Field of Mars

The Field of Mars or Marsovo Polye is a colossal stop named after Mars, the Roman celestial power of war, planned in the point of convergence of Saint-Petersburg, with a zone of around 9 hectares 22 areas of land. Flanking the Field of Mars toward the north are the Marble Mramorny Palace, Suvorova Square, and Betskoi's and Saltykov's homes. Around the west is the Barracks of the Pavlovsky Regiment.

The Moyka River outlines the point of confinement toward the south. The chronicled background of Field of Mars comes back to the essential significant lots of Saint Petersburg. Around then it was known as the Great Meadow. Later it was the setting for celebrations to check Russia's triumph in the Great Northern War and the field was renamed the Amusement Field Poteshnoe Pole. In the 1740s the Amusement Field was changed for a short time period into a versatile stop with ways, garden, and sprouts. Its next name – Tsarina's Meadow – appears after the superb family charged Rastrelli to fabricate the Summer Palace for Empress Elizabeth.

In any case, towards the complete of the eighteenth century Tsarina's Meadow transformed into a military enter ground where they raised historic points perceiving the triumphs of the Russian Army and were walks and military exercises happened regularly. In 1799 the Rumyantsev column was placed in the point of convergence of the Field and in 1801, a milestone to Alexander Suvorov by Mikhail Kozlovsky was put on the south side.