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Confessions, Non-Orthodox (entry)

NON ORTHODOX CONFESSIONS, Christian non-Orthodox churches. From the beginning of the 18th century, St. Petersburg was the centre of foreign confessions in Russia. The most numerous community were the Roman Catholics

St. Catherine’s Swedish Church

ST. CATHERINE’S SWEDISH CHURCH, located at 1-3 Malaya Konyushennaya St., is an architectural monument. The classical building of the church (architect Y.M. Felten) was erected in 1767-69 for the needs of the Swedish Lutheran community

World of Art, Association

WORLD OF ART, an art association. Begun in the mid-1890s by a circle of students, the main body including graduates of K. I. May's Gymnasium, such as Alexander N. Benois, W. F. Nouvel, and D. V. Filosofov, who were later joined by L. S. Bakst, S. P