Ligovo and Staro-Panovo: the 1941 Line and the Dudergofka

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An obelisk by the station, an avenue of 900 birches, the Dudergofka river and a church that grew out of a count's chapel — a front-line outskirt an hour from Baltiysky Station.

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🏛 “Front Line of Defence” stele and the Alley of 900 Birches
пр. Маршала Жукова, угол ул. Стойкости
A granite stele from 1965 with anti-tank obstacles, and an avenue of 900 birches — one for each day of the Siege.
From Ligovo station along Avangardnaya Street northeast beside the birch avenue — there are 900, one for each Siege day. The stele with anti-tank obstacles is on the corner of Marshala Zhukova Prospekt.
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- The stele, by the architect S. G. Mayofis, was erected in 1965 at the junction of Marshala Zhukova Avenue and Stoykosti Street.
- Along Avangardnaya Street runs the Alley of Glory — 900 birches, for the rounded number of days of the Siege.
- It is part of the “Kirovsky Val” memorial in the “Green Belt of Glory”.
- The stele’s inscription reads: “Front line of the defence of Leningrad 1941—1944”.
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🏛 Ligovo Obelisk
у ж/д станции Лигово
A granite obelisk by the station, on the line where the advance on Leningrad was stopped on 18 September 1941.
Go back to the station: the granite obelisk is right by the tracks. Read the inscription about 18 September 1941.
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- The first obelisk was erected in 1944 (architects K. L. Johansen and V. A. Petrov).
- In 1983–1984 the concrete obelisk was replaced with a granite one, and the memorial zone was designed by the sculptor G. D. Yastrebenetsky.
- The inscription reads: “On this line on 18 September 1941 the heroic defenders of Leningrad stopped the German hordes”.
- The obelisk is a federal-level cultural heritage site, part of the “Kirovsky Val” memorial.
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🌳 Dudergofka River at the Staro-Panovsky Bridge
Таллинское ш., Старо-Пановский мост
A narrow river between green banks flowing down from the Dudergof Heights: in Staro-Panovo it is crossed by three bridges.
Cross the tracks and follow Tallinskoe Highway to Staro-Panovsky Bridge. Look at the river from the bridge — beyond it, it flows on to the gulf.
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- The Dudergofka is 21 km long and flows out of Lake Dudergof.
- Its Karelian name is Liga, from “soaking flax”; Ligovo is named after it.
- From 1716 to 1941 there was a large Ligovsky Pond on the river, north of Staro-Panovo.
- Since the 1970s the Dudergofka has flowed into the Dudergof Canal and on to the Gulf of Finland.
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🏛 Church of Adrian and Natalia in Staro-Panovo
Набережная ул., 45
A small church on the bank of the Dudergofka, which grew out of Count Buxhoeveden’s round chapel for Grigory Orlov’s daughter.
Along Naberezhnaya Street beside the Dudergofka. The church with its cemetery is by the water; on Sunday from 12 to 14 the museum in the pillbox is open.
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- In the 1780s Count F. F. Buxhoeveden built a round chapel for his wife Natalia, daughter of G. G. Orlov.
- In 1809 an altar was added to the chapel and it was consecrated as the Church of Adrian and Natalia.
- Natalia Buxhoeveden was buried in the crypt of this family church.
- The Staro-Panovo cemetery by the church is known from 1784.
- Since 2015 the church has had a museum in a pillbox — open on Sundays from 12 to 14.

↩️ Getting back: Back to Ligovo station — 20 minutes on foot along Tallinskoe Highway; from there by suburban train to Baltiysky Station or by bus to Prospekt Veteranov metro.