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Siemens K. F. (1829-1906), entrepreneur
SIEMENS Karl Fedorovich (1829-1906), entrepreneur and founder of electrical engineering industry in Russia. A native of Germany, he lived in St. Petersburg from 1853 managing a subsidiary enterprise of Berlin-based Siemens and Halske Trading House
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Silvester (Kulyabka) (1701-1761), Archbishop of St. Petersburg in 1750-1761
SILVESTER (born Semen Petrovich Kulyabka, 1701, according to other evidence, 1704-61, St. Petersburg), religious figure. After graduating from Kiev Theological Academy (1726), he spent several years teaching there and in 1738 became its director
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Simonov G. А. (1893-1974), architect
SIMONOV Grigory Alexandrovich (1893-1974), architect. Graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering (1920). In the 1920s, he headed the project bureau of the Urban Planning Committee
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Simonov N.K., (1901-1973), actor
SIMONOV Nikolay Konstantinovich (1901-1973, Leningrad), actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1950), Hero of Socialist Labor (1971). Studied at the Industrial School of Art in Samara (1918-20). Lived in Petrograd (Leningrad) from 1921
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Simonyak N.P. (1901-1956), military commander, General
SIMONYAK Nikolay Pavlovich (1901-1956, St. Petersburg), miltary commander, Lieutenant General (1944), Hero of the Sovit Union (1943). From 1918 in the service in the Red Army. Participated in the Civil War of 1917-22
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Sinaisky V.A., (1893-1968), sculptor
SINAISKY Viktor Alexandrovich (1893-1968, Leningrad), sculptor. Studied at the Academy of Arts under V.A. Beklemishev and G.R. Zaleman (1917-20), and A.T. Matveev (1921-22), where he taught on an off between 1921 and 1951, M.K
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Singer Company
SINGER, American company, producer of sewing machines. It was founded in New York State in 1851; in 1865 the company was first represented in Russia by Max Fiedler, and since 1877 - by the Trading House of G. Neidlinger (Germany)
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Sinopskaya Embankment
SINOPSKAYA EMBANKMENT, on the left bank of the Neva River, from Smolny Avenue to Alexandra Nevskogo Square. In the first half of the 18th century, it was called Naberezhnaya Street or Nevskaya Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment
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Sinyavino Operations of 1941-42
SINYAVINO OPERATIONS of 1941-42. Several offensive operations during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45; failed attacks by Leningrad Front and Volkhov Front forces to lift the Siege of Leningrad
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Skify (Scythians), almanac
SKIFY (Scythians), a literary collection. Under A. I. Ivanchin-Pisarev's, Ivanov-Razumnik's, S. D. Mstislavsky's editorship the year 1917 saw a publication of the first of the two released issues, followed in 1918 by the second under A
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Sklifosovsky N. V., (1836-1904), surgeon
SKLIFOSOVSKY NIKOLAY VASILIEVICH (1836-1904), surgeon. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Moscow University in 1859. In 1871-78 he worked at the chair of Surgical Pathology and Therapy of Medical Surgical Academy
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Sklyaev F. M. (1672-1728), shipbuilder
SKLYAEV Fedosey Moiseevich (1672-1728, St. Petersburg), shipbuilder, shipwright (1707), captain commander (1723). Sklyaev learned shipbuilding at Amsterdam's wharfs in 1697, in England in 1698, and in Venice in 1699
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Skorokhod Factory
SKOROKHOD (33 Zastavskaya Street) is an open joint-stock company, one of the biggest factories of footwear industry. It was founded in 1882 as the factory of the Association Of Mechanical Footwear Production (before 1896 the factory was located at
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Slavy Avenue
SLAVY AVENUE, between Vitebskaya Railway Line and Moskovskaya Railway Line. It was named in 1964 in honour of the military victories and feats of labour of Leningrad citizens
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Slides
SLIDES, structures erected for public amusement. They represent one of the essential elements of holiday popular carnivals (especially Shrovetide carnivals) in the 18th -19th centuries
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Slonimsky M.L. (1897-1972), writer
SLONIMSKY Mikhail Leonidovich (1897, St. Petersburg - 1972, Leningrad), writer. He graduated from the Fourth Classic (Larinskaya) Gymnasium (15 Sixth Line of Vasilievsky Island), and went to the front line as a volunteer in 1915
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Sluchevsky K.K. (1837-1904), poet
Sluchevsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (1837, St. Petersburg - 1904) poet, staff master. Graduated from the First Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg (1855); he served in the Semenovsky Lifeguard Regiment, resigned in 1860
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Smena (The New Generation), newspaper
SMENA (The New Generation), founded as the newspaper of the workers' and peasants' youth by the provincial committee of the Revolutionary Communist Youth League
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Smirdin A.F. (1795-1857), editor, bookseller
SMIRDIN Alexander Filippovich (1795-1857, St. Petersburg), editor and bookseller. From 1817, he was a salesman in the book shop of V. A. Plavilshchikov (see Plavilshchikov Publishing House), after his death (1823) he inherited his shop
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Smirnov V.I., (1887-1974), mathematician
SMIRNOV Vladimir Ivanovich (1887, St. Petersburg - 1974, Leningrad), mathematician, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1943), Hero of Socialist Labour (1967). He graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of St
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Smoktunovsky I.M. (1925-1994), actor
SMOKTUNOVSKY (born Smoktunovich) Innokenty Mikhailovich (1925-1994), actor; People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He participated in World War II
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Smolenka, river
SMOLENKA, a river, which branches off the Malaya Neva from the left, below Tuchkov Bridge, and flows into the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. The Smolenka separates Vasilievsky Island from Dekabristov Island. The river is 3.3 kilometres long
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Smolenskoe Cemeteries
SMOLENSKOE CEMETERIES. Located on Vasilievsky and Dekabristov islands, along both banks of the Smolenka River. The Orthodox Smolenskoe Cemetery (24 Kamskaya Street) is located on the left bank of the Smolenka River on an area of 51.7 hectares
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Smolnaya Embankment
SMOLNAYA EMBANKMENT, from Smolny Avenue to Robespierre Embankment. It received its name in 1887 after Smolny Cathedral (see Cathedral of the Renewal of the Jerusalem Holy Resurrection Temple)
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Smolny Architectural Ensemble
SMOLNY ARCHITECTURAL ENSEMBLE, created over the course of the 18th-20th centuries on the curve of the left bank of the Neva River, on the place of the early 18th century Smolyanoy (Russian "smola" means "resin") courtyard (hence the name)
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Smolny Institute
SMOLNY INSTITUTE situated at 1 Smolny Passage, the first and most privileged institute for noble young ladies. Empress Catherine II ordered the foundation of the institute in 1764 as the private Society for the Education of Young Noble Ladies
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Smolny, State Museum
SMOLNY, Historic-Memorial State Museum (3 Proletarskoy Diktatury Square). The V. I. Lenin and N. K. Krupskaya Memorial Museum-Room was opened in 1927 in the building of the former Smolny Institute. V. I. Lenin and N. K
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Sobinov L.V., (1872-1934), singer
SOBINOV Leonid Vitalievich (1872-1934), opera singer (lyric tenor), chamber singer, [theatre figure], People's Artist of the Republic (1923). In 1890-95 he studied at the Faculty of Law at Moscow University
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Society for Religious and Moral Education
SOCIETY FOR RELIGIOUS AND MORAL EDUCATION, a religious educational organization. It was founded in 1881 in response to the murder of Emperor Alexander II by a member of People’s Will (Narodnaya Volya) organization with the aim of "asserting and
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Society for the Encouragement of the Arts
SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE ARTS, called the Society for the Encouragement of Artists until 1882, the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in 1882-1917, and the All-Russian Society for the Encouragement of the Arts from 1917
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