Boris Yeltsin Street

56°50′40″N 60°35′25″E

Boris Yeltsin Street
Native nameулица Бориса Ельцина (Russian)
Length0.84 km (0.52 mi)
LocationSverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
Yekaterinburg
Verkh-Isetsky District
Downtown
Nearest metro stationPloshchad 1905 Goda
Dinamo

Boris Yeltsin Street (Russian: Улица Бориса Ельцина, IPA: [ˈulʲɪt͡sə bɐˈrisə ˈjelʲtsɨnə]) is a street in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

History

The street historically developed in the 1740s as one of the streets of Ssylnaya Sloboda ("settlement of the exiled"), emerging outside Zeley Gates of Yekaterinburg Fortress. Street direction reflected the line of the south side of the Yekaterinburg City Pond.[1] On the city plan of 1810 it was marked as Ordinarnaya (Ordinary) Street, on the city plan of 1845 — Fetisovskaya (Fetisov).

Until 1845, Fetisovskaya street was quite developed, consisting of two long quarters. The street started from Metlinskaya (Metlin) Street (beginning of modern 8 Marta (8 March) Street) and approached Severnaya (North) Street. In 1919, the street was renamed Devyatogo Yanvarya (9 January) Street to commemorate the events of 9 January 1905 in Saint Petersburg.[1]

On 8 April 2008, the street was renamed after the first president of Russia Yeltsin.[2][3] On 1 February 2011, the Boris Yeltsin Monument was opened on the street near Demidov-Plaza business center.[4]

Notable locations

See also

References
  1. Street of Boris Yeltsin (in Russian) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Museum of History of Yekaterinburg
  2. "Одна из улиц Екатеринбурга названа в честь Бориса Ельцина" [One of the streets of Yekaterinburg is named after Boris Yeltsin (video)]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  3. "On renaming 9 Yanvaria Street into Street of Boris Yeltsin in Verkh-Iset District of Yekaterinburg City, Decree №1461 of the mayor of Yekaterinburg from April 18, 2008" (in Russian). docs.cntd.ru. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. "В Екатеринбурге открыт памятник Ельцину — Викиновости" [Yeltsin monument was opened in Yekaterinburg]. ru.wikinews.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2019-12-07.

Sources
  • Зорина, Л. И. (Zorina L.I.), & Слукин, В. М. (Slukin V.M.) (2005). Улицы и площади старого Екатеринбурга (Streets and squares of old Yekaterinburg). Yekaterinburg, Russia: Basko.
  • Рабинович, Р. И. (Rabinovich R.I.), & Шерстобитов, С. Л. (Shestobritov S.L.) (1965). Улицы Свердловска (Streets of Sverdlovsk) (2nd ed.). Sverdlovsk, USSR: Mid-Ural Books Publishing. http://www.1723.ru/read/books/sverdlovsk-1965.htm
  • Худякова, М. Ф. (Khudiakova M.F.) (2003). Улицы Екатеринбурга (Streets of Yekaterinburg). Yekaterinburg, Russia: Mid-Ural Books Publishing.
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