- Ovsyannikovsky Garden
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59.930363966306, 30.376770857136 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Entrance from pr. Bakunina Memorial bench dedicated to a film director
- Four-letter word on the cap
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Историческая справка
In the last third of the 18th century, the Mytny Yard was built in Peski, where customs duty for imported goods was collected. In 1812-1813, a new stone building was built for the yard on today’s Bakunin Prospekt. The design of this building is attributed to Vasily Petrovich Stasov, but most likely it was drawn up by another architect. The nearest streets and the square to the west of it were named after the yard.
In May 1864, the civil execution of Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky took place on Mytninskaya ploshchad. Especially for this macabre event, a platform was erected in the square, on which a black pole with chains was placed. The square was cordoned off by men at arms and policemen. The writer was stripped of his cap, then his sentence was read to him, he knelt down and his sword was broken over his head. The philosopher was then made to stand in chains at a pillar with a State Offender sign on his chest. The next day Chernyshevsky was sent to Siberia.
In the same year, a public garden was laid out on the square at the expense of Stepan Tarasovich Ovsyannikov, a merchant of the first guild. Ovsyannikov, the richest and not too clean-handed bread merchant, was a well-known philanthropist. For example, he allocated a large sum of money for the construction of the Boris and Gleb Church on the present-day Sinopskaya naberezhnaya: not far from his barns. His good deeds, however, paid a hundredfold: he received several medals and orders, was elevated to the estate of honourable citizens (with his family) and was awarded the title of commercial councillor. Even the public garden created near the merchant’s house was named Ovsyannikovsky at the command of Emperor Alexander II.
The garden with fountains was designed by architect Nikolai Pavlovich Grebenka with the participation of artist and garden master Egor Vasilievich Odintsov. Grebenka had by then built a mansion and a tenement house for Ovsyannikov. Later the architect prepared for the merchant the projects of two tenement houses and baths.
Since 1895, the garden became city property. In 1952, the garden was named after Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky.
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