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Adress index / Saint Petersburg, city / Fontanka River Embankment
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Third Division

THIRD DIVISION of His Majesty's Own office, the supreme state establishment that performed political surveillance and investigation in the country. The office was established on July 3

Tolstoy L.N. (1828-1910), writer

TOLSTOY Lev Nikolaevich (Leo Tolstoy) (1828-1910), Count, writer, associate (1873) and honorary member (1900) of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He first came to St

Tolstoy, House of

TOLSTOY, HOUSE OF (52-54 Fontanka River Embankment/ 15-17 Rubinsteina Street), an architectural monument of the late Art nouveau. The six-storey apartment house was constructed in 1910-1912 on the request of the landlord Count M.P

Tovstonogov Bolshoy Drama Theatre

TOVSTONOGOV BOLSHOY DRAMA THEATRE (BDT), academic theater located at 65 Fontanka Embankment, founded in 1919 by the joint effort of A.A. Blok (director), M. Gorky (in 1932-92 bore his name) and M.F

Tovstonogov G.A., (1913-1989), director

TOVSTONOGOV Georgy Alexandrovich (1913-1989, Leningrad), director, pedagogue, theatre worker, People's Artist of the USSR (1957), Hero of Socialist Labour (1983), corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of GDR (1983)

Tsentralny (Central) District

TSENTRALNY (CENTRAL) DISTRICT, an administrative-territorial entity within St. Petersburg, with the territorial administration situated at 176 Nevsky Prospect. The district was set up in 1994, when Smolninsky District

Union of Liberation, political organization

UNION OF LIBERATION was an illegal political organization of liberal democratic orientation. It was founded in 1903. The constituent congress was held in St. Petersburg on 3-5 January 1904 in the flats of lawyer I.A

Utkin N.I., (1780-1863), printmaker

UTKIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1780-1863, St. Petersburg), printmaker and teacher. He attended the workshops of A.Y. Radig and I.S. Klauber at the Academy of Arts from 1785 to 1800; in 1803-14 he held an Academy scholarship in Paris

Vecherny Peterburg (The Evening Petersburg), newspaper

VECHERNY PETERBURG (The Evening Petersburg) (until 1991 was known as Vecherny Leningrad), a city newspaper. The newspaper's history traditionally dates back to 17 October 1917, when the first bolshevik evening newspaper Rabochy i Soldat

Volkov F.I. (1754-1803), architect

VOLKOV Fedor Ivanovich (1754 - 1803, St. Petersburg), architect, academy member (1794), professor and Assistant Rector (1796) of the Academy of Fine Arts. Graduated from the Academy of Fine arts in 1772, continued his education in Italy and France

Volodarsky Printing House

VOLODARSKY PRINTING HOUSE (59 Fontanka River Embankment) is the main production facility of Lenizdat Publishers. Originally called the Printing House of the State Medical Collegium, it was founded in 1795 on Aptekarsky Island

Voznesensky Avenue

VOZNESENSKY AVENUE, translated as Ascension Avenue, between Admiralteisky Avenue and Fontanka River Embankment. It was laid in the early 18th century. It runs towards the tower of the Main Admiralty and crosses St Isaac’s Square

Vvedensky Canal

VVEDENSKY CANAL was dug between the Obvodny Canal and the Fontanka River in 1807-10. It received its name from Vvedensky Cathedral (Presentation of the Holy Virgin Cathedral) (at different times it was named Soyedinitelny (Connecting), Novy (New)

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)

Wolf M.O. (1825-1883), publisher

WOLF Mavriky Osipovich (Boleslav Maurytzy) (1825-1883, St. Petersburg), publisher and book-seller. He graduated from a gymnasium in Warsaw in 1838. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1848. Wolf set up his own company under the label M.O

Women’s Institutes (Entry)

WOMEN’S INSTITUTES were boarding schools of intermediate education. They were under the oversight of the Department of Empress Maria's Establishments in 1796-1917

Wurttemberg Alexander Friedrich, von (1771-1833), Prince

WURTTEMBERG ALEXANDER, VON (Alexander Friedrich Karl) (1771-1833), Prince, Russian state and military figure, Cavalry General (1800). Brother of Empress Maria Fedorovna (wife of Emperor Pavel I)

Yusupov Family, Princes

YUSUPOV FAMILY, a family of princes of Nogay origin, who lived in Russia from the 16th century. Several family members were closely associated with St. Petersburg



















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