Volkovo and Kupchino are districts in the southern part of St. Petersburg, located south of the Obvodny Canal, from the west their territory is bounded by the Vitebsk railway, from the east by the Moscow railway, in the extreme south by the Ring Road. The boundaries of the regions approximately coincide with the boundaries of the Frunzensky administrative region.
Volkova Village appeared at the beginning of the 18th century. shortly after the founding of Petersburg. It was assigned to the Alexander Nevsky Monastery and was located in the area of \u200b\u200bthe current Volkovsky Prospekt. In 1756, not far from the village, the city Volkovskoye cemetery was organized. In the middle of the XIX century. with the growth of the city, industrial and residential buildings stepped over the Obvodny Canal, and along Ligovsky Prospekt between Borovaya and Dnepropetrovsk streets a residential area was formed, in which pre-revolutionary buildings have been partially preserved to this day. But the area was poor, so there are few interesting buildings. To the south, in the area of station 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) of the Volkovskaya line, there is an extensive strip of industrial zones and cemeteries with small inclusions of low-rise Soviet buildings. It is here that the only important attraction of the entire region is located - the necropolis Literatorskie mostki.
Kupchino is mentioned in documents from the beginning of the 17th century. like a village of several yards. After the founding of St. Petersburg, the village grew, in the middle of the 19th century. There are about 300 inhabitants here. Kupchino was located south of the intersection of the current Alpiysky Lane and Belgrade Street and occupied a small area of the current vast area, there were several other villages in the rest of the territory. Before the war, there was still countryside here - villages, small towns near railway stations and the cemetery of Memory of January 9th. In the 1960s, the construction of a gigantic area of new buildings began - the villages were demolished, a network of streets was laid. The new streets of Kupchino were named after geographical names and names of leaders of the then socialist countries of Eastern Europe - Sofia, Prague, Danube Avenue, Hasek, Bela Kun and others. In the sixties, a plot was built up along Slavy Avenue at the intersection with Budapeshtskaya, at first with five-story Khrushchev buildings. In subsequent years, the buildings became more high-rise, mainly mass-produced houses were built. In the post-Soviet period, building continued, both with panel houses and on individual projects. The last large lots were developed in the 2010s. For many decades, the Kupchino area suffered from poor transport accessibility, there was no metro within walking distance from residential areas (except for the area near the Kupchino metro station). For this reason, the area was considered non-prestigious and partly criminal. But in 2019, the purple metro line was finally completed, and life sparkled with new colors - the area is quite pleasant for living, there is a metro, roads, schools, shops, greenery in old courtyards. The prestige moved to Shushary and other districts beyond the Ring Road.
Volkovo and Kupchino are huge, but not the most interesting areas of
St. Petersburg. Volkovo is important for tourists primarily as a
cemetery of celebrities from history and literature textbooks. Kupchino
is an archetypal sleeping area, however, it also has several objects of
interest to tourists who find themselves here. The best way to get to
know them is
Volkovo - arrive at 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya)
Volkovskaya line, inspect the cemeteries and through the corner of old
St. Petersburg around Ligovsky Prospekt reach 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Obvodny Canal line.
Kupchino - to visit
Kupchino, it is best to come to 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Prospekt
Slavy line and walk through the Internationalist Park and the streets to
the west of it - Alpiyskiy Lane, Budapestskaya, Slavy Prospekt. On this
section of Kupchino, the development is as diverse as possible - from
Khrushchev to high-rise buildings of the 2010s.
Metro
The axis of the district is the purple metro line, on which
the stations 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line Obvodny Canal, 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Volkovskaya line, 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya)
line Bukharestskaya, 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line International, 5
( Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line Prospekt Slavy and 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Danube line. In the extreme south-west of the
district there is the station of the same name 2
(Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya) of the Kupchino line. It is easier to get to
the Cemetery on January 9th in the southeast from 3
(Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya) Obukhovo line.
1 Intercession Church on Borovaya (Church of the Intercession of the
Most Holy Theotokos) , Borovaya st. 52, building 1 ( 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Obvodny Canal line). 09:00–19:00. The
Russian-style church built in the 1890s, stood in ruins until the 2010s,
reconstructed. The interior includes the upper and lower temples; the
pre-revolutionary decoration has not been preserved.
2 DK railway
workers (Panina's People's House), Tambovskaya st. 63 ( 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Obvodny Canal line). The People's House (a
pre-revolutionary public cultural and educational institution, the
prototype of Soviet houses of culture) was built at the expense of the
philanthropist Countess Panina in 1900-1903. (architect Yu.Yu. Benois).
The Art Nouveau building is in good condition, it is used for its
intended purpose (the Panina Theater is based here, there are private
performances).
The cemetery in this area appeared in the middle of the 18th century,
the place was chosen due to its relative proximity to the city, but at
that time outside it. Over time, separate sites for non-Orthodox burials
were organized. In its present state, the cemetery complex consists of
three parts, each with a separate entrance -
3 Volkovskoye
Orthodox Cemetery, Rasstanny Proyezd 3. On this site there are burials
of famous people and memorials from the blockade, but objectively this
is an ordinary old city cemetery.
4 Job's Church (Church of the
Holy Righteous and Long-suffering Job, Kryukovskaya Church),
Kamchatskaya st. 6A. The well-preserved temple was built in 1885-1887.
with funds donated by the family of the merchant Kryukov, it was
originally used as a family burial vault. The architecture of the church
in the Russian-Byzantine style resembles the exemplary, "typical"
designs of churches created by Konstantin Ton. Ton's grave is located in
the same cemetery.
5 Literary bridges (Necropolis "Literary
bridges"), Rasstannaya st. 30. May–Sep 11:00–19:00, Oct–Apr 11:00–17:00.
For free. Plot of the Orthodox part of the cemetery, where in the XIX
century. a tradition has developed to bury writers and other cultural
figures. In 1935, a department of the Museum of Urban Sculpture was set
up here, including the transfer of burials from other closed cemeteries.
On Literatorsky Mostki, a complex of several hundred graves of very
famous people (Mendeleev, Turgenev, you can list endlessly) turned out.
Many monuments have a high artistic value.
6 Resurrection Church
on Literary Bridges (Church of the Resurrection of the Word on Literary
Bridges), Rasstannaya st. 30. 10:00–17:00. The church in the style of
classicism was built in 1785, it was closed in Soviet times, so the
interior was not preserved, it was restored.
7 Volkovskoye
Lutheran Cemetery, Volkovki nab. 1. The name of this site is not quite
accurate. In this part of the cemetery, before the revolution, there
were various heterodox burials - in addition to Lutheran, also Old
Believer and Jewish. Some sections fell into disrepair, military graves
from the blockade times appeared. Interesting tombstones of the 19th
century. survived, but few.
How to get to the cemeteries - From
5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line Volkovskaya about 500 m along Volkovsky
Prospect, to the left across the bridge - the entrance to Volkovskoye
Orthodox. Having visited it and leaving through the main entrance on the
other side, we find ourselves at the entrance to the Literary bridges.
After Literatorsky, walk another 600 m across the Old Believer bridge to
the entrance to Lutheran.
8 Park of Internationalists 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Prospekt
Slavy line is located on the edge of the park). A good city park -
ponds, good playgrounds, a couple of interesting monuments (to Afghan
soldiers and special forces soldiers).
9 St. George Church
(Church in the name of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious),
Glory ave. 45. 09:00–19:00. Located in the western part of the
Internationalist Park, built in 2003, it looks like the famous Church of
the Ascension in Kolomenskoye.
10 Cemetery of the Memory of the
Victims of January 9th, Aleksandrovskaya Fermy pr. 16 (on foot about 1
km from 3 (Nevsko-Vasileostrovskaya) line Obukhovo, bus 53, 157 from 2
(Moskovsko-Petrogradskaya) Kupchino line). 09:00–18:00. The
Transfiguration Cemetery was founded in 1872. The location, which is
very far from the center, was chosen because of its proximity to the
railway station. Near the Moscow railway station there was a special
platform from where the cemetery train ran. Due to the remoteness, the
poor and the military were mostly buried in the cemetery. In 1905, 88
victims of the dispersal of demonstrations on Bloody Sunday were buried
here in a mass grave; after the revolution, the cemetery was renamed in
memory of these events. On the territory there are sites with mass
graves of soldiers and residents of Leningrad who died during the
blockade.
Monument to the Victims of January 9th. A majestic
monument to those who died in the events of Bloody Sunday by the
sculptor Manizer (1931). Near the memorial there is one of the pillboxes
of the Izhora defensive line.
11 Intercession Old Believer Church
(Old Believer Church of the Intercession of the Mother of God) ,
Alexandrovskaya Fermy pr. 20. Sat 15:00–20:00, Sun 07:30–12:00. A small
Russian-style church at the cemetery was built in 1896, was abandoned
during the Soviet era and later transferred to the community of Old
Believers. Only two services a week.
MazaPark (Inside the shopping center "Continent" on Bukharestskaya).
Mon–Fri 12:00–06:00, Sat–Sun 10:00–06:00. From 900₽ to 1500₽ depending
on the day of the week, time of visit, age. A large indoor amusement
park (2 floors, 14,000 sq m) is open almost around the clock. A large
and varied selection - billiards, bowling, dozens of slot machines,
laser tag and so on. Almost everything is included in the ticket price,
you have fun until you get bored. There is a bar on site, prices are
slightly above average.
Exopark, Fuchika st. 2 (Inside the shopping
center "RIO"). 10:00–22:00. 500₽, children 300₽. Quite a large park of
exotic animals. There are monkeys, fish, birds and other animals, about
50 species in total.
Energy of height, Sofiyskaya st. 14 (bus 12, 91;
trol. 35 from 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) International line (2 stops)
or 2 km on foot). 10:00–22:00. Indoor rope park (12 runs) and a climbing
wall in a former industrial building.
There are at least five large shopping centers in the area, only two
of them are mentioned below, where interesting entertainment facilities
are located.
1 Shopping center "Continent" ("Continent" on
Bucharestskaya), Bucharestskaya st. 30. 10:00–22:00. Convenient location
above station 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line Bukharestskaya, 4 floors
- shops, cinema, skating rink, food court, MazaPark.
2 Shopping
center "RIO" (Shopping and entertainment center "RIO"), Fuchika st. 2
(About 1.5 km walk from 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line Bukharestskaya,
free bus from 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) International line every 7
minutes). 10:00–22:00. "RIO" is far from the metro, but has a large
parking lot. In addition to shops, a food court and a cinema, the
complex has an ice rink, a large sports bar with bowling and billiards,
as well as an Exoopark.
There are many restaurants and cafes in the area, in shopping centers
and separately. The following locations are close to attractions.
1 Galata, Ligovsky pr. 162 (5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Obvodny Canal
line). 10:00–22:00. Turkish cuisine, prices are above average.
2 Koza Dereza, Slavy pr. 43 ( 5 (Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line Prospekt
Slavy). 12:00–23:00. Gastropub with international cuisine, expensive.
There are not as many nightlife establishments as in the center - the
area is still a sleeping area, but there are options.
1 Vse
Horosho (Club restaurant Vse Horosho), Bukharestskaya st. 31 ( 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) line International). Sun–Thu 11:00–02:00,
Fri–Sat 11:00–06:00. International restaurant with music after 22:00,
Friday and Saturday open all night in a club format. Prices are average.
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2 Fireball, Alpiyskiy per. 30 ( 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Prospekt Slavy line). Wed–Sun 21:00–06:00. Bar
with disco, karaoke and billiards. The prices are acceptable.
In the area there is a large selection of apartments and mini-hotels
in residential buildings, there is only one large modern hotel.
1
Valo Hotel City (Valo Plaza), Salova st. 61 (opposite 5
(Frunzensko-Primorskaya) Bukharestskaya line). ☎ +7 (812) 4160338. A
large complex of apart-hotels. Breakfast, parking, fitness center,
swimming pool