Description of the attraction
Petrovsky Park in Kronstadt is a historical monument of the 19th century. The author of the project was the military governor of the city Faddey Faddeevich Bellingshausen, the builder - N. I. Valuev. The object of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation is under state protection. It is located between the Petrovsky dock canal and the Arsenal building, from the pier to Makarovskaya street. The Petrovsky Park is joined by the Winter Wharf, which houses the ships of the Baltic Fleet of the Russian Navy.
In 1752, two main squares of Kronstadt were built - Yakornaya and Arsenalnaya. Arsenalnaya Square was named so because it was located opposite the Arsenal. Parades, exercises, reviews, punishments, etc. were regularly held here.
After Bellingshausen was appointed governor of Kronstadt in 1839, Arsenalnaya Square was gone. And this happened because the admiral did not like the streets covered with mud, the terrible stench coming from all directions. Then Bellingshausen decided to ask for money for the improvement of the city, but was refused. After that, he hired workers at his own expense, who dug gutters. Then the admiral set about greening the city. Bellingshausen picked the seedlings himself. So in the middle of the 19th century, a small garden appeared on the site of the former Arsenalnaya Square. But the governor was still unhappy. He decided to set up a Dutch-style park here, the center of which was to be a monument to Peter the Great. Engineer Valuev became involved in this work.
The model of the monument was purchased from Theodore Jacques in 1839. In 1841 it was cast by Peter Karlovich Klodt. Preserved engravings in which the seven-meter giant is surrounded by small tree sprouts. In the future, the park has grown, and now many trees are taller than the figure of the emperor. In 1961, a sword was stolen from the monument, so it became necessary to cast a new one. In style, it no longer corresponds to the swords that were used in the times of Peter the Great.
After the revolutionary events of 1917, Petrovsky Park was renamed Freedom Park. In 1991, the former name was returned to it.
During the reign of Peter I, the Winter Wharf was created, to the construction of which captured Swedes, serfs and those sentenced to hard labor were involved. And for over a century, everything here has been made of wood.
In 1859, due to the fact that the appearance of the Winter Wharf ceased to correspond to the appearance of a well-groomed park, wooden buildings began to be replaced with stone ones. Also, at the same time, work was carried out to deepen the bottom.
In 1882, the marina acquired its present appearance. The preserved cores from the ship "Emperor Paul I" and cannons remind of the past on the pier. Also, these years include stone vases located along the pier.
After the Great Patriotic War, another monument appeared on the pier - anchors from boats, from which the Peterhof troops landed on October 5, 1941.
All round-the-world voyages made by Russian sailors began precisely from the Kronstadt Winter Wharf.
