From Zvezdnaya Metro Station to the Meat Processing Plant: Industrial Heritage
A walk through the south of St. Petersburg: architecture, history and legends of an industrial district
Stories along the route
Звёздная (станция метро) · 0.0 km
You are standing by the exit of the station that in 1972 became the last 'classic' closed-type station in Leningrad.
Свирская улица · 0.4 km
You are standing on Svirskaya Street, and you may have already noticed how the character of the city changes around you.
Крыловский государственный научный центр · 0.7 km
You are standing in front of a building that holds the power and secrets of Russian shipbuilding. This is the Krylov State Research Centre — a place where ideas are born that can conquer the might of the sea.
Быки Демут-Малиновского · 0.9 km
Before you stand two bronze bulls that have seen more than any bridge in Saint Petersburg. They were born in 1827, when the sculptor Demut-Malinovsky created them to adorn the Skotoprigonny Dvor, the great cattle yard on…
Комплекс зданий мясокомбината им. С. М. Кирова · 1.0 km
Перед вами — молчаливый гигант, который когда-то кормил целый город. Эти корпуса на Московском шоссе, 13, — остатки грандиозного эксперимента.
Самсон (мясокомбинат) · 1.0 km
Before you stands not just a building, but a true giant of the industrial era that once fed an entire city. This is Samson, the former Kirov Meat Processing Plant, and even now, when its workshops have fallen silent, you…