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{{Short description|Canal in St. Petersburg, Russia}}

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The '''Griboyedov Canal''' or '''Kanal Griboyedova''' ({{Langx|ru|кана&#769;л Грибое&#769;дова}}) is a [[canal]] in [[Saint Petersburg]], constructed in 1739 along the existing ''Krivusha'' river.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Griboedov Canal (Saint Petersburg, 1739)|url=https://structurae.net/en/structures/griboedov-canal|website=Structurae|language=en|access-date=2020-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Griboedov Canal in St.&nbsp;Petersburg|url=http://www.saint-petersburg.com/rivers-and-canals/griboedov-canal/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.saint-petersburg.com}}</ref> In 1764–90, the canal was deepened and the banks were reinforced and covered with granite.

The Griboyedov Canal starts from the [[Moyka River]] near the [[Field of Mars (Saint Petersburg)|Field of Mars]]. It flows into the [[Fontanka]] River. Its length is {{convert|5|km|mi|0}}, with a width of {{convert|32|m|ft}}.

Before 1923, it was called the Catherine Canal, after the Empress [[Catherine II of Russia|Catherine the Great]], during whose rule it was deepened. The Communist authorities renamed it after the [[Russia]]n playwright and diplomat, [[Alexandr Griboyedov]].

The streets or embankments running along the canal are known as ''Naberezhnaya Kanala Griboyedova''.

== Bridges ==

There are 21&nbsp;bridges across the canal:

* [[Tripartite Bridge]]
* [[Novo-Konyushenny Bridge]]
* [[Italian Bridge]]
* [[Kazansky Bridge]]
* [[Bank Bridge]]
* [[Flour Bridge]]
* [[Stone Bridge (Saint Petersburg)|Stone Bridge]]
* [[Demidov Bridge]]
* [[Sennoy Bridge|Hay Bridge]]
* [[Kokushkin Bridge]]
* [[Voznesensky Bridge]]
* [[Podyachesky Bridge]]
* [[Bridge of Four Lions]]
* [[Kharlamov Bridge]]
* [[Novo-Nikolsky Bridge]]
* [[Krasnogvardeysky Bridge]]
* [[Pikalov Bridge]]
* [[Mogilyovsky Bridge]]
* [[Alarchin Bridge]]
* [[Kolomensky Bridge]]
* [[Malo-Kalinkin Bridge]]

== Cultural references ==

Griboedov Canal appears on the cover of the 2011 contemporary classical album, [[Troika (Julia Kogan album)|Troika]].<ref>[https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B005USB24A "Troika: Russia’s westerly poetry in three orchestral song cycles"], Rideau Rouge Records, ASIN: B005USB24A, 2011.</ref>

The canal is a key location in [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s novel, ''[[Crime and Punishment]]''.  Like most locations in the novel, the canal is rarely identified by its proper name; in fact, on most occasions Dostoyevsky refers to it as a ''kanava'', a word which in English is closer to the word "ditch." In a footnote to the Penguin Deluxe Classics edition of the book, translator Oliver Ready describes the canal as a "filthy and polluted place" which is nevertheless "the topographical center of the book."<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Crime and Punishment|last=Dostoyevsky|first=Fyodor|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2015|isbn=978-0-14-310763-7|location=New York|pages=521–522}}</ref> The novel's protagonist, Raskolnikov, repeatedly crosses over the canal, and tentatively plans on disposing of stolen property there.  The apartment building where he commits his crimes, "faced the Ditch on one side and Srednyaya Podyacheskay Street on the other."<ref name=":0" />

The canal is also featured in [[Fyodor Dostoyevsky]]'s short story White Nights. <ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title= A Gentle Creature and Other Stories: White Nights; A Gentle Creature; The Dream of a Ridiculous Man|last=Dostoyevsky|first=Fyodor|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2009|isbn=978-0-19-955508-6|location=Oxford|pages=129}}</ref>

== Gallery ==

<gallery widths="160" heights="120" perrow="4">
File:Demidov bridge in urban development.jpg|[[Demidov Bridge]] across the Griboyedov Canal, [[St. Petersburg]]
File:The Griboyedov Canal Quay in Saint Petersburg.jpg|Griboyedov Canal Embankment in [[St. Petersburg]]
File:Griboyedov Canal Embankment pic6.JPG|Griboyedov Canal Embankment in [[St. Petersburg]]. In the backdrop, [[Church of the Savior on Blood]]
File:Griboyedov Canal Embankment pic1.JPG|Griboyedov Canal Embankment in [[St. Petersburg]]
File:Griboyedov Canal DSC01897 2200.jpg|Griboyedov Canal, [[St. Petersburg]]
File:Saint Petersburg. Griboyedov Canal DSC03320 2200.jpg|Griboyedov Canal, [[St. Petersburg]]
File:St. Petersburg. Little-Kalinkin Bridge over the Griboyedov Canal.JPG|[[Malo-Kalinkin Bridge]] over the Griboyedov Canal, [[St. Petersburg]]
File:Moika river Griboedov Canal Adamini House Saint Petersburg.jpg|Adamini House at the junction of [[Moyka River]] and Griboyedov Canal, [[St. Petersburg]]
</gallery>

== References ==
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{{Rivers and channels of Saint Petersburg}}

{{Foot zones of Saint Petersburg}}

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[[Category:Canals of Saint Petersburg]]
[[Category:Canals opened in 1739]]
[[Category:1739 establishments in the Russian Empire]]


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