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Persons / Pisarev Dmitry Ivanovich writer
Pisarev D. I. (1840-1868), publicist, critic

PISAREV Dmitry Ivanovich (1840-1868), critic, publicist. From 1851 lived in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the History and Philosophy Department of the Petersburg University (1861; the article Our University Science is written in the form of ironic

Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island

BOLSHOY AVENUE OF VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, in 1720s-1780s - Bolshaya Prospektivaya or Bolshaya Pershpektivaya Street, in 1918-22 - F. Adlera Avenue, in 1922-44 - Proletarskoy Pobedy Avenue

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

Leskov N.S. (1831-1895), writer

LESKOV Nikolay Semenovich (1831-1895, St. Petersburg), writer, publicist, collegiate secretary (1874). Studied in Orlov Gymnasium (1841-46, didn't graduate). His works were published from 1860. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1861

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

May Fires of 1862

MAY FIRES OF 1862, a set of catastrophic fires caused by unexpected warm and dry weather. Started on 15 and 16 May (on 16 May, several houses burnt in the Ligovka District), and lasted until the end of the month

Pavlenkov F.F. (1839-1900), publisher

PAVLENKOV Florenty Fedorovich (1839-1900), publisher. Graduated from the Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy (1861), served at the Kiev Arsenal and Bryansk Arsenal. Having resigned, he moved to St. Petersburg in 1865. In 1866, he started publishing

Pisareva Street

PISAREVA STREET known as Shafirovskaya Street from the mid-19th century and named Alexeevskaya Street after Grand Prince Alexey Alexeevich in 1887-1923 who had a palace at 122 Moika River Embankment

Russkoe slovo (The Russian Word), journal, 1859-1866

RUSSKOE SLOVO, (The Russian Word), a monthly journal, founded in 1859 by Count G. A. Kushelev-Bezborodko. In 1859-60 had a reputation as a moderate liberal publication and was co-edited by Y. P. Polonsky and A. A. Grigoryev

St. Peter and Paul fortress

ST. PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS, the historical centre of St. Petersburg, a monument of military engineering, the oldest engineering and architectural sight of the city

State University, St. Petersburg

STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. PETERSBURG (SPSU) (7/9 Universitetskaya Embankment) is one of the largest educational, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. The university comes from the Academic University

Zasulich V. I. (1849-1919) revolutionary

ZASULICH Vera Ivanovna (1849-1919, Petrograd), a revolutionary, literary critic, and publicist. Educated in a women’s boarding school in Moscow, she came to St. Petersburg in 1868 to join revolutionary circles