Sennaya Square

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Sennaya Square is a historic public square in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, long known as a bustling commercial hub and a setting in several of Dostoevsky’s works.

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Label Occurrences
Sennaya Square canonical 10
Sennaya Ploshchad 2
Ploshchad Sverdlova 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic site
public square
urban square
country Russia
culturalSignificance important setting in Russian literature
symbol of 19th-century Petersburg lower-class life
etymology named after hay ("seno" in Russian) sold there
hasCity St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasContinent Europe
hasCoordinateLatitude 59.928
hasCoordinateLongitude 30.318
hasFunction public gathering place
shopping area
hasLandmarkNearby Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Sennaya) (historical)
hasNearbyDistrict Admiralteysky District of Saint Petersburg
surface form: Admiralteysky District (bordering area)
hasNearbyWatercourse Fontanka River
Griboyedov Canal
hasPublicTransportConnection Sadovaya metro station
Sennaya Ploshchad metro station
Spasskaya metro station
hasRegion Northwestern Federal District
hasStreetCrossing Gorokhovaya Street
Moskovsky Prospekt
Sadovaya Street
historicalName Sennaya Square self-linksurface differs
surface form: Sennaya Ploshchad
inception 18th century
knownFor appearance in literature
bustling commercial activity
marketplace
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg
surface form: Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg

central Saint Petersburg
locatedInTimeZone Moscow Time
notableAuthorAssociated Fyodor Dostoevsky
notableWorkFeaturedIn Crime and Punishment
The Idiot
other works by Fyodor Dostoevsky
originalFunction hay market
livestock market
partOf historic center of Saint Petersburg
touristAttraction yes
urbanRole commercial center
transport hub

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Ploshchad Revolyutsii formerName Sennaya Square
this entity surface form: Ploshchad Sverdlova
Sadovaya Street connectsTo Sennaya Square
Sadovaya Street adjacentTo Sennaya Square
Gorokhovaya Street locatedNear Sennaya Square
Sennaya Square historicalName Sennaya Square self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Sennaya Ploshchad
Sennaya Ploshchad metro station hasRussianName Sennaya Square
this entity surface form: «Сенная площадь»
Sennoy Bridge locatedNear Sennaya Square
Sennoy Bridge namedAfter Sennaya Square
Spasskaya metro station connectsWithStation Sennaya Square
subject surface form: Spasskaya
this entity surface form: Sennaya Ploshchad
Sadovaya metro station hasEntranceFrom Sennaya Square
Sadovaya metro station isLocatedUnder Sennaya Square
this entity surface form: Sennaya Square area