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История переименований:
Metallistov Ave
(as of November 12, 1962)
Anisimov Lane
(the 1920s - November 12, 1962)
Golovkinskaya St.
(1909 - September 10, 1935)
Lyubashinsky Ave
(1900 - November 12, 1962)
Pokrovskaya St.
(1914 - November 12, 1962)
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50th Anniversary of October Memorial Park
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OCTOBER MEMORIAL PARK is located in the north-east of St. Petersburg, in Polyustrovo, between Metallistov Avenue, Revolyutsii Highway and Marshala Tukhachevskogo Street. The total area of the park is 32 hectares
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Alms-houses (entry)
ALMS-HOUSES, boarding institutions for poor, ill and aged people. The first alms-houses set up in St. Petersburg were attached to churches, the first ones being theHoly Ascension Church in Shpalernaya Street (1713) and St
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Cemeteries (entry)
CEMETERIES. Even before the foundation of St. Petersburg there were several necropolises on the location of the future city: the records of the beginning of the 18th century indicate a Finnish-Swedish cemetery at Elagin (Aptekarsky) Island
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Chernavka, river
CHERNAVKA, a river in the east of St. Petersburg, a tributary to the Okhta River. The length is about two kilometres; width in its lower course is up to 12 metres. The name was caused by the dark colour of the water
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Edinovertsy
EDINOVERTSY, (singular edinoverets) Orthodox believers that have preserved "old" rites and devotions (which existed before the reforms of Nikon), but who are subordinated to the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox church
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Metallistov Avenue
METALLISTOV AVENUE, between Yakornaya Street and Laboratornaya Street, a large transport thoroughfare that goes through the Bolshaya Okhta River, Rubleviki and Polyustrovo, following the bend of the Neva River
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Polyustrovo
POLYUSTROVO, an area on the right bank of the Neva River, confined with Marshal Blucher Avenue in the north and with Polyustrovsky Avenue and Revolyutsii Freeway in the south, while in the east it is bordered with the railway junction line
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Relief
RELIEF. Despite having a general plain character, its flatness and large built up areas, the relief of St. Petersburg is diverse and full of contrasts. The highest peaks in the southwest of the city reach 176 meters
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Stadiums (entry)
STADIUMS. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were several sport-grounds and football fields in St Petersburg. The Lenin Stadium (1925; now Petrovsky) was Leningrad's first. In 1950, the Kirov Stadium was opened
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