Zayachy Island was for the most part swampy, uninhabited, and unremarkable until 1703, when Peter the Great began the construction of the Peter and Paul fortress there, himself laying the foundation stones. [3] Until the late 19th century, there were three canals inside the fortress, dividing the island into four parts. The canals were filled up by the late 19th century.[2] The island is described as offering picturesque views of central St Petersburg (including the Winter Palace and Vasilyevsky Island) across the Neva River.[4]
During the Red Terror, the island was the site of massacres of enemies of the state. Bodies were discovered during the recent building of a road linking a car park. Some estimates put the number of buried in the hundreds and potentially in the thousands.[5] Human rights charity Memorial tried to convince the authorities to investigate the graves properly.[5]
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^"Peter-Paul Fortress | fortress, Saint Petersburg, Russia".
^ abBondarchuk, E. A.; Yudin, P. Y. "Hare Island". Saint Peterburg Encyclopaedia. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
hare, island, saint, petersburg, other, uses, rabbit, island, disambiguation, zayachy, island, russian, Заячий, остров, literally, hare, island, island, neva, river, petersburg, russia, separated, kronverksky, strait, from, petrogradsky, island, north, which, . For other uses see Rabbit Island disambiguation Zayachy Island 1 Russian Zayachij ostrov literally Hare Island is an island in the Neva River in St Petersburg Russia It is separated by the Kronverksky Strait from Petrogradsky Island to the north to which it is connected by the Kronverksky and Ioannovsky bridges 2 Zayachy IslandAerial view of Zayachy island and the Peter and Paul Fortress History editZayachy Island was for the most part swampy uninhabited and unremarkable until 1703 when Peter the Great began the construction of the Peter and Paul fortress there himself laying the foundation stones 3 Until the late 19th century there were three canals inside the fortress dividing the island into four parts The canals were filled up by the late 19th century 2 The island is described as offering picturesque views of central St Petersburg including the Winter Palace and Vasilyevsky Island across the Neva River 4 Zayachy Island is the site of Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral where many members of the House of Romanov are buried On July 17 1998 the remains of Czar Nicholas II and his family were buried there eighty years to the day after they were murdered by the Bolsheviks Massacres edit During the Red Terror the island was the site of massacres of enemies of the state Bodies were discovered during the recent building of a road linking a car park Some estimates put the number of buried in the hundreds and potentially in the thousands 5 Human rights charity Memorial tried to convince the authorities to investigate the graves properly 5 References edit Peter Paul Fortress fortress Saint Petersburg Russia a b Bondarchuk E A Yudin P Y Hare Island Saint Peterburg Encyclopaedia Retrieved 2009 06 19 Elhadad Noemie 2003 05 03 Saint Petersburg TXT Retrieved 2009 06 19 Hodouchi Ayano 2009 06 10 Fantasy Island Moscow News Archived from the original on 2009 09 24 Retrieved 2009 06 19 a b A national museum to the victims of Stalinist repression words not deeds Archived 2018 06 23 at the Wayback Machine opendemocracy net 59 57 00 N 30 18 54 E 59 950 N 30 315 E 59 950 30 315 nbsp This Saint Petersburg location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hare Island Saint Petersburg amp oldid 1171097232, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
