Buyanovaya Quay is a promenade area on the Northern Dvina embankment that appeared on the map of Arkhangelsk in 2022. Modern residential complexes and business centres, new Sea and River Station, as well as the citizens and guests of Arkhangelsk strolling along the renovated embankment all create an image that hardly resembles the place's historical past.
     The quay was originally built in 1818 in the area known as Yuriev Zvoz. It was the name of the landing slope that led from the river up to Buyanovaya or Buyanovskaya Street (renamed Pomorskaya Street in 1869). Buyanovaya Quay was one of the most active commercial quays in Arkhangelsk. Pomor schooners and karbasses loaded with fish, milk, vegetables and other goods that were traded on the nearby market came here. At the beginning of the 20th century, Buyanovaya Quay became a bustling hub for passenger river steamers, popularly called "makarky". In the Soviet period, the quay continued to be used as a pier for steamers. Later it was for suburban motor ships that carried Arkhangelsk residents to the many islands of the Northern Dvina delta.
     Today, if you look at the river from the promenade, you can still see the old wooden piles of the former quay. The piers in Arkhangelsk were built in a traditional method called "stumps", which involved driving wooden piles into the riverbank and fastening them with transverse logs, over which wooden decking was installed. During the construction of the new promenade, it was decided to preserve the old piles.

Photo by: Ivan Malygin