Morskoy Prospekt, Novosibirsk
Morskoy Prospekt or Morskoy Avenue () is a street in the Akademgorodok of Novosibirsk, Russia. It is one of the central streets of the science city. The prospekt starts from the intersection with Academician Lavrentyev Avenue and Tereshkova Street, runs south-west and then forms a crossroad with Berdskoye Highway. Berdskoe Highway, a narrow strip of forest and a railway line separate it from the bank of the Novosibirsk Reservoir, popularly known as the Sea of Ob', hence the name (lit. 'Sea Avenue'). The streets adjacent to the prospekt: Detsky Proyezd, Zolotodolinskaya, Pravda, Ilyich, Uchyonykh, Maltsev and Zhemchuzhnaya streets. History Street buildings were built in the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1966, Charles de Gaulle visited Morskoy Prospekt. Residents of the avenue were on balconies and roofs of their houses and looked at the president of France. Morskoy Prospekt was fully built in 1968. In 1976, Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme visited the street. In 1983, Rajiv Gandhi visited the prospekt. Morskoy Prospekt was the most expensive place to buy real estate in the city in 2014. Organizations The House of Scientists Gallery Notable residents Boris Annin (born October 18, 1936) is a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of