The Neva Bridgehead is a symbol for a small area on the banks of the Neva River. This place is known from the time of The battle for Leningrad of the Second World War. At present, the territory of the Bridgehead is partially occupied by memorial zones (Museum “Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad”), and also partially built up with private buildings. At the same time, most of the Bridgehead is undeveloped, funnels and trenches are still visible and a lot of war artefacts are kept in the ground.

In 2021, we carried out a set of geophysical investigations on the territory of the Neva Bridgehead. The goals were to study the structure of the near surface and to detect military artefacts before carrying out construction works announced as part of the expansion of the memorial zone. In this abstracts we present the results of magnetic exploration, geological description of pits and rock outcrops, ground penetrating radar (gpr) and engineering seismic surveys at the site of the proposed promenade area construction on the bank of the Neva River.