The Karpovka () is a small river of the
Neva
The Neva ( , ; , ) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Despite its modest length of , it is the fourth- ...
basin in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
,
Russia
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. It separates
Aptekarsky Island
Aptekarsky Island (, , "Apothecary Island", , "Deep Forest Island") is a relatively small island situated in the northern part of the Neva delta. It is separated from Petrogradsky Island by the Karpovka River, from Kamenny Island and Krestovsky I ...
(right bank) from
Petrogradsky Island
Petrogradsky Island or Petrograd Island (Russian: Петроградский остров) is the third-largest island in the Neva River delta
in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Along with Zayachy Island, Aptekarsky Island, and Petrovsky Island, it c ...
(left bank). The Karpovka flows from the
Bolshaya Nevka
The Great Nevka or Bolshaya Nevka () is an arm of the Neva that begins about below the Liteyny Bridge in Saint Petersburg.
Attractions
* Bridges
** Samson Bridge
** Grenadiers Bridge
** Kantemirovsky Bridge
** Ushakovsky Bridge
** 3rd Ye ...
to the
Malaya Nevka
The Little Nevka or Malaya Nevka () is the southern distributary of the Great Nevka. The Great Nevka splits into Little Nevka (the southern armlet) and Middle Nevka (the northern armlet) near the Kamenny Island's easternmost tip. It is also ...
and is long. The Russian name is derived from the old
Finnish name of the river, ''Korpijoki'', meaning ''forested area river''. The
Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden
The main Saint Petersburg Botanical Garden, officially known as the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Komarov Botanical Institute's Botanical Garden of Peter the Great (); since 1823 Emperor's Botanical Garden "Императорский Б ...
and
Ioannovsky Convent
The Convent of St. John of Rila (Иоанновский монастырь) is the largest convent in St. Petersburg, Russia and the only stauropegic nunnery in that city.
John of Kronstadt (later Saint John of Kronstadt) established the monas ...
are situated on the right bank of the river.
See also
*
List of bridges in Saint Petersburg
There are more than 400 bridges in the city limits of Saint Petersburg, Russia. This is a partial list of the most famous ones.
Peter the Great was designing the city as another Amsterdam and Venice, with canals instead of streets and citizens sk ...
External links
Karpovka, river@ ''Encyclopaedia of Saint Petersburg''
Distributaries of the Neva
Rivers of Saint Petersburg
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