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Alkonost, publishing house, 1918-1923
ALKONOST, a private publishing house established in 1918 by S.M. Alyansky for publication of symbolist works; it was named after the mythological bird. The publishing house was located at 1 Kolokolnaya Street and was partially assisted by the
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All-Russian Congress of Workers' and Soldiers' Soviet Deputies, Second
THE SECOND ALL-RUSSIAN CONGRESS OF WORKERS' AND SOLDIERS' SOVIET DEPUTIES, was held at Smolny from 25 to 27 October (7 to 9 November) 1917. Its sitting was delayed on several occasions; from the middle of September until 20 October (2 November)
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All-Russian Oil and Geological Survey Institute
ALL-RUSSIAN OIL AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the Academy of Sciences situated at 39 Liteiny Avenue
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All-Russian Pushkin Museum
ALL-RUSSIAN PUSHKIN MUSEUM of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (12 Moika RiverEmbankment) was established in 1953 on the basis of the All-Russian Pushkin Exhibition of 1937 opened in Moscow in the halls of the History Museum in
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Almaz Central Design Bureau
ALMAZ Central Design Bureau, at 50 Varshavskaya Street, is the Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering (CDBME) of the Russian Shipbuilding Agency. It was formed in 1949 as the Special Design Bureau - 5; in 1956 it became the Central Design
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Alms-houses (entry)
ALMS-HOUSES, boarding institutions for poor, ill and aged people. The first alms-houses set up in St. Petersburg were attached to churches, the first ones being theHoly Ascension Church in Shpalernaya Street (1713) and St
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Altman N.I. (1889-1970), artist
ALTMAN Natan Isaevich (1889-1970, Leningrad), painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, recognised as an honoured painter of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1968. He studied at the Odessa Drawing School in 1902-07 and M
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Amber Room
AMBER ROOM, a unique interior of the Great Catherine Palace, and 18th century arts and crafts monument. The walls of the Amber Room are decorated with the amber panels (the only example of amber used in Russian architecture)
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Amosov I.A. (1800-1878), naval engineer, general
AMOSOV Ivan Afanasyevich (1800-78, St. Petersburg), naval engineer, Engineer General (1872). Graduated from the School of Naval Architecture (1817). In 1833-53 worked at the Okhtinsky Admiralty Shipyard, where he built a number of fighting ships
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Amusement Establishments (entry)
AMUSEMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. At the beginning of the 18th century the prototype of amusement establishments were "garden entertainments" with music and dances, were held in the Summer Garden
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Amvrosy (Podobedov) (1742-1818), Metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Petersburg in 1799-1818
AMVROSY (born Andrey Ivanovich Podobedov) (1742-1818), religious figure. In 1757-64 he studied at the Seminary of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, and later spent several years teaching there
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Andreev L.N. (1871-1919), writer
ANDREEV Leonid Nikolaevich (1871-1919, Navol's house, near Mustamyaka, Finland; today Gorkovskoe Village of Leningrad Region), writer, dramatist. In 1891 he entered Faculty of Law of Petersburg University (dismissed for non-payment)
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Andreev V.V., (1861-1918) musician
ANDREEV Vasily Vasilievich (1861-1918, Petrograd), musician, pedagogue, virtuoso balalaika-player, inventor of the instrument's concert version, creator of various "national instrument" ensembles and orchestras whose repertoire, arrangement
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Andreeva-Delmas L.A. (1884-1969), singer
ANDREEVA-DELMAS Lyubov Alexandrovna (nee Tishchinskaya; appeared under the stage name of Delmas, married name Andreeva) (1884-1969, Leningrad), opera singer (mezzo-soprano), chamber singer, and teacher. Studied at the St
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Angiolini G. (1731-1803), dancer
ANGIOLINI Domenico Gasparo Maria (1731-1803), Italian dancer, ballet master, scenario writer, composer, teacher. In St. Petersburg, he was the court company's first dancer and choreographer (intermittently between 1766 and 1786)
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Angleterre Hotel
ANGLETERRE HOTEL (24 Malaya Morskaya Street - 10 Voznesensky Avenue). Opened in 1876 by Theresa Schmidt, an entrepreneur. Originally the hotel was called Schmidt-England, then England; in 1911-19, it became the Angleterre, in 1919-25
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Angliiskaya Embankment
ANGLIISKAYA EMBANKMENT, from 1738 - Beregovaya Nizhnaya Embankment Street, in the mid-to-late 18th century - Isaakievskaya Embankment, Galernaya Embankment, and Anglinskaya Embankment, from 1800s - Angliiskaya Embankment
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Angliisky Avenue
ANGLIISKY AVENUE, from 1771 - Aglinskaya Perspective or Anglinsky Avenue; from 1846 it possessed its present-day name; in 1918-94 - Maklina, or MacLean, Avenue in honour of English socialist John MacLean (1879-1923) elected an honorary deputy
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Anichkov Bridge
ANICHKOV BRIDGE (in 1739 Nevsky), spanning the Fontanka River on Nevsky Prospect. The first wooden bridge was built here in 1715 under the supervision of М.О. Anichkov (hence the name), in 1721 it was elevated (the master K
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Anichkov N. N. (1885 - 1964), pathologist
ANICHKOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1885, St. Petersburg - 1964, Leningrad), pathologist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939) and Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1944), Distinguished Worker of Science (1935)
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Anichkov Palace
ANICHKOV PALACE (39 Nevsky Prospect), monument of Baroque architecture. Built in 1741-54 (architect M.G. Zemtsov, G.D. Dmitriev, F. Rastrelli) near Anichkov Bridge (hence the name)
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Anichkov S. V., (1892 - 1981), pharmacologist
ANICHKOV Sergey Viktorovich (1892, St. Petersburg - 1981, Leningrad), pharmacologist, academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1950), Hero of Socialist Labour
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Anikushin M.K., (1917-1997), sculptor
ANIKUSHIN Mikhail Konstantinovich (1917, St. Petersburg-1997). Full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artist of the USSR (1963), chairman of the management board for Leningrad Department of the Union of Artists (1962-72, 1986-90)
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Anisfeld Boris Izrailevich (1878-1973), artist
ANISFELD Boris Izrailevich (1878-1973), painter and scenic designer. He studied at the Odessa School of Art (1895-1900) and St. Petersburg's Imperial Academy of Fine Arts (1901-09) under Ilya Repin and Kardovsky (1901-09)
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Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum
ANNA AKHMATOVA LITERARY AND MEMORIAL MUSEUM, located at 34 Fontanka River Embankment, was opened in 1989 in Fountain House (see Sheremetev Palace) as a branch of the Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum. The museum became independent in 1990. A
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Anna Ioanovna, Empress (1693-1740)
ANNA IOANNOVNA (1693-1740, St. Petersburg), Empress (from 1730). The daughter of Tsar Ivan V, niece of Tsar Peter the Great. In 1710, she married Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Courland, and within two months she was widowed
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Anna Leopoldovna, (1718-1746), "regent"
ANNA LEOPOLDOVNA (1718-1746), granddaughter of Tsar Ivan V, grand-niece of Emperor Peter the Great, mother of Emperor Ivan VI. Nee as Elisabeth Catharina Christine, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Annenkov Y.P. (1889-1974), artist
ANNENKOV Yury Pavlovich (1889-1974), graphic artist, painter, scene designer, and writer. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1894. He studied in S. M. Seidenberg 's studio, Y. M. Tsionglinsky's workshop in 1909-11, and in Paris in 1911-12
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Annenschule, School
ANNENSCHULE, a school attached to St. Anna's Lutheran Church, situated at 8a Kirochnaya Street. Y. I. Bruce, Peter the Great’s associate, made a decision in 1722 to provide regular training to children in reading and writing in German language with
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Annensky I.F. (1855-1909), poet and teacher
ANNENSKY Innokenty Fedorovich (1856-1909, St. Petersburg), poet, playwright, translator, critic, and teacher promoted to Actual Civil Counsellor in 1896. He graduated from the department of history and philosophy of Petersburg University with a
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