NEVSKY PROSPEKT, Introduction

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: Nevsky Prospekt.

Nevsky Prospekt is the main thoroughfare of St. Petersburg, built on the orders of Peter the Great to connect the city to Novgorod and later to Moscow. It is named after the Russian prince Alexander Nevsky, a national hero who lived between 1221 and 1263.

Nevsky Prospekt is 4.5 kilometers long, starting out from the Admiralty in Palace Square, crossing the Moyka, Fontanka and Neva rivers to the railway station and ending at the Alexander Nevsky Monastery....