Ligovo railway station

Ligovsky overpass (Russian: Лиговский путепровод) is crossover, connect of Kirovsky (from the north) and Krasnoselsky (from the south) districts of Saint Petersburg through Prospekt Narodnogo Opolcheniya, stage tracks Ligovo-Dachnoye and Dudergofka river.

Ligovsky Pond (Russian: Лиговский пруд) was an artificial lake that existed in Ligovo, suburb of Saint Petersburg (Russia) from 1716–1941. In 1703, Peter I was based the city of Saint Petersburg. This area became a capital suburb. In 1710s emperor gook part in the destiny of the settlement. It was enjoined to block the Dudergofka river in 1715. On a dam a watermill which specialised on flour-grinding and felting works was constructed.Simultaneously the Ligovsky channel was built. It diverted an essential source of water from Dudergofka and its reservoir became a source of water for Ligovo. At that time the surrounding district represented imperial grange for palace maintenance with foodstuffs, including a dairy farm and gardens.In 1765 Grigory Orlov became the owner of the district. On the western coast of a pond were the house with landing stage and economic activity. On the east coast the manour house where Orlov accepted Russian empress Catherine II was constructed.After Orlov died in 1783, Ligovo was inherited by his pupil Natalia Alekseeva. She married Orlov's aide-de-camp Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden. In the 1840s the manor of Buxhoeveden passed to count G. G. Kushelev-Bezbordko (younger), it continued useful agricultural activity, and Ligovo became an agricultural manor. A network of avenues and paths created specific hills and ponds were excavated. The house has a connected covered transition to kitchen. To the north were zones for an orchard with greenhouses, stables, the bird's and cattle courtyard. The lakeshore was improved by architect A. Stackenschneider. He added a terrace, a path from the house to lake, and a grotto on Love Island. After Kushelev-Bezbordko's death the manor gradually fell into decay. In 1857 the Baltic railway arrived. By the end of the 1870s vicinities Ligovsky pond became a holiday area. During the October Revolution in 1917 the lake, a dam and a mill were supported. After that the mill stopped. Waterfalls fell from the dam.The pond mirror was supported by a mill dam until 1941. On 5 December 1941 German armies destroyed the dam on the approach to Leningrad. After the Second World War hydraulic work was not restored. A ravine overgrown with bush became dominant. The former lake was not developed and became a memorial zone for the 700 men who died defending the area. Nearby an Orthodox church is under construction.

Saint Petersburg Military Institute of the National Guard Troops (Russian: Санкт-Петербургский военный институт войск национальной гвардии) is a military educational institution of higher education that trains mid-tactical officers for units and parts of the National Guard of Russia. Until 1991, the institute was called the Higher Political School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union named after the 60th Anniversary of the Komsomol.

Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Saint Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation" (Russian: Федеральное государственное казенное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Санкт-Петербургский университет Министерства внутренних дел Российской Федерации») is a higher educational institution of Saint Petersburg, a departmental educational institution of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, engaged in the training, retraining and advanced training of personnel for the internal affairs agencies of Russia and foreign countries. The university was founded in 1968 as the Higher Political School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Soviet Union. In 1992, the school was divided into the Saint Petersburg Military Institute of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia and the Saint Petersburg Law Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. On the basis of the latter, as well as the Saint Petersburg Higher School of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation and the Institute for Advanced Training of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in 1996 the Saint Petersburg Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was created, which two years later received the status of a university. The institution is the first of the universities in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

Krasnoselsky District (Russian: Красносе́льский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population: was 330,546; up from 305,129 recorded in the 2002 Census.

The Great Port of St. Petersburg or Port of St. Petersburg is a major seaport serving the city of St. Petersburg in northwest Russia. The port's water area is 164.6 km2 (630,000 square meters). The mooring line is 31 km long and the water is 25 metres (82 ft) deep at the port's deepest anchorages. Since 2011, the port has been under the authority of a state-owned enterprise (federal government agency), the Port Authority of the Great Port of St. Petersburg. This agency oversees commercial navigation in the seaport of St. Petersburg and beyond in the designated areas of responsibility of the Russian Federation.

Lesnoy Mole Rear Range Light is an active lighthouse and range light in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located in a dockyard area on the waterfront and guides ships into the commercial harbor of Saint Petersburg.At a height of 239 feet (73 m) it is the fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, the tallest in Russia, and the tallest range light in the world.

Kirovsky District (Russian: Ки́ровский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 334,746; down from 338,820 recorded in the 2002 Census.

Yekateringofsky Municipal Okrug (Russian: Екатеринго́фский муниципа́льный о́круг, known as Municipal Okrug #6 (муниципа́льный о́круг № 6) until 2011, is a municipal okrug of Admiralteysky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 24,038 (2010 Census); 31,570 (2002 Census).It borders Fontanka in the north, Lermontovsky Avenue in the east, Obvodny Canal in the south, and Yekateringofka River in the west.

Prospekt Veteranov (Russian: Проспе́кт Ветера́нов, Avenue of Veterans) is a station on the south end of Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of the Saint Petersburg Metro, next to Leninsky Prospekt. The station was opened on October 5, 1977, along with Leninsky Prospekt. It is located near the beginning of the street of the same name. This station has no above-ground pavilion. Entrance to the station (like to Leninsky Prospekt) is provided through underground pedestrian crossings, with exits onto Prospekt Veteranov and Dachny Prospekt. The station's exit does not have escalators either. Prospekt Veteranov is a shallow column station lying in a depth of 8 metres (26 ft). The underground hall was constructed as a project of the architect V. G. Khiltchenko and the engineer S. P. Schukin. Memorial style corresponds the name of the station. The station is remarkable because it is the most crowded metro station in Russia, due to the large part of the city that it serves. Prospekt Veteranov accepts about 200,000 passengers daily. The station is also used by many as transit when traveling to Peterhof Palace. Mini-buses (marshrutkas) No. К-343, K-639-б from Prospect Veteranov metro station is one most convenient way to Peterhof.

Krasnenkaya Rechka Municipal Okrug (Russian: муниципа́льный о́круг Кра́сненькая Ре́чка) is a municipal okrug in Kirovsky District, one of the eighty-one low-level municipal divisions of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 40,544, up from 37,891 recorded during the 2002 Census.It was formerly known as Municipal Okrug 30 (муниципальный округ №30).

Severnaya Verf (Russian: Северная верфь, lit. 'Northern Shipyard') is a major shipyard on Gutuevsky Island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, producing naval and civilian ships. It was founded as a branch of the Putilov Plant in the late 1800s. Under the Soviets, the shipyard was generally known as Shipyard No. 190 (in the name of Zhdanov) and reverted to its former name in 1989. The priority market for Severnaya Verf is military export to Asian countries as India, China and Vietnam.