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      Kolpino: the Izhora, a Cathedral and a Pond by the Dam

      ⏱ 1 h 20 min🚶 2.5 km🍽 0📍 4 stops
      🐢 A little — under 3 km

      The Izhora embankment with a memorial to the battalion that held the front here during the Siege, a cathedral on a high bank and a park along the Izhora pond — a calm town built around a factory.

      🌳 Parks and nature🏘 Off the centre⏱ An hour or so
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        🖼 Izhora Plants History Museum
        Колпино, Советский бульвар, 29
        A factory museum since 1967: models of ship guns, bells, archive photos — told by people from the plant.
        We look at the factory museum from outside; going inside is separate and only if arranged in advance.
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        Izhora Plants History Museum
        © Peterburg23 · CC BY 3.0
        • The museum was Kolpino's first museum: it opened in 1967 at the Izhora Plant.
        • The plant grew out of a sawmill laid down in 1722 by decree of Peter the Great to saw ship timber.
        • In 1818 the Izhora Plant built Russia's first paddle-wheel warship with a steam engine — the Skory.
        • From the mid-19th century the Izhora Works became the main supplier of armour for the Russian fleet and coastal fortresses.
        • In October 1917 the plant sent 17 armoured cars to the Military Revolutionary Committee.
        • The museum has a military hall devoted to the Izhora Battalion, formed from the plant's workers in 1941.
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        🚶 Izhora Embankment and the Izhora Battalion Monument
        Колпино, бульвар Свободы
        The Izhora bank with a pond by the dam and a memorial to the 72nd Izhora Battalion, which held the front here during the Siege.
        The memorial to the Izhora Battalion and a view of the pond by the dam.
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        Izhora Embankment and the Izhora Battalion Monument
        © Andrew Krizhanovsky · Public domain
        Izhora Embankment and the Izhora Battalion Monument
        © Екатерина Борисова · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • Svobody Boulevard is the plant's main dam, built in 1805 on the instructions of Charles Gascoigne; until 1924 it was called "Plity".
        • The very first flood, in 1807, broke through the newly built main dam.
        • From 1903 to 1964 the plant's hydroelectric station worked at the main dam.
        • The monument to the soldiers of the Izhora Battalion opened in 1959: a wall of Pudost stone with polished red granite, architect M. A. Shepilevsky.
        • The battalion was assembled from plant workers and Kolpino residents in late August 1941 and fought its first battle on 4 September.
        • The battalion's best sniper, Nikolai Zaleysky, was credited with 115 enemy kills.
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        🏛 Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kolpino
        Колпино, Пролетарская ул., 2
        A cathedral on the high bank of the Izhora; the parish traces its history to a canvas church of 1722 at the plant.
        Walk along the Izhora to the cathedral on the high bank.
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        Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kolpino
        © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Holy Trinity Cathedral in Kolpino
        © Andrew Krizhanovsky · Public domain
        • The present cathedral is new: it was built from 2003 to a design by Sergei Kryukov and consecrated on 19 December 2009.
        • The old 18th-century stone Trinity Cathedral stood elsewhere; it was closed in 1937, made into the Luch cinema and demolished in 1957–1958.
        • The 53-metre bell tower of the old cathedral was Kolpino's main landmark; Tsarskoselsky Avenue, today Lenin Avenue, was laid out along its axis.
        • In August 1941 the top of the old cathedral's bell tower was blown up by an NKVD special group.
        • Since 2013 the cathedral has held a copy of the wonderworking Kolpino icon of St Nicholas; the ancient icon itself vanished after 1937.
        • Nearby stands the wooden tent-roofed Church of St Nicholas of 1998 — services were held in it while the cathedral was being built.
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        🌳 Kolpino Park by the Izhora Pond
        Колпино, Колпинский парк (вход с Тверской ул.)
        A big park along the Izhora Pond with paths by the water — the walking place of all Kolpino.
        Finish with a loop through the park by the Izhora pond.
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        Kolpino Park by the Izhora Pond
        © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kolpino Park by the Izhora Pond
        © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kolpino Park by the Izhora Pond
        © GAlexandrova · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The park opened on 25 June 1960 as the 40th Anniversary of the Komsomol Park of Culture and Leisure; it has been called Kolpino Park since 2010.
        • The park occupies Chukhonka Island on the site of the village of Mokkolovo, mentioned as far back as the cadastre books of 1500.
        • The residents of Mokkolovo, ethnic Finns, were deported in spring 1942, and the village itself was razed in 1948.
        • The Izhora Pond is a man-made widening of the river, created by a dam for the needs of the Admiralty Izhora Works.

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