Great Nevka
The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka is an arm of the Neva that begins about 1 kilometre below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: M-i-k-e-v, Public domain.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Also known as: “Bol’shaya Nevka”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yelagin Palace and Staraya Derevnya.
Yelagin Palace
Public building
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yelagin Palace is a Palladian villa on Yelagin Island in Saint Petersburg, 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.
Staraya Derevnya
Metro station
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Staraya Derevnya is a station on the Frunzensko-Primorskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on January 14, 1999.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ozero Dolgoe and Komendantsky Aerodrom.
Ozero Dolgoe
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ozero Dolgoe is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km north of Great Nevka.
Komendantsky Aerodrom
Suburb
Photo: Dinamik, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Komendantsky Aerodrom is a suburb, which is situated 4 km northeast of Great Nevka.
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 4 km west of Great Nevka.
Great Nevka
- Categories: river and body of water
- 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 Welsh—“Great Nevka” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groot-Nefkarivier”
- Belarusian: “Вялікая Неўка”
- Catalan: “Bolxaia Nevka”
- Cebuano: “Bol’shaya Nevka”
- Chuvash: “Мăн Невка”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نيفكا العظمى”
- Finnish: “Bolšaja Nevka”
- Finnish: “Suuri Nevka”
- French: “Grande Nevka”
- Georgian: “დიდი ნევკა”
- Irish: “Abhainn Bolshaya Nevka”
- Japanese: “大ネフカ川”
- Latin: “Nevula Maior”
- Persian: “بولشایا نوکا”
- Russian: “Большая Невка”
- Slovenian: “Bolšaja Nevka”
- Slovenian: “Velika Nevka”
- Ukrainian: “Велика Невка”
- Welsh: “Afon Bolshaya Nevka”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Staraya Derevnya and Elagin ovstov.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ostrov Bychiy and Yelaginskiy Farvater.
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