Yacht club SMTU

After the creation in 1930 of the Saint Petersburg State Marine and Technological University, based on the Saint Petersburg Polytechnical University, there was a requirement for sea engineers to have training and practice opportunities. During the Second World War, students gained this practice at the Admiralty Shipyard, but towards the end of the 1940s, a new place was allocated using institute yachts, on Krestovsky island.^{[citation needed]}

At the end of the 1950s, the territory of the Yacht club SMTU became an island, when a rowing canal was dug on Krestovsky island in 1958–1960.^[1] This new island was named Anonymous (Russian: Bezymyanniy), and the city administration officially placed it under the authority of the SMTU (then known as the LMTU) in 1959.^[2]

Club held competitions which often had no prize fund; for example winners of a Quartet - 2002 cup were awarded edible fungi.^[3] The club had access to unusual vessels, such as a trimaran, and a submarine.^[2]

The last director of the club was Jury Chistjakov,^[4] who was in charge when the club was closed in 2003.^[5] The land is now being used for the building of a new sports centre. This will belong to a noncommercial partnership Javara-Neva, and its president will be Vladimir Putin.^[2]

59°58′37″N 30°13′39″E / 59.97694°N 30.22750°E / 59.97694; 30.22750