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Scientific and Technical Archives of St. Petersburg
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL ARCHIVES OF SAINT PETERSBURG, Central State Scientific and Technical Archives situated at 33 Fifth Sovetskaya Street. They were founded in 1972 based on the scientific and technical department of the Leningrad State Archives
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Scientific Society of Historians and Archivists
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF HISTORIANS AND ARCHIVISTS, St. Petersburg, situated at 4 Angliiskaya Embankment. Founded in 1995, the society is included in the Russian Society of Historians and Archive Keepers as a regional organisation. President L. E
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Scientific Society of Marxists
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY OF MARXISTS, founded in 1919 by a group of professors and teachers of the Workers' Faculty of Petrograd University including E. A. Engel, M. A. Silvin, N. A. Rozhkov, and M. V
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Scotti D.B., (1776 -1830), artist
SCOTTI Giovanni Batista (Ivan Karlovich) (1776-1830, St. Petersburg), master of monumental decorative Classical painting. Studied under his father, Karl Scotti, a native of northern Italy, with whom he worked from 1786 until the 19th century
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Sea Passenger Terminal
SEA PASSENGER TERMINAL (located at 1 Morskoy Slavy Sq.), is a closed joint-stock holding company, dealing with freight and passenger transportation between St. Petersburg and Germany, travel services and hotel business
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Sea Port
SEA PORT, Merchant (located at 5 Mezhevoy Canal) is one of the oldest merchant seaports of Russia, and the biggest operator of cargo traffic in St. Petersburg Sea Port. The first port buildings were laid in St
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Sechenov I.M., (1829-1905), physiologist
SECHENOV Ivan Mikhailovich (1829-1905), physiologist, philosopher, founder of Russian physiological scientific school, Associate (1869) and honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1904). He came to St. Petersburg in 1843
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Sechenov Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences
SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY of the Russian Academy of Sciences, located at 44 Toreza Avenue, is the leading scientific and research institution for research into physiological
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Second-Hand Book Trade (entry)
SECOND-HAND BOOK TRADE or bouquiniste trade (from the French word bouquin - an old book). From the time of the opening of the book trade in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 18th century
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Section Guards
SECTION GUARDS, city police officials appointed by two to the sections created by the reform of 1867. One section guard controlled city guards, the other was responsible for preventing crimes
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Sections
SECTIONS, the smallest administrative police unit. In October 1866, St. Petersburg was divided into 38 units (instead of police blocks), and units were divided into 93 sections
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Sects (entry)
SECTS, religious associations, which do not belong to any of the worldwide religious confessions. A considerable group is comprised of Protestant sects. The most numerous sect of St. Petersburg before 1917 were Evangelical Christian Baptists
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Security Department
SECURITY DEPARTMENT ("Security" in everyday language), the organ of police responsible for political search. It was created in 1866 as "The Department of Peace and Order in the Country" under the auspices of the Governor of St
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Sedov G.Y., (1877-1914), polar explorer
SEDOV Georgy Yakovlevich (1877-1914), hydrographer and polar explorer, lieutenant (1912). He graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in 1901. In 1908, he was assigned to the Chief Hydrographic Administration in St. Petersburg
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Seldyanoy Canal
SELDYANOY CANAL was dug on Gutuyevsky Island from the Ekaterinhofka River in 1827-38 after the catastrophic flood of 1824 (the soil was used to extend the territory). It was 450 meters long with a 200 meters deviation in the middle
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Self-Service Stores (entry)
SELF-SERVICE STORES, self-service food department stores. The first national self-service store was opened under the name of Frunzensky at 90 Bukharestskaya Street on 3 September 1970, designed by Giprotorg Institute and built by architect O. A
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Semenov N.N., (1896-1986), physicist
SEMENOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1896-1986), physicist, one of the initiators of chemical physics, founder of a scientific school, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1932), Hero of Socialist Labour (1966, 1976)
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Semenov-Tyan-Shansky P.P., (1827-1914), geographer
SEMENOV-TYAN-SHANSKY (real name Semenov) Peter Petrovich (1827, St. Petersburg - 1914, Petrograd), geographer, statistician, public figure and statesman, honorary member of the St
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Semenova E.S., (1786-1849), actress
SEMENOVA Ekaterina Semenovna (married name Princess Gagarina) (1786 - 1849, St. Petersburg), actress. Graduated from the Petersburg Drama School (1805). Made her debut on the professional stage in 1803
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Semenovskaya Square, architectural ensemble
SEMENOVSKAYA SQUARE, located at the intersection of Gorokhovaya Street and Fontanka River Embankment, near Semenovsky bridge. The dimensions and configuration of the bridge square consisting of two parts (rectangular on the right bank of the
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Semenovsky Bridge
SEMENOVSKY BRIDGE, over the Fontanka River, along Gorokhovaya Street. The name refers to the neighbouring quarters of Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment. The plans of 1717 show a wooden bridge situated closer to present-day Gorstkin Bridge; in 1738
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Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment
SEMENOVSKY LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT, one of the two oldest infantry guards regiments (along with Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment), its history dates back to 1683 (from "poteshny (toy, amusement) regiments" of Tsar Peter the Great)
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Semenovsky Story 1820
SEMENOVSKY STORY 1820, an attempt by the lowest ranks of the Semenovsky Life Guard Regiment to lodge a complaint on 16-17 October 1820 in accordance with established procedure about their commanding officer Colonel F.E
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Sementsy, area
SEMENTSY, the historical name of the area between Zagorodny Avenue and Obvodny Canal. The name comes from the 18th century settlement of Semenovsky Life Guard Regiment that was quartered on the territory from Zvenigorodskaya Street to Moskovsky
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Senate
SENATE (The Ruling Senate) was the highest state institution of the Russian Empire. It was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 22 February 1711 as the highest organ of legislation, administration and judiciary
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Senate and Synod Buildings
SENATE AND SYNOD BUILDINGS (1 and 3 Decabristov Square), architectural monuments of the late Neoclassical. This ground on the embankment of the Neva River was owned by A.D. Menshikov from the early 18th century, then by A.I
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Senkovsky О.I. (1800-1858),writer, orientalist
SENKOVSKY Osip Ivanovich (Jozef-Julian) (1800-1858, St. Petersburg), writer, journalist, orientalist, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828). He graduated from the University of Vilno (1819). Permanently resided in St
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Sennaya Square
SENNAYA SQUARE (from 1952 to 1991 - Mira Square), located at the intersection of Sadovaya Street (some buildings numbered) and Moskovsky Avenue. The St. Petersburg Construction Commission proposed the construction of an extensive square on this site
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Sennoy Bridge
SENNOY BRIDGE, a pedestrian bridge, over Griboedov Canal, beside Sennaya Square (hence the name). In 1931, a wooden bridge was built here, replaced with a new one in 1952 (engineer P.V
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Senyavin А.N. (1716-1797), Admiral
SENYAVIN Alexey Naumovich (1716-1797), Admiral (1793). Participated in the Russo-Turkish War of 1735-39. From 1739 served in the Baltic Fleet. During the Seven Years' War of 1756-63 held command of a battleship
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