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Khudozhestvennaya gazeta (The Art Newspaper), journal

KHUDOZHESTVENNAYA GAZETA (The Art Newspaper), a biweekly publication on painting art, appeared in 1836-38 and 1840-41. Until 1840 the periodical was edited by its publisher N. V. Kukolnik, followed by А. N. Strugovshchikov

Khvolson О.D., (1852-1934), physicist

KHVOLSON Orest Danilovich (1852, St. Petersburg - 1934, Leningrad), a physicist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1895, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1920 and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from

Kikiny Palaty (Kikin's Chambers)

KIKINY PALATY (Kikin's Chambers) (9 Stavropolskaya Street), an architectural monument of the Petrine Baroque. Constructed in 1714-20 (architect A. Schluter) for the Admiralty Councillor A.V

Kima Avenue

KIMA AVENUE, between the Smolenka River Embankment and Uralskaya Street, on Dekabristov Island. Laid in 1914 during the development of the New Petersburg region

Kiprensky O.A., (1782-1836), Artist

KIPRENSKY Orest Adamovich (1782, Nezhinskaya farm-stead near Koporye in St. Petersburg Province - 1836), artist. He lived in St. Petersburg from time to time from 1788 to 1828

Kirov S.M. the 1st secretary of the regional party committee in 1926-34

KIROV (born Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich (1886-1934, Leningrad), statesman and party worker. He graduated from Kazan Elementary Mechanical-technical School (1904)

Kirov Spinning and Filar Factory

KIROV SPINNING AND FILAR FACTORY (15/9 Krasnykh Textilshchikov Street) is an open joint-stock company, the largest factory in the country producing sewing threads, and the only factory producing threads for knitting and embroidery

Kirov Stadium

KIROV STADIUM (25 Yuzhnaya Road), the largest sports facility of St. Petersburg. The construction began in 1933 (the project was approved in 1937) by the summer of 1941 most early works were finished

Kirovsky District

KIROVSKY DISTRICT is an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg. (Its territory administration is located at 18 Stachek Avenue). The district was named in honour of Sergey Kirov in 1934. Its present-day borders were established in 1973

Kirovsky Plant

KIROVSKY PLANT (47 Stachek Avenue), a joint-stock company, an enterprise manufacturing a comprehensive range of metallurgy and machinery products; one of the biggest in Russia

Kirovsky Stream

KIROVSLY STREAM is the unofficial name of large-scale persecutions in Leningrad after the murder of S.M. Kirov on 1 December 1934. A Decree of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR was adopted on the day of the murder

Kiselev P.D. (1788-1872), statesman

KISELEV Pavel Dmitrievich (1788-1872), count (1839), statesman and military leader, Infantry General (1834), Adjutant General (1823), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1855). The uncle of D. A. Milyutin and N. A. Milyutin

Kitner I.S., (1839-1929), architect

KITNER Ieronim Sevastyanovich (1839, St. Petersburg - 1929), architect, member of the Academy of Architecture (1867), honorary member of Academy of Fine Arts (1911)

Kleigels N.V., chief of the city administration in 1895-1904

KLEIGELS Nikolay Vasilievich (1850, St. Petersburg - 1916, at the same place), statesman, cavalry general (1910). He graduated from Pavlovsky Cadet Corps School and Nikolaevskoe Cavalry School in St. Petersburg (1868)

Kleinmichel P.A. (1793-1869), statesman

KLEINMICHEL Petr Andreevich (Peter) (1793, St Petersburg 1869), Count (1839), statesman and military leader, Infantry General (1841), Adjutant General (1826). From 1808, he served with the Guards, took part in the Patriotic War of 1812

Klenze Leo von (1784-1864), architect

KLENZE LEO VON (1784-1864), Bavarian architect, artist, theorist and historian of architecture, master of Eclecticism, concentrated on the Classic and Renaissance styles, Associate Member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1834)

Klodt P.K., (1805-1867), sculptor

KLODT (Klodt von Jurgensburg) Peter Karlovich (1805, St. Petersburg - 1867), Baron, sculptor, caster. Visited the Academy of Arts in 1829, achieved membership and professorship in 1838, then directorship of the casting workshop

Klyuev N.A. (1887-1937), poet

KLYUEV Nikolay Alexeevich (1884-1937), poet, prose writer. Studied in Vytegra Church School, then in the two-class Mining School. His works were published from 1904 onwards. The first verse collections, The Chime of Pine-Trees (1911), dedicated to A

Knowledge, publishing house, 1898-1913

KNOWLEDGE (Znanie), a publishing house established in 1898 by K.P. Pyatnitsky as a joint-stock company of writers, which included V.A. Posse, D.D. Protopopov, O.N. Popova, V.I. Charnolusky, and G.A. Falborg

Kochubey V.P. (1768-1834), statesman

KOCHUBEY Viktor Pavlovich (1768-1834), Prince (1831), statesman, Chancellor for Internal Affairs (1834), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1818). Maternal nephew of Prince A. A. Bezborodko, riding on his coattails

Kogan P.S. (1931-1998), film director

KOGAN Pavel Simonovich (1931, Leningrad - 1998, St. Petersburg), film director and documentarian, Honoured Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1980

Kokorinov A.F. (1726-1772), architect

KOKORINOV Alexander Filippovich (1726-1772, St. Petersburg), architect and engineer. He was one of the first masters of Russian Classicism. He studied in Tobolsk and Moscow. Kokorinov lived in St

Kokoshkin S.A. (1795-1861), Chief Policeman

KOKOSHKIN Sergey Alexandrovich (1795 or 1796-1861, St. Petersburg), statesman, Infantry General (1856). From 1811, he served in the Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment and from 1828 he was an assistant to the chief of staff of military settlements

Kolokolnaya Street

KOLOKOLNAYA STREET, located between Vladimirsky Avenue and Marata Street. Constructed in the 1740s according to a project by the St. Petersburg Construction Commission

Kolomenskaya Street

KOLOMENSKAYA STREET, located between Kuznechny Lane and Volokolamsky Lane. The road was constructed in the 1740s, according to a project by the St. Petersburg Construction Commission

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

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)

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

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)

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