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Batyushkov K.N. (1787-1855), poet
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Baudouin de Courtenay I.A., (1845-1929), linguist
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Bauer F.V., (1731-1783), engineer
BAUER (Bawr) Fedor Villimovich (Friedrich Wilhelm) (1731-1783, St. Petersburg), military engineer and cartographer, General Quartermaster (1769), Engineer General (1780). Swedish immigrant, from 1769 in Russian service
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Bauer Fiodor Vilimovich (Friedrich-Wilhelm) (1734-1783, Spb.), military engineer, hydraulic engineering technologist, cartographer
Bauer (Baur, Baor, Bawer, Bawr) Fiodor Vilimovich (Friedrich-Wilhelm) (1734–1783, SPb), military engineer, hydraulic engineering technologist, cartographer. He was an Swede by birth, he worked for Russia from 1769
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Baykov А.А., (1870-1946), metallurgist
BAYKOV Alexander Alexandrovich (1870-1946) was metallurgist, chemist, academician (1932) and Vice-President (1942-46) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of St
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Bazen P.P.(D.), (1786-1838), architectural engineer
BAZEN (Bazaine) Peter Petrovich (Pierre Dominiq) (1786-1838), architectural engineer, mechanic, mathematician, pedagogue, fellow (1817) and honorary member (1827) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Science, lieutenant general (1830)
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Bazhenov V.I., (1737-1799) architect
BAZHENOV Vasily Ivanovich (1737-1799, St. Petersburg), architect, member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1765), Member of the Russian Academy (1784), the Actual Privy Counsellor (1796). In 1756, he came to St
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Beer Museum
BEER MUSEUM of Stepan Razin Complex Joint-Stock Company situated at 9 Stepana Razina Street. It was opened in 1995 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Stepan Razin Complex (originally Kalinkinsky Beer and Honey Works)
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Beggrow Alexander Carlovich (1841-1914), artist
BEGGROW Alexander Carlovich (1841, St. Petersburg - 1914, Gatchina), artist. The son of Carl Beggrow, Alexander studied at the Engineering and Artillery Schools (1853-1863); and in Academy of Arts under Mikhail Klodt (1873, an academic since 1899
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Beggrow C. P. (1799-1875), Artist
BEGGROW Carl Petrovich (1799 - 1875, St. Petersburg) lithographer and artist. He is a father of A. C. Beggrow. Studied at the Academy of Arts under M. N. Vorobyev (1818-21; a member of the Academy from 1832)
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Beketov A.N., (1825-1902), botanist, morphologist
BEKETOV Andrey Nikolaevich (1825-1902), botanist, morphologist, Corresponding Member (1891) and Honorary Member (1895) of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Grandfather of A.A. Blok
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Bekhterev Psycho-neurological Research Institute, The St. Petersburg
BEKHTEREV PSYCHO-NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, St. Petersburg, located at 3 Bekhtereva Street, was established in 1907 and opened in 1908 by V. M. Bekhterev as a scientific research and educational institution: two initial courses consisted of
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Bekhterev V.M., (1857-1927), psychoneurologist
BEKHTEREV Vladimir Mikhailovich (1857-1927), psycho-neurologist, founder of reflexology, Professor (1885), Academician (1899) of the Army Medical College, Honourable Figure of Science (1927). Graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1878
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Belarusians
BELARUSIANS, an ethnic community within the St. Petersburg population. Belarusian is related to the Slavonic group of Indo-European languages. Most religious members of the community belong to the Russian Orthodox Church while some are Catholic
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Belekhov N.N. (1904-1956), architect
BELEKHOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1904-1956, Leningrad), civil engineer, architect. Graduated from the Department of Architecture of the College of Public Engineering (1933)
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Belelyubsky N.A., (1845-1922), bridge builder
BELELYUBSKY Nikolay Apollonovich (1845-1922, Leningrad), engineer, scholar in the field of structural mechanics and bridge building. Graduated from the Petersburg Institute for Railway Engineers in 1867, Professor at the Institute from 1873
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Belevskoe Field
BELEVSKOE FIELD, an area to the south-east of St. Petersburg, confined with Alexandrovskoy Fermy Avenue, Sedova Street, Krasnykh Zor Boulevard and Moskovskaya Line of Oktyabrskaya Railway
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Belinskogo Bridge
BELINSKOGO BRIDGE (until 1923 Simeonovsky, from the churches of Simon and Anna nearby), spanning the Fontanka River between Belinskogo Square and Street. Built in 1785, to the standard design at the place where from 1733 a wooden bridge had existed
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Belinskogo Street
BELINSKOGO STREET, until 1923 - Simeonovskaya Street, between Fontanka River Embankment and Liteiny Avenue. The street was so named after V. G. Belinsky. The previous name was in honour of SS Simon and Anna Church situated at number 6. Architect G
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Belinsky V. G. (1811-1848), critic, publicist
BELINSKY Vissarion Grigorievich (1811-1848, St. Petersburg), critic, publicist. Studied at the Department of Philology of Moscow University (was expelled in 1832). Resided in St. Petersburg from 1839
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Bellinsgauzen F.F. (1778-1852), navigator
BELLINSGAUZEN Faddey Fadeevich (1778-1852, Kronstadt), navigator, Admiral (1843). In 1797 graduated from the Naval Cadet School (17 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment; memorial plaque); served in the Baltic Fleet
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Belogradskaya E.T. (1739- after 1764), singer
BELOGRADSKAYA Elizaveta Timofeevna (1739, St. Petersburg - after 1764[?]), the first Russian singer (soprano) and harpsichord player. The daughter of lute player and singer Timofey Belogradsky
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Beloostrov
BELOOSTROV, a municipal unit (since 1998) forming a part of Kurortny District of St. Petersburg, 30 km to the north-west of the city centre, on the banks of the Sestra River, 3 km upstream from the place where it flows into Sestroretsky Razliv Lake
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Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
BELOSELSKY-BELOZERSKY PALACE (41 Nevsky Prospect), an architectural monument of the Eclectic style. Reconstructed from an 18th century Neoclassical residence in 1799-1800 for Princess A.G. Beloselskaya-Belozerskaya (architect F.I. Demertsov)
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Belov A.A., (1951-1978), basketball-player
BELOV ALEXANDR ALEXANDROVICH (1951, Leningrad 1978, ibid.), Merited Master Of Sports of the USSR (basketball). In 1967-78 Belov played for Spartak Leningrad. He was an Olympic champion (1972)
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Belov V.F. (1911-1968), architect
BELOV Viktor Fedorovich (1911-1969, Leningrad), architect. Resided in St. Petersburg since 1913. Graduated from the College of Public Engineers (1936). His buildings of pre-war years are: residential houses in Avtovo and on Malaya Okhta
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Belova L.N. (1924-1993), Director of the Museum of Leningrad History
BELOVA Lyudmila Nikolaevna (1924-1993, St. Petersburg), museum worker, Honorary Worker of Culture of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1965). Graduated from the Faculty of History of the M. N
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Bely Andrey (1880-1934), writer
BELY Andrey (real name and family name Boris Nikolaevich Bugaev) (1880-1934), writer. He graduated from the Natural Sciences Department of Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Moscow University (1903)
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Bely Island
BELY ISLAND, artificial island at the mouth of the Bolshaya Neva River. It was built by reclaiming the so-called Bely Shoal in the mid-20th century. It is 55 hectares in area, one kilometre long, and 600 metres wide
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