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Benois L.N. (1856-1928), architect
Benois Leonty (Ludovik) Nikolaevich (1856, Peterhof -1928, Leningrad), architect, full State Advisor (1905), an honourable cultural figure (1927). The son of N. L. Benois, a brother of Albert N. Benois and А. N. Benois
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Houses of Specialists (entry)
HOUSES OF SPECIALISTS. New buildings constructed after a decision taken by the city administration to transform Leningrad into the model socialist city. Houses of Specialists were constructed for workers from different branches of the economy
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Lavrov S.B. (1928 - 2000), geographer
LAVROV Sergey Borisovich (1928, Leningrad - 2000, St. Petersburg), geographer, received a Ph.D. (geography) in 1968 and Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation in 1998
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Letopis (The Chronicle), journal
LETOPIS (The Chronicle) monthly literary, scientific and political journal, founded and virtually edited by Maxim Gorky. The journal united authors and publicists opposing nationalism and WW I
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Monetnaya Bolshaya Street
MONETNAYA BOLSHAYA STREET, between Kronverkskaya Street and Chapaeva Street. In the second half of the 18th century it was Third Matveevskaya Street (after St. Matthew’s Church)
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Petrogradskaya Side
PETROGRADSKAYA SIDE (in the 18th century - Gorodskaya Side, until 1914 - Peterburgskaya Side), the joint name of the territory that includes the following islands: Petrogradsky, Aptekarsky, Petrovsky and Zayachy
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Petrogradsky District
PETROGRADSKY DISTRICT, an administrative and territorial unit of St. Petersburg, with its administration located at 19 Bolshaya Monetnaya Street. The district was formed in 1917, and in 1936 the Primorsky District was separated from its territory
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Sobering-up Stations
SOBERING-UP STATIONS. In Autumn 1936 collection of the drunk in the streets by special brigades of militia driving in cars supplied with special equipment became a usual practice in Leningrad
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Toponymy of St. Petersburg
TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation
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