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Fontanka River




Fontanka (in Russian, ''Фонтанка'') is the left branch of the river Neva , which flows through the whole of St. Petersburg . Russia . Its embankment is lined with private residences of the Russian Nobility .

Fontanka is one of 93 River s and Channels in St. Petersburg. This river was once named ''Anonymous Creek'' (in Russian, ''Bezymyannyi Yerik'', ''Безымянный ерик''). In Russian Language , ''yerik'' is a secondary or intermittent river Channel ( Creek or Brook ).

The river received its new name because water from it was taken for Fountain s of the Summer Garden .

The houses on each side is making the river a street; Naberehnaya Reki Fontanki ( English : The quay of Fontanka river), but St Peterburgians often just say Fontanka.


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