Senate Square, situated on the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva, in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral, in Saint Petersburg is also known as Decembrists Square.
It is situated on the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva, in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Senate Square (Russian:  ), formerly known as Decembrists' Square ( ) from the 1920s to 2008, and (formally) as Peter's Square ( ), from 1782 to 1925, is a city square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1925 it was renamed Decembrists' Square to commemorate the Decembrist Revolt, which played out there in December 1825. 
