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Mayakovsky V.V. (1893-1930), poet
MAYAKOVSKY Vladimir Vladimirovich (1893-1930), poet. Studied at Kutais Gymnasium and in the Moscow School for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He visited St
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Mechnikov I.I., (1845-1916), physiologist
MECHNIKOV Ilya Ilyich (1845-1916), embryologist, microbiologist and pathologist, Associate (1902) and Honourary Doctor (1883) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Science. Graduated from the University of Kharkov in 1864
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Medal, Defence of Leningrad.
DEFENCE OF LENINGRAD, a medal and a state award of the USSR, instituted on 22 December 1941. The round medal is made of brass, and measures 32 millimetres in diameter
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Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education
MEDICAL ACADEMY OF POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION, St. Petersburg Medical Academy situated at 41 Kirochnaya Street. It was founded in 1885 as Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna's Clinical Institute and renamed the Imperial Clinical Institute in 1896 to become the
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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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Meeting Houses (entry)
MEETING HOUSES (Meeting Yards), offices of private police officers, located in each of 12 police units. With organization in 1802-03 of regular firefighting service, the Meeting Houses also housed fire brigades headed by brand masters
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Melnikov P.P. (1804-1880), engineer
MELNIKOV Pavel Petrovich (1804-1880, Luban, St. Petersburg province), engineer, statesman, Engineer-General (1869), Honoured Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1858)
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Meltzer R.-F. (1860-1943), architect
MELTZER Roman Fedorovich (Robert Friedrich) (1860, St. Petersburg - 1943), architect, artist, furniture designer. He was a descendant of a Russian-German family. From 1878, worked in his father's company F. Meltzer and Co
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Memorial plaques (general article)
MEMORIAL PLAQUES. Memorial inscriptions in stone and metal first appeared in St. Petersburg as early as the 18h century. On the descents leading to the Neva River
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Mendeleev D.I., (1834-1907), chemist
MENDELEEV Dmitry Ivanovich (1834-1907, St. Petersburg), chemist, teacher and public figure, Associate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1876). Graduated from the Main Pedagogical Institute of St. Petersburg in 1855
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Mendeleev Museum Archive
MENDELEEV MUSEUM ARCHIVE of St. Petersburg State University (2 Mendeleevskaya Line), founded in 1911 upon the initiative of D. I. Mendeleev's students and colleagues occupies three rooms on the ground floor of the Twelve Colleges building
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Menelas A.A. (1753-1834), architect
MENELAS Adam Adamovich (1753-1831, Tsarskoe Selo), architect, landscape designer, representative of the late Neoclassicism. Native of Scotland. From 1785, resided in Russia, worked as a mason in the workshop of N.A. Lvov in Torzhok and Mogilev
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Menshikov A.D. (1672/73-1729), governor general
MENSHIKOV Alexander Danilovich (1672 or 1673-1729), count (1702), Serene High Prince of Izhora (1707), a statesman and a military leader, Generalissimo (1727). Once a friend of the young Tsar Peter the Great's, later becoming his closest associate
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Menshikov Palace
MENSHIKOV PALACE (15 Universitetskaya Embankment), an architectural monument of late Peter's Baroque, the largest stone building of the first half of the 18th century in St. Petersburg. The building was constructed in 1710-1727 (architects D.M
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Merchants
MERCHANTS, a social group forming a part of the St. Petersburg population, individuals engaged in trade and industrial activities. In the first half of the 18th century merchants came in among the "planted people
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Metochion of Kiev Pechersk Lavra
METOCHION OF KIEV PECHERSK LAVRA, located at 27 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment, an architectural monument. It was built in 1895-1900 and decorated in the Russian style (architect V. A. Kosyakov; see The Kosyakov family) for the Kiev Pechersk Lavra
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Metochion of the Holy Assumption Monastery in Staraya Ladoga
METOCHION OF THE HOLY ASSUMPTION MONASTERY IN STARAYA LADOGA, located at 29/1 Staropetergofsky Avenue. An architectural monument. A piece of land for the metochion was bought in 1902, when a wooden Holy Assumption chapel was erected
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Metochions (entry)
METOCHIONS of monasteries and eparchies of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1715, by order of Tsar Peter the Great, the metochions of St. Sergius Trinity Monastery (from 1744
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Michurina-Samoylova V.A., (1866-1948), actress
MICHURINA-SAMOYLOVA Vera Arkadievna (1866-1948), actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1939). Daughter of V.V. Samoylova. Performed first under her father's name, Michurina, then in 1921 as Michurina-Samoylova
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Mickiewicz A. (1798-1855), poet
MICKIEWICZ Adam (1798-1855), Polish poet. Graduated from Philological Department of University of Vilnius (1819). He came to St. Petersburg on 7 November 1824, the day after the famous flood
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Mikhailovka, manor
MIKHAILOVKA (Mikhailovskoe), a manor (summer residence) on the Peterhof Road, situated east of Znamenka. In the early 18th century, A.S. Menshikov's summer residence Favorite was situated in this area
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Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy
MIKHAILOVSKY ARTILLERY ACADEMY (МАА), military scientific and educational institution of higher retraining of artillery command personnel. It was based in 1855 on the basis of officers’ classes at the Mikhail Artillery High School within the General
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Mikhailovsky Castle
MIKHAILOVSKY CASTLE (since 1823, Engineer's Castle) (2 Sadovaya Street), a Neoclassical architectural monument. It was constructed in 1797-1801 (architects V.I. Bazhenov, V. F
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Mikhailovsky Garden
MIKHAILOVSKY GARDEN is a landscape architectural monument from the first third of the 19th century. It is a city garden with an area of 8.7 hectares confined on one side by Mikhailovsky Palace, Griboedova Canal Embankment
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Mikhailovsky Palace
Mikhailovsky Palace (2/4 Inzhenernaya Street), an architectural monument of high classicism. It was constructed from 1819-1825 for the wedding of Grand Prince Mikhail Pavlovich and Grand Princess Elena Pavlovna (architect K.I
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Military Ceremonies
MILITARY CEREMONIES, performance by military units of the regular kinds of professional activities, accompanied by a number of formalities, producing a theatrical and strong moral effect on the participants and spectators
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Military Churches (entry)
MILITARY CHURCHES, churches attached to military units, emerged parallelly with the foundation of the city, set up as field churches in regimental settlements - garrison, infantry and guards quarters
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Military Colleges (entry)
MILITARY COLLEGES, military high schools for training army officers. They appeared in the early 19th century. Reorganised and unified in 1859-64, they had uniform admission rules, curriculum and organisation
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Military Historical Museum of the Artillery, Engineering and Signal Corps
MILITARY HISTORICAL MUSEUM OF THE ARTILLERY, ENGINEERING AND SIGNAL CORPS of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, located at 7 Alexandrovsky Park
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Military Personnel
MILITARY PERSONNEL, socio-professional group forming a part of the St. Petersburg population, uniting individuals in military service. Military personnel made up a meaningful part of the city's population from the outset of its foundation
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