Ascension Avenue lasts 1770 meters. It originates from another highway. Its name is Admiralteysky Prospekt. The street crosses St. Isaac's Square, the Moika River and the Griboedov Canal and ends at the Fontanka River. There she goes to Izmailovsky Avenue. At the beginning of the 18th century, on the site of the Ascension Highway there was a road leading from the Admiralty Fortress to Narva and Pskov.
Voznesensky and Nevsky Prospects simultaneously with Gorokhovaya Street form the so-called "Nevsky Trident". These three highways fan out from the Admiralty building. Initially, the construction of these streets was carried out as the basis for the implementation of the architectural project for the construction of the city. The creation of all three highways occurred simultaneously. The name of the avenue on the city map was approved by Empress Anna Ioannovna in April 1738. But at that time it sounded different. It was Voznesenskaya perspective street, which ended at the Moika River.
Until Fontanka, it was officially officially extended only in 1939. In everyday life the abbreviated name of the street was used - Voznesenskaya Prospect, and only after 1775 it began to be called Voznesensky Prospekt. At the end of the XVIII century, there was another version of the name of the highway - 3rd Admiralteyskaya Street. Nevsky and Gorokhovaya were called the 1st and 2nd Admiralteyskaya, respectively. There was also another name for the avenue - Red Street. After the construction on the highway of the Church of the Ascension, it became Ascension. In
Soviet times , from 1923 to 1991, the street was called Mayorov Avenue. Pyotr Vasilievich Mayorov tragically died during the counter-revolutionary rebellion in Samara in 1919. He received the title of Hero of the Civil War posthumously, and the prospectus was named after him.
A very famous street was often mentioned in well-known literary works. For example, Voznesensky Prospekt St. Petersburg is the place of residence of Ivan Yakovlevich, the barber from Gogol’s “Nose”. Dostoevsky also mentioned this street in his works.
His character from the novel "Humiliated and Offended" - Jeremiah Smith - lived in one of the houses of the famous highway. Voznesensky Avenue, the photo of which reflects the unusual beauty of its buildings, is distinguished by unique architectural creations of famous masters. For example, the street takes its beginning from the house of Lobanov-Rostovsky, designed by Auguste Montserrat. In another way it is called a "house with lions." It is often found in the works of famous writers and poets. So, one of the marble lions saved Eugene from the Bronze Horseman during a flood in St. Petersburg. Another famous house is located opposite the building, which in 1881 housed the headquarters of the People’s Volunteers. The undoubted attraction of the avenue is the Ascension Bridge. The particularly remarkable construction was perpetuated by the great writer F.M. Dostoevsky. The novel Crime and Punishment reflects many events that took place directly on the bridge, as well as around it. He was a favorite place for walks of Rodion Raskolnikov.
When restoring the historical names of city objects, Voznesensky Prospekt in 1991 returned its historical name.