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Adress index / Saint Petersburg, city / Borovaya St.
История переименований:
Borovaya St. (as of 1788)
Pesoshnaya St. (1798 - 1829)
Pesoshnaya St. (1793 – 1821)
Peschanaya Road (1768 - 1799)

Abamelek-Lazarev S.S., prince, mining industrialist

ABAMELEK-LAZAREV (Abamelek-Lazarev) Semen Semenovich (1851-1916), prince, industrialist and landowner, archaeologist, Master of the Horse. Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Petersburg University (1881)

Cabaret Theatres (entry)

CABARET THEATRES became widely popular in St. Petersburg from 1908 and occupied a prominent place in the life and art during the pre-Revolutionary decade. Modelled on western European cabaret theatres

Diocesan Congregation in the Name of the Mother of God

DIOCESAN CONGREGATION IN THE NAME OF THE MOTHER OF GOD was established in St. Petersburg in 1884 on the initiative of Arseny (Bryantsev), Bishop of Vyborg, with the purpose of propagating religious and moral education among the public and of

Nikonov N.N. (1849-1918), architect

NIKONOV Nikolay Nikitich (1849-1918), architect, representative of the Neo-Byzantine style. From the 1860s lived in St. Petersburg. Completed his studies and traineeship at city construction sites; assisted architect I.A. Monighetti

Relief

RELIEF. Despite having a general plain character, its flatness and large built up areas, the relief of St. Petersburg is diverse and full of contrasts. The highest peaks in the southwest of the city reach 176 meters

Russian Gem Factory

RUSSIAN GEM FACTORY (8 C. Faberge Square) is a jewelry factory. It produces custom-made and ordinary jewelry, bijouterie, cut stones, enamel miniatures, enamel-filigree silverware, and other products. The factory has a chain of company shops in St

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

Teffi N.А. (1872-1952), writer

TEFFI (nee Lokhvitskaya, married name Buchinskaya) Nadezhda Alexandrovna (1872, St. Petersburg - 1952), a prose writer, poet, and playwright. She first appeared in the press in 1901 with a poem I Have A Dream, Both Wonderful and Wild...

Toponymy of St. Petersburg

TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation