Sennaya Square or Sennaya Ploshchad ( rus, Сенна́я пло́щадь, p=sʲɪˈnːajə ˈploɕːɪtʲ, t=Hay Square, links=yes) is a large city square in

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, located at the crossing of Garden Street,

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(formerly ''Zabalkansky Prospekt'') and Grivtsova Lane (formerly ''Demidov Lane''). The square was established in 1737 as a market where

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and

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were sold. It was built under the extension of the Garden Street, and grew quickly, becoming the cheapest and the most active market in

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. The Hay Market was a place where merchants and farmers could trade. It was there that malefactors were flogged before a large concourse of people. In 1753, local merchants commissioned the building of the Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in a sumptuous

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style. In the middle of the square is a former guardhouse (1818–20). Cholera riots took place in the square in 1831. The surrounding district was known for its infamous slums, which provide the setting for Fedor Dostoevsky's novel ''

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''. In 1952,

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renamed the square ''Ploshchad Mira''. In 1961, at the height of

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's anti-religious campaign, he had the church demolished; a chapel now marks the site. In 1992, the square's original name was restored. Three metro stations serve the square; its namesake Sennaya Ploshchad, Sadovaya (Garden Street) and Spasskaya. It is also a

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and

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transportation until 2010, a fragment of the tram rails having been preserved as a historical mark.

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Illustrated history of Sennaya Square
* {{commonscat-inline, Sennaya Square Squares in Saint Petersburg

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