The B.V. Vedenev Hydroengineering Institute on Gzhatskaya Street in St. Petersburg has been recognized as a monument of regional significance.
In 1899, a decision was made to build a Polytechnic Institute in the capital, based on the Faculty of Water Management, which later became the Hydroengineering Institute. The institute was built between 1930 and 1934 according to a design by architect Tevel Shapiro.
The facades were decorated in the constructivist style with neoclassical elements. The main facade is accentuated by a wide, massive risalit with a stone staircase and double columns. The upper part of the front facade depicts figures of workers with jackhammers building a hydroelectric power station, behind them in niches is a dam from which water flows in waves. Below on the facade are scientists: Archimedes, Newton, and Pascal.
Based on materials from the Committee for State Control, Use, and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg.