NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast
Saint Petersburg

Krestovsky Island

Krestovsky Island is a 3.4 km2 island in , , between several tributaries of the Neva: the Srednyaya Nevka, the Malaya Nevka and the Krestovka.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Krestovskiy ostrov and Yelagin Palace.

Metro station
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Krestovsky Ostrov is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on September 3, 1999. It should have been opened earlier but the opening was postponed due to delays in the construction of the station lobby.

Public building
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is a Palladian villa on in , which served as a royal summer palace during the reign of Alexander I. The villa was designed for Alexander's mother, Maria Fyodorovna, by the architect Carlo Rossi.

Theater building
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The is a wooden theatre on the grounds of the Kamennoostrovsky Palace, Kamenny Island, , . It is the only surviving wooden theatre in , and one of the few remaining in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Peter and Paul Fortress.

Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a borough in consisting of the islands of the northern part of the Neva delta. Mostly residential, it is also home to several smaller universities, stadiums of FC Zenit and the tallest structure of the city, a 326-m-high TV tower.

Neighborhood
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The is the original citadel of , Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. is situated 3½ km southeast of Krestovsky Island.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 4 km north of Krestovsky Island.

Krestovsky Island

Latitude
59.97° or 59° 58′ 12″ north
Longitude
30.26339° or 30° 15′ 48″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
9GFGX797+X9
Geo­Names ID
541130
Wiki­data ID
Q2445053
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Krestovsky Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Krestofski-eiland”
  • Armenian: “Կրեստովսկի կղզի (Սանկտ Պետերբուրգ)”
  • Armenian: “Կրեստովսկի կղզի”
  • Belarusian: “Крастоўскі востраў”
  • Catalan: “ostrov Krestovskij”
  • Cebuano: “Krestovski Island”
  • Cebuano: “Krestovskiy Ostrov”
  • Cebuano: “Ostrov Krestovskiy”
  • Chinese: “十字架島”
  • Dutch: “Krestovskiy ostrov”
  • Finnish: “Krestovski ostrov”
  • Finnish: “Ristisaari”
  • French: “île Krestovski”
  • French: “Île Krestovski”
  • Georgian: “კრესტოვსკის კუნძული (სანქტ-პეტერბურგი)”
  • Georgian: “კრესტოვსკის კუნძული”
  • Italian: “isola Krestovskij”
  • Italian: “Isola Krestovskij”
  • Japanese: “クレストフスキー島”
  • Latin: “Insula Crucis”
  • Polish: “Wyspa Kriestowska”
  • Romanian: “insula Krestovski”
  • Russian: “Крестовский остров”
  • Slovenian: “Krestovski otok”
  • Spanish: “Isla Krestovski”
  • Spanish: “Isla Krestovsky”
  • Tatar: “Крестовский утравы”
  • Turkish: “Krestovski Adası”
  • Turkish: “Krestovskiy Adası”

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