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Nikitin I.N., (circa 1690-1742), Artist

NIKITIN Ivan Nikitich (c. 1690-1742) artist, one of the founders of secular painting in Russia. In 1711, he was sent from Moscow to St. Petersburg as a master of the Armoury. In 1716-20, he was sent to study in Italy by order of Peter the Great

Nikodim (Rotov) (1929-1978), Metropolitan of Leningrad and Novgorod 1963-1978

NIKODIM (lay name Boris Georgievich Rotov) (1929-1978), church figure. In 1947, he took monastic vows under the name of Nikodim, and was sent to serve in the Arch-Eparchy of Yaroslavl

Nikolaevskaya Children’s Hospital

NIKOLAEVSKAYA CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL (13 Chapygina Street) was the first children’s hospital in Russia. It was opened in 1834 with the aid of private donations on Ekaterininsky Canal near the Alarchin Bridge; in 1842 it was relocated to a reconstructed

Nikolaevsky Engineering Academy

NIKOLAEVSKY ENGINEERING ACADEMY is higher military educational institution. It was created in 1855, from the Imperial Military Academy, which had run officers' classes for the Major Engineering High School

Nikolaevsky Naval Academy

NIKOLAEVSKY NAVAL ACADEMY was named after Emperor Nicholas I, and founded in 1877 on the basis of the Academic Course of Marine Sciences (1862), which had been called the Higher Officers Class of the Naval Cadet Corps (1827-62)

Nikolaevsky Palace (Palace of Labour)

NIKOLAEVSKY PALACE (4 Truda Square), an architectural monument of Eclecticism. It was constructed in 1853-1861 (architect A.I. Stakensсhneider) for Grand Prince Nikolay Nikolaevich (the Elder)

Nikolay Mikhailovich (1859-1919), Grand Prince

NIKOLAY MIKHAILOVICH (1859, Tsarskoe Selo - 1919, Petrograd), Grand Prince, general of infantry (1913), adjutant general (1903), honorary member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898)

Nikolay Nikolaevich the Elder (1831-1891), Grand Prince

NIKOLAY NIKOLAEVICH the Elder (1831 Tsarskoe Selo - 1891), Grand Prince, Field Marshal General (1878). The third son of Emperor Nicholas I. From 1852, Inspector General of the Engineering Corps, and from 1864 Inspector General of the Cavalry

Nikolay Nikolaevich the Younger (1856-1929), Grand Prince

NIKOLAY NIKOLAEVICH the Younger (1856, St. Petersburg 1929), Grand Prince, General of Cavalry (1900), Adjutant General (1894). Son of Grand Prince Nikolay Nikolaevich the Elder

Nikolskoe Cemetery

NIKOLSKOE CEMETERY. One of the necropolises at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, founded in 1863 (the third to be opened). Situated between Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue and the Lavra's eastern yards. It was named after the Church of St

Nikolsky A. S. (1884-1953), architect

NIKOLSKY Alexander Sergeevich (1884-1953, Leningrad), architect, doctor of architecture, full member of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (1939). Since 1902, resided in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the Civil Engineering Institute (1912)

Nikolsky Bridges

NIKOLSKY BRIDGES, two bridges by St. Nicolas Naval Cathedral (hence the name) Novo-Nikolsky bridge over Griboedova Canal, links Nikolskaya Square with Myasnikova Street

Nikolsky Garden

NIKOLSKY GARDEN is located in the centre of St. Petersburg between Kryukov Canal Embankment, Griboedova Canal Embankment, Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue and Nikolsky Lane. The total area of the garden is 1.7 hectares. It was laid out in the 18th century. St

Nikonov N.N. (1849-1918), architect

NIKONOV Nikolay Nikitich (1849-1918), architect, representative of the Neo-Byzantine style. From the 1860s lived in St. Petersburg. Completed his studies and traineeship at city construction sites; assisted architect I.A. Monighetti

Nilometre

NILOMETRE is situated on the right bank of Moika River, behind Siny Bridge. It was built in 1970-71 (architect V.А. Petrov, engineer P.S. Panfilov) in the form of four-sided obelisk, cut into the granite embankment facing

Niva (Field), journal

NIVA (The Field), an illustrated weekly journal of literature, politics and modern life, which appeared from 1870 through to 1917, in A. F. Marx's publishing house (until 1904) consecutively under the editorships of : V. P. Klyushnikov, F. N

Nobel Family, entrepreneurs

NOBEL FAMILY, entrepreneurs from Sweden. Emmanuel Nobel (1801-72), a professor of descriptive geometry and engineering at Stockholm Technological Institute, came to Russia in 1837, and his family moved to St. Petersburg in 1842

Nobility Regiment

NOBILITY REGIMENT, higher military academic establishment. Founded in 1804 as a Volunteers Corp of the 2nd Cadet Corps for accelerated training of officers from the indigent nobility over 16 years old

Nobility State Land Bank

NOBILITY STATE LAND BANK (12 Admiralteyskaya Embankment). Founded in 1885 to support landownership, the bank was the most important link of the mortgage chain. The bank's activities covered the European part of Russia except for the Grand Duchy of

Noble Assembly

NOBLE ASSEMBLY, public club establishment, originating from the so-called Merchants Assembly that was founded in 1782 by a group consisting mainly of German merchants who had resigned from the Burger Club (Petty Bourgeois Assembly, or Schuster Club)

Nobles

NOBLES, a social group within the St. Petersburg population. Nobility was a strict class that was divided by inheritance, and those who had received their title by merit for service (without the right to pass on their title through inheritance)

Nochlezhka (Shelter), a charitable foundation

NOCHLEZHKA (Shelter) (building No.27 Apraksin Dvor), a charitable foundation initiated in 1990 for making and development of the system for support of the homeless

North Western Department of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

NORTH WESTERN DEPARTMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES situated at 12 Akademika Pavlova Street. It was established in 1998 on the basis of the St. Petersburg Bureau of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Northern Scientific

Northern Cable, the factory

Northern Cable (40 Kozhevennaya Line) was an open joint-stock company, the oldest factory in the country dealing in design and manufacturing of cable and conductors, mainly of complicated design

Northern Front of 1941

NORTHERN FRONT, joint armed forces of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45. Deployed on 24 June 1941 from the Leningrad Air Defence Force to defend the Soviet-Finnish border from the Barents Sea to the Baltic Sea

Northern Shipyard Plant

NORTHERN SHIPYARD PLANT (6 Korabelnaya Street) is an open joint-stock company, a large hi-tech factory building military ships, commercial ships, and complex nautical equipment

Northern Union of Russian Workers

NORTHERN UNION OF RUSSIAN WORKERS, the first underground revolutionary organization of workers in St. Petersburg. It was founded in 1876 with D.N. Smirnov, A.E. Gorodnichy, V.I. Savelyev, and S.I. Volkov at the head

Northwest Shipping Lines

NORTHWEST SHIPPING LINES (NWS) (the central office is located at 37 Bolshaya Morskaya Street), open joint-stock company (since 1991), one of the largest enterprises of St. Petersburg transport sector and the system of Russian river transport

Novaya Derevnya

NOVAYA DEREVNYA, a historical district in the north-west of St. Petersburg, on the right bank of the Bolshaya Nevka River, in the west it borders on Staraya Derevnya, in the east it is confined by the Chernaya Rechka River

Novaya Zhizn (New Life), newspaper (1917-1918)

NOVAYA ZHIZN (New Life), a public literary daily newspaper which appeared in Petrograd from 18 April (1 May) 1917 until 16 July 1918 (with a total of 354 issues). A. N. Tikhonov was the official publisher (real name А. Serebrov) but it was M