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Conversations for Lovers of the Russian Word , Literary Society

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Khandoshkin I.E., (1747-1804), violinist, composer

Khandoshkin Ivan Evstafyevich (1747, St. Petersburg [?] - 1804, St. Petersburg), master violinist, composer, pedagogue, son of a former serf of Count P.B. Sheremetyev, who was a musician at the Court of Grand Prince Peter Fedorovich

Kryukov Canal

KRYUKOV CANAL runs from the Admiralty Canal by Truda Square to the Fontanka River. 1015 meters long, it was dug from the Neva River to the Moika River in 1719-20 and was named after the contractor Semen Kyukov in 1738 (the section from the Neva to

Petrograd

PETROGRAD, official name of St. Petersburg since 18 August 1914, chosen after Russia entered the First World War of 1914-18; it replaced the German name St. Petersburg

Suvorov A.V.(1729-1800), military commander

SUVOROV Alexander Vasilyevich (1729-1800, St. Petersburg), military leader, Count of Rymnik (1789), Prince of Italy (1799), Generalissimo (1799). Received home education