Sennaya square

Sennaya square Sennaya-old trade area, which got its name from the hay and firewood to sell here in abundance.
Due to the low cost of housing and proximity to the center flocked here all the poor and crime of the city, it also carried out a public punishment of runaway serfs and criminals. It is this area of ​​Dostoevsky chose the isolation of the place of his famous novel ‘Crime and Punishment’. The most significant architectural monument, located on the square, Church of the Assumption, was blown up in 1961 and has not yet been restored; therefore the oldest building, preserved to this day, has become detached guardhouse, which served as lodging for the night for all sorts of criminals. With the arrival of the communists all temporary buildings were demolished, the area is landscaped and paved, later appeared stanitsas metro ‘Square of Peace’ ‘, better known today as the’ ‘Hay’. Currently, work is underway, designed to restore the historical appearance of the area.

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