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Uhlan Life-Guards Regiment

UHLAN LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT, cavalry guards regiment. Its origin goes back to the Odessa Hussar Regiment, formed in 1803, which served the basis of the Uhlan Regiment of His Highness which was formed the same year

Ukhtomsky A.A., (1875-1942), physiologist

UKHTOMSKY Alexis Alexeevich (1875-1942), physiologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1935). He graduated from Moscow Ecclesiastical Academy in 1898. In 1902, he moved to St. Petersburg, where he graduated from the University of St

Ukrainians

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Ulanova G.S., (1910-1998), ballet dancer

ULANOVA Galina Sergeevna (1910, St. Petersburg - 1998), dancer, pedagogue, Hero of Socialist Labor (1974, 1980), People"s Artist of the USSR (1951). Graduating from the Leningrad Choreographic School under A.Y

Union for Constituent Assembly Protection

UNION FOR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY PROTECTION, established in Petrograd on 23 October (old style: 6 December) 1917, united members of the Mensheviks, Socialist Revolutionaries, People's Socialists, Petrograd Central and Regional Dumas, co-operatives

Union of Archangel Michael, the political organization

RUSSIAN NATIONAL UNION OF ARCHANGEL MICHAEL was a monarchical organization created by adherents of V. M. Purishkevich as a result of the split of the Union of the Russian People

Union of Art Workers

UNION OF ART WORKERS is a public association established on the initiative of the Society of Architects-Artists in March, 1917, to reform artistic life of the country

Union of Communes of the Northern Region

UNION OF COMMUNES OF THE NORTHERN REGION (Northern Commune, Northern Region), an association of regional Soviets formed in April-May 1918, including the Petrogradskaya, Vologodskaya, Pskovskaya, Novgorodskaya, Olonetskaya

Union of Liberation, political organization

UNION OF LIBERATION was an illegal political organization of liberal democratic orientation. It was founded in 1903. The constituent congress was held in St. Petersburg on 3-5 January 1904 in the flats of lawyer I.A

Union of Scientists

UNION OF SCIENTISTS, St. Petersburg, located at 5 Universitetskaya Embankment, a public organisation established in 1989 in order to contribute to the development of science, train a new generation of scientists, increase the prestige of science

Union of Struggle for Liberation of the Working Class, St. Petersburg

UNION OF STRUGGLE FOR LIBERATION OF THE WORKING CLASS, St. Petersburg, one of the largest social democratic organizations in 1890s. It was founded in 1895 as a number of Marxist circles joined together and operated in close contact with the Group of

Union of Writers, the Leningrad Department

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Universitetskaya Embankment

UNIVERSITETSKAYA EMBANKMENT (prior the end of the 18th century, Kadetskaya Embankment, until 1887 - Bolshaya Neva River Embankment), is situated on the right bank of the Bolshaya Neva, between Birzhevaya Square and Sixth Line of Vasilievsky Island

University Concerts

UNIVERSITY CONCERTS, musical experience for students of the Imperial University, arranged in the assembly hall of the university from 1842 to the late 1850s on the initiative of court musician, violoncellist and conductor K.B

University of Aerospace Technology, St. Petersburg State

UNIVERSITY OF AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY, St. Petersburg State, located at 67 Bolshaya Morskaya Street. Was established in 1941 as the Leningrad Aviation Institute. It was renamed the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Technology in 1945

University of Cinema and Television, St. Petersburg State

UNIVERSITY OF CINEMA AND TELEVISION, St. Petersburg State, located at 13 Pravdy Street, was established in 1918 as the Higher Institute of Photography and Photo Technology. It became the School of Photography in 1924

University of Culture and Arts, St. Petersburg State

UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE AND ARTS, St. Petersburg State, located at 2 Palace Embankment and 4 Palace Embankment, was established in 1918 as the first Russian Institute for extra-curriculum education. It became the N. K

University of Low-Temperature and Food Technology

UNIVERSITY OF LOW-TEMPERATURE AND FOOD TECHNOLOGY, St. Petersburg State University of Low-Temperature and Food Technology situated at 9 Lomonosova Street. Was founded in 1931 as the Leningrad Institute of the Refrigeration Industry renamed the St

Urban Plantations

URBAN PLANTATIONS, artificially created plantations: gardens, parks, forest parks, yards lawns, and the territory around ponds, squares, streets. The plantations perform the double function of sanitary protection and aesthetic city decoration

Urgent Medical Help (UMH)

Urgent Medical Help (UMH), specialised medical service. The beginning of UMN was laid by the foundation of the Society of the application of First Aid (chief doctor G. I

Uritsk

URITSK, a former separate town within the Leningrad Region. Founded in 1925, and named after М. S. Uritsky, the town stretched along the territory of the present-day Krasnoselsky District, west of Ligovo

Uritsky M.S. (1873-1918), revolutionary, statesman

URITSKY Moisey Solomonovich (1873-1918, Petrograd), statesman. He graduated from the faculty of law of Kiev University (1897). After the split of Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party (1903) he joined Mensheviks

Ursula, Blessed (Yulia Leduchowskaya) (1865-1939) - Catholic Saint

URSULA (Lay name Countess Yulia Leduchowskaya), Catholic nun. She joined the convent of Ursuline Sisters in Krakow as a novice in 1887, and took the veil the following year under the name of Ursula in the same convent

Ushakov F.F.(1745-1817), Admiral

USHAKOV Fedor Fedorovich (1745-1817), Naval Commander, Admiral (1799). Graduated from the Naval Cadet School (1766; 17 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment - memorial plaque)

Ushakovskaya Embankment

USHAKOVSKAYA EMBANKMENT, on the right bank of the Bolshaya Nevka River, from Chernaya Rechka River Embankment to Akademika Krylova Street. The embankment is an extension of Vyborgskaya Embankment

Ushinsky K.D., (1824-1870), teacher

USHINSKY Konstantin Dmitrievich (1824-1870), teacher. In 1844, he graduated from the faculty of law of the University of Moscow and moved to St. Petersburg in 1849. Here he contributed to the Sovremennik and Biblioteka dlya Chteniya journals

Uspensky G.I. (1843-1902), writer

USPENSKY Gleb Ivanovich (1843-1902, St. Petersburg), prose writer and publicist. He did his studies at the Petersburg University (1861) and in Moscow University (1862), without receiving a degree. In 1864-67 he lived continuously in St. Petersburg

Uspensky L.V. (1900-1978), writer

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Uspensky N.V. (1885-1947), founder of the Necropolis Museum

USPENSKY Nikolay Viktorovich (1885-1947), museum worker. He studied at the Higher Phototechnical Institute in the 1920s and worked as a researcher at the Russian Museum from 1926 to 1932. He was a member of Stary Petersburg Society

Ust-Izhora, settlement

UST-IZHORA, an urban settlement (1938), within the Kolpinsky District (1952), on the left bank of the Neva River, where it meets the Izhora River (hence the name)