Елагин остров | |
|---|---|
 Yelagin Island, aerial view | |
  Yelagin Island Location in the Russian Federation | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gulf of Finland |
| Coordinates | 59°58′46″N 30°15′37″E / 59.97944°N 30.26028°E |
| Archipelago | The Islands (historical area in Saint Petersburg, Russia) |
| Area | 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi) |
| Length | 2.1 km (1.3 mi) |
| Width | 0.8 km (0.5 mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 18 m (59 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Region | Saint Petersburg |
Yelagin Island
Yelagin Island (Central Saint Petersburg)
Yelagin Island
Yelagin Island (Russian: Елагин остров) is a park island at the mouth of the Neva River which is part of St. Petersburg, Russia. Yelagin Island is home to the Yelagin Palace but has a few other buildings as well. A former suburban estate of 18 century Russian nobles and later of a dowager Empress Maria, widow of Paul I of Russia, it has been serving since after the revolutions of 1917 as a city public park, officially Central Park of Culture and Rest named after Sergey Kirov, the famous Bolshevik city leader of early 1930s who supervised development of the city.