Svetlanskaya Street () is a major street in

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History

Svetlanskaya Street was originally called Amerikanskaya Street after the

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''Amerika'', but was renamed in 1873 in honor of the frigate ''Svetlana'' which brought Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia to the city for a visit. Most of the wooden buildings erected along the street during the 1860s through the 1880s are no longer standing. Around 1913, there was a great deal of construction around the street; tram service began, and department stores, cinemas,

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and

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churches, and a Japanese consulate sprung up. However, there was little new construction along the street during the Soviet period. The street was renamed Leninskaya in Soviet times; the name "Svetlanskaya" was restored in the 1990s.

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