Maria Ulyanova Street

Maria Ulyanova Street in Vologda is the former Afanasievskaya Square and Zolotushnaya Embankment. This street in Vologda is located in the historical district of Nizhny Posad, runs from Lermontov Street to Chekhov Street. Maria Ulyanova Street, located in the historical and administrative center of the city, gives the opportunity to see several architectural monuments. The numbering of houses on the street is from Lenin Street.

In the old days, when the street was called Afanasievskaya and was a square, the church of Athanasius of Alexandria stood on it - in honor of him it received its name. The street acquired its modern appearance when the street layout developed after the approval in 1781 by Catherine II of the General Plan of Vologda.

After the revolution of 1917, Afanasievskaya Square was renamed Osoviakhim Street, then Zhdanov Street, and on February 11, 1978 - Maria Ulyanova Street, and still bears this name.