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The Taitsi water supply system

The Taitsi water supply system (TW) was the water supply system of Tsarskoye Selo built according to the order of Catherine II in 1772-1787 in exchange for the outweared Vittelevo water supply system. The military engineer F.V

Theatre Art Academy

THEATRE ART ACADEMY, St. Petersburg State Academy of Theatre Art situated at 34 and 35 Mokhovaya Street, a higher art education institution established after numerous changes in its form and name

Theatre College

THEATRE COLLEGE, Petersburg Imperial Theatre College. Originating from the Dance School founded in 1738 and the Music School of the Court Orchestra founded in 1740, it is associated with I. A

Theatre Library

THEATRE LIBRARY, St. Petersburg State (2 Zodchego Rossi Street), the oldest theatre library of Russia. The library is thought to have been founded in 1756, the year when Russian professional theatre first appeared (see Russian Tragedy and Comedy

Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, Union of

THEATRE WORKERS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, The Union of, St. Petersburg organisation (STD RF) (86 Nevsky Prospect), a creative association of workers of theatrical art. It was established in 1877 in St

Theatrical Periodicals (entry)

THEATRICAL PERIODICALS. Theatre related information appeared in Petersburg periodicals (including special theatrical sections) when the first professional theatres sprang up in the mid-18th century: the newspaper Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti, I. A

Theological Academy

THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY located at 17 Obvodny Canal Embankment, closed higher theological education institution. It was founded under Metropolitan Gavriil in 1797 as the Alexander Nevsky Theological Academy based on the Main Seminary and situated in

Theological schools (entry)

THEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS appeared in St. Petersburg in 1714 after Peter the Great's edict to create schools for mathematics at eparch houses and monasteries, in order to prepare priests to become clerics

Third Division

THIRD DIVISION of His Majesty's Own office, the supreme state establishment that performed political surveillance and investigation in the country. The office was established on July 3

Thomas de Thomon J.-F. (1760-1813), architect

THOMAS DE THOMON Jean Francois (1760-1813, St. Petersburg), architect, graphic artist of French descent, representative of mature Neoclassicism. Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Paris and Rome (1780s)

Thunder-stone

THUNDER-STONE, the name of the granite monolith, that serves as a pedestal to the equestrian statue of Emperor Peter the Great (see Bronze Horseman). It was discovered in 1768 in the forest near Konnaya Lakhta village by a local, S.G

Tikhonov N.S. (1896-1979), writer

TIKHONOV Nikolay Semenovich (1896, St. Petersburg - 1979), poet, prose writer, public figure, hero of Socialist Labour (1966). He held the post of a secretary of the Writers Union of the USSR (from 1944). He graduated from St

Time, publishing house, 1922-1934

TIME, a co-operative publishing house established in 1922 (registered in January 1923). The publishing house was set up by publisher and editor I.F. Wolfson, who was also its first president, the editor-in-chief was literary critic G.P

Timiryazev V.I. (1849-1919), entrepreneur, statesman

TIMIRYAZEV Vladimir Ivanovich (1849-1919), statesman and entrepreneur, Full Privy Counsellor (1909), Chief Staff Master (1909). Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics at Petersburg University in 1873

Timoshenko S.А. (1899-1958), film director

TIMOSHENKO Semen Alexeevich (1899, St. Petersburg - 1958, Leningrad), film director, script writer, and cinema scholar. Working as an actor, director, and author at Petrograd's Free Comedy Theatre and Balaganchik Cabaret from 1920

Titov V.А. (1939-2000), film director

TITOV Viktor Abrosimovich (1939-2000, St. Petersburg), film and television director. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography as a qualified director in 1968. He worked at Lenfilm Studio from 1975

Tobacco Factories (entry)

TOBACCO FACTORIES. The first tobacco factory was founded in St. Petersburg by Theophil Boucher, native of Lubeck, in 1767. The contract stipulated that the factory should produce up to 6,000 tons of tobacco per year

Tol S.A. (1848-1918), Civilian Governor

TOL Sergey Alexandrovich (1848, St. Petersburg 1918), Count, statesman, Chief Chasseur Meister (1914). On graduating from the College of Jurisprudence in St. Petersburg (1870) he served in the Ministry of justice

Tolstoy A.K. (1817-1875), writer

TOLSTOY Alexey Konstantinovich (1817, St. Petersburg - 1875), count, writer, associate of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1873). He had been living in St. Petersburg intermittently from 1825

Tolstoy A.N. (1882-1945), writer

TOLSTOY Alexey Nikolaevich (1882-1945), count, writer, publicist, public figure, fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). He studied at еру St. Petersburg Technological Institute (1901-07, without receiving a degree)

Tolstoy F.P., (1783-1873), sculptor

TOLSTOY Fedor Petrovich (1783 - 1873, St. Petersburg), Count, medalist, drawer and painter, Privy Counsellor (1846). Graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps in 1802, served in the fleet, retired in 1804

Tolstoy I.I. (1858-1916), archaeologist, numismatist, vice-president of the Academy of Arts

TOLSTOY Ivan Ivanovich (1858, the town of Luga of St. Petersburg province -1916), count (1866), statesman and public figure, numismatist and archaeologist, Staff Master (1898), Honorary Fellow of the St

Tolstoy L.N. (1828-1910), writer

TOLSTOY Lev Nikolaevich (Leo Tolstoy) (1828-1910), Count, writer, associate (1873) and honorary member (1900) of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He first came to St

Tolstoy P.A., governor-general in 1803-1805

TOLSTOY Peter Alexandrovich (1770-1844), count, statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1814), adjutant-general (1797). Since 1785 he had been in the military service, took part in the Polish campaigns of 1792 and 1794

Tolubeev Y.V., (1906-1979), actor

TOLUBEEV Yury Vladimirovich (1906 - 1979, Leningrad), actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1956), Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Graduated from the Leningrad Dramatics School (1929; today Academy of Dramatic Arts)

Tomashevsky B.V., (1890-1957), literary historian

TOMASHEVSKY Boris Viktorovich (1890, St. Petersburg - 1957), literary historian, PhD degree in philology (1941; doctorate honoris causa). He graduated from the Technical Faculty of the University of Liege in 1912

Tomsky N.V., (1900-1984), sculptor

TOMSKY Nikolay Vasilievich (1900-1984), sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR (1960), member (1949) and President (1968-83) of Academy of Arts of the USSR, Hero of Socialist Labour (1970)

Ton K. A., (1794-1881), architect

TON Konstantin Andreevich (1794 - 1881, St. Petersburg), architect, originator of the Russo-Byzantine style, associate academy member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1830)

Toponymy of St. Petersburg

TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation

Toreza Avenue

TOREZA AVENUE, called Staro-Pargolovsky Avenue until 1964, from Muzhestva Square to the intersection of Engelsa Avenue and Severny Avenue. The avenue was laid in the 18th century and led towards Pargolovo (hence the original name)