Saint Petersburg/South

The Southern suburbs of St. Petersburg are the area south of the Obvodny Canal. Although unknown to most visitors, the area boasts gorgeous industrial architecture and magnificent Stalinist buildings, together with monotonous and rather ugly Soviet-era apartment blocks. A former industrial borough, it was the place of strikes preceding the revolution of 1917, and the scene of the siege of Leningrad during World War II.

By train
The area is crossed by several commuter lines, most of which, unfortunately, are a little bit away from the tourist attractions. The main value of them, however, is the transport connection with the suburbs.



By metro
It's the best way to get to most places of interest south of the city.


 * Line 1 From [[Image:Spb metro line1.svg|20px]]: "Baltyskaya" (Балтийская) to [[Image:Spb metro line1.svg|20px]]: "Prospekt Veteranov" (Проспект Ветеранов).
 * Line 2 From [[Image:Spb metro line2.svg|20px]]: "Sennaya Ploschad" to [[Image:Spb metro line2.svg|20px]]: "Moscovskaya" (Московская), all stations are quite interesting to explore, but you can select the stations [[Image:Spb metro line2.svg|20px]]: "Moskovskie Vorota" (Московские ворота), near Moscow Triumphal Arch, and "Moscovskaya", near Cesme Church and Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad,  also here you can take a transfer to the Airport. Near to [[Image:Spb metro line2.svg|20px]]: Kupchino (Купчино) could find a Children Railway and transfer to Commuter train Station
 * Line 5 [[Image:Spb metro line5.svg|20px]]: "Obvodny Canal" (Обводный канал) - which is useful to the Saint Petersburg Main bus station (Avtovokzal), [[Image:Spb metro line5.svg|20px]]: "Volkovskaya" (Волковская), [[Image:Spb metro line5.svg|20px]]: "Bucharestskaya" (Бухарестская) and [[Image:Spb metro line5.svg|20px]]: "Mezhdunarodnaya" (Международная) are also interesting in this regard.
 * Line 3 [[Image:Spb metro line3.svg|20px]]: runs along the left bank of the Neva River down to [[Image:Spb metro line3.svg|20px]]: "Rybatskoe" (Рыбацкое). The most interesting, with preserved industrial and working prerevolutionary buildings, are [[Image:Spb metro line3.svg|20px]]: "Elizarovskaya" (Елизаровская) and [[Image:Spb metro line3.svg|20px]]: "Lomonosovskaya" (Ломоносовская). At [[Image:Spb metro line3.svg|20px]]: Rybatskoye (Рыбацкое) and [[Image:Spb metro line3.svg|20px]]: Obukhovo (Обухово) transfer possibilities for commuter train.

World War II memorials

 * The monument to the soldiers of the Third Division of the Frunze militia - Slavi Prospekt, 10-1.
 * Monument to Marshal Georgy Zhukov - Slavi Prospekt, 28.
 * Monument to fallen soldiers - motorists - Dnepropetrovsk street, 18
 * "Pulkovo Line" - 20-km. Pulkovo highway.
 * The monument to the workers - the Great Patriotic War - Moscow highway, 13
 * Memorials on the defensive line - Pulkovo highway, 21 th and 22 th km.
 * The monument to the People's Militia of Leningrad - Letny Prospekt 34-2
 * "Kirov Wave" ("Tank-Liberator") - Stachek Prospekt, 106
 * "Kirov Wave" ("Green Belt of Glory") - Marshal Zhukov Prospekt, 78
 * Monument to the sailors of the Baltic Shipping Company - Land Surveying channel, 5
 * Monument "Blockade tram" - Stachek Prospekt, 108
 * Monument to Marshal Govorov - Stachek Prospekt
 * Monument Kanonertsam - soldiers blockade, workers - Kanonersky Island, 23
 * "Walk of Fame" - Peterhof highway, crossing lane
 * Monument "Brave Defenders of Leningrad" - Peterhof highway, crossing the street Tambasova
 * Monument to the Sailors - Paratroopers - Peterhof highway, 75-2, the territory of the yacht club "Baltiets"

During World War II, on the territory of modern Nevski, Frunze, Moscow, and Kirov districts, there was a powerful line of defense of the southern outskirts of the city, called "fortified area" Izhora. It extended from the banks of the Neva to the coast of the Gulf of Finland in Avtovo. After the War, due to massive residential development in these areas, the line of fortifications was eliminated, leaving only some of the artillery pillboxes and machine-gun bunkers - only about sixty. Some of them are impromptu memorials, others are in a derelict state. The total length of the line corresponds to a line of defense around the modern Slavy Prospekt, Tipanova Street, and Leninsky Prospekt.

Metro stations
There are shopping malls, entertainment or shopping centers in the ground subway stations of the 5th line from the station "Obvodny Canal" to the station "Mezhdunarodnaya."

Metro "Obvodny Canal" - "Ligov" mall.

Metro "Volkovskaya" - "Radius" mall.

Metro "Bucharestskaya" - "Continent" mall.

Metro "Mezhdunarodnaya"(International) - "Mezhdunarodnii" (International) mall.

Eat


Several other options are available in the aforementioned shopping malls adjacent to metro stations.

Sleep