Rabbit Island
| Rabbit Island | ||
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| Waters | Neva | |
| Geographical location | 59 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 18 ′ 56 ″ E | |
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| length | 860 m | |
| width | 430 m | |
| Highest elevation | 9 m | |
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The Rabbit Island ( Russian остров Заячий , as Sajatschi Island known) is a single island in the Neva River in Saint Petersburg , Russia . The Kronwerk Trench separates it from the Petrograd Island to the north and is connected to it by two bridges, the Kronwerkski and Joannowski Bridge , the oldest bridge in Saint Petersburg.
history
The Rabbit Island was mostly swampy, unpopulated and insignificant until 1703, when Peter I began to build the Peter and Paul Fortress on it, for which he himself laid the foundation stone. Until the late 19th century there were three canals within the fortress, dividing the island into four parts. The canals were filled in in the late 19th century. The island provides picturesque views of the city's historic center and the Neva.
During the Red Terror , the island was the scene of massacres of enemies of the state. The remains of the victims were recently discovered while building a road to an underground car park in a mass grave. Some estimate that the number of victims buried on the island runs into the thousands. The human rights organization Memorial is currently trying to convince the authorities that the graves there should be archaeologically examined.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Zayachy Island in the online encyclopedia Saint Petersburg (English, Russian ), accessed on June 19, 2009
- ↑ Hermann Boskoschny (ed.): Russia. Country and people. Amongst German and Slavic scholars and writers . 1882, p. 4th f . ( online ).
- ↑ Noémie Elhadad: Saint Petersburg (TXT) 3. May 2003. Accessed June 19 of 2009.
- ↑ Ayano Hodouchi: Fantasy Island. (No longer available online.) In: Moscow News . June 10, 2009, archived from the original on September 24, 2009 ; accessed on May 31, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b A national museum to the victims of Stalinist repression: words not deeds? , opendemocracy.net
