Palace Square

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Aerial view of the Palace Square, between the Winter Palace (bottom) and the Building of the General Staff (top).

Palace Square (Russian: Дворцо́вая пло́щадь, tr. Dvortsovaya Ploshchad, IPA: [dvɐˈrtsovəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ]), connecting Nevsky Prospekt with Palace Bridge leading to Vasilievsky Island, is the central city square of St Petersburg and of the former Russian Empire. Many significant events took place there, including the Bloody Sunday massacre and parts of the October Revolution of 1917. Between 1918 and 1944, it was known as Uritsky Square (Russian: площадь Урицкого), in memory of the assassinated leader of the city's Cheka branch, Moisei Uritsky.





  1. ^ "Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia". Retrieved 24 September 2016. 


  • V.I. Pilyavsky. Palace Square in Leningrad. Moscow, 1958.

Coordinates: 59°56′21″N 30°18′57″E﻿ / ﻿59.93917°N 30.31583°E﻿ / 59.93917; 30.31583

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