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EGYPTIAN BRIDGE, spanning the Fontanka River, on Lermontovsky Avenue. Built in 1825-26 (engineers V.A. Khristianovich, V.K. Traitteur). A single-span chain bridge with rich architectural mounting in Egyptian style; on the approaches are four cast
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Ekateringofsky Bridge
EKATERINGOFSKY BRIDGE (from 1911-20 Rizhsky), spanning the Ekateringofka River, joining Rizhsky Avenue (hence the former name) with Gapsalskaya Street of Gutuevsky Island. Built in 1910-14 (engineers P. Pshenitsky D. Y
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Elagin Bridges
ELAGIN BRIDGES, three bridges on the Elagin Island, with a spanning structure consisting of metal girders resting on concrete abutments and timber metal trestle piers
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Elagin Palace
ELAGIN PALACE (4 Elagin Island), an Empire style architectural monument, constructed in the 1780s for I.P. Elagin, rebuilt in 1818-1822 (architect K.I. Rossi) for Empress Maria Fedorovna
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Eliseevsky Shop
ELISEEVSKY SHOP (56 Nevsky Prospect / 8 Malaya Sadovaya Street) is the monument of architecture of Eclecticism and early Art Nouveau style. The main building housing a food store and a theatre lobby was built in 1902-03 (architect G. V
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English Church of Jesus Christ
ENGLISH CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, located at 56 Angliiskaya Embankment, was established in 1723 by members of the English community in the house of the Sheremetev family on the Bolshaya Neva River Embankment, rented by them
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Ermitazhny (Hermitage) Bridge
ERMITAZHNY (HERMITAGE) BRIDGE (in 1738 Naberezhny, in the middle of the 18th century known as Verkhnenaberezhny, or Zimnedvortsovy; was also called Dvortsovy (Palace) until 1828), across Zimnyaya Kanavka along Dvortsovaya Embankment
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Eropkin P.M. (about 1698-1740), architect.
EROPKIN Peter Mikhailovich (about 1698-1740, St. Petersburg), architect, urban planner, architecture theorist. In 1716-24 on the order of the Tsar Peter the Great he was trained in Italy, in 1725 he was conferred a title of architect
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Estonian Church of St. John the Baptist
ESTONIAN CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, located at 54 Dekabristov St., is an architectural monument. The church was erected in 1859-63 (architect K.K. Ziegler, after the project design by G.A
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Evdokimov S.I. (1911-1972), architect.
EVDOKIMOV Sergey Ivanovich (1911, St. Peterburg - 1972, Leningrad), architect, architect emeritus of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1970). He graduated from the Leningrad College of Engineering and Urban Planning (1934)
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Felten Y. M. (1730-1801), architect
FELTEN Yury Matveevich (Georg Friedrich) (1730 -1801, St. Petersburg), architect, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts (from 1775; from 1785 a Council member, in 1789-94 director), State Counsellor (1784)
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Feodor Cathedral
FEODOR CATHEDRAL, the Cathedral of the Icon of Our Lady Feodorovskaya, located at 1b Tovarny Lane. The cathedral in the style of the 17th century churches of Rostov Veliky (civil engineer S. S
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Feodorovsky Settlement (Pushkin Town)
FEODOROVSKY SETTLEMENT, an architectural ensemble of the town of Pushkin, to the north-west from the Alexandrovsky Park. It was constructed in the Neo-Russian style on the initiative of Emperor Nicholas II and encompasses the Court Cathedral of Our
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Field of Mars (Marsovo Pole), ensemble
FIELD OF MARS (in the 18th century Bolshoy Meadow, Poteshnoe Field, Tsaritsyn Meadow, in 1918 -40 – Zhertv Revolyutsii Square), the square in the centre of St. Petersburg. It was named so in honour of Mars, the Roman god of war
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Finlyandsky Railway Bridge
FINLYANDSKY RAILWAY BRIDGE, across the Neva River, on Finlyandskaya junction railway line. The bridge was built in 1910-13 (engineers N.A. Belelyubsky, G.G. Krivoshein, I.G. Alexandrov, architect V.P. Apyshkov)
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Fire Towers
FIRE TOWERS ('kalancha') are a trivial name for watchtowers, from which special watchmen watched for the inception of fires, beginnings of floods, etc. In St. Petersburg
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Floating Bridges
FLOATING BRIDGES, temporary bridges on floating objects (ferries, pontoons, barges etc.), were used from the early 18th century. The first floating bridge was the one that linked Berezovy and Zayachy islands
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Fomin I. A. (1872-1936), architect
FOMIN Ivan Alexandrovich (1872-1936), architect, graphic artist, historian and theorist of architecture. I.I. Fomin's father. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1909), L.N
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Fomin I.I. (1904 - 1989), architect
FOMIN Igor Ivanovich (1904-1989, Leningrad), an architect, People's Architect of the USSR (1971), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1979). Son of I.A. Fomin
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Fontana L. F. (1824-1894), architect
FONTANA Ludwig Frantsevich (1824-1894), of Swiss descent, architect, prominent master of Eclecticism. Studied in Pavia (Italy). In 1845, he came to St. Petersburg, apprenticed as a mason with architect G.A. Bosse, since 1860 working independently
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Forts
FORTS. Fortifications in the area of the Gulf of Finland, built with the purpose of guarding approaches by the enemy to the Kronstadt Fortress. The first Kronschlot sea fort was opened in 1704
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Founding of St. Petersburg
FOUNDING OF ST. PETERSBURG. In May 1703, after the surrender of Nyenschantz, Tsar Peter the Great decided to build a fortress at the mouth of the Neva River on Zayachy Island
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Fountains (entry)
FOUNTAINS. The first fountains in St. Petersburg were laid out at the beginning of the 18th century in the Summer Garden. In 1717, the first engine was ordered (engineer Desaguliers) for their water supply and in 1717-1721 Ligovsky Canal was dug
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Frolov V. A. (1874-1942) artist
FROLOV Vladimir Alexandrovich (1874, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad), mosaic artist. He studied the art under his father A. N. Frolov (1830-1909), a member of the Academy of Arts in mosaics. His brother A. A. Frolov (1861-1897), was an architect
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Frunzensky Supermarket
FRUNZENSKY SUPERMARKET (60 Moskovsky Avenue) is a monument of architecture built in 1934-38 (architects E. I. Katonin, L. S. Katonin, E. M. Sokolov, K. L. Iogansen, engineer S. I
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Funeral Rites (entry)
FUNERAL RITES. Burials during the building of St. Petersburg were noted for their utmost simplicity. As C. Weber (1718) witnessed, "a body wrapped in a coarse bast sack, tightened with ropes, and put on a bier
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Gatchina, town
GATCHINA (in 1923-1927 Trotsk, in 1927-1944 Krasnogvardeisk), a town in Leningrad Region, 45 km to the south from St. Petersburg. Known since 1499 as Khotchino village, since the early 18th century - the Gatchinskaya farm-stead
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Gazovy Bridge
GAZOVY BRIDGE, (Gas Bridge) spanning the Obvodny Canal, by Serpukhovskaya Street. Built after 1835 by the St. Petersburg Society of Gas Lighting for the laying of gas-pipes from the gas-factory (hence the name); a three span bridge with metal
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Gegello A.I. (1891-1965), architect.
GEGELLO Alexander Ivanovich (1891-1965), architect. Resided in St. Petersburg since 1910. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1920) and from the Academy of Fine Arts, Higher School of Art and Technology (1923)
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