- pl. Repina
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59.916939966306, 30.279483842632 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Milestone
- Number recorded in Arabic digits
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26
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Historical background
Before the revolution, Repin Square (ploshchad Repina) was called Kalinkinskaya Square (Kalinkinskaya ploshchad) in honour of the nearby Kalinkina village. Kalinkinskaya Square (Kalinkinskaya ploshchad) was located on Galley Island (Galerny ostrov) named after the Galley Shipyard situated at the Fontanka mouth. The Square was designed according to a plan developed in 1737 by the Commission on St. Petersburg Construction, and once was the largest square located near the bridge over the Fontanka. From 1882 to 1893, Ilya Repin, the great Russian artist, lived in one of the houses on the square (it was during this period that he completed his famous paintings “Religious Procession in Kursk Province”, “Ivan the Terrible and his Son Ivan on 16 November 1581”, and “Unexpected”). The Square was named after the great painter in 1952, and only in the 1960s, after one of the Fontanka branches was partially filled up, Galley Island (Galerny ostrov) was added to Kolomensky Island (Kolomensky ostrov).
Present in routes of categories Lion & Unicorn