Claim: Senate Square, situated on the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva, in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral, in Saint Petersburg is also known as Decembrists Square.
Evidence: It is situated on the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva, in front of Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Senate Square (Russian: Сенатская площадь), formerly known as Decembrists' Square (Площадь Декабристов) from the 1920s to 2008, and (formally) as Peter's Square (Петрова площадь), from 1782 to 1925, is a city square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. In 1925 it was renamed Decembrists' Square to commemorate the Decembrist Revolt, which played out there in December 1825.