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Apartment Houses (entry)
APARTMENT HOUSES, houses constructed to receive a profit by leasing the apartments. They appeared in St. Petersburg in the early 18th century, proliferated after the decree of 1769 that authorized shops to be arranged on the ground floors
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Belarusians
BELARUSIANS, an ethnic community within the St. Petersburg population. Belarusian is related to the Slavonic group of Indo-European languages. Most religious members of the community belong to the Russian Orthodox Church while some are Catholic
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Book Trade (entry)
BOOK TRADE. State, institutional and private book trading has been carried out in St. Petersburg since the first years of its existence. The first official bookshop belonged to the St
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Bubyr A.F. (1876-1919), architect
BUBYR Alexey Fedorovich (1876-1919), architect. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1902). Worked at the Department of Empress Maria’s Institutions (since 1903), taught at the College of Civil Engineers
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Chekhova Street
CHEKHOVA STREET, known as Ertelev Lane until 1923, between Zhukovskogo Street and Nekrasova Street. The street was laid in the second half of the 18th century. Its original name was derived from the last name of a house-owner
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Gerasimov S.А. (1906-1985), film director
GERASIMOV Sergey Apollinarievich (1906-1985), film director, actor, and teacher; People's Artist of the USSR in 1948, Ph.D. (Art History) in 1967, and Member of the Academy of Educational Sciences of the USSR in 1978
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Gymnasia (entry)
GYMNASIA, institutions of intermediate general education. In pre-revolutionary Russia they were mainly established with the purpose of training pupils for university and service in state institutions
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Housing Cooperatives
HOUSING COOPERATIVES (ZhSK). A form of participation in the construction of private apartments. Workers' rental dormitories (functioned in 1921-37) became the prototypes for housing cooperatives
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Jews
JEWS, an ethnic community within the St. Petersburg population. Hebrew is related to the Semitic group of Afrasian languages, Yiddish (was spread throughout the majority of eastern Russia) is related to the Germanic group of Indo-European family of
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Korolenko Street
KOROLENKO STREET (known until 1921 as Baskova Street, its owner"s name), is located between Nekrasova Street and Preobrazhenskaya Square. Laid out in the second half of the 18th century, it was renamed after V. G
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Latvians
LATVIANS, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. The Latvian language belongs to the Baltic group of Indo-European language family. Believers are Lutherans and Catholics. The Latvian community in St
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Ligovsky Avenue
IGOVSKY AVENUE, running between Nekrasova Street and Moskovsky Avenue. Known as Ligovskaya Street until 1956. Constructed along the Ligovsky Canal track (hence the name) starting in 1891
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Ligovsky Canal
LIGOVSKY CANAL was constructed to supply drinking water to St. Petersburg under the project of Grigory Skornyakov-Pisarev in 1718-21. Originally, it was 23 km long, 2-4 meters bottom-wide and 1-2 meters deep
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Literary Men, House of, Literary Organization
Literary Men, House of, the literary and education organization. It was opened on 1 December 1918. It was situated at 11 Basseinaya Street (today Nekrasovа Street)
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Market Buildings (entry)
1850 MARKET BUILDINGS of St. Petersburg. Climatic conditions of St. Petersburg led to appearance of covered trade rows. A number of stone market buildings were erected at the end of the 1780s
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Mayakovsky V.V. (1893-1930), poet
MAYAKOVSKY Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930), poet. Studied at Kutais Gymnasium and in the Moscow School for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He visited St
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Metochions (entry)
METOCHIONS of monasteries and eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1715, by order of Tsar Peter the Great, the metochions of St. Sergius Trinity Monastery (from 1744
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Milyukov P.N. (1859-1943), statesman, historian
MILYUKOV Pavel Nikolaevich (1859-1943), statesman, historian, essayist, honorary doctor of Cambridge University (1916). He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University in 1882. From 1886, he was a private tutor there
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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
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Nekrasova Street
NEKRASOVA STREET, known as Basseynaya Street before 1918, located between Liteyny Avenue and Grechesky Avenue. It was named after N. A. Nekrasov. It appeared in the first third of the 18th century leading to the pools that were opened to supply
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Nikonov N.N. (1849-1918), architect
NIKONOV Nikolay Nikitich (1849-1918), architect, representative of the Neo-Byzantine style. From the 1860s lived in St. Petersburg. Completed his studies and traineeship at city construction sites; assisted architect I.A. Monighetti
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Poles
POLES, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. The Polish language is related to the Slavic group of Indo-European languages. Their faith is Catholic. The Polish community in St
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Prudki, garden
PRUDKI is a garden in the central part of St. Petersburg, between Ligovsky Avenue, Grechesky Avenue, Nekrasova Street and Prudkovsky Lane. The garden was laid out on the spot of the former ponds which existed at the end of Ligovsky Canal
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Puppet Theatres (entry)
PUPPET THEATRES. The first professional State Puppet Theatre was Petrograd Puppet Theatre directed by L. V. Shaporina-Yakovleva (founded in 1918, opened in 1919, in 1923-24 part of the Young People's Theatre at 33 Mokhovaya Street)
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Second-Hand Book Trade (entry)
SECOND-HAND BOOK TRADE or bouquiniste trade (from the French word bouquin - an old book). From the time of the opening of the book trade in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 18th century
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Suzor P. Y. (1844-1919), architect
SUZOR Pavel Yulievich (1844 - 1919, Petrograd), architect, associate academy member of architecture (1892). Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1866)
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Vasilyev N.V. (1875 – not earlier than 1940-s), architect.
VASILYEV Nikolay Vasilievich (1875-1950s ?), architect. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1904). His early works include: the mansion of M.A. Savitskaya (now the town of Pushkin, 15 Moskovskaya Street, 1904-05)
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Wirrich E.F. (1860-after 1949), architect
WIRRICH (Wurrich) Ernest-Friedrich Franzevich (1860, St. Petersburg - after 1949), painter, architect, academician of architecture of the Academy of Arts (1908)
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Wrangel N. N. (1880-1915), Art Historian
WRANGEL Nikolay Nikolaevich (1880-1915) a baron, art historian. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1897. Wrote about the history of Russian artistic culture from the 18th to the beginning of the 19th centuries, including sculpture, painting
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Zazersky A.I. (1876-1942), engineer, inventor
ZAZERSKY Alexey Ivanovich (1876, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad), architect, one of the builders of the first St. Petersburg co-operative house. Father of N.A. Zazersky. Representative of the Art Nouveau and Neo-Classical styles
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