An archival photograph from 1966 shows buildings No. 2 and No. 4 on Beketov Street, recording the look of the street during the Soviet period of its history.[1]
Beketov Street begins at the Sports Palace, perpendicular to Gagarin Avenue, and runs to Vaneev Street near Sovetskaya Square.
The street is named in honor of Andrey Nikolayevich Beketov (December 8, 1825 – July 14, 1902), a professor, founder of the school of Russian botanist-geographers, a follower of Darwin's teachings, and the teacher of the renowned biologist Kliment Timiryazev.
He was an educator, organizer and popularizer of science, public figure, morphologist, taxonomist, and plant geographer; the founder of plant geography in Russia; an Honored Professor and rector of the Imperial Saint Petersburg University; and a corresponding member and honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
Grandfather of the poet Alexander Blok.
A granite plaque with a commemorative inscription is located on building number 20 on Beketov Street.
See also
Sources
- pro-nn.org — Nizhny Novgorod. Beketov Street, buildings 2, 4 and onward (archive)