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State University, St. Petersburg


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STATE UNIVERSITY, ST. PETERSBURG (SPSU) (7/9 Universitetskaya Embankment) is one of the largest educational, scientific and cultural centers of Russia. The university comes from the Academic University, which was later reorganised into the Normal School, the Normal Gymnasium, the Pedagogical Institute and the Major Pedagogical Institute. The latter was transformed in 1819 into St. Petersburg University, consisting of three faculties: law and philosophy; history and philology; mathematics and physics. The Pedagogical College (formerly the Second Rank Major Pedagogical Institute) and the Finishing School were all functioning at the university. In 1860, courses were designed to train secondary school teachers. In 1854-1917, there were four faculties at the university: the Faculty of History and Philology, the Faculty of Philosophy and Law, the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and the Faculty of Oriental Studies. In 1918, the university was called the First Petrograd State University. In 1918-19, it incorporated the Historical and Philological Institute (renamed the University Pedagogical Institute), the Second Petrograd University - formerly the Higher Women"s (Besstuzhev) Courses and the Third Petrograd University (formerly the University of the Psycho Neurological Institute). The new United Petrograd State University consisted of the following two faculties: the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics. In 1922, Archaeological Institute was added to the university, in 1924, the Chemical Pharmaceutical Institute; in 1925, the Institute of Geography. In 1924-92, it was called Leningrad State University (LSU), and since 1992 it has been known as SPSU. In 1933-37, it was named after A.S. Bubnov, and in 1948-88, after A.A. Zhdanov. Scientific schools were formed at the university in the following disciplines: mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, geology, history, philology, philosophy, Slavic studies, oriental studies, etc. Throughout the history of the university, many important figures worked and did scientific research at SPSU. They include A.D. Alexandrov, V.M. Alexeev, K.I. Arsenyev, V.V. Bartold, A.N. Beketov, L.S. Berg, S.N. Bernstein, K.N. Bestuzhev-Ryumin, G.P. Bongard, I.P. Borodin, A.M. Butlerov, N.E. Vvedensky, A.A. Voskresensky, K.D. Glinka, B.D. Grekov, Y.K. Grot, A.S. Dogel, V.V. Dokuchaev, S.A. Zhebelev, F.F. Zelinsky, N.I. Kareev, P.K. Kokovtsov, A.O. Kovalevsky, N.P. Kondakov, I.Y. Krachkovsky, M.S. Kutorga, A.S. Lappo-Danilevsky, E.Ch. Lenz, A.M. Lyapunov, A.A. Markov, N.Y. Marr, I.I. Mechnikov, D.I. Mendeleev, N.A. Menshutkin, S.F. Oldenburg, S.F. Platonov, A.S. Popov, V.R. Rozen, V.I. Semevsky, V.I. Sergeevich, I.M. Sechenov, V.A. Steklov, V.V. Struve, E.V. Tarle, A.I. Ukhtomsky, A.S. Famintsyn, O.D. Khvolson, P.L. Chebyshev, A.A. Shakhmatov, V.M. Shimkevich, I.I. Yanzhul, et al. Students include B.A. Asafyev, A.N. Benois, I.Y. Bilibin, A.A. Block, V.V. Veresaev, M.A. Vrubel, A.K. Glazunov, M.I. Glinka, I.E. Grabar, A.F. Kerensky, D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak, N.N. Miklukho-Maklay, I.P. Pavlov, A.V. Palladin, D.I. Pisarev, N.G. Pomyalovsky, A.M. Prokhorov, N.N. Semenov, P.A. Stolypin, K.A. Timiryazev, I.S. Turgenev, G.I. Uspensky, E.K. Fedorov, N.G. Chernyshevsky and many others. In 1942-44, Leningrad State University worked in the evacuation at Saratov. The First Leningrad Foreign Languages Institute was included into SPSU in 1956. An educational and research centre of the LSU was built in Old Peterhof in the 1960s. In 2002, the University was comprised of 12 scientific research institutes, Academic Gymnasium, Canadian and French Colleges, educational and research centers and bases; the faculties of biology and soil science, oriental studies, geography and geo-ecology, geology, journalism, history, mathematics and mechanics, medicine, international relations, applied mathematics, psychology, sociology, physics, philology, philosophy, chemistry, economy, law, and the School of Management. Preliminary courses and minor faculties were organised for entrants. Standing partners of SPGU include the scientific and educational centers of the USA, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, China, Norway, Poland, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Sweden, Japan, and others, as well as the universities of Amsterdam, Cambridge, Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, Leipzig, Turku, Helsinki, Osaka, and many others. SPGU occupies the Building of Twelve Collegiums, the former building of Smolny Convent, buildings of the former Alexandrovsky Institute (5 Smolnogo Street; 1765-75, architect Y. M. Felten), the former Novobirzhevoy Gostiny Dvor (5 Mendeleevskaya Line; the early 19th century, project of G. Quarenghi; the third floor was added in 1936), the former palace of Emperor Peter II (11 Universitetskaya Embankment; 1727-61).

References: Очерки по истории Ленинградского университета. Л.; СПб., 1962-2000. Вып. 1-8; Ленинградский университет в воспоминаниях современников. Л., 1963-1982. Т. 1-2; История Ленинградского университета, 1819-1969: Очерки. Л., 1969; Ленинградский университет в Великой Отечественной: Очерки. Л., 1990; Олесич Н. Я. Господин студент Императорского С.-Петербургского университета. СПб., 1998; Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет: Летопись, 1724-1999. СПб., 1999; Марголис Ю. Д., Тишкин Г. А. Единым вдохновением: Очерки истории университетского образования в Петербурге в конце XVIII - первой половине XIX в. СПб., 2000; Ендольцев Ю. А. Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет: Нестандарт. путеводитель. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. СПб., 2003.

А. P. Kupaygorodskaya.

Persons
Alexandrov Alexander Danilovich
Alexeev Vasily Mikhailovich
Arsenyev Konstantin Ivanovich
Asafyev Boris Vladimirovich
Bartold Vasily Vladimirovich
Beketov Andrey Nikolaevich
Benois Alexander Nikolaevich
Berg Lev Semenovich
Bernstein Sergey Natanovich
Bestuzhev-Ryumin Konstantin Nikolaevich
Bilibin Ivan Yakovlevich
Blok G.P.
Bongard Heinrich-Gustav
Borodin Ivan Parfenievich
Bubnov Andrey Sergeevich
Butlerov Alexander Mikhailovich
Chebyshev Pafnuty Lvovich
Chernyshevsky Nikolay Gavrilovich
Dogel Alexander Stanislavovich
Dokuchaev Vasily Vasilievich
Famintsyn Andrey Sergeevich
Fedorov Evgeny Konstantinovich
Felten Yury (Georg Friedrich) Matveevich
Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich
Glinka Konstantin Dmitrievich
Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich
Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich
Grekov Boris Dmitrievich
Grot Yakov Karlovich
Kareev Nikolay Ivanovich
Kerensky Alexander Fedorovich
Khvolson Orest Danilovich
Kokovtsov Pavel Konstantinovich
Kondakov Nikodim Pavlovich
Kovalevsky Alexander Onufrievich
Krachkovsky Ignaty Yulianovich
Kutorga Mikhail Semenovich
Lappo-Danilevsky Alexander Sergeevich
Lenz Emily Hristianovich
Lyapunov Alexander Mikhailovich
Mamin-Sibiryak (real name Mamin) Dmitry Narkisovich
Markov Andrey Andreevich
Marr Nikolay Yakovlevich
Mechnikov Ilya Ilyich
Mendeleev Dmitry Ivanovich
Menshtukin Nikolay Alexandrovich
Miklukho-Maclay Nikolay Nikolaevich
Oldenburg Sergey Fedorovich
Orbeli Iosif Abgarovich
Palladin Alexander Vladimirovich
Pavlov Ivan Petrovich
Pisarev Dmitry Ivanovich
Platonov Sergey Fedorovich
Pomyalovsky Nikolay Gerasimovich
Popov A.A.
Prokhorov Alexander Mikhailovich
Quarenghi Giacomo
Rosen Viktor Romanovich, Baron
Sechenov Ivan Mikhailovich
Semenov Nikolay Nikolaevich
Semevsky Vasily Ivanovich
Sergeevich Vasily Ivanovich
Shakhmatov Alexey Alexandrovich
Shimkevich Vladimir Mikhailovich
Steklov Vladimir Andreevich
Stolypin Peter Arkadievich
Struve Vasily Vasilievich
Tarle Evgeny Viktorovich
Timiryazev Klimenty Arkadievich
Turgenev Ivan Sergeevich
Ukhtomsky Alexey Alexeevich
Uspensky Gleb Ivanovich
Veresaev (born Smidovich) Vikenty Vikentievich
Voskresensky Alexander Abramovich
Vrubel Mikhail Alexandrovich
Vvedensky Nikolay Evgenievich
Yanzhul Ivan Ivanovich
Zelinsky Faddey (Tadeusz-Stephan) Franzevich
Zhdanov Andrey Alexandrovich
Zhebelev Sergey Alexandrovich

Addresses
Mendeleevskaya Line/Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Smolnogo St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 7/9
Universitetskaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 11

Bibliographies
Очерки по истории Ленинградского университета. Л.; СПб., 1962-2000
Ендольцев Ю. А. Санкт-Петербургский университет: Нестандарт. путеводитель. СПб., 1999
Марголис Ю. Д., Тишкин Г. А. Единым вдохновением: Очерки истории унив. образования в Петербурге в конце XVIII - первой половине XIX в. СПб., 2000
Олесич Н. Я. Господин студент Императорского С.-Петербургского университета. СПб., 1998
Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет: Летопись, 1724-1999. СПб., 1999
Ленинградский университет в воспоминаниях современников. Л., 1963-1982
История Ленинградского университета, 1819-1969: Очерки. Л., 1969
Ленинградский университет в Великой Отечественной: Очерки. Л., 1990

The subject Index
Academic University
Main Pedagogical Institute
Historical-Philological Institute
Bestuzhev's Courses
Archaeological Institute
Academic Gymnasium
Twelve Collegiums Building

Chronograph
1804
1819
1861
1869


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Konovalov D.P., (1956-1929), chemist

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Kravkov N.P., (1865-1924), pharmacologist

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Kropotkin P.A., (1842-1921), revolutionary, geographer and geologist

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Krylov I. A. (1769-1844), writer, journalist

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Lamansky V.I., (1833-1914), Slavicist

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Lappo-Danilevsky A.S., (1863-1919), historian

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Lavrov S.B. (1928 - 2000), geographer

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Lebedev S.V., (1874-1934), chemist

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Lenin V.I. (1870-1924), revolutionary, statesman

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Lenz E.H., (1804-1865), physicist

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Levinson-Lessing F.Y., (1861-1939), geologist

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Likhachev D.S., (1906-1999), literary historian

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Lodygin A.N., (1847-1923), electrical engineer and physicist

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Lyapunov A.M., (1857-1918), mathematician

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Markov A.A., (1856-1922), mathematician

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Marr N.Y., (1864/65-1934), orientalist, linguist

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Martov L. (1873-1923), revolutionary

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Mechnikov I.I., (1845-1916), physiologist

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Mendeleev D.I., (1834-1907), chemist

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Merezhkovsky D.S. (1865-1941), writer and philosopher

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Modzalevsky B.L., (1874-1928), literary historian

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Nikitenko А.V. (1804-1877),critic

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Obolensky V. A. (1869-1950), public figure

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Olderogge D.A., (1903-1987), ethnographer

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Orbeli I.A., (1887-1961), orientalist

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Panin-Kolomenkin N.A. (1871-1956), sportsman

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Pavlov I.P., (1849-1936), physiologist

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Petrashevsky M.V. (1821-1866), revolutionary

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Petrov V.M. (1896-1966), film director

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Piotrovsky B.B., (1908-1990), archaeologist

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Platonov S.F., (1860-1933), historian

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Pletnev P. A. (1792-1865), poet, critic, publisher

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Pobedonostsev K.P. (1827-1907), statesman

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Popov A.S., (1859-1905), physicist

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Potresov A. N. (1869-1934), Social Democrat, Menshevik

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Predtechensky A.V. (1893-1966), historian

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Presnyakov A.E., (1870-1929), historian

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Propp V.Y. (1895-1970), literature historian

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Pumpyansky L.V. (1891-1940), literary critic

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Punin N.N., (1888-1953), art historian

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Putilov А.I. (1867-after 1837), entrepreneur

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Pypin A.N., (1833-1904), literary historian

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Rakov L.L. (1904-1970), Historian, Director of the Museum of Leningrad Defence

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Roerich N.K., (1874-1947), artist, archaeologist, writer

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Romanov B.A., (1889-1957), historian

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Rozhdestvensky D.S., (1876-1940), physicist

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Semenov N.N., (1896-1986), physicist

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Semenov-Tyan-Shansky P.P., (1827-1914), geographer

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

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

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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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Shishmarev V.F., (1875-1957), philologist

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Shokalsky Y.М., (1856-1940), geographer

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Smirnov V.I., (1887-1974), mathematician

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Sollertinsky I.I., (1902-1944), art historian

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Somov A.I., (1830-1909), art historian

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Sorokin P.A. (1889-1968), social revolutionary, sociologist

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Speshnev N. A. (1821-1882), revolutionary

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Sreznevsky I.I., (1812-1880), philologist

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Stasyulevich М.М. (1826-1911), publisher, historian

STASYULEVICH Mikhail Matveevich (1826, St. Petersburg -1911), historian, journalist, public figure. He graduated the Larinskaya Gymnasium in St. Petersburg (1843, where in 1849-53 took up teaching history)

Steblin-Kamensky M.I. (1903-1981), historian

STEBLIN-KAMENSKY Mikhail Ivanovich (1903, St. Petersburg - 1981, Leningrad), philologist and Scandinavia specialist, Ph.D. (philology) in 1948. He graduated from Leningrad State University with a major in philology in 1939

Sternberg L.Y., (1861-1927), ethnographer

STERNBERG Lev (Haim) Yakovlevich (1861-1927, Duderhof now renamed as the settlement of Mozhaysky, Leningrad Region), an ethnographer, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1924

Stolypin P.A. (1862-1911), statesman

STOLYPIN Peter Arkadievich (1862-1911), statesman, chamberlain (1906). Graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Petersburg University (1885). In 1884-89, he served St Petersburg's Department of Internal Affairs

Stravinsky I.F., (1882-1971), composer

STRAVINSKY Igor Fedorovich (1882, Oranienbaum - 1971), composer and director, son of F.I. Stravinsky. In 1900-05 he studied at the Faculty of Law at Petersburg University, taking composition classes from N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov between 1903 and 1905

Stroganov Family

STROGANOV FAMILY, barons (from 1722) and counts (from 1826; some branches had the title of Count from 1761); family originating from notable people of the second half of the 15th century. Several family members were closely associated with St

Struve P.B. (1870-1944), economist

STRUVE Peter Berngardovich (1870-1944), economist, sociologist, essayist, public figure and politician, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1917. He graduated from Petersburg University with a major in law in 1895

Struve V.V., (1889-1965), orientalist

STRUVE Vasily Vasilievich (1889, St. Petersburg - 1965, Leningrad), orientalist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1935), honoured worker of science of the Uzbekistan Soviet Socialist Republic (1943)

Students

STUDENTS of higher and specialised secondary education institutions. The term was adopted in the 18th century to designate those studying at the Academic University

Tarle E.V., (1874-1955), historian

TARLE Evgeny Viktorovich (1874-1955), historian, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1927). He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kiev University in 1896. In 1901, he moved to St. Petersburg

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

Tkachev P.N. (1844-1885/86), revolutionary, publisist

TKACHEV Peter Nikitich (1844-1885), participant of the revolutionary movement, literary critic, publicist, one of the ideologists of revolutionary Narodnichestvo (Populism). From 1851 lived with his family in St. Petersburg

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

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

Treshnikov А.F. (1914-1991), geographer

TRESHNIKOV Alexey Fedorovich (1914-1991, St. Petersburg), geographer, oceanologist, polar explorer, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1981 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1949. He graduated from Leningrad State University in 1939

Turaev B.A., (1868-1920), orientalist

TURAEV Boris Alexandrovich (1868-1920, Petrograd), orientalist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1918). He came to St. Petersburg in 1886. He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology at St

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

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

Uteman F. F., entrepreneur

UTEMAN Franz Frantsevich (1868-1925), entrepreneur, Actual Civil Counsellor. He was a son of a German who opened an agency business in St. Petersburg in 1867. After graduating from St

Utin Y. I. (1839-1916), entrepreneur

UTIN Yakov Isaakovich (1839-1916), entrepreneur, Privy Counsellor. Graduating from St. Petersburg University with a major in law in 1860, he served in the Department of Justice and was promoted to serve as the Director of the Department

Valk S.N., (1887-1975), historian

VALK Sigizmund Natanovich (1887-1975, Leningrad), historian, archeograph, archivist, Ph.D. (Doctor of Historical Sciences) (1936), Professor (1946). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University (1913)

Vasileostrovsky District

VASILEOSTROVSKY DISTRICT is an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg. (Its territory administration is located at 55 Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island) Its present-day borders were formed in 1917 (the western part was a separate

Vasilievsky Island

VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, the largest island in the estuary of the Neva 1,090 hectares in area. The island is washed by the Bolshaya Neva in the south and the Malaya Neva in the northeast

Vasilyevsky V.G. (1838-1899), historian

VASILYEVSKY Vasily Grigorievich (1838-99), historian, member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences from 1890. He graduated from Petersburg University with a major in history and philology in 1860 and worked there as a teacher

Venediktov A.V.(1887-1959), lawyer

VENEDIKTOV Anatoly Vasilievich (1887-1959, Leningrad), lawyer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1958), honoured worker of science of the USSR (1942). Graduated from the Faculty of Economics of St

Vengerov S.A., (1855-1920), historian of literature, bibliographer

VENGEROV Semen Afanasievich (1855-1920, Petrograd), historian literature, bibliographer, public figure. Since 1868, Vengerov lived in St. Petersburg, where he graduated from the Faculty of Law of Petersburg University in 1879

Vereysky G.S., (1886-1962), graphic artist

VEREYSKY Georgy Semenovich (1886-1962, Leningrad), graphic artist, full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1949), people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1962). He studied in Kharkov and was a student of M. V

Vernadsky V.I., (1863-1945), chemist

VERNADSKY Vladimir Ivanovich (1863, St. Petersburg - 1945), chemist, mineralogist and crystallographer, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1912), the Russian Academy of Sciences (1917), and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925)

Veselovsky A.N., (1838-1906), literature historian

VESELOVSKY Alexander Nikolaevich (1838-1906, St. Petersburg), literature historian, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1880). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University (1858)

Vinaver M. M. (1863-1926), public figure

VINAVER Maxim Moiseevich (1862 or 1863-1926) was a public and political figure, and lawyer. On graduating from the Faculty of Law of Warsaw University (1886), he became an assistant to an attorney (from 1904 an attorney in St. Petersburg)

Vinogradov V.V. (1894/95-1969), linguist

VINOGRADOV Viktor Vladimirovich (1894/95-1969), philologist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1946), member of many foreign academies. In 1918, he concurrently graduated from the Institute of History and Philology and Archaeological

VOEYKOV A.I., (1842-1916), climatologist, geographer

Voeykov Alexander Ivanovich (1842-1916), climatologist and geographer, founder of climatology in Russia, Corresponding Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1910)

Volkonsky S.M. (1860-1937), dramatist

VOLKONSKY Sergey Mikhailovich (1860-1937), Prince, dramatist and critic, pedagogue, expert on acting technique theory, historian, writer, and Staff Master (1901). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology at St

Voronin M. S. (1838-1903), public figure, entrepreneur

VORONIN Mikhail Stepanovich (1838, St. Petersburg 1903, St. Petersburg), botanist, public figure, entrepreneur, patron of arts, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898). He graduated from St

Vrubel М.А., (1856-1910), painter

VRUBEL Mikhail Alexandrovich (1856-1910, St. Petersburg), painter. From childhood lived in St. Petersburg with his family. He visited the Drawing School of the Society for Encouragement of Arts in 1864 and 1868-69

Vyshnegradsky A.I. (1867-1925), industrialist

VYSHNEGRADSKY Alexander Ivanovich (1867 St. Petersburg - 1925), businessman, Chamberlain (1905), Actual Civil Councillor (1915). Son of I.A. Vyshnegradsky. After graduating from the Faculty of Law of Petersburg University (1889)

Yakubovich P.F. (1860-1911), poet, revolutionary

YAKUBOVICH Peter Filippovich (1860-1911, St. Petersburg), poet, writer, participant of People"s Will movement of the 1880s. He graduated from Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University (1882)

Yanson Y.E. (1835-1893), statistician and economist

YANSON Yuly Eduardovich (1835-1893, St. Petersburg), statistician and economist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1892. He graduated from Kiev University with a major in history and philology in 1855. Lived in St

Yatsevich A.G. (1887-1942), Regional Ethnographer

YATSEVICH Andrey Grigorievich (1887, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad) art historian, regional ethnographer, specialist in the works by Pushkin. Yatsevich graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University in 1905

Yudina M.V. (1899-1970), pianist

YUDINA Maria Veniaminovna (1899-1970), pianist, teacher. In 1921 she graduated from the Petrograd Conservatory, where she studied under A.N. Esipova and L.V. Nikolaev

Zhebelev S.A., (1867-1941), historian

ZHEBELEV Sergey Alexandrovich (1867, St. Petersburg - 1941, Leningrad), historian, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1927). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University in 1890

Zhirmunsky V.M., (1891-1971), philologist

ZHIRMUNSKY Viktor Maximovich (1891, St. Petersburg - 1971, Leningrad), philologist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1966). Graduated from the Tenishev School in 1908 and the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University in

Zinoviev A.D. (1854-1931), Civilian Governor

ZINOVIEV Alexander Dmitrievich (1854-1931), statesman, Secret Counsellor (1906). He graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University (1877). In 1884-97, he served as an elector from the nobility in St. Petersburg Region






























































































































































































































































































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