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In 1770, the street received its present name
Gorokhovaya Street (literally Pea Street). According to a popular legend the name comes from a German merchant Harrach, whose name was russified as Gorokhov. Some historians find the legend unconvincing as no records indicate presence of a merchant named
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The street was planned and laid after the catastrophic fires of 1736 and 1738 destroyed most of the buildings on
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Gorokhovaya Street is one of central Saint
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lives on
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Harrach and merchants named
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Gorokhovaya Street was formerly named "Dzerzhinsky Street", after
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