Zayachy Island

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Zayachy Island is a small island in the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia, best known as the historic site where the city was founded and where the Peter and Paul Fortress stands.

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Yelagin Island 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
island
adjacentTo Kronverk Strait
surface form: Kronverksky Strait

Neva River
surface form: Neva River main channel

Petrovskaya Embankment
cityFoundationDate 1703
cityFoundedOn St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
country Russia
crossedBy Ioannovsky Bridge
Kronverksky Bridge
currentUse museum complex
tourist attraction
foundedAsCitySiteBy Peter the Great
governedBy Government of Saint Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg city administration
hasCoordinateRegion Gulf of Finland
surface form: Gulf of Finland basin
hasEvent daily noon cannon shot from Naryshkin Bastion
hasFunction symbolic burial place of Russian emperors (Peter and Paul Cathedral)
hasLandmark Commandant’s House
Ioannovsky Bridge
Peter and Paul Fortress
surface form: Ioannovsky Ravelin

Kronverk Strait embankments
Mint of Saint Petersburg (historical)
Peter and Paul Fortress
surface form: Naryshkin Bastion

Peter and Paul Cathedral
Peter and Paul Fortress
Trubetskoy Bastion Prison
hasNameMeaning Hare Island NERFINISHED
hasStructure bastion fortifications
hasViewOf Palace Embankment
Troitsky Bridge
Winter Palace
heritageStatus part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments"
historicalSignificance site of the founding of Saint Petersburg
historicalUse military fortress site
political prison site
locatedIn European Russia
Neva River
Northwestern Federal District
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
locatedInWaterBody Neva River
nativeName Заячий остров
nativeNameLanguage Russian
partOf Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg
surface form: Central historical district of Saint Petersburg

historic center of Saint Petersburg
region Leningrad Oblast
surface form: Leningrad Oblast (historical region context)
tourismType cultural tourism

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Bolshaya Nevka adjacentTo Zayachy Island
this entity surface form: Yelagin Island
Ioannovsky Bridge connects Zayachy Island
Commandant’s House locatedOn Zayachy Island
Ioannovsky Gate locatedOn Zayachy Island
Mint Building locatedOn Zayachy Island
Peter and Paul Fortress locatedOn Zayachy Island
Nevsky Gate near Zayachy Island