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Alexeevsky Ravelin

ALEXEEVSKY RAVELIN, an outer fortification of Peter and Paul fortress, situated in its western part, before Vasilievskaya curtain wall. The ravelin was named so in honour of Tsar Alexey Mikhaylovich. It was built in 1733-40 (engineer C.A. Munnich, C

Chernyshevskogo Avenue

CHERNYSHEVSKOGO AVENUE, called Voskresensky Avenue until 1923, from Robespierre Embankment to Kirochnaya Street. The avenue was renamed in commemoration of N.G. Chernyshevsky

Delo (Affair), journal, 1866-1888

DELO (Affair), a monthly journal, founded in 1866 by publisher and journalist G. Е. Blagosvetlov and replacing the suppressed Russkoe Slovo. With N. I. Shulgin as its nominal editor

Narodnaya Volya

NARODNAYA VOLYA (People's Will), the largest revolutionary public organization of the late 1870-80s. Originated in June 1879 as a result of the disunity among members of Zemlya i Volya

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