STREETS AND PARKS OF SYKTYVKAR

Kommunisticheskaya street 

The main street of Syktyvkar is Kommunisticheskaya street. All the most important offices and shops are located here. The street takes its beginning from the Stephan square and ends at the Syktyvkar railway station. It was named after the Communist political party. It stretches along the city centre and is very straight and long. On the crossroad of Kommunisticheskya street and Octyabrsky prospect stands a monument, the so-called Stela.

Pervomayskaya street 

The name of this street also echoes the Soviet past of the city. Earlier it was Zapadno-Zagorodnaya street but was renamed during the Soviet period.

Ordzhonikidze street

Before the Russian Revolution, it had another name: Pokrovskaya street. In 1918-37 the street was named Respublicanskaya, and, in the end, it was given the name of a political figure of the Soviet period, Grigory (Sergo) Ordzhonikidze. In 1985 there was erected a stone monument devoted to him. At the beginning of the street stands the first stone house of Syktyvkar. 

Kirov Street

Up to the 1930s, the street was named Naberezhnaya (Bank Street). Till the revolution, it was considered the festive street of Syktyvkar. There stood two houses of the merchants Sukhanovs.

A theological seminary building which now houses the National Gallery, and during the Soviet period it used to house Komi State Pedagogical Institute, still stands on this street. 

At the end of the street, where a bus station is located, there used to be a cemetery. 

Kirov Park

Kirov Park is the favourite place for walking among the citizens of Syktyvkar. It is always beautiful and in any season has something to amaze you with. 

It was opened in 1934 and named after Sergey Kirov, Soviet political figure. Earlier, in front of the National Gallery, there was a Ferris wheel. 

Stephan Square 

The square was named after Stephan Permsky, a person who is said to have christened Komi people. Earlier, wonderful Stephanovsky Cathedral, built in honour of the 500 years of Christianization of Komi people stood there. The cathedral and the bell tower were destructed. The square, however, preserved its name till the present day.