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Lishev Vsevolod Vsevolodovich

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Chernyshevsky N. G. (1828-1889), publicist, critic, writer


CHERNYSHEVSKY Nikolay Gavrilovich (1828-1889), publicist, writer, critic. From 1846-64 lived in St. Petersburg (with an interruption from 1851-53). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University (1850). The defence of Chernyshevsky's thesis Aesthetic Relations of Art to Reality (1855), where he defined the principles of materialistic aestheticism, became a significant event in St. Peterburg's public life.
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Griboedov A.S. (1794 or 1795 – 1829), writer, diplomat


GRIBOEDOV Alexander Sergeevich (1794 or 1795-1829), writer, musician and diplomat. Held the rank of civil counsellor and was a Minister Resident in Persia (1828). Griboedov graduated from the Faculty of Philology and Faculty of Law at Moscow University in 1812. He resided in St. Petersburg only in 1815-18 (his first plays were published here), and his impressions of the city were reflected in his letters. From 1817, he held a post at the Collegium of Foreign Affairs.
City Topography // Urban Network // Streets //

Lines of Vasilievsky Island (entry)


LINES Of VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, the historical name of a number of parallel streets that intersect Vasilievsky Island from the south to the north: First to Twenty-Ninth Lines, Birzhevaya Line, Kozhevennaya Line, Kosaya Line, Mendeleevskaya Line, Siezdovskaya Line.
Architecture // Sculpture, Monuments //

Monumental Propoganda Plan (monuments)


MONUMENTAL PROPAGANDA PLAN was ratified on 12 April 1918 by the Council of People's Commissars decree on the "removal of monuments, erected in honour of tsars and their servants and the elaboration of monuments of Russian Socialist Revolution" (On Republican Monuments).
Science. Education // Museums //

Museum of City Sculpture


MUSEUM OF CITY SCULPTURE, State Museum of City Sculpture (STCS) (179/2 Nevsky Prospect) was organised in 1939 with the aim to keep records, provide protection and carry out restoration of major monuments, monumental and decorative buildings and decorative headstones. In 2002 the State Museum of City Sculpture maintained over 400 city monuments and 1500 memorial plaques.
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Nekrasov N. A. (1821-1877), poet


NEKRASOV Nikolay Alexeevich (1821-1877, St. Petersburg), poet, prose writer. In 1838 came to St. Petersburg to enroll at the University (in 1839-40 audited classes as an irregular student), in contrary to his father's will, who deprived Nekrasov of financial support. Not to die in the attic became the aim of Nekrasov's first years in St. Petersburg (see his autobiographic novel The Life and Adventures of Tikhon Trostnyakov and others.
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Peter the Great, Monuments to (entry)


PETER THE GREAT, MONUMENTS TO. Monument projects to Peter the Great in the capital founded by him appeared during his lifetime (particularly by N. Pinot, B. Tarsia). In 1716-20, B. Rastrelli executed a sketch of an equestrian monument by order of the tsar. The work continued up to 1744; the bronze casting was executed by masters A. Martelli and S. Kopyev after the death of the sculptor.
City Topography // Urban Network // Squares //

Pionerskaya Square


PIONERSKAYA SQUARE between Zagorodny Avenue and the Young People's Theatre. It partly occupies the former vast ground of Semenovsky Lifeguard Regiment. Members of Petrashevsky's Circle were subjected to a mock execution in the ground in 1849 and killers of Emperor Alexander II were hanged on 3 April 1881. There was a race track in the ground in 1880s and the first cycle track in St. Petersburg opened in 1893. Most of the ground was built up in 1940-50s.
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Pulkovo Observatory


PULKOVO OBSERVATORY, the main astronomical observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, situated at 1/65 Pulkovo Highway 19 kilometres south of St. Petersburg’s centre, on Pulkovo Heights. It was built by architect A. P. Bryullov and opened in 1839, Pulkovo meridian passing through the centre of the main building. The founder and first director was V. Y. Struve. The observatory was equipped with state-of-the-art tools.
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Shuvalovskoe Cemetery


SHUVALOVSKOE CEMETERY (106a Vyborgskoe Freeway). Situated in the northern part of St. Petersburg, on the east bank of Nizhnee Suzdalskoe Lake, in the Shuvalovo District. The cemetery was set up in the mid-18th century; its present-day area covers 5 hectares.
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Ushinsky K.D., (1824-1870), teacher


USHINSKY Konstantin Dmitrievich (1824-1870), teacher. In 1844, he graduated from the faculty of law of the University of Moscow and moved to St. Petersburg in 1849. Here he contributed to the Sovremennik and Biblioteka dlya Chteniya journals. In 1854, he took on a teaching job at the Gatchina Orphan Institute, where he performed the functions of supervisor from 1855 to 1859. In 1859-62, he was the supervisor of Smolny Institute, where he implemented progressive reforms.
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