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Kolomensky Island
KOLOMENSKY ISLAND, historical name of the area between the Moika River, Kryukov Canal, Griboedova Canal, Fontanka River, Bolshaya Neva River, and Pryazhka River. Its area is over 90 hectares
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Kolomna
KOLOMNA, a historical district in the west part of St. Petersburg, between the Bolshaya Neva, Moika, Fontanka and Kryukov Canal. The name appeared in the early 18th century, most likely, on account of working people from the town of Kolomna
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Kolomyagi
KOLOMYAGI, an area to the north-west of St. Petersburg, north of the Komendantsky Aerodrome and south-west of Ozerki; in the west it is adjacent large-scale residential development of Ozero Dolgoe
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Kolosova E.I., (1780-1869), ballet dancer
KOLOSOVA (nee Neelova) Evgenia Ivanovna (1780-1869, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer. She studied under I. I. Valberkh in the Petersburg Theatre School and danced solo in the Imperial Company in 1799-1826
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Kolpino town
KOLPINO, a town, the centre of Kolpinsky District of St. Petersburg (since 1936), a station of Oktyabrskaya railway, 26 km to the south-east of St. Petersburg. It occupies the total area of 66 square km. The population is 142,800 people (2000)
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Kolpinsky District
KOLPINSKY DISTRICT, an administrative and territorial unit of Saint Petersburg (with the territorial administration situated in Kolpino, at 1 Uritskogo Street). The name derives from the town of Kolpino which is the centre of the district
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Koltovskie, locality
KOLTOVSKIE, historical name of a region in the western part of Petrogradsky Island between Pionerskaya Street (former Bolshaya Koltovskaya Street), Bolshaya Zelenina Street
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Koltsov A.V. (1809-1842), poet
KOLTSOV Alexey Vasilievich (1809-1842), poet. Finished the first class of Voronezh School. He first came to St. Petersburg in 1836. He visited the city again in 1838 and 1840 (lived at V.G. Belinsky's, 15 Maly Avenue of Vasilievsky Island)
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Koltushi Hills
KOLTUSHI HILLS, a height east of St. Petersburg within the boundaries of Neva Lowland. It is a group of kame hills with a height of 60.5 to 78.3 meters above the reclaimed swampy piedmonts at the elevation of 25-35 meters formed along the
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Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE of the Russian Academy of Sciences, situated at 2 Professora Popova Street, one of the leading botanical centres in the world. It was founded in 1931 on the basis of the Main Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum of the
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Komarov N.P. the chairman of Leningrad Soviet in 1926-28
KOMAROV Nikolay Pavlovich (born Fedor Evgenyevich Sobinov) (1886-1937), a statesman and Soviet Party worker. Had been living in St. Petersburg since 1902. In 1912 he graduated from the city 4-grade technical school
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Komarov V.L., (1869-1945), botanist
KOMAROV Vladimir Leontyevich (1869, St. Petersburg - 1945), botanist and geographer, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1920), Vice-President (1930-36) and President (1936-45) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
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Komarovo, village
KOMAROVO (until 1948 Kellomaki), the former settlement (since 1946), a municipal unit forming a part of Kurortny District of St. Petersburg (since 1997), 40 km to the north-west of the city
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Komarovsky Bridge
KOMAROVSKY BRIDGE (also Gorbaty - humpbacked), over the Bolshaya Okhta River, on Yakornaya (former Komarovskaya, hence the name) Street, links the Bolshaya and Malaya Okhta Rivers. From the 18th century there has been a timber bridge here
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Komendantskoe Cemetery
KOMENDANTSKOE CEMETERY is situated in the presbytery of SS. Peter&Paul Cathedral, and it was intended exclusively for burials of governors of Peter and Paul Fortress. 19 out of 32 governors of the fortress were buried there
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Komendantsky Aerodrome
KOMENDANTSKY AERODROME, an area in the north-west of St. Petersburg, between Kolomyazhsky Avenue, Parashyutnaya Street, Sizova Street and Chernaya Rechka river
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Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA THEATRE (also called Drama Theatre under the Directorship of V. F. Komissarzhevskaya, and Drama Theatre of V. F. Komissarzhevskaya), a private theatre founded in 1904 by V.F. Komissarzhevskaya
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Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA THEATRE (19 Italyanskaya Street). Established in 1942 as the City ("Besieged") Theatre, being legitimized as a drama theatre in 1943, named after V.F. Komissarzhevskaya in 1959, and granted academic status in 1994
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Komissarzhevskaya V.F., (1864-1910), actress
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA Vera Fedorovna (1864, St. Petersburg - 1910), actress. The sister of F.F. Komissarzhevsky. Studied in Moscow under her father, opera singer and pedagogue F.P
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Komissarzhevsky F.F. (1882-1954), actor and director
KOMISSARZHEVSKY Fedor Fedorovich (1882-1954), director and theatre teacher. The son of F. P. Komissarzhevsky, opera singer and teacher, and the brother of actress V. F. Komissarzhevskaya. He lived in St
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Komorovskoe Cemetery
KOMOROVSKOE CEMETERY (Komarovo village) is situated in resort area near St. Petersburg, five kilometres from Komarovo Railway Station, on the road to Shchuchye Lake, and not bigger than a hectare
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Komsomolskaya Square
KOMSOMOLSKAYA SQUARE, at the intersection of Stachek Avenue and Krasnoputilovskaya Street. Constructed in the 1950s in the course of the development of the Avtovo District, according to a plan designed by architect A.A. Ol in the 1930s
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Konashevich V.M., (1888-1963), Artist
KONASHEVICH Vladimir Mikhailovich (1888-1963, Leningrad) was a graphic artist, honoured worker of art of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1945)
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Konchaev Firefighting Equipment Collection
KONCHAEV FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. Established by the State Firefighting Service of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Main Department of Internal Affairs (73 Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island), opened on 29 June 1957; in 1988-95
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Kondakov N.P. (1844-1925), archaeologist
KONDAKOV Nikodim Pavlovich (1844-1925), archaeologist, art historian, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1892), member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898), full member of the Academy of Arts (1893)
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Kondrashin V.P. (1929-1999), coach
KONDRASHIN Vladimir Petrovich (1929, Leningrad, 1999, St. Petersburg), Merited Coach of the USSR (basketball). In 1967-95 head coach of Spartak team (Leningrad), in 1970-76 senior coach of the USSR national team
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Kondratyevsky Avenue
KONDRATYEVSKY AVENUE (from the 1830s to 1918, Bezborodkinsky Avenue), located between Arsenalnaya Street and Mechnikova Avenue. It was built in the second half of the 18th century
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Konetsky V.V. (1929-2002), writer
KONETSKY Viktor Viktorovich (1929, Leningrad - 2002, St. Petersburg) writer. He survived the first winter of the siege in Leningrad and was evacuated together with his mother and brother in the spring of 1942
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Koni A.F. (1844-1927), lawyer, public figure
KONI Anatoly Fedorovich (1844, St Petersburg 1927, Leningrad), lawyer, statesman, man of letters, Actual Privy Counsellor (1910); Doctor of Law (1890), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1900)
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Konnogvardeysky Boulevard
KONNOGVARDEYSKY BOULEVARD (in 1918-91, Profsoyuzov Boulevard), located between Dekabristov Square, St. Isaac's Square and Truda Square. The Admiralty Canal was excavated along Konnogvardeysky Boulevard in the early 18th century for transporting wood
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