- Sovetsky per., 5
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59.914120966306, 30.309486839588 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Weathervane
- Character on the weathervane
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puss in the boots / cat in the boots
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Historical background
Izmaylovsky Imperial Guard Regiment was organised in Moscow on 22 September 1730 by decree of Empress Anna Ioannovna. While the place of regular lodging was being chosen and a settlement was being built in Petersburg, Izmaylovsky Regiment itself had stayed for more than ten years at the houses belonging to local inhabitants. Initially, the settlement was supposed to be located outside Kalinkina village, near the present-day Yekateringof Park, but the place was unsuitable for living. Then the Izmaylovites were allotted the area adjacent to the current Fontanka and Obvodny kanal, as well as Moskovsky prospekt and Lermontovsky prospekt. The streets where the guardsmen lodged began to be called rota (companies), and in 1834 Izmaylovsky prospekt, which crossed the area, got its named after the Regiment. The Rotas from the 1st to the 7th went east of it, and from the 8th to the 12th — west of it (after the revolution, the Rotas each became Krasnoarmeyskaya ulitsa and retained their numbering). Noncombatant units of the Regiment were situated on Zarotnaya ulitsa (which later also became one of Krasnoarmeyskaya ulitsa). In 1754 a new five-domed wooden church was laid down for the Regiment, with a chapel of martyr John the Soldier on the banks of the Fontanka River. The architectural look of the Izmaylovsky Regiment military town was finally completed in 1835 after the construction of the new Trinity Cathedral (Troitsky sobor) under the project of V. Stasov. The wooden church was dismantled and a new stone cathedral was erected in its place, which became one of the dominant features of the city. Walls of the Trinity Cathedral (Troitsky sobor) and its blue dome are visible from many squares and streets of St. Petersburg.
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