NW Russia
Leningrad Oblast
Saint Petersburg

Vosstaniya Square

Vosstaniya Square, before 1918 Znamenskaya Square, is a major square in the Central Business District of , . The square lies at the crossing of Nevsky Prospekt, Ligovsky Prospekt, Vosstaniya Street and Goncharnaya Street, in front of the Moskovsky Rail Terminal, which is the northern terminus of the line connecting the city with .
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Photo: Ivan Smelov, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Leningrad Hero City Obelisk and Moskovsky railway station.

Obelisk
Photo: Ivan Smelov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a monument in the shape of an obelisk located in Vosstaniya Square in , , which was known as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991.

Railway station
Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Petersburg–Moskovsky, is a railway station terminal in , . It is a terminus for the Saint Petersburg–Moscow Railway and other lines running from Central and and Crimea. is situated 410 metres south of Vosstaniya Square.

Metro station
Photo: A.Savin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ploshchad Vosstaniya is a station on the Kirovsko-Vyborgskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro. It is one of the system's original stations, opening on November 15, 1955. is situated 190 metres southwest of Vosstaniya Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Center and Apraksin Dvor.

Photo: Florstein, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The of is the area of main interest to the traveler, home to most attractions of the metropolis. It's bound by the Neva river and the Obvodny Canal, on a set of islands formed by numerous rivers and channels.

Suburb
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
Apraksin Yard is a market and retail block in , , covering 14 hectares. It is currently under a massive long-term renovation project.

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 northwest of Vosstaniya Square.

Vosstaniya Square

Latitude
59.93096° or 59° 55′ 52″ north
Longitude
30.36186° or 30° 21′ 43″ east
Open location code
9GFGW9J6+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 638352776
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q2378841
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Spanish—“Vosstaniya Square” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Паўстання”
  • Chinese: “起義廣場”
  • Dutch: “plosjtsjad Vosstanija”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان فوستانيا”
  • French: “place Vosstaniïa”
  • French: “Place Vosstaniïa”
  • Italian: “Piazza Vosstanija”
  • Japanese: “蜂起広場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vosstanija-plassen”
  • Polish: “Plac Powstania w Petersburgu”
  • Portuguese: “Praça Vosstaniya”
  • Russian: “Знаменская площадь”
  • Russian: “площадь Восстания”
  • Russian: “Площадь Восстания”
  • Russian: “Пло́щадь Восста́ния”
  • Spanish: “Plaza Vosstaniya”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Городское туристско-информационное бюро and Санкт-Петербург 191036.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vosstaniya Square”. Photo: Ivan Smelov, CC BY-SA 3.0.