Lomonosov Street in Severodvinsk — Online Web Camera

Lomonosov Street: A View Through Decades

This web camera in real time shows one of the central arteries of the once-closed city — Lomonosov Street in Severodvinsk. If you have never been to the Russian North, the live stream will give you the opportunity to feel the atmosphere of a monotown where history coexists with harsh modernity. The uniqueness of the location lies in the fact that architecture from different eras has been preserved here: from single-story barracks of the first construction years to modern buildings of the «Severodvinsk series».

How Osoaviakhimovskaya Became Lomonosovskaya

The street appeared on the city map in 1948, but originally bore a completely different name — Osoaviakhimovskaya. The renaming took place later, in honor of the great compatriot whose life is inextricably linked with the Arkhangelsk region. In the first years, builders of shipyards, who worked in the most difficult conditions, settled here. The wooden barracks in which the pioneers lived stood for decades — some of them can still be seen today, contrasting with the panel nine-story buildings of the Morskoy Prospekt area.

A Monument That Survived Epochs

At the intersection with Lenina Prospekt stands a bronze Mikhail Lomonosov — the very same who in December 1730 left home with a fish caravan to Moscow. The monument was solemnly unveiled on November 1, 1958. The authors of the monument — sculptors M.S. Aleshchenko and M.D. Nasekin — depicted the scientist at full height, with a book in his hand. Interestingly, the townspeople called it simply «the professor» for a long time. A small square was laid out around the monument, which became a place for meetings and leisurely walks.

The City That Was Not on Maps

Severodvinsk is a unique place. Founded in 1938 as the settlement of Sudostroy, it quickly grew into the city of Molotovsk, and since 1957 has received its modern name. Until 1992, the city did not exist on any map — secrecy was absolute. Today, Severodvinsk remains closed only to foreigners, but for Russians it is an open point on the map of the Arkhangelsk Oblast. About 185,000 people live here, and almost every second person is somehow connected with shipbuilding.

The Largest Submarine Fleet Base

In the mid-1950s, the largest base in the Soviet Union for the production of strategic nuclear submarines was formed in Molotovsk. Over the next thirty years, the Severodvinsk shipyards built more than 130 nuclear submarines — this is more than half of all nuclear attack submarines created in the USSR (about 250). The shipbuilding giant «Sevmash» remains the city-forming enterprise today, employing 60% of the population of the city. The factories and residential quarters were built mainly by prisoners — this fact still reminds itself in the old foundations and basements of the barracks.

Lomonosov and the North: An Unbreakable Bond

Mikhail Vasilyevich was born on November 19, 1711 in the village of Mishaninskaya, Kholmogory Uyezd — literally a couple of hundred kilometers from modern Severodvinsk. At the age of nineteen, he walked to Moscow on foot, joining a trading caravan with fish. Three weeks of walking — for a village lad it was a feat that determined the fate of Russian science. In Severodvinsk, the compatriot's name was immortalized not only in the street name: the local Lomonosov club organized search expeditions, and the finds enriched the collection of the city museum.

Architectural Contrast of the Quarter

A walk along Lomonosov Street is a journey through time. At the beginning of the street stand wooden barracks from the late 1940s: sloped roofs, small windows, peeling paint. This is housing for the first builders of Severodvinsk factories, people who created the city in the conditions of the polar winter. Closer to Morskoy Prospekt, the landscape changes — typical panel buildings of the «Severodvinsk series» appear, recognizable by their characteristic layout and facade colors. Such a neighborhood makes the street an open-air museum.

What You Can See on the Camera

The online camera broadcasts Lomonosov Square in real time. In the frame — the monument to the scientist himself, surrounded by a square, a traffic circle with heavy movement, parking and facades of residential buildings. In good weather, you can see people hurrying along Lenina Prospekt, and in bad weather — how the wind drives snow along the pavement. The camera captures the intersection with Arkticheskaya Street and the section along Trukhinova Street, so the view is extensive. This is not just a broadcast — it is a window into the life of a closed city, where every stone keeps the memory of submarines and a great compatriot.