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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yelagin Island | 1 |
Statements (46)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yelagin Island