komarov · CC BY 3.0
        • The park appeared in the 1950s on the site of a demolished apartment building along Kamskaya Street.
        • In 2014 a stele with a carved cross-stone, a khachkar, was placed at the entrance as a sign of friendship between Petersburg and Yerevan.
        • The three-metre granite monument to the composer Komitas was unveiled in 2015; the sculptor is Levon Beybutyan.
        • The Armenian monuments were put up here because of the neighbouring Smolensky Armenian Cemetery.
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        🏛 Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection
        наб. реки Смоленки, 29
        A small 18th-century church in the Smolensky Armenian Cemetery, right by the water.
        Along Kamskaya beside the Smolenka — the church is behind the fence of the Armenian cemetery. The gates are usually open in the daytime, and it's quiet inside.
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        Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection
        © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The Armenian cemetery on the Smolenka was founded by decree of Catherine II in 1791.
        • The church was consecrated around 1797 in honour of the Resurrection of Christ.
        • In 1930 the church was closed, and in 1931–1934 it was divided up with floors.
        • Services resumed on 14 March 1993; in 2000 the church was consecrated by Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians.

      ↩️ Getting back: To Primorskaya — 12 minutes along the Smolenka embankment and Nalichnaya Street.

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