About the history of our city, a lot of cans tell its streets. The first and main street of the village Nikolsky was Large (later named Nicholas). Almost simultaneously with the formed cross streets: Astrakhan (Sibirtseva), Nazarenkova (Lazo) and Korsakov (Timiryazeva), began to be built Michurinskoye (Kalinin).
Of course, there were streets named in honor of kings (Nicholas, Romanov). After the revolution and the civil war, changed the name of the city of Ussuriysk. Some streets were renamed in honor of respected people of the new era: Lenin, Timiryazeva, Blucher, Kalinina, Polushkina, and others. Yes, and the city in 1935 was named Voroshilov (until 1957).
Kalinina street (Michurinskiy) which is a cafe “Boulevard” Doraville was the most prestigious and respectable. Its value at that time was defined primarily by the fact that she went to the Big Bazaar, located near the junction of the modern streets Lenina and Timiryazeva.
The convenience of the location drew attention to this street the largest trading companies in the Far East. Already in the 90 - is of the XIX century there was built the building Trade house “Kunst and Albers”, known in Soviet times as the Central deli. Next to this striking building is rare for our town of North German Gothic style soon appeared the building of the Trading house “Churin and Co” a", executed in a modern style, later it was used as old GUM. Opened the hotel “Saint – Petersburg” at the intersection of Michurinsky and Astrakhan (Kalinina – Sibirtseva). The design of the street as the business center of Nikolsk –Ussuriysk was completed after the construction of buildings “Siberian trade Bank” (Kalinina, 35 “and”) and “mutual credit Society” (Kalinina, 41).
It is no coincidence that Michurinskaya street chose for his residence the seaside “vodka king” of Jankovic (Kalinin, 43). Here has developed its own service infrastructure.
In the house Pankovich, except for wine and book stores, was located the workshop of the tailor the bass. Nearby there was a “Fashion workshop” Schneiderman and Barber Egorova. On Michurinskiy practiced doctor Suryaninov B. F. and worked for two local dental offices Bronowski - Lotte V. E. and Fokina, A. II.
For Ussurian it's time to think about changing the name of the historic center of our city. The return of the old names Michurinskiy is associated with some problems. The fact that city lived a namesake of the elder-Union - Vasily Akimovich Kalinin: since the late NINETEENTH century, first as soldier and then as the first mayor and the author of the first history books about Nikolsk - Ussuriisk. He deserved to perpetuate his name. So let that be the street Kalinin.