Kalinin Square in St. Petersburg occupies a historically significant, important place. Unusually designed, it is located in the Kalininsky district of St. Petersburg, in a place quite remote from the metro.
Historical reference
After the war, captured Germans condemned for the genocide of the Russian people were shot on the square. The name of the square was given in 1955, at the same time as the installation of a monument in its central part to Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin, a famous Russian revolutionary, Chairman of the CEC and member of the Politburo. But Kalinin Square received real popular fame after the construction of the Giant movie theater, which at that time was the largest in the city. Now connoisseurs of cultural pastimes often gather there in the Giant Hall concert hall.
Residents of the district hope that one day a metro will be built next to the square. According to the investment project of the future, developed by Smolny transport specialists, the lobby of the Ploshchad Kalinina station can be opened there, at 40 Polyustrovsky Prospekt. There is a demolished house settled more than 10 years ago. The hope does not quench in the hearts of people that at least at the beginning of the construction of the metro, the "house of the collective farmer" will be remembered and demolished, attracting socially unadapted individuals.
The square was built in such a way that 4 streets intersected at once: Kondratyevsky and Polyustrovsky avenues, Laboratory street and Usyskina lane. So it turns out the shape of the five corners, a popular copy of the intersection at the intersection of Zagorodny Prospekt and the streets of Lomonosov, Rubinstein and Razezhei.
Usyskin Lane, by the way, is named after the famous tester of a stratospheric balloon, in which he died in 1934 during a record flight.
Why go to the square?
If you look at the photo of Kalinin Square, Giant Hall is the first building that immediately catches your eye. Unfortunately, in 2015 it closed and no longer functions as an entertainment center.
With a strong desire to look at this cultural monument, it makes sense to go to the nearby Museum of the Soviet Era, which was opened in the building of the Smolny Institute on the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution. Nearby is the famous
Polyustrovsky market, where, it seems, you can buy absolutely everything, from broccoli to jerboa. Sale of furniture, food, animals and birds, clothing, household items.
Nearby is the large Theological Cemetery, founded in 1841 and received the name from the Church of St. John the Evangelist. This cemetery was a place of mass burial in the besieged years, so people from all over the city come here, both relatives of the victims and those who honor the memory of the war. You can get to this place by bus directly from the square, the travel time will take no more than 10-15 minutes.
How to get to the square?
In order to get to Kalinin Square both the owner of his own car and the passenger of public transport need to focus on the nearby Ploshchad Lenina and Vyborgskaya metro stations. It is necessary to go from them to the right. The area is located at the intersection of Polyustrovsky and Kondratyevsky Avenues, large road arteries.
From Sverdlovskaya Embankment, it can be reached through Arsenalnaya Street, turn right on Kondratyevsky Prospekt and in 3 minutes be in place. From Irinovsky Prospekt you can get to Kalinin Square both through Bolshaya Porokhovskaya with access to Polyustrovsky and through the highway of the Revolution. From the Ring Road there is an exit to Shafirovsky Avenue. Through it, at the transition to Nepokorenykh Avenue, you need a U-turn to Piskarevsky, from which it is recommended that you turn into Pionersky Park onto Mechnikov, and through three streets to Laboratory Avenue, which leads straight to the destination. The exit and the road will take about 30 minutes, taking into account all traffic jams. In the evening and around 8-9 in the morning, the congress to Shafirovsky is usually very busy, it is recommended to choose other bypass routes to the square.
Minibuses
Minibuses depart from Vasenko Street (between Gigant Hall and the Technical College of Management and Commerce) to the MEGA shopping centers Parnas and Dybenko (k-176, k254), one of the largest in St. Petersburg. A minibus taxi runs past the square between the huge transport hub - the Ladozhskaya metro station with the Ladoga station and Chernaya Rechka (k17), Primorskaya on Vasilievsky island (k32), the Finland station ( Ploshchad Lenina metro station ) and the Lenta hypermarket on Khasanskaya street ( k28), the railway station "Piskarevka" (Finland direction) and pl. Arts (k107), goes to Pargolovo (k178), Prospect of Enlightenment (k283), Theological Cemetery (k30, k258).
If desired, you can get to the station "Kushelevka". It houses the Europolis shopping and entertainment complex and a company store from the oldest ice cream producer Petroholod, the Forest Technical Academy Park and the Krasny Oktyabr enterprise for the production and repair of helicopter assemblies. You can drive to Kushelevka (Lesnaya metro station) either by car, north along Polyustrovsky Prospekt, or by minibus 33 from Kharchenko Street, k-95 from Polyustrovsky.
It is convenient to get by minibuses from Kalinin Square, departures every 10 minutes on different routes, you can get to the north of the city or to the metro.
Buses
Buses cross the square at intervals of every 20 minutes in one direction. The 28th and 37th routes leave along the highway of the Revolution and the Mentors, crossing Kosygin Avenue, to Belorusskaya Street from the Finland Station. Buses 33 and 137 go from Piskarevka (a stop near the station) to metro station. "Black River". It is also convenient to get from the station to Moskovsky Station by bus 105 and to Finlandsky, with routes 106, 107 from Piskarevka and 133 from the Ruchey station.
Trolleybuses
Trolleybuses also cross the avenues. It is convenient to get to the metro by trolleybuses number 38 and 43 - they go from Svetlanovsky Avenue and Khasanskaya to Botkinsky Street, stopping in front of Lenin Square, with an overview of the fountains and next to the tram intersection.
The third trolleybus goes in the direction "Marshal Tukhachevsky Street
- Baltic Station". This is the only direct route from Kalinin Square to the Baltic.