DOI 10.51255/2311–603X_2025_1_9

T. A. Bazarova. Petrine St. Petersburg and the water element // Petersburg historical journal,
no. 1, 2025, pp. 9–22

Abstract:

The waters of the Neva and the Gulf of Finland were a source of danger for the inhabitants of
Petersburg. In the city, an alarm was organized for the time of the opening and freezing of the Neva, as well as for the beginning of the flooding. The article analyses the decrees of Peter I and the orders of the local administration, which were designed to minimize the damage, and established standards for the construction of new buildings and piers. The article is accompanied by a letter of the Kotlin commander Vasily Poroshin on the consequences of the flood of 5 November 1721.

Key words: St Petersburg, river Neva, Peter I, inundations, Kotlin, water element, natural disaster.


Author:

Bazarova, Tatiana Anatolievna — Candidate of Sciences (History), Senior Researcher of the St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg, Russia).
E-mail: tbazarova@yandex.ru
ORCID: 0000-0001-9380-5921

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