- Garden in Pionerskaya ploshchad
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59.921665, 30.332927 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Commemorative sign in honour of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg
- Name of a forging shop on the plaque
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Провинция / Provintsiya / Province
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Историческая справка
In the 1880’s a hippodrome was built on the territory of Semenovsky parade ground (present-day Pioneskaya ploshchad) to the project by Leonty Benois. The first races were held here during the winter of 1880-1881. All hippodrome buildings were temporary at first, but Benois gradually made the complex look more fundamental. The architect designed spectators’ stands with tent-roofed towers around the field. The races were held here on Sundays. In 1893 the hippodrome hosted one of the first football matches in St. Petersburg.
In the 1890’s the ground between the hippodrome and the railroad became a place for public festivities.
By the early 20th century the parade ground territory began to diminish. A military compound was built between the railroad and the modern Podyezdnoy pereulok. It housed the first railway battalion (protecting the road), an automobile company and a military driving school. The automobile company is known to have been the place where Vladimir Mayakovsky served during his time in the army.
Semyonovsky hippodrome continued to operate until the Great Patriotic War. It was destroyed during the Siege of Leningrad. In the 1950’s ulitsa Marata was extended to Podyezdnoy pereulok across the parade ground. New buildings were built at their intersection. The year 1959 saw opening of a monument to A.S. Griboyedov by the sculptor V.V. Lishev. In 1962 the middle of the parade ground was occupied by the Bryantsev Youth Theatre. At the same time this place acquired a new name Pionerskaya ploshchad (“Pioneer Square”) in honour of the 40th anniversary of the Pioneer Organisation.
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