Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge in St. Petersburg's by basia

Saint Petersburg - Russia, Sankt-Peterburg View from Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge on the Great Neva. The Blagoveshchensky (Annunciation) Bridge from 1855 to 1918 Nikolaevsky Bridge, from 1918 to 2007 called Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge, is the first permanent bridge built across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It connects Vasilievsky Island and the central part of the city (Admiralteysky Island). The bridge's length is 331 meters and the width was 24 meters. The original name of the bridge was Nevsky Bridge. It was later renamed Blagoveshchensky Bridge. After the death of Tsar Nicholas I, it was named Nikolaevsky Bridge in his honor, and in 1918 it received the name Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge.

Uploaded: Feb, 22 2013 | Taken: Jul, 08 2012| Viewed: 11 times  | 1 vote Camera: NIKON CORPORATION | Model: NIKON 1 J1 | Exposure 10/4000s, ISO 100 | FLength: 30mm | SW: QuickTime 7.7.1

pesu - Feb, 22 2013 09:02am Basia, do you know why it is called Lieutenant Schmidt?? basia - Feb, 22 2013 10:02am Bridge Leytenanta Shmidta . Built between 1842 and 1850 by Polish engineer Kierbiedz Stanislaus, this was the first stationary bridge to connect Vasilievsky Island with the left bank of the Neva; it was renamed in honor of the naval officer who was a leader of the Black Sea Fleet mutiny during the 1905-07 Revolution. It has been renamed Blagoveschensky Bridge but it is still mainly known by its old name.