Dekabristov Island
Dekabristov Island, known prior to 1926 as Goloday Island is an island in Vasileostrovsky District of Saint Petersburg, Russia, to the north of Vasilyevsky Island, separated from it by Smolenka River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Alexey Komarov, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Russia
- Also known as: “Decembrists‘ Island”, “Golodai Island”, “Goloday”, “Leningrad-Dekabristow”, and “Ostrov Goloday”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vasilievsky Island and Dekabristov Garden.
Vasilievsky Island
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vasilievsky Island is an island in Saint Petersburg situated between the Bolshaya Neva and the Malaya Neva, two main distributaries of the river. The population of the district, including the adjacent to Dekabristov Island, separated by the Smolenka river, and smaller islets, is approximately 215,000 people.
Обелиск казнённым декабристам
Memorial
Photo: Алексей Решетников, CC BY 3.0.
Обелиск казнённым декабристам is a memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Petrograd Side and Peter and Paul Fortress.
Petrograd Side
Photo: Мария.Б., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Petrograd Side is a borough in Saint Petersburg 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.
Peter and Paul Fortress
Neighborhood
Photo: Godot13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740 as a star fortress. Peter and Paul Fortress is situated 4½ km east of Dekabristov Island.
Lakhta
Suburb
Lakhta is a historical area in Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated west of Lake Lakhta. It was formerly owned by Peter the Great, Count Grigory Orlov, and Count Stenbock-Fermor. Lakhta is situated 6 km northwest of Dekabristov Island.
Dekabristov Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Dekabristov Island” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Dekabriste-eiland”
- Afrikaans: “Dekabristof-eiland”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Дзекабрыстаў”
- Catalan: “illa Dekabrístov”
- Cebuano: “Ostrov Dekabristov”
- Czech: “ostrov Děkabristů”
- Czech: “Ostrov Děkabristů”
- Dutch: “Ostrov Dekabristov”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Dekabristov”
- Estonian: “Dekabristide saar”
- Estonian: “Galladai saar”
- Estonian: “Golodai saar”
- Finnish: “Alaissaari”
- French: “île des Décembristes”
- French: “Île des Décembristes”
- Georgian: “დეკაბრისტთა კუნძული”
- German: “Dekabristeninsel”
- Italian: “isola dei Decabristi”
- Italian: “Isola dei Decabristi”
- Japanese: “デカブリストフ島”
- Latin: “Insula Decembristarum”
- Persian: “جزیره دکابریستوف”
- Russian: “Галладай”
- Russian: “Голодай”
- Russian: “Остров Голодай”
- Russian: “Остров Декабристов”
- Slovenian: “Otok dekabristov”
- Slovenian: “otok Golodaj”
- Turkish: “Aralıkçılar Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Декабристів”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vasyl’evsky Ostrov and Krestovsky Ostrov.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Smolenka and Little Neva.
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