Teatralnaya Square (Rostov-on-Don)

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Teatralnaya Square
Teatr Gorkogo.jpg
at Teatralnaya Square
Location Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Coordinates 47°08′02″N 39°26′39″E / 47.1339°N 39.4441°E / 47.1339; 39.4441Coordinates: 47°08′02″N 39°26′39″E / 47.1339°N 39.4441°E / 47.1339; 39.4441

Teatralnaya Square or Theatre Square (Russian: Театральная площадь) is the main city square of Rostov-on-Don, situated in .

History[]

In the 19th century on the site of the present-day Teatralnaya Square was a wasteland. It was situated just between Rostov-on-Don and Nakhichevan-on-Don cities.[1]

In the 1920-1930s, this area was called Revolutsionnaya Square. After the construction of , the square changed its name to Teatralnaya.[1]

Architectural appearance of the square had been changing after the construction of the theatre. Earlier, on the north-west side, there were situated the buildings of , constructed in 1890–1894 on the project of Rostov architect Nikolai Sokolov. In 1913 there was also constructed the Administration Building of the Vladikavkaz railway (architects – Andrei Butkov, Nikolai Walterж Modern style). On the south side of the square was built a five-story apartment house of railway workers in 1926. During the Great Patriotic War, the theatre building was badly damaged.[1]

In the 1980s on the western side of the square there was constructed a new building of Rostov State Medical Institute.[1]

Today[]

Today at the square there are situated the Main Directorate of the North Caucasus Railway, Maxim Gorky Rostov Academic Drama Theater and offices of several commercial companies.[2]

Also there stands the Memorial dedicated to the liberators of Rostov-on-Don, erected for the 40th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. The monument is a stele 72 meters high, with a stylized gilded image of the Greek goddess Nike, which is dressed in a waterproof cape.[3]

Next to the theater building there is an ensemble of fountains designed by architect Evgeniy Vuchetich. The fountain is a square pool with a central sculptural group on a pedestal consisting of four atlantes, who hold a bowl with uprising streams. The group is surrounded by curbstones with figures of frogs and turtles. There is a city legend that the young sculptor gave the muzzles of these amphibians the features of the faces of some city heads. The sculptures made of concrete.[2]

Gallery[]

  • View of Teatralnaya Square in 1942

  • Another view of Teatralnaya Square in 1942

  • View of Drama Theatre in 1942

  • The Main Directorate of the North Caucasus Railway

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Проекты реконструкции театра и площади
  2. ^ a b "Туристский портал г. Ростова-на-Дону". 3 November 2012. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Театральная площадь – площади, перекрёстки, развязки, Ростов-на-Дону г." 12 December 2010. Archived from the original on 12 December 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
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