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Malo-Kalinkin Bridge

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The Malo-Kalinkin Bridge is a bridge in Saint-Petersburg, which connects Kolomna Island and Pokrovsky Island, spanning the Griboyedov Canal. It was built in 1783 by engineer I. Borisov, at the same time that the granite embankments of the canal were being constructed.

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Malo-Kalinkin Bridge
набережная реки Фонтанки, Saint Petersburg Kolomna (округ Коломна)

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набережная реки Фонтанки
190008 Saint Petersburg, Kolomna (округ Коломна)
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Fontanka
Fontanka

The Fontanka (Russian: Фонтанка), a left branch of the river Neva, flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia – from the Summer Garden to Gutuyevsky Island. It is 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) long, with a width up to 70 metres (230 ft), and a depth up to 3.5 metres (11 ft). The Moyka River forms a right-bank branch of the Fontanka. Lined along the Fontanka Embankment stand the former private residences of Russian nobility. This river, one of 93 rivers and channels in Saint Petersburg, was once named Anonymous Creek (in Russian, Bezymyannyi Yerik, Безымянный ерик). In Russian, yerik is a secondary or intermittent river-channel (creek or brook). In 1719 the river received its present name, because water from it supplied the fountains of the Summer Garden. Until the mid-18th century the Fontanka River marked the southern boundary of Saint Petersburg. Along its banks stood the spacious messuages of members of the Russian Imperial Family and of the nobility, the most brilliant being the Summer Palace and the Anichkov Palace. In 1780–1789 Andrey Kvasov superintended the construction of the granite embankments and approaches to the river. The river-bed was regularised as well. Examples of Baroque architecture along the banks of the river include the Sheremetev Palace, Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, Naryshkin-Shuvalov Palace, and the Church of St. Panteleimon (built 1735–1739). Notable Neoclassical structures from the 18th century include the Catherine Institute, the Anichkov Palace and the Yusupov Palace on Sadovaya Street. Some of the mansions contain museums of the writers and composers who lived there: Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816), Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837), Ivan Turgenev (1818–1833), Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966) and others. Fifteen bridges span the Fontanka, including the 18th-century Lomonosov Bridge and the extravagant Egyptian Bridge. The most famous bridge, the Anichkov Bridge, carries the Nevsky Prospekt over the river.

Moyka
Moyka

The Moyka (Russian: Мо́йка /MOY-ka/, also latinised as Moika) is a secondary, in comparison with the Neva, river in Saint Petersburg that encircles the central portion of the city, effectively making it an island or a group of islands together with the Neva, Fontanka, Griboyedov Canal and shorter canals like Kryukov. The river, originally known as Mya, derives its name from the Ingrian word Muya for "slush" or "mire", having its original source in former swamp. It is 5 kilometres (3 mi) long and 40 metres (130 ft) wide. The river flows from the Fontanka river, which is itself a distributary of the Neva, near the Summer Garden past the Field of Mars, crosses Nevsky Prospect and the Kryukov Canal before entering the Neva river. It is also connected with the Neva by the Swan Canal and the Winter Canal. In 1711 Peter the Great ordered the consolidation of the banks of the river. After the Kryukov Canal linked it with the Fontanka River four years later, the Moyka became so much clearer that its name was changed from Mya to Moyka, associated with the Russian verb "to wash". With the spread of cars and services for them in post-Soviet Russia, the Russian word Мойка has become a common sight unconnected to the river as it very often means (car)wash, which may confuse foreign tourists. In 1736 the first Moyka quay was constructed in wood. Four bridges originally spanned the river: the Blue, the Green, the Yellow, and the Red. The 99-metre (325 ft)-wide Blue Bridge, now hardly visible underneath Saint Isaac's Square, remains the widest bridge in the whole city.Magnificent 18th-century edifices lining the Moyka quay include the Stroganov Palace, Razumovsky Palace, Yusupov Palace, New Holland Arch, Circular Market, St. Michael's Castle, and the last accommodation and museum of Alexander Pushkin.In 1798 work started to construct a stately embankment faced with red granite and adorned with ornate railings. After the completion of construction works in 1811, it was discovered that the water of the river became so muddy that its use for cooking has been officially forbidden ever since.

Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation
Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation

The Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation, formally the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation named after Leninsky Komsomol (Russian: Высшее военно-морское училище подводного плавания имени Ленинского Комсомола), was a higher naval education institution in Saint Petersburg which prepared prospective officers for commissions in the Soviet and later Russian Navy. The school opened during the later stages of the Second World War as the Leningrad Naval Preparatory School, to train candidates for service in the Soviet Navy. After four years of operation it was renamed the 1st Baltic Higher Naval School with an expanded four-year training curriculum to produce watch officers for the navy. By the early 1950s it had begun to specialise in submarine training, and in 1954 it was renamed the 1st Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation, and increasingly focussed on training officers for service in the Soviet Navy's expanding submarine forces. Education concentrated on the new submarine types and technologies entering service, and the heads of the school and many of the teachers were drawn from experienced former submariners. In 1958, the school was given the name Leninsky Komsomol, commemorating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Komsomol, and 1960, transitioned to a five-year training curriculum. The school continued to function during the years of glasnost and perestroika, and after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, when it became an educational institution of the Russian Navy. It suffered from the dislocation of the 1990s, experiencing a drop in recruitment, and shortages in funding. In 1998, the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation was merged with the M. V. Frunze Higher Naval School to create the Saint Petersburg Naval Institute. Over its years of operation, more than a hundred graduates of the school became admirals, and 16 officers were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union or Hero of the Russian Federation.