Webcam Yaroslavl. Svobody street, Gorval in real time
The history of modern Ulitsa Svobody originates from two streets - Vlasievskaya, named after the churches of Vlasievsky parish, which were located on the site of the hotel "Yaroslavl", and Kondakovskaya street continuing it, which passed through Kondakovskaya sloboda.
After 1778 were merged into one street and got a new name - Bolshaya Uglichskaya street. It was a continuation of Uglichskaya street, passing from the Church of Ilya the Prophet to the Znamensky tower.
Before Revolution there were many commercial establishments and profitable houses. The house of merchant Grigory Ivanovich Libken (9 Svobody st.) housed a movie theater and a private gymnasium in addition to the owner's company store. In Soviet times, the premises of the house was Yaroslavl Aeroclub, where Valentina Tereshkova was engaged.
Not far from it on Svobody St., 10 is still a wooden house with a mezzanine, built in the XIX century by the merchant Nikitin. The architectural monument is unique in many ways, because it is a wooden mansion, repeating the shape of the classic stone buildings, which is very rare.
At the intersection with Respublikanskaya Street is a monument of architecture of the early 20th century. - the building of the former cinema "Horn".
Across from the cinema, in Yunosty Square, rises the Children's Theatre Complex, which houses the Puppet Theatre and the Young Spectator Theatre. The complex was designed by Giproteatr Institute in 1969-1974 and opened only in November 1983.
If Yunosti Square is one of the youngest, Sennaya Square (nowadays - Truda Square) has been known since the end of the XVIII century. For a long time it was the outskirts of the city, where the Sennoi market was (where the name of the square comes from). Another name connected with the horse trade - Equestrian Square - was also commonly used.
Near Labor Square, at 73 Svobody Street, there is an inconspicuous one-story building. The building was built in 1914 as a public library-reading-house. N.A. Nekrasov. Money for the building was donated by Natalia Pavlovna Nekrasova, the widow of Fyodor Alekseevich Nekrasov, the brother of the famous poet.
In Soviet times the street was given a new name - the symbol of Freedom. In 1957 the street was added to the street New, which stretches to the station Yaroslavl Main.
If the part from Vlasyevskaya tower to Truda square was mainly built in pre-revolutionary period, the buildings in the section from the square to the station belong to postwar period. In the 1950s, the building of a printing press, houses of railway workers and the building of the Yaroslavl-Main Station, which became one of the city's visiting cards, were built.
