Promenade des Anglais is named after the merchants of this country living in this place. Just changed my whole it is about 22 names. The first buildings here began to appear as early as 1710, but they were very poor because the infrastructure was not yet well developed, but in 1714 in order to improve the appearance of the waterfront, Peter I gave this land to wealthy citizens, so that they built by appropriate to their status building. And the merchants of England began to live in this area, because the countries have agreed among themselves on neoblozhenii taxes traders and our compatriots began to take them home. But by the early 19th century the British here is almost gone, and the house occupied by such famous personalities like Osterman-Tolstoy, Laval and Rumyantsev. During the Soviet era promenade renamed Krasnoflotskaya, but the visit of Queen Elizabeth II, she returned to the historical name.