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Bibliographies / Рубахин В. Ф. Графы Апраксины и их петербургская вотчина - Апраксин двор. СПб., 1912
Apraksin Yard

APRAKSIN YARD, a group of shops, storehouses, and offices built in the 18th and 19th centuries in the area belonging to the Counts Apraksin (hence the name) and bounded by the Fontanka River, Sadovaya Street, Lomonosova Street, and Apraksin Lane

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