Malaya Sadovaya Street is a pedestrian street of cafes, terraces and fountains in the heart of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It runs between Italyanskaya Street and the Nevsky Prospect. Spanning a single block, at about 175 metres (574 ft), it is known as Saint Petersburg's shortest street.
Malaya Sadovaya Street
Shuvalov Mansion [ru]
Radio House [ru]
Demidov House
Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov was called the Maecenas (patron) of the Russian Enlightenment, the first Russian Minister of Education and Active Privy Councillor (1773). Russia's first theatre, university, and academy of arts were instituted with his active participation. A favorite of Elizaveta Petrovna of Russia; friend of the scientist M.V. Lomonosov.
Ivan Shuvalov in 1760, as painted by F. Rokotov A variation of L. Tokke's composition Canvas, oil. 68.6 × 54.2 cm Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Ivan Shuvalov by Anton Losenko
View of Ivan Shuvalov's art gallery.