Barnaul landmarks

1. Barnaul landmarks

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Demidov Square
Demidov Square (Rus. “ploshchad”) is the
first main square to appear in Barnaul. The
square’s ensemble includes the buildings of
a mining hospital, a mining school, and a
hospice for the smelting plant workers with
the adjoining Church of Saint Dimitry of
Rostov.
At the very center of the square sits a 14meter tall Demidovsky Pillar,
commemorating 100 years of mining in
Altai. The foundation for the monument was
laid in 1825, while the pillar itself was
erected in 1839. Demidovsky Pillar is the
first monument in Russia that was erected
to celebrate human labor.

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Polzunova Street
Polzunova Street (Rus. “ulitsa”) appeared
shortly after Barnaul Silver Smelting Works
was founded in the 1730-1740s. The street
is a reflection of the city’s mining past, as it
was home to Community Hall, tool storage
shop, Kolyvano-Voskresensky Works
Executive Office, Mining Laboratory and the
Main Drafting Office for Altai Mining District.
In the early 20th century, the street became
home to merchant houses, a trading house
and the office of merchant Morozov.

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Nagorny Park
Since 1772, Nagorny Park (lit. “park atop
the mountain”) was the location of Nagorny
Cemetery and the wooden church of John
the Baptist. By the middle of the 19th
century, the church fell into decay and was
replaced by a stone one in 1857, which
remained in use until the 1930s. Between
1956 and 1992, during the Soviet era, the
park was the location of the exhibition of
achievements of national economy
(VDNH). Today, the park that hosts the
church of John the Baptist that was
restored using the historical plans. The park
is the only observation point overlooking
the city and the river Ob. The park’s
pedestrian areas are fully illuminated,
making it a perfect spot for an evening
stroll.

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Lva Tolstogo Street
Documents dated 1757 refer to the street (Rus. “ulitsa”) as
Tobolskaya in the Barnaul Smelting Works Settlement.
The 1793 city map refers to the street as Tobolskaya
Liniya (Rus. for “lane”) – the name taken from the artisans
that moved to Barnaul from the city of Tobolsk. At the time,
it was one of the many merchant streets in Barnaul, with
two-storied houses and shops of the most prominent
merchant families only – the Morozov, the Sukhov, and the
Smirnov. A typical building had a shop on the ground floor
and offices or apartments on the first floor. The street was
last renamed in 1910, after Barnaul residents decided to
call it Lva Tolstogo (after Leo Tolstoy, a Russian writer).