Black River primarily famous because it was here that took place the last duel of the most famous Russian poet. At that time, there was nothing except a few wooden cottages, but many of St. Petersburg used this way if they had to go to Stone Island. Perhaps rivals specifically chose this place that they could interfere with someone, but it unfortunately did not happen. The exact place of the duel has been preserved as they were strictly forbidden and punished; so the only reference during the installation of the monument notes were contemporaries who were also very vague and non-existent already pointed out landmarks. Despite all the love of the poet, his monument installed only on the 50th anniversary of the death, and the money ippodromschikov who were going to build a stadium here skachek.V the early 1930s it was planned construction of vegetable store on the site, but numerous requests column replaced obelisk and set up a small park, which is there to this day.