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      Alley of Glory and the Dudergofka Shore

      ⏱ 1 h 25 min🚶 2.8 km🍽 1📍 3 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      An avenue of 900 birches, one for each day of the Siege, bridges over the Dudergofka and a church deep in the park, and at the end — shashlik on the terrace of a café right in the park.

      🏛 History and architecture🏘 Off the centre⏱ An hour or so
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      1. 1
        🌳 Polezhaevsky Park
        пр. Ветеранов (вход к Аллее Славы)
        🚪 entrance from Prospekt Veteranov
        The remains of the Ligovo estate park: an Avenue of Glory with 900 birches, bridges over the Dudergofka, the foundation of a mill from 1755.
        Alley of Glory: 900 birches, one for each day of the Siege.
        🚪 exit towards the Church of St Nino
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        Polezhaevsky Park
        © Spb.Terminator · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Polezhaevsky Park
        © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Polezhaevsky Park
        © 13243546A · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The park covers 156 hectares between Peterhof Highway, Marshala Zhukova and Veteranov avenues and Avangardnaya Street.
        • Serfs of Count Grigory Orlov began draining this area in the late 18th century.
        • From 1840 the estate was owned by General G. G. Kushelev, the manor was rebuilt by Andrey Stackenschneider, and the English landscape park was laid out then.
        • The park is named after the gold-mine owner and banker K. M. Polezhaev, who bought the estate around 1889.
        • The Ligovo manor palace was taken down for brick in winter 1932–1933.
        • For more than two years of the Siege the front line ran through the park.
        • Ligovsky Pond was drained before the war and was never restored after the locks were destroyed.
      2. 🚶 on foot
      3. 2
        🏛 Church of St Nino, Equal-to-the-Apostles
        Полежаевский парк, у Дудергофского канала
        A church founded in 2010 deep in the park; nearby is a military burial ground.
        Along the Dudergofka to St Nina's Church.
        📖 More about the placeCollapse
        • The church was laid down on 27 January 2010 — the anniversary of the complete lifting of the Siege.
        • The dedication to St Nino of Georgia was chosen because the Siege was lifted on her feast day.
        • 75 fallen soldiers are buried next to the church.
      4. 🚶 on foot
      5. 3
        ☕️ Dudergofka Café
        Полежаевский парк, аллея Славы
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        Shashlik on the terrace; from there it's 1 km to Ligovo station.
        🍴 A café with a terrace right in the park. What to order: shashlik, khachapuri, a glass of wine.

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