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Chesme Palace
CHESME PALACE (15 Gastello Street), monument of pseudo-Gothic architecture (1774-77, architect Y.M. Felten). Built in Kekerekeksinen meaning, "frog marsh" in Finnish
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Chevakinsky S. I. (1713-1783), architect
CHEVAKINSKY Savva Ivanovich (1713-1783), architect, representative of the Baroque. From 1729, studied at the Moscow Preparatory School of the St. Petersburg Naval Academy, in 1732-38 apprenticed in architecture with I.K
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Chichagov V.Y.(1728-1809) Admiral
CHICHAGOV Vasily Yakovlevich (1728-1809, St. Petersburg), Admiral. Graduated from the School of Mathematics and Navigational Sciences (1742), completed an internship in the British Navy, from 1745 served in the Baltic Fleet
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Chicherin House
CHICHERIN HOUSE (Kosikovsky House, Eliseev House) (15 Nevsky Prospect), monument of early Neoclassical architecture. Built in 1768-71 (architect unknown, possibly G.B. Vallin de la Mothe or Y.M. Felten) for general chief of police N.I
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Chicherin N.I. Chief of the Police General in 1745-60
CHICHERIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1724-1782), statesman and combat leader, general en shef (1773). In 1737 he was registered in the Guards, in 1740 a batman of Anton Ulrich Duke of Brunswick. In 1742 he was transferred to the Army
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Chief of the Police
CHIEF OF THE POLICE, the head of the city police. The post of the chief of the police, as an assistant officer of Chief of the Police General, established in 1766
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Chigorin M.I., (1850-1908), chess-player
CHIGORIN MIKHAIL IVANOVICH (1850, Gatchina - 1908), the founder of the Russian chess school. In 1859-68 was brought up in Gatchina Orphan Boarding School of Emperor Nicholas I (today, 25 Oktyabrya avenue, No. 2; memorial plaque)
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Children's Literature, the Leningrad Department of the Publishing House
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, the Leningrad Department of the publishing house, was housed in the House of Books, then on 6 Kutuzova Embankment, it was opened in 1933, before 1963, it was called Detgiz (State Publishing House for Children's Literature)
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Children’s Art Schools (entry)
CHILDREN’S ART SCHOOLS are primary schools in the system of schools for creative and talented children. In 1835, K. Kh. Reissig founded in St. Petersburg public Sunday drawing and drafting classes at the Technological Institute for people of any
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Children’s House, a pavilion (an ensemble of the Alexander Park)
A pavilion with the Late Classicism style facades was constructed in 1827-1830 to the design of V.M. Gornostayev . At first it was intended for summer pastime of children of Emperor Nicholas I: the Heir and Tsesarevich Alexander Nikolayevich
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China Palace (Lomonosov)
CHINA PALACE, a Rococo architectural monument, constructed in 1762-68 in the Upper Park of Oranienbaum (architect A. Rinaldi) as the Holland House. The China Palace acquired its name in the 19th century
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China-village (Pushkin)
CHINA-VILLAGE (PUSHKIN), an architectural monument, part of the Tsarskoe Selo Palace and Park Ensemble, divided by Podkapriznaya Road from Catherine Park. Constructed in 1782-98 (architect A. Rinaldi, C
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Chirkov B.P. (1901-1982), film actor
CHIRKOV Boris Petrovich (1901-1982), film and theatre actor, author of books and articles, People’s Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1975)
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Chistovich I.A., (1828-1893), theologian
CHISTOVICH Illarion Alexeevich (1828 --1893, St. Petersburg), theologian, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1874). Upon graduating from St
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Chistyakov P.P., (1832-1919), artist
CHISTYAKOV Pavel Petrovich (1832-1919, Detskoe Selo), painter and teacher of art. He studied at the Academy of Arts (1849-64) under P.V. Basin. From 1862 to 1870 he was a retainer of the Academy of Arts in Paris and Rome
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Chiz and Yezh (Siska and Hedgehog), journals
CHIZH and YEZH (Siska and Hedgehog), children's monthly journals, published by members of Marshak's editorial board (S. Y. Marshak, N. М. Oleynikov, also the journal's editor, Е. L. Schwarz et al.)
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Chizhik-pyzhik, monument
CHIZHIK-PYZHIK, a decorative composition on the abutment of First Inzhenerny (Engineers') Bridge spanning the Fontanka River; shaped as a tiny bronze bird resting on a granite console (architect V. B. Bukhaev)
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Chkalovsky Avenue
CHKALOVSKY AVENUE, between Krasnogo Kursanta Street and Karpovka River Embankment. The avenue was formed in the 18th century out of the length of Porkhovskaya Street, which ran as far as Bolshaya Raznochinnaya Street
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Chkheidze N.S. (1864-1926), a revolutionary, chairman of Petrograd Soviet in 1917
CHKHEIDZE Nikolay Semenovich (party pseudonym Carlo) (1864-1926), political figure. After graduating from Kutaisi gymnasia (1887) he entered Novorossiisk University (Odessa), but was soon expelled due to his participation in students' disorders
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Cholera Riot 1831
CHOLERA RIOT 1831, disturbances by ordinary people connected with the appearance of cholera, a formerly unknown disease in St. Petersburg. The central events of the Cholera Revolt occurred on Sennaya Square and at Sennoy Market on 14 February 1831
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Choreographic Miniatures, ballet theatre
CHOREOGRAPHIC MINIATURES, ballet theatre. Established in 1969 on the base of the Chamber Ballet, under artistic director L.V. Yakobson. Yakobson's productions, created specially for the troupe
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Christ the Saviour Church
CHRIST THE SAVIOUR CHURCH, located at Novo-Admiralteisky Canal Embankment, at the corner of Angliiskaya Embankment. The common name of the Church of Our Saviour, constructed in memory of sailors
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Chukhonka, river
CHUKHONKA, a river in the north-west of St. Petersburg, on Krestovsky Island. It was known from 1762 as the Chukhonskaya River, to assume the present-day name in the 19th century
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Chukovskaya L.K. (1907-1996), writer
CHUKOVSKAYA Lidiya Korneevna (1907, St. Petersburg - 1996), prose writer, critic, and author of memoirs. She was the daughter of K.I. Chukovsky. She spent her childhood years in Kuokkala (see her books To the Memory of Childhood: Memoirs of K
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Chukovsky K.I. (1882-1969), writer
CHUKOVSKY Korney Ivanovich (real name Nikolay Vasilievich Korneychukov) (1882, St. Petersburg - 1969), a children's poet, critic, literary expert and translator. He was the father of L.K. Chukovskaya. Chukovsky came to St. Petersburg in 1904
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Chulkov M.D. (1743/44-1792), writer
CHULKOV Mikhail Dmitrievich (1743 or 1744-1792) writer. He did not receive a systematic education. He was in St. Petersburg in 1761-83; it was here that his literary activity started
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Church of Our Lady of Vladimir
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF VLADIMIR, located at 20 Vladimirsky Avenue. An architectural monument in a transition style merging Baroque with Classicism. The church was constructed on a trade square in 1761-69, presumably to the project of architect P. A
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Church of St. Elijah the Prophet
CHURCH OF ST. ELIJAH THE PROPHET at Porokhovye, 75 Revolyutsii Highway, an architectural monument of the Classicist style, built in 1781-85 (the architect is unknown)
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Church of St. Nicholas of Myra
CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA, located on the corner of Second Sovetskaya Street and Bakunina Avenue. It was constructed in 1913-15 in the Novgorod-Pskov style (architect S. S. Krichinsky)
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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
CHURCH OF THE EXALTATION OF THE HOLY CROSS, located at 128 Ligovsky Avenue. An architectural monument. Constructed in 1747-49, in the Baroque style (architect I. Y. Schumacher). It replaced the wooden Church of St
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