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The Palace Embankment or Palace Quay is a street along the Neva River
Neva River

The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast and the city of Saint Petersburg to the Gulf of Finland....
 in Central Saint Petersburg
Central Saint Petersburg

Central Saint Petersburg is the central and the leading part of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It looks nothing like the downtown district of a typical major city, and has no skyscrapers....
 which contains the complex of the Hermitage Museum
Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art , and one of the oldest art gallery and museums of human history and culture in the world....
 buildings, including the Winter Palace
Winter Palace

The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian Tsars. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter I of Russia's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late...
, the Hermitage Theatre
Hermitage Theatre

The Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of five Hermitage Museum buildings lining the Palace Embankment of the Neva River....
, the Marble Palace
Marble Palace

Marble Palace or Mramornyi Dvorets was one of the first Neoclassical architecture palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is situated between the Field of Mars and Palace Quay, slightly to the east from Winter Palace....
 and the Summer Garden
Summer Garden

The Summer Garden occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter I of Russia....
.

The street was laid out between 1763 and 1767, when it used to be a preferred place of residence for the Russian Imperial Nobility.






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The Palace Embankment or Palace Quay is a street along the Neva River
Neva River

The Neva is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast and the city of Saint Petersburg to the Gulf of Finland....
 in Central Saint Petersburg
Central Saint Petersburg

Central Saint Petersburg is the central and the leading part of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It looks nothing like the downtown district of a typical major city, and has no skyscrapers....
 which contains the complex of the Hermitage Museum
Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of the largest museums in the world, with 3 million works of art , and one of the oldest art gallery and museums of human history and culture in the world....
 buildings, including the Winter Palace
Winter Palace

The Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, was, from 1732 to 1917, the official residence of the Russian Tsars. Situated between the Palace Embankment and the Palace Square, adjacent to the site of Peter I of Russia's original Winter Palace, the present and fourth Winter Palace was built and altered almost continuously between the late...
, the Hermitage Theatre
Hermitage Theatre

The Hermitage Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia is one of five Hermitage Museum buildings lining the Palace Embankment of the Neva River....
, the Marble Palace
Marble Palace

Marble Palace or Mramornyi Dvorets was one of the first Neoclassical architecture palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is situated between the Field of Mars and Palace Quay, slightly to the east from Winter Palace....
 and the Summer Garden
Summer Garden

The Summer Garden occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter I of Russia....
.

The street was laid out between 1763 and 1767, when it used to be a preferred place of residence for the Russian Imperial Nobility. The street begins at the Palace Bridge
Palace Bridge

Palace Bridge is a road traffic and foot bascule bridge spanning the Neva River in Saint Petersburg between Palace Square and Vasilievsky Island....
, where the Admiralty Embankment
Admiralty Embankment

The Admiralty Embankment or Admiralty Quay is a street along the Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg, named after the Admiralty Board ....
 becomes the Palace Embankment, and the street ends at the Fontanka
Fontanka

Fontanka is a left branch of the river Neva, which flows through the whole of Central Saint Petersburg, Russia. Its length is 6,700 meters, its width is up to 70 meters, and its depth is up to 3,5 meters....
, where it becomes the Kutuzov Embankment
Kutuzov Embankment

The Kutuzov Embankment or Kutuzov Quay is a street along the Neva River in Central Saint Petersburg. The street begins at the Fontanka, where the Palace Embankment becomes the Kutuzov Embankment, and the street ends at the Liteyny Prospekt and Liteyny Bridge....
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The Palace Embankment is a very popular street among tourists, as it has a wonderful view of the Neva; the Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter and Paul Fortress

The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's designs from 1706 to 1740....
 and the Vasilievsky Island
Vasilievsky Island

Vasilievsky Island is an island in Saint Petersburg, bordered by the rivers Bolshaya Neva and Malaya Neva from South and Northeast, and by the Gulf of Finland from the West....
. Many sightseeing boats are available for hire there.

Pushkin's associations

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In his novel Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. It is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes....
, Alexander Pushkin depicted himself walking along Palace Quay with his hero, Eugene Onegin:

Pushkin&onegin
For the first edition of this chapter, the poet commissioned an illustration depicting him and Onegin walking together along the quay. Upon receiving the illustration, which represented him leaning on a parapet with his back turned towards the Peter and Paul Fortress, he was exceedingly displeased with the result (which had little in common with his own preliminary sketch, illustrated to the right) and scribbled the following epigram
Epigram

An Epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived from the "to write on - inscribe", the literary device has been employed for over two millennia....
 underneath:

(translated by Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a Multilingualism Russian-American novelist and short story writer.Nabokov wrote his first nine novels in Russian language, then rose to international prominence as a master English prose stylist....
)