Nevsky Prospect

Nevsky Prospect

Clockwise from top: Kazan Cathedral, Eliseyev Emporium, Grand Hotel Europe, Stroganov Palace, Anichkov Bridge, Singer House
Native name	Не́вский проспе́кт (Russian)
Former name(s)	25 October Prospect
Location	St. Petersburg
Coordinates	59°55′54″N 30°21′10″E / 59.9318°N 30.3528°E / 59.9318; 30.3528

Nevsky Prospect (Russian: Не́вский проспе́кт, tr. Nevsky Prospekt, IPA: [ˈnʲɛfskʲɪj prɐˈspʲɛkt]) is a main street (high street) located in the federal city of St. Petersburg in Russia. Its name comes from the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, the monastery which stands at the eastern end of the street, and which commemorates the Russian hero Prince Saint Alexander Nevsky (1221–1263). Following his founding of Saint Petersburg in 1703, Tsar Peter I planned the course of the street as the beginning of the road to Novgorod and Moscow. The avenue runs from the Admiralty in the west to the Moscow Railway Station and, after veering slightly southwards at Vosstaniya Square, to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.