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Maly Avenue of Petrogradskaya Side

MALY AVENUE Of PETROGRADSKAYA SIDE [in the 1770s - Malaya Perspektiva, in 1941-91 - Shchorsa Avenue, after N.A. Shchors a participant of the Civil War (1895-1919)], from Zhdanovskaya Embankment to Shevchenko Square and Kamennoostrovsky Avenue

Maly Avenue of Vasilievsky Island

MALY AVENUE Of VASILIEVSKY ISLAND [in the 1730-70s - Third Prospektivaya Street, in the 1780-1800s - Malaya Prospektiva, in 1939-44 - Zheleznyakova Avenue, after the participant of October Revolution and Civil War A.G

Maly Drama Theatre - Theatre of Europe

MALY DRAMA THEATRE - THEATRE OF EUROPE (MDT) at 18 Rubinsteina Street. Founded in 1944 in besieged Leningrad as a regional travelling theatre company, the theatre became settled in its present building in 1956

Maly Yaroslavets Restaurant

MALY YAROSLAVETS (Maloyaroslavets). A restaurant opened in the 1870s at 8 Bolshaya Morskaya Street. Originated from a tavern of the same name, which was presumably built in 1812 and named in memory of the battle near Maloyaroslavets

Malyshev V.I. (1910-1976), specialist in study of literature and archaeography

MALYSHEV Vladimir Ivanovich (1910 - 1976, Leningrad), specialist in study of literature and archaeography, Honoured Academic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1972), PhD in Philology (1968)

Mamin-Sibiryak D.N. (1852-1912), writer

MAMIN-SIBIRYAK (real name Mamin) Dmitry Narkisovich (1852-1912, St. Petersburg), writer. From 1872 lived in St. Petersburg; in 1872-76 studied at Veterinary Faculty of the Moscow Medical Surgical Academy

Manassein V. A., (1841-1901), physician

MANASSEIN Vyacheslav Avxentievich (1841-1901, St. Petersburg), general physician, Doctor of Medicine (1869). He graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy (1866)

Mandelstam O.E. (1891-1938), poet

MANDELSTAM Osip Emilievich (1891-1938), poet. The family of Mandelstam came to St. Petersburg in 1897 (before that, from 1894 lived in Pavlovsk of St. Petersburg Province); some addresses are 17 Ofitserskaya Street (today Dekabristov Street)

Manizer M.G., (1891-1966), sculptor

MANIZER Matvey Genrikhovich (1891-1966), sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR (1958), chairman of the management board of Leningrad Department of the Union of Artists of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1937-41)

Mansion of Yusupova (42 Liteiny Avenue)

MANSION OF YUSUPOVA (42 Liteiny Avenue), an architectural monument, constructed in 1852-1858 (architect L.L. Bonstedt, partly used the original project of architect G.A. Bosse) for countess Z.I. Yusupova

Manufactured Mineral Water House

MANUFACTURED MINERAL WATER HOUSE, founded in 1834 in Novaya Derevnya (Primorsky Avenue, former Novoderevenskaya Embankment) as a medical institution containing mineral waters from 30 springs (house physician Y.F. Arnzte)

Manukhin I. I. (1882-1958), doctor

MANUKHIN Ivan Ivanovich (1882-1958), doctor and public figure. He graduated from the Military Medical Academy (1906), and became a doctor of medical sciences (1911)

Maps and Atlases (entry)

MAPS AND ATLASES. The first known Russian hand-written picture of the Neva River mouth and the territory adjoining the Gulf of Finland dates back to the late 17th century

Marata Street

MARATA STREET (in the 18th century - Preobrazhenskaya Polkovaya Street, in the first half of the 19th century - Gryaznaya Street, in 1855-1918 - Nikolaevskaya Street after Emperor Nicholas I), between Nevsky Prospect and Podiezdnoy Lane

Marble Palace

MARBLE PALACE (1/5 Millionnaya Street), an architectural monument of early Neoclassicism. It was constructed in 1768-1785 (architect A. Rinaldi) for Count G.G. Orlov, a favourite of Empress Catherine II

Maria Alexandrovna (1824-1880), Empress

MARIA ALEXANDROVNA (1824-1880, St. Petersburg), Empress (from 1856). Nee Maximiliane Wilhelmine Auguste Sophie, Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt. Emperor Alexander II's wife (from 1841)

Maria Fedorovna (1847-1928), the Empress

MARIA FEDOROVNA (1847-1928), Empress (since 1881). Nee Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar, Princess of Denmark. Wife of Emperor Alexander III (from 1866); originally engaged to his elder brother, Tsesarevitch Nicholas Alexandrovich (1843-1865)

Maria Fedorovna, (1759-1828), Empress

MARIA FEDOROVNA (1759-1828, St. Petersburg), Empress (from 1796). Nee Sophie Dorothea Auguste Louise, Princess of Wurttemberg. She was Emperor Pavel I's second wife (from 1776)

Maria Gatchinskaya (Lelyanova) (1874-1932)

MARIA GATCHINSKAYA (born Lidia Alexandrovna Lelyanova) (1874, St. Petersburg -1932, Leningrad), schema nun. A daughter of a wealthy St. Petersburg merchant, she studied at a gymnasium

Mariinskaya Municipal Hospital

MARIINSKAYA Municipal Hospital (56 Liteiny Avenue) was founded in 1803 as a hospital for the poor. Before 1805 it was in the building of the Correctional House near the Kalinkin Bridge

Mariinsky Palace

MARIINSKY PALACE (6 St. Isaac's Square), an architectural monument of late Neoclassicism. It was constructed in 1839-1844 (architect A.I. Stakensсhneider) on the left bank of the Moika River, close to the Siny Bridge

Mariinsky Theatre

MARIINSKY THEATRE, State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (1 Teatralnaya Square), which takes its origin from the Russian court company established in 1783 "not only for comedies and tragedies, but for operas also"

Markets (general)

MARKETS. Markets, especially food markets, were very popular in Russia as early as before the time of Peter the Great. The first market appeared in St. Petersburg in 1705 on Troitskaya Square with hundreds of stalls, but no windows or ovens

Markov A.A., (1856-1922), mathematician

MARKOV Andrey Andreevich (1856-1922, Petrograd), mathematician, member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St. Petersburg in 1878

Marr N.Y., (1864/65-1934), orientalist, linguist

MARR Nikolay Yakovlevich (1864-1934), orientalist and linguist, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909), Russian Academy of Science (1917), and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925; Vice-President from 1930)

Marshak S.Y. (1887-1964), poet, translator

MARSHAK Samuil Yakovlevich (1887-1964), poet, translator, playwright. In 1902-04 studied in the Third Petersburg Gymnasium. On returning to St. Petersburg from Yalta in 1907, he contributed to Satirikon and other journals

Martos I.P., (1754-1835), sculptor

MARTOS Ivan Petrovich (1754-1835, St. Petersburg), sculptor, follower of Classicism. Studied at the Academy of Arts (1764-73) under L. Rolland and N.F. Gillet, and received a retainer from the Academy of Arts to study in Italy (1774-1790

Martov L. (1873-1923), revolutionary

MARTOV L. (born Yuly Osipovich Tsederbaum) (1873-1923), political figure, publicist. In 1881 he settled in St. Petersburg together with his parents; after graduating from the 1st Petersburg Gymnasium (1891) he entered the chair of Natural Sciences

Martynov A.E., (1816-1860), actor

MARTYNOV Alexander Evstafievich (1816, St. Petersburg - 1860), actor. Graduated from the Petersburg Drama School in 1835 (studied ballet under Ch. Didelot, scenic designer under А. Canoppi, drama under P.A. Karatygin)

Martynov Andrey Efimovich (1768-1826), artist

MARTYNOV Andrey Efimovich (1768-1826), graphic artist, painter. He studied in the Academy of Arts (1773-88) under Semen Shchedrin, then became a pensioner in Rome (1789-94), an academic (1795), and a counsellor in the Academy of Arts (1802)