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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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Kantsevskaya Side
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Kapitsa P.L., (1841-1984), physicist
KAPITSA Peter Leonidovich (1894, Kronstadt - 1984), physicist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Hero of Socialist Labour (1945, 1974). Graduated from the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute (1918)
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Kaplan Anatoly Lvovich (1903-1980), artist
KAPLAN Anatoly Lvovich (1903-1980, Leningrad), graphic artist. From 1922 he lived in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), and studied in the Academy of Arts (1922-27) under Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and Arkady Rylov and in the experimental lithographic workshop of
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Kaplan E.I. (1895-1961), stage director
KAPLAN Emmanuil Iosifovich (1895, St. Petersburg - 1961, Leningrad), singer (tenor), stage director, teacher. Graduated from the Architecture Department of the Academy of Arts (1925)
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Kaplan I.M. (1924-1997), art director
KAPLAN Isaac Mikhailovich (1924-1997, Leningrad), art director. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1950. Worked at Lenfilm from 1953, he filmed approximately 30 films, many of them together with B. S. Manevich
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Karakozov D.V. (1840-1866), revolutionary
KARAKOZOV Dmitry Vladimirovich (1840-1866, St. Petersburg), participant of the revolutionary movement of the 1860s. Upon graduating from Penza Gymnasium (1860) studied at the faculties of Law at Kazan University, then at Moscow University
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Karamzin N.M., (1766-1826), historian, writer
KARAMZIN Nikolay Mikhailovich (1766-1826, St. Petersburg), writer, critic, historian, honorary member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1818). He studied in a Moscow Boarding School. In 1782-84 he served with the Guards in St. Petersburg
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Karatygin V.A., (1802-1853), actor
KARATYGIN Vasily Andreevich (1802 - 1853, St. Petersburg), actor, playwright. Studied at the Mining Cadet Corps, and at a gymnasium. Served in the Department of Foreign Trade. First studied acting under Count A.A. Shakhovsky, and, from 1818, under P
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Karavannaya Street
KARAVANNAYA STREET (Tolmacheva Street, 1919-91), running between Belinskogo Square and Nevsky Prospect. It was laid in the second half of the 18th century. According to legend the street name originates from the elephants caravan leaders
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Kardovsky D.N. (1866-1943), Artist
KARDOVSKY Dmitry Nikolaevich (1866-1943) graphic artist, painter, pedagogue, honoured worker of arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1929). He was trained at the Academy of Arts (1892-96, 1900-02) under P. P. Chistyakov and I. E
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Kareev N.I. (1850-1931), historian
KAREEV Nikolay Ivanovich (1850-1931, Leningrad), historian, sociologist, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1910), honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1929)
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Karelia Hotel
KARELIA (2/27 Tukhachevskogo Street). Built in 1979 for the 1980 Olympic Games (architects M.E. Rusakov, G.V. Kostyurin, according to a project designed by S.I. Evdokimov and V.N. Sokolov). The 16-story building has 250 rooms for 500 guests
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Karelian Isthmus
KARELIAN ISTHMUS, a historic and geographical region between the Gulf of Finland and Ladoga Lake, in the south bounded by the Neva River, in the north - by a datum line linking Vyborg Bay of the Baltic Sea and Lekhmalakhti Bay north-westwards from
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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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Karl Marx Machine-Building Association (formerly Novy Lessner)
KARL MARX MACHINE-BUILDING ASSOCIATION (66 Bolshoy Sampsonyevsky Avenue), open joint-stock company (since 1992), enterprise producing equipment for artificial fibre and tillage tools production
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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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Karpovka, river
KARPOVKA (from Fin. Korpijoki, which means Forest River or Crow River), a river, separating Petrogradsky Island and Aptekarsky Island. The river is 3 kilometres long
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Karsavin L.P. (1882 -1952), philosopher, historian
KARSAVIN Lev Platonovich (1882, St. Petersburg -1952), religious philosopher and historian-mediaevalist, Ph.D. (Doctor of History) (1916), Doctor of Theology (1918). The brother of T.P. Karsavina
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Karsavina Т.P., (1885-1978), ballet dancer
KARSAVINA Tamara Platonovna (1885, St. Petersburg - 1978), ballet dancer. L. P. Karsavin's sister. A student of P. A. Gerdt, she graduated from the Petersburg Theatre School in 1902. Dancing in Mariinsky Theatre in 1902-18, she played key parts in M
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Kastorsky V.I., (1871-1948), singer
KASTORSKY Vladimir Ivanovich (1871 - 1948, Leningrad), opera singer (bass), chamber signer, and teacher, awarded an honoured artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1934 and honoured art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative
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Katonin E.I. (1889-1984), architect
KATONIN Evgeny Ivanovich (1889–1984), architect, graphic artist, member of the Academy of Architecture of Ukraine (1956). Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1918)
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Kavalergardskaya Street
KAVALERGARDSKAYA STREET, running from Suvorovsky Avenue to Tavrichesky Lane. Known as Krasnoy Konnitsy Street from 1923 to 1991. In the early 19th century, the corner of Shpalernaya Street and Kavalergardskaya Street was built up with the Cavalry
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Kavelin A.A. governor-general in 1842-46
KAVELIN Alexander Alexandrovich (1793-1850, Gatchina), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1843). He was educated in Page Corps School in St. Petersburg
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Kaverin V.A. (1902-1989), writer
KAVERIN (real surname Zilber) Veniamin Alexandrovich (1902-1989), writer. Lived in Petrograd - Leningrad in 1920-41. In 1923 graduated from the Arabic Department of the Institute of Oriental Languages
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Kaverin, Pyetr Pavlovich
9/09/1794-30/09/1855.
His father was Pavel Nikitich Kaverin, the governor of Kaluga, his mother was Anna Petrovna, an illegitimate daughter of Korsakov
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Kazachy Bridge
KAZACHY (COSSACK) BRIDGE, over the Monastyrka River, on the right embankment of the Obvodnoy Canal (received its name from the neighbouring barracks of the Cossacks Life Guards Regiment). It was built in 1833 (engineer P.P
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Kazachy Lanes
KAZACHY LANES, Bolshoy Kazachy Lane and Maly Kazachy Lane, known as such since 1795 for the Don Cossacks Yard. Called Ilyicha Lane from 1925 to 1993. Bolshoy Kazachy Lane extends from Gorokhovaya Street to Zagorodny Avenue
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Kazan Cathedral
KAZAN CATHEDRAL, Our Lady of Kazan Сathedral (2 Kazanskaya Square). A monument of Classical architecture. In 1733-1737, the three sided stone Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, with a high bell tower, stood on this spot (architect M.G
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