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Sestroretsky Razliv, lake

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"Severnaya Palmyra"(North Palmyra)

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Severnaya Pchela (Northern Bee), journal, newspaper

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Severnoe Cemetery

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Severny Textil, enterprise

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Severny Vestnik (Northern Herald), journal, 1885-1898

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Severnye Tsvety (Northern Flowers), almanac

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Severyanin I.V. (1887-1941), poet

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Shakhmatov А.А., (1864-1920), philologist and historian

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Shaykevich E. G. (c. 1857-1928) entrepreneur

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Shchastny A.M. (1881 - 1918), naval officer

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Shchedrin A.F. (1796-1847), architect

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Shchedrin F.F. (1751-1825), sculptor

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Shchegolev P.Е. (1877-1931), historian

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Shchekatikhina-Pototskaya A.V. (1892-1967), artist

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Shcherba L.V., (1880-1944), linguist

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Shcherbatskoy F.I. (1866-1942), orientalist, Indianist, Tibetologist

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Shcherbin V. N. (1930-1996), architect

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Shchyuko V.A. (1878-1939), architect

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Shebuev V.K. (1777-1855), artist

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Shefner V.S. (1914-2002), poet

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Shelest A.Y., (1919-1998), ballerina

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Sheremetev Family

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Sheremetev Palace

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Shervud L.V., (1871-1954), sculptor

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Shevchenko T.G., (1814-1861), poet and artist

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Shillingovsky P.A., (1881-1942), artist

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Shingarev A.I. (1869-1918), public and political figure

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SHIP-BUILDING INDUSTRY. From the beginning of the 18th century, St. Petersburg was a centre of Russian ship-building industry. On November 5, 1704, the first shipyard was founded here (see Admiralty Shipyard), by 1710 it employed some 4