Nevsky Prospect
From Biocrawler, the free encyclopedia.
Nevsky Prospekt, or the Neva Avenue (Russian: Невский проспект), is the main thoroughfare in the city of St Petersburg. Planned by Peter the Great as beginning the road to Moscow, the avenue runs from the Admiralty to the Moscow Railway Station and, after making a turn, to the Alexandro-Nevsky Lavra. The chief sights include Rastrelliesque Stroganov Palace, huge neoclassical Kazan Cathedral, the Art Nouveau Bookhouse, Merchants' Court, the monument to Catherine the Great, the Russian National Library, and the Anichkov Bridge with its horse statues. The feverish life of the avenue was described by Gogol in his story The Nevsky Prospect. During the early Soviet years it was known as the Avenue of the Twenty-Fifth of October.
External links
- English site on the Nevsky Prospekt (http://nevsky-prospekt.com/)
- Russian site on the Nevsky Avenue (http://nevskypr.spb.ru/)
- Night views of the Nevsky Avenue (http://enlight.ru/camera/152/index_e.html)
- Foreign churches of the Nevsky (http://enlight.ru/camera/102/index_e.html)
- Palaces on the Nevsky Prospekt (http://nevsky-prospekt.com/palaces/thepalaces.html)it:Prospettiva Nevsky
ru:Невский проспект sl:Nevski prospekt sv:Nevskij prospekt
Those of you who have visited St Petersburg will know the official translation of the street name from Russian is Prospekt. This as almost all of the buildings have the street sign with the number and street name in English. Prospekt means avenue and should not be confused with the German word 'prospekt' meaning prospectus (an official document), or prospect which means outlook. Generally the only accepted spelling of 'prospect' is when referring to the English translation of the story by Gogol.
