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Dekabristov Island (Russian:остров Декабристов,lit. 'Decembrists Island'), known prior to 1926 asGoloday Island (остров Голодай – possibly a corruption of a British merchant name Halliday; the original name inFinnish:Alaissaari,lit. 'Lower Island'[1]) is an island inVasileostrovsky District ofSaint Petersburg,Russia, to the north ofVasilyevsky Island, separated from it bySmolenka River.[2][3]
The island, originally low-lying and frequently flooded, all the same was traditionally used as theSmolensky Lutheran Cemetery. In theearly Soviet period, the name was changed to Decembrists' Island to commemorate five executed leaders ofDecembrist revolt, who were buried in an unmarked grave on Goloday.
In 1911, a British investment company launched a development project on a 1 square-kilometer lot in western Goloday Island, hiringIvan Fomin andFyodor Lidval to design aNeoclassical middle-classical neighborhood. A small part of this project was completed beforeWorld War I and theRussian Revolution. Eastern and northern sides of the island were heavily industrialized; the western half of the island was built up with aBrezhnev-era high-rise.
Dekabristov Island is connected to Vasilievsky Island to the south with five automobile bridges, and to the tinySerny Island north from it. It is connected to the center of the city throughPrimorskaya station ofSaint Petersburg Metro.
59°57′N30°14′E / 59.950°N 30.233°E /59.950; 30.233
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