There was ENGLISH STREET in Petrozavodsk! Could you guess which one?!
A number of British engineers were invited to Karelia by Russian government in order to improve production quality and update technologies of the factories .
The street where British engineers lived was named English street. It was renamed only in 1854.
Present-day name of English street is ... Karla Marksa prospect.
Just the street where our EnjoyRussian Language School is located! Perfect place, even history has approved that ;-)
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http://enjoyrussian.com/3661_useful_info/ptz/ptz_history_1/
A number of British engineers were invited to Karelia by Russian government in order to improve production quality and update technologies of the factories .
The street where British engineers lived was named English street. It was renamed only in 1854.
Present-day name of English street is ... Karla Marksa prospect.
Just the street where our EnjoyRussian Language School is located! Perfect place, even history has approved that ;-)
Read more
http://enjoyrussian.com/3661_useful_info/ptz/ptz_history_1/