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Bibliographies
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Алянский Ю. Л. Увеселительные заведения старого Петербурга. СПб., 1996
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Amusement Establishments (entry)
AMUSEMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. At the beginning of the 18th century the prototype of amusement establishments were "garden entertainments" with music and dances, were held in the Summer Garden
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Avsteria Traktir
AVSTERIA. Also know as the Osteria; traktir from the Italian meaning "public house"; austeritas, from the Latin meaning "gloomy, dark, rough". The first drinking- and gambling-house in St
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Bi-Ba-Bo, Cabaret Theatre
BI-BA-BO, a cabaret theatre, opened in January 1917 in the vault of the Passage (19 Italyanskaya Street). It was established by producer K. A. Mardzhanov, poet N. Y. Agnivtsev and artist F. N
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Chat Noir, Cabaret
CHAT NOIR (from the French сhat noir - black cat), cabaret (126 Nevsky Prospect; the building was erected in 1883 as a Tenement apartment, architect G. I. Karpov)
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Corner, Cabaret
CORNER (Ugolok), cabaret theatre, and artistic club. Opened in the building of the Passage (entrance from 19 Italyanskaya Street) in January 1915. It was established by G. P. Makarov. V. N. Davydov, L. Y. Lipkovskaya, E. V. Lopukhova, Y. S
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Davydov's Restaurant
DAVYDOV'S RESTAURANT (7 Vladimirsky Avenue), opened in the 1860s by entrepreneur I. B. Davydov. Among St. Petersburgers it was known as "Davydka", or "Capernaum" (according to one version of the story, the latter name was invented by its habitue
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Medved Restaurant
MEDVED (BEAR). A restaurant, opened on 1 October 1878 by Belgian entrepreneur, E. Hiegel in the building of the Demoute Hotel (see Demoute's Tavern; 27 Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street)
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Panoramas (entry)
PANORAMAS, 1) A genre of fine art. The first panoramic view of St. Petersburg was created by artist A. F. Zubov in 1716. The most famous panoramas include: The Splendid Avenues by artist M. I. Makhaev (1753), Panorama of St. Petersburg by J. A
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Public Halls (entry)
PUBLIC HALLS, a special premise for informal mass events. The first public hall was arranged in banker A.A. Ral's house (On the Moika River Embankment, beside Red Bridge; not preserved)
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Show-Booth, Cabaret Theatre
SHOW-BOOTH (Balaganchik), the night cabaret theatre, was opened at the Free Comedy theatre in the autumn of 1921, which was established in 1920 by the Petrograd Theatre Society and the Department for Political Enlightenment of the Baltic Fleet
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Winter Garden, Variety Theatre
WINTER GARDEN (Zimny Sad), a variety theatre, opened in 1875 by impresario K. Kulebyakin on the spot of the restaurant Orfeum in the former apartment of the English Club (9 Fontanka River Embankment, having been rebuilt)
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