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Muravyev-Apostol S.I. (1795-1826), decembrist

MURAVYEV-APOSTOL Sergey Ivanovich (1795, St. Petersburg - 1826), Decembrist, Lieutenant Colonel (1820). He was born in the house of Archpriest A.A. Samborsky (not preserved)

Muruzi House

MURUZI HOUSE (27/24 Liteiny Avenue), an architectural monument, five-storied apartment house, constructed in 1874-1877 (architect A.K. Serebryakov with the assistance of P.I. Shestov and N.V. Sultanov) and belonging to Prince A.D. Muruzi (1807-1880)

Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography

MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND ETHNOGRAPHY (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography) of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Kunstkammer) (MAE) (3 University Embankment)

Museum of Bread

MUSEUM OF BREAD (73 Ligovsky Avenue) is the only Russian museum and the 13th museum in the world dedicated to the history of bread-making. The museum was established on 5 November 1988 as a branch museum of bread-making

Museum of Circus Art

MUSEUM OF CIRCUS ART was the Museum of Circus and Variety Art before 1965. It is the first ever and the only Russian museum of this kind. The museum is located at 3 Fontanka River Embankment

Museum of City Sculpture

MUSEUM OF CITY SCULPTURE, State Museum of City Sculpture (STCS) (179/2 Nevsky Prospect) was organised in 1939 with the aim to keep records, provide protection and carry out restoration of major monuments

Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts

MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS, St. Petersburg Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts of Mukhina Academy of Arts and Design (13-15 Solyanoy Lane), founded in 1878 in Baron Stieglitz Academy of Technical Drawing

Museum of History of Political Police

MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF POLITICAL POLICE (6 Admiralty Avenue /2 Gorokhovaya Street), was founded in 1974 as F. E. Dzerzhinsky’s memorial study and in 1975 became a branch of the Museum of the Great October Socialist Revolution (see Museum of Russian

Museum of History of Religion

MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF RELIGION (14/5 Pochtamtskaya Street) is the only institution of such kind in the country. The museum dates back to the antireligious exhibition arranged in the halls of the Winter Palace in 1930

Museum of History of Revolutionary Democratic Movement of the 1880-1890s

MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF REVOLUTIONARY DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT Of The 1880-1890s (7 Bolshoy Kazachy Lane) was established in 1992 on basis of Lenin Memorial Museum Flat which had existed since 1938. V. I

Museum of History of the Press

ST. PETERSBURG MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF THE PRESS (32/2 Moika River Embankment), a branch of the Museum of St. Petersburg History. The Museum was opened 25.1.1984 as Lenin and Pravda Museum in the premises which from 5(18) March to 5(18) July 1917

Museum of Hygiene

MUSEUM OF HYGIENE of the Medical Prophylaxis Centre of the Committee for Health Protection of the Administration of St. Petersburg (25 Italianskaya Street) was established in 1919 as the Museum of Health Protection

Museum of Music

MUSEUM OF MUSIC (34 Fontanka River Embankment) is a branch of the Museum of Theatre and Music Art. The Museum of Music is housed in Sheremetev Palace which was given to the museum in 1990

Museum of Old Petersburg

MUSEUM OF OLD PETERSBURG, founded in October 1907, attached to the Society of Architects and Artists. A. N. Benois, the first director of the museum, was simultaneously at the head of a special commission for studying and describing St

Museum of Russian Political History

MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN POLITICAL HISTORY (2-4 Kuybysheva Street) was established in 1919 as the Museum of the Revolution. The Museum of the Revolution was housed in the Winter Palace. In 1955, the mansion of Kschessinska and the adjacent mansion of V. E

Museum of Russian Vodka

MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN VODKA situated at 5 Konnogvardeysky Boulevard, private museum. The first Russian museum in its kind, it was opened in May 2001 on the initiative of S. A. Chentsov and R. M. Shevyakov

Museum of the Academy of Arts

MUSEUM OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS, a science and research museum (17 University Embankment), Russia's oldest art museum, founded by I. I. Shuvalov in 1757 as a collection of samples for the students of drawing and sculpture classes at the Academy of

Museum of the Benois Family

MUSEUM OF THE BENOIS FAMILY is a branch of the Peterhof Museum Park (Petrodvorets, 8 Dvortsovaya Square). The Museum of the Benois Family was opened in September 1988 on the initiative of N. A. Benois (son of A. N

Museum of Theatre and Music Art

MUSEUM OF THEATRE AND MUSIC ART, St. Petersburg State (6 Ostrovsky Square). The museum was established in 1918 in the former apartment of the Board of Directors of Imperial Theatres, and has been at this address ever since

Museum of Zoology

MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY of the Institute of Zoology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1 University Embankment), Russia's largest museum of its type. Founded in 1832 it first welcomed visitors in 1838

Museums (general article)

MUSEUMS. Russia's first public museums appeared in St. Petersburg. In 1702 Peter the Great issued first orders on collecting and exhibiting high-quality models and various rarities

Music Hall

MUSIC HALL (in Russian Muzik-kholl, based on a transliteration of the English). The first attempts to establish a Music Hall in St. Petersburg date back to 1913

Music Publishing Business

MUSIC PUBLISHING BUSINESS. Printed music was more expensive than handwritten in the 18th century to the first halа of the 19th century. Initially it was only printed for special occasions, later - only for a small number of followers

Music Societies and Circles (general)

MUSICAL SOCIETIES AND CIRCLES, official associations of music lovers with their own charters and rights to hold public concerts and other activities. There were two associations founded in the last third of the 18th century: the Music Club (1772-77)

Musical Comedy Theatre

MUSICAL COMEDY THEATRE (13 Italyanskaya Street). Created as a venue for the Leningrad and Kharkov operetta troupes, opening in 1929 with the operetta Kholopka (Bondmaid) by N.M. Strelnikov (conductor N. Spiridonov, director A.N. Feona)

Musical Drama Theatre

MUSICAL DRAMA THEATRE, operated in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) in 1912-19. Also performed at the Grand Hall of the Conservatory. Its founder and art director was I. M. Lapitsky

Musical periodicals (entry)

MUSICAL PERIODICALS. Around the 1790s first musical journals, containing light adaptations of popular operetic arias and ensembles (chorals), clavier, harp, guitar pieces started to appear, among them were: St

Musical Schools and Colleges (entry)

MUSICAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, classes, courses, educational institutions for those who want to study music professionally or obtain general training in music, catering to various social groups and interests

Musical Society, The Russian

MUSICAL SOCIETY, The Russian (in 1873-1917, it was called the Imperial Russian Musical Society; RMO, IRMO) was established in 1859 on the initiative of A. G. Rubinstein and Count Matv. Y. Vielgorsky (see the Vielgorsky Family)

Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theatre

MUSSORGSKY OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE. Dates back to 1918, when it was established in the building of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (1 Iskusstv Square; 1833, architect А. P. Bryullov, rebuilt in 1859 by architect А. K. Cavos)