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Until the 1917 revolution the Admiralty housed the Naval
Ministry. In 1874 the Alexander Garden (designed by Eduard Regele)
was opened in place of Admiralty Square. It had been begun two years
earlier to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great.
A decorative reticulated railing ran around the perimeter of the garden.
In front of the Admiralty spire, where the lines of Voznesensky and
Nevsky Prospekts meet that of Gorokhovaya Street, a fountain was installed.
In 1883 busts of Russian writers and composers were set up in the
garden, as well as a monument to Nikolai Przhevalsky, the noted explorer
of Central Asia. "On Nevsky, like disorderly breakers,/ The evening
crowd builds," Valery Briusov wrote in the early 20th century.
At that time, too, Nevsky Prospekt was a favourite place for Petersburgers
and visitors to the city to stroll and find entertainment. |
