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Institute of Oriental Studies of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Branch
INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL STUDIES of the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg Branch, situated at 18 Palace Square, one of the world's centres of oriental studies. It was founded as the Asian Museum on the basis of Kunstkammer's Oriental Chamber in 1818
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Ioffe A.F., (1880-1960), physicist
IOFFE Abram Fedorovich (1880-I960, Leningrad), physicist, organiser of science, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1916), the Russian Academy of Sciences (1920)
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Jewish Historical and Ethnographic Society
JEWISH HISTORICAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, a scientific society for studying the history and ethnography of Russian Jews. It was founded in 1908 on the initiative of historian S. M
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Kachalov N.N., (1883-1961), chemist
KACHALOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1883-1961), chemical process engineer, Associate of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1933), Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1935). Graduated from the St
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Kalesnik S.V., (1901-1977), geographer
KALESNIK Stanislav Vikentievich (1901, St. Petersburg - 1977, Leningrad), geographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1968). Graduated from the Leningrad State University (1929), of which he became a professor in 1939
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Kantorovich L.V. (1912-1986), economist
KANTOROVICH Leonid Vitalievich (1912, St. Petersburg - 1986), mathematician and economist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1964. Graduated from Leningrad State University with a major in mathematics and mechanics in 1930
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Karger M.K. (1903-1976), art historian, archaeologist
KARGER Mikhail Konstantinovich (1903-1976, Leningrad), historian, art historian, archaeologist, Ph.D. (Doctor of History) (1959). Graduated from Leningrad State University in 1927 and stayed on staff of the University
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Karpinsky A.P., (1846-1936), geologist
KARPINSKY Alexander Petrovich (1846/47-1936), geologist, Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886), of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917), and of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925)
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Karpinsky All-Russian Geological Institute
KARPINSKY ALL-RUSSIAN GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, a research institute of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, situated at 74 Sredny Avenue of Vasilievsky Island
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Khvolson О.D., (1852-1934), physicist
KHVOLSON Orest Danilovich (1852, St. Petersburg - 1934, Leningrad), a physicist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1895, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1920 and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from
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Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
KOMAROV BOTANICAL INSTITUTE of the Russian Academy of Sciences, situated at 2 Professora Popova Street, one of the leading botanical centres in the world. It was founded in 1931 on the basis of the Main Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum of the
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Komarov V.L., (1869-1945), botanist
KOMAROV Vladimir Leontyevich (1869, St. Petersburg - 1945), botanist and geographer, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1920), Vice-President (1930-36) and President (1936-45) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
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Konovalov D.P., (1956-1929), chemist
KONOVALOV Dmitry Petrovich (1856-1929, Leningrad), chemist, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1923) and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the St. Petersburg Mining Institute in 1878
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Kovalevskaya S.V., (1850-1891), mathematician
KOVALEVSKAYA Sofia Vasilievna (1850-1891), mathematician, writer. The first female mathematics professor in the world and the first female Associate of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1889). Came to St
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Kovalevsky M.M., (1851-1916), historian, sociologist
KOVALEVSKY Maxim Maximovich (1851-1916, Petrograd), sociologist, lawyer, economist, political figure, Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1914). After graduating from the Faculty of Law of the University of Kharkov in 1872
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Kozlov P.K., (1863-1935), geographer
KOZLOV Peter Kuzmich (1863-1935, Peterhof), geographer, explorer of Central Asia and member of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1928). Graduated from the Infantry Military School in St. Petersburg in 1887
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Krasheninnikov S.P., (1711-1755), geographer
KRASHENINNIKOV Stepan Petrovich (1713, according to the other data, 1711 - 1755, St. Petersburg), geographer, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1750)
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Krasnye Zori, the School-Colony
KRASNYE ZORI (Red Lovages), an agricultural school colony, established by pedagogue and innovator I. V. Ionin (1893-1939) in 1919 in the village Mikhailovka near Strelna
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Krusenstern I.F. (1770-1846), navigator
KRUSENSTERN Ivan Fedorovich (1770-1846), navigator, corresponding member (1803), honorary member (1806) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Admiral. (1842). Graduated from the Naval Cadet School (1787)
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Krylov A.N., (1863-1945), Mathematician, Naval Architect
KRYLOV Alexey Nikolaevich (1863-1945, Leningrad) was mathematician, naval architect, academician of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1916), of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917), of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925)
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Kulibin I.P., (1735-1818), mechanic and inventor
KULIBIN Ivan Petrovich (1735-1818), self-taught mechanic and inventor. In 1764-67, he created a watch with a complicated mechanism in the shape of an egg. After presenting the watch to Empress Catherine II in 1769 (the watch is now part of the State
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Kunitsyn А.P. (1783-1840), lawyer, teacher
KUNITSYN Alexander Petrovich (1783-1840, St. Petersburg), lawyer, teacher, writer. Studied at the Tver Theological Seminary. In 1804-07, he continued studying, this time at the St
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Law Society
LAW SOCIETY of Petersburg University, scientific society. Founded in 1877 to study issues of law and legal procedure, it initially had two departments, civil and criminal
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Lebedev S.V., (1874-1934), chemist
LEBEDEV Sergey Vasilievich (1874-1934), chemist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1932). Graduated from the Department of Natural Science of the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St. Petersburg in 1900
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Lenz E.H., (1804-1865), physicist
LENZ Emily Hristianovich (1804-1865), physicist, electrical engineer, Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828). Studied at the University of Derpt from 1820 to 1823. In 1823-25, was a part of O.E. Kotzebue's circumnavigation
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Leontyev Centre of the International Centre of Social and Economic Studies
LEONTYEV CENTRE, International Centre of Social and Economic Studies, situated at 16 Voznesensky Avenue, an independent nonprofit organisation founded in 1991 on the initiative of A. A. Sobchak and V. V. Leontyev
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Leontyev V.V., (1906-1999), economist
LEONTYEV Vasily Vasilievich (1906-1999) (also known as Wassily Leontief), economist, PhD in Economics (1928), Foreign Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1988), Honorary Doctor of the State Leningrad University (1990). Brought to St
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Lepekhin I.I., (1740-1802), traveller, naturalist
LEPEKHIN Ivan Ivanovich (1740 - 1802, St. Petersburg), naturalist, traveller, Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1768). Studies at the Academic University (1760-62), continuing on at the University of Strasbourg (1762-67)
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Lesgaft P.F. (1837-1909), anatomist, teacher
LESGAFT Peter Frantsevich (St. Petersburg, 1837-1909), anatomist and teacher. Graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1861. In 1868, he became a professor at Kazan University. In 1871, started teaching at the Medical Surgical Academy
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Levinson-Lessing F.Y., (1861-1939), geologist
LEVINSON-LESSING Franz Yulievich (1861-1939), petrographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics Mathematical of the University of St
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