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LEVINSON Evgeny Adolfovich (1894-1968, Leningrad), architect and artist, Associate of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (from 1941), Doctor of Architecture (1946)
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Lidval F.I., (1870-1945), architect
LIDVAL Fedor Ivanovich (Iogan Friedrich) (1870, St. Petersburg - 1945), architect. Descendant of Swedish emigrants. Lidval graduated from the Academy of Arts (1896), a Fellow of the Academy of Architecture from 1909
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Lidval, House of
LIDVAL, HOUSE OF (1-3 Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, / 5 Malaya Posadskaya Street), a modernist architectural monument. The building was constructed in 1899-1904 by architect F.I. Lidval on land that belonged to his mother I. B. Lidval
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Lieutenant Schmidt Bridge
LIEUTENANT SCHMIDT BRIDGE (in 1850-55 Blagoveshchensky, in 1855-1918 Nikolaevsky, in memory of Emperor Nicholas I). It was the first permanent bridge built over the Bolshaya Neva River, linking Truda Square (formerly Blagoveshchenskaya
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Lishnevsky A.L., (1868-1942), architect
LISHNEVSKY Alexander Lvovich (1868-1942), architect, a noted Art Nouveau and Neoclassical artist. He graduated from the Academy of Arts in 1892, and worked in the Ukraine for some time. From 1901, he lived in St. Petersburg
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Liteiny Bridge
LITEINY BRIDGE (in 1903-17 Emperor Alexander II Bridge, or Alexandrovsky (Alexander Bridge), over the Neva River, linking Liteiny Avenue with Akademika Lebedeva Street on Viborgskaya Side. It was built in 1875-79 (engineer А.Е
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Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis
LITERATORSKIE (LITERARY) MOSTKI (30 Rasstannaya Street). A museum-necropolis on the territory of the Volkovskoe Orthodox Cemetery (in the northeastern section; the square covers 7
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Lobanov-Rostovsky, House of
LOBANOV-ROSTOVSKY, HOUSE OF (12 Admiralteisky Avenue), an architectural monument of high classicism. An early work of the architect A.A. Montferrand, it was constructed in 1817-1820 for Prince A.Y. Lobanov-Rostovsky
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Lomonosova Bridge
LOMONOSOVA BRIDGE (until 1948 Chernyshev Bridge), over the Fontanka River, on Lomonosova Street (former Chernyshev Lane, hence its old name). It was built in 1785-87 following a standard design
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Lviny Bridge
LVINY (LION'S) BRIDGE ("four lions bridge"), over Griboedov Canal, links the Lviny Lane with Malaya Podyacheskaya Street. It was built in 1825-26 (engineers V.K. Traitteur, V.А
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Lvov N.A. (1751-1803), architect
LVOV Nikolay Alexandrovich (1751-1803), architect, poet, engraver, scientist, engineer, privy counsellor, member of the Russian Academy (1783), honorary member of the Academy of Arts (1786). Received a home education
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Main Architecture Planning Office
MAIN ARCHITECTURE PLANNING OFFICE of Leningrad city council executive committee (2 Lomonosova Square), the chief organization of the city administration on architectural, construction, urban planning issues, and the development of St
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Maltese Chapel
MALTESE CHAPEL, Maltese Chapel of St. John the Baptist located at 26 Sadovaya Street. An architectural monument of the Classicist style. Designed in 1797-1800, (architect G
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Maneges (general article)
MANEGES, or riding-schools, (exerzirehaus), buildings with a large interior space, intended for troop drill exercises and cavalry dressage in fall and winter. Maneges were built in St
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Manors and Dachas (entry)
MANORS AND DACHAS. Within the precincts of modern St. Petersburg a number of the 18th -19th centuries manors and dachas (summer residences) have been preserved, also there are some fragments of manors on Petergofskaya (Peterhof) road
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Mansion of Yusupova (42 Liteiny Avenue)
MANSION OF YUSUPOVA (42 Liteiny Avenue), an architectural monument, constructed in 1852-1858 (architect L.L. Bonstedt, partly used the original project of architect G.A. Bosse) for countess Z.I. Yusupova
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Maps and Atlases (entry)
MAPS AND ATLASES. The first known Russian hand-written picture of the Neva River mouth and the territory adjoining the Gulf of Finland dates back to the late 17th century
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Marble Palace
MARBLE PALACE (1/5 Millionnaya Street), an architectural monument of early Neoclassicism. It was constructed in 1768-1785 (architect A. Rinaldi) for Count G.G. Orlov, a favourite of Empress Catherine II
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Mariinsky Palace
MARIINSKY PALACE (6 St. Isaac's Square), an architectural monument of late Neoclassicism. It was constructed in 1839-1844 (architect A.I. Stakensсhneider) on the left bank of the Moika River, close to the Siny Bridge
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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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Mass Residential Construction (entry)
MASS RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION. Started from the middle of the 1920s with the erection of apartment blocks. The first ones were erected in 1925-27, on Traktornaya Street (in 1927, 140,000 sq. metres of apartment houses were introduced)
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Matisov Bridge
MATISOV BRIDGE (Sukharny), over the Pryazhka River, links the left embankment of the Moika River with Matisov Island (hence the name). In 1737, a timber girder bridge stood here
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Matveevsky Bridge
MATVEEVSKY BRIDGE (until 1919 Tyuremny (Prison) Bridge, deriving its name from the neighbouring gaol Lithuanian Castle), over Krykov Canal, along the Moika River Embankment. It was renamed in memory of a revolutionary hero S.M. Matveev (1888-1918)
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Meeting Houses (entry)
MEETING HOUSES (Meeting Yards), offices of private police officers, located in each of 12 police units. With organization in 1802-03 of regular firefighting service, the Meeting Houses also housed fire brigades headed by brand masters
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Melnikov P.P. (1804-1880), engineer
MELNIKOV Pavel Petrovich (1804-1880, Luban, St. Petersburg province), engineer, statesman, Engineer-General (1869), Honoured Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1858)
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Melnikov А.I. (1784-1854), architect
MELNIKOV Avraam Ivanovich (1784, Oranienbaum - 1854, St. Petersburg), architect, associate academy member. Representative of the late Empire style. In 1795-1806, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of А.D. Zakharov
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Meltzer R.-F. (1860-1943), architect
MELTZER Roman Fedorovich (Robert Friedrich) (1860, St. Petersburg - 1943), architect, artist, furniture designer. He was a descendant of a Russian-German family. From 1878, worked in his father's company F. Meltzer and Co
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Memorial Cemetery to the Victims of 9th January
MEMORIAL CEMETERY TO THE VICTIMS OF 9TH JANUARY (4 Ninth January Avenue), in Nevsky District near Obukhovo Railway Station. Its square is 76 hectares. It was founded in 1872 as a city cemetery
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Memorial plaques (general article)
MEMORIAL PLAQUES. Memorial inscriptions in stone and metal first appeared in St. Petersburg as early as the 18h century. On the descents leading to the Neva River
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Menelas A.A. (1753-1834), architect
MENELAS Adam Adamovich (1753-1831, Tsarskoe Selo), architect, landscape designer, representative of the late Neoclassicism. Native of Scotland. From 1785, resided in Russia, worked as a mason in the workshop of N.A. Lvov in Torzhok and Mogilev
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