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This square came into being due to the
construction of the granite embankment along
the |Neva|Custom1|O:127| and the piers for the only pontoon
bridge (1727), Connecting the city center with
Vasilyevsky Island.
In the 1760s the square got the name of
Senatskaya Square. It was here that the Senate -
one of the highest bodies of power in Russia -
was transferred from Vasilyevsky Island.
In 1804-7 G. Quarenghi put up the building of the
Manege. The ensemble was completed after the
construction of |St. Isaac's Cathedral|Custom1|O:14| was finished
in 1858: the enormous mass of the cathedral
bounded the square in the south.At the foot of
the monument to Peter I the rebellious troops
lined up, headed by noblemen, members of the
underground North Society who were intended to
overthrow the autocratic regime. On the whole
there were about three thousand rebels in the
square, that were surrounded by the troops
devoted to the tsar. The uprising was suppressed.
On the 100th anniversary of the uprising
Senatskaya Square was renamed Dekabristov
(Decembrist's) Square.