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Adress index / Saint Petersburg, city / Liteiny Ave
История переименований:
Liteiny Ave (as of January 13, 1944)
Volodarskogo Ave (October, 1918 - January 13, 1944)
Liteiny Ave (1789 - October, 1918)
Liteinaya perspective (1745 - 1770)
Liteinaya St. (August 20, 1739 - 1820)

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Academia, publishing house, 1921-1937

ACADEMIA, a publishing house established on 31 December 1921 as the Publishing House for the Philosophic Society attached to the Petrograd University. The newly-established publishing house assumed the name of the Academy founded by Greek

All-Russian Oil and Geological Survey Institute

ALL-RUSSIAN OIL AND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INSTITUTE of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation and the Academy of Sciences situated at 39 Liteiny Avenue

Amusement Establishments (entry)

AMUSEMENT ESTABLISHMENTS. At the beginning of the 18th century the prototype of amusement establishments were "garden entertainments" with music and dances, were held in the Summer Garden

Arsenals (general article)

ARSENALS, establishments for storing and repairing weapons and ammunition, as well as buildings meant for such use. The first arsenals in St. Petersburg (Zeughaus) were built in 1703-05 in St Peter and Paul Fortress and the Admiralty Fortress

Art Galleries (entry)

ART GALLERIES. The first art galleries were public, cooperative and private companies that appeared in Leningrad in the mid-1980s. They disrupted the monopoly of state organizations and the Union of Artists on exhibition activity

Art Nouveau

ART NOUVEAU (from the French for "new art"), the style in architecture and art of the late19th - early 20th centuries. In St. Petersburg, it developed from the end of 1890s through to the early 1910s

Avrora (Aurora), journal

AVRORA (Aurora), a monthly youth literary, social and political journal. It was founded in July 1969 as an organ of the Central Committee of the All-Union Leninist Communist Youth League

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

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

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

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)

Berdyaev N.A. (1874-1948), philosopher

BERDYAEV Nikolay Alexandrovich (1874-1948), philosopher and essayist. He studied at Kiev University in 1894-97 but was expelled and exiled for his involvement in student disturbances. Living in St

Bolshoy Dom

BOLSHOY DOM (Big House)(4 Liteiny Avenue), the name Leningraders gave to the administrative building where the bodies of Joint State Political Administration Board (OGPU), People's Commissariat of Home Affairs

Bonstedt L.L. (1822-1885), architect

BONSTEDT Lyubim Lyubimovich (Ludvig) (1822, St. Petersburg - 1885), architect, academy member (1846), professor of the Academy of Fine Arts (1858), court counsellor. He was a subject of the Kingdom of Bavaria

Book Trade (entry)

BOOK TRADE. State, institutional and private book trading has been carried out in St. Petersburg since the first years of its existence. The first official bookshop belonged to the St

Borey-Art, art centre

BOREY ART (58 Liteiny Avenue), non-profit art centre. It was established in 1991. The Charter was registered in 1993. Its president and art director is T.G. Ponomarenko

Brodsky I.A. (1940-1996), poet

BRODSKY Iosif Alexanderovich (1940, Leningrad - 1996), poet. He failed to finish school and went to work in a plant, then changed a number of professions. He attended lectures at the Philological Faculty of Leningrad State University

Byloe (The Olden Times), journal

BYLOE (The Olden Times), a monthly journal on the history of the liberation movement in Russia, the first legal journal on this subject in the country. It came out from 1906-07 and 1917-26 with a circulation of approximately 30,000 in 1906-07

Cabaret (entry)

CABARET (from the French word cabaret - small restaurant). At the beginning of the 20th century, it was the name for small, literary and artistic restaurants, places for meetings of poets, musicians, actors, artists and other workers of art

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

Casinos (entry)

CASINOS (from Italian casino - house), a kind of gambling-house. In the Russian Empire and USSR gambling-houses and casinos were officially banned. The first legal casinos appeared in St

Cavalry Life Guards Regiment

CAVALRY LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT, cavalry guard regiment, formed in 1730 as Cavalry Guards out of the Kronschlott Dragoon Regiment, whose history dates back to 1706. From the 1780s, known as Cavalry Life Guards Regiment

Chancellery, His Imperial Majesty's Personal

CHANCELLERY, HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S Personal, a supreme public institution. The Chancellery consisted of several divisions, which were established during the first half of the 19th century to carry out the Sovereign's personal supervision over

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

Circle of Artists, Creative Association

CIRCLE OF ARTISTS, also known as the Circle Society of Artists, a creative association made up of graduates of the Higher Art and Technical Institute under the Central Technical Drawing School and the Academy of Arts

Communal Apartments

COMMUNAL APARTMENTS. The word combination "communal apartments" is a product of the Soviet epoch. However, first communal apartments appeared in the early 18th century, when rental lodging was partitioned by the landlords into "corners"

Confectioner's Shops (entry)

CONFECTIONER'S SHOPS. Public food-service establishments where coffee, chocolate, ice-cream, fruits, and other sweets were served. Since the early 1810s, confectioner's shops gradually replaced "sweet shops," offering various sweets for take-away

Constituent Assembly, All-Russian

ALL-RUSSIAN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, a body of representatives established on the basis of universal suffrage in order to form a government and draft a Constitution for Russia

Consular Institutions (entry)

CONSULAR INSTITUTIONS, or permanent governmental organs for foreign affairs, executed security and protection of economic and judicial interests of their country's citizens and legal bodies, the issuance of visas and passports, and acted as notaries

Demertsov F.I. (1762-1823), arhcitect.

DEMERTSOV Fedor Ivanovich (1762-1823, St. Petersburg), architect, representative of Neoclassicism, State Advisor (1818). Former serf, in 1784 was emancipated. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Artillery and the Engineering Cadet School in St

District Court

DISTRICT COURT, a judiciary body, established in the course of the Judiciary reform of 1864. Consisted of a chairman, his deputy and members of the court (appointed by the minister of Justice)

Dobrolyubov N. A. (1836-1861), critic, publicist

DOBROLYUBOV Nikolay Alexandrovich (1836-1861, St. Petersburg), critic, publicist, poet. Studied at the Nizhegorodsky Theological Academy and Seminary. From 1853 lived in St. Petersburg

Dostoevsky F. M. (1821-1881), writer

DOSTOEVSKY Fedor Mikhaylovich (1821-1881, St. Petersburg), writer, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1877). In 1837 came to St. Petersburg

Dramatic Theatre on Liteiny

DRAMATIC THEATRE ON LITEINY, Regional (51 Liteiny Avenue) was the Drama and Comedy Theatre before1990. It was first opened in 1945 as the Youth Theatre Studio under the guidance of Alexander Wiener, but had no premises

Dyagilev S.P., (1872-1929), worker of theatre and arts

DYAGILEV Sergey Pavlovich (1872-1929), theatrical and artistic figure, publisher and critic. He lived in St. Petersbrug from 1890. Graduated from Petersburg University with a major in law in 1896

Esenin S.A. (1895-1925), poet

ESENIN Sergey Alexandrovich (1895-1925, Leningrad), poet. Graduated from the Zemskoe (provincial) Fourth-Class School in the village of Konstantinovo (1909) and Second-Class Teachers' College in the village of Spas-Klepiki (1912)

February Revolution of 1917

FEBRUARY REVOLUTION OF 1917 is the Second Russian Revolution, which dethroned the Monarchy. Decisive events developed in Petrograd. On 23 February (8 March) 1917

Fedin K.A. (1892-1977), writer

FEDIN Konstantin Alexandrovich (1892-1977), writer, fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1958), hero of Socialist Labour (1967). He studied at Moscow Commercial Institute (1911-14, without receiving a degree)

Figner N.N., (1857-1918), singer

Figner Nikolay Nikolaevich (1857-1918), opera singer (lyric tenor), stage-director, pedagogue, theatre figure. Brother of V.N. Figner. In 1878 he graduated from the Marine Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg, served in the Fleet, and retired in 1881

Foundry Yard

FOUNDRY YARD (Liteiny Dvor) (Cannon Foundry Yard), one of the first industrial enterprises of St. Petersburg. It was founded in 1711 on the left bank of the Neva River (at the present-day location of Liteiny Bridge)

Free Society for the Lovers of Literature, Sciences and Arts, Literary and Social Organization

FREE SOCIETY FOR LOVERS OF LITERATURE, SCIENCES AND ARTS (VOLSNK), was a literary and public organization, 1801-25 (with break from 1812-16). It was founded by I. M. Born and I. P. Pnin (he was in charge of it up to 1807). At different times V. V

Funeral Rites (entry)

FUNERAL RITES. Burials during the building of St. Petersburg were noted for their utmost simplicity. As C. Weber (1718) witnessed, "a body wrapped in a coarse bast sack, tightened with ropes, and put on a bier

Furshtatskaya Street

FURSHTATSKAYA STREET, from Liteiny Avenue to Potemkinskaya Street. The street was laid in the 18th century next to Liteiny Court and named Third Artilleryskaya Street, to adopt the name Furshtatskaya (Furshtadtskaya) Street in 1806 only

Gegello A.I. (1891-1965), architect.

GEGELLO Alexander Ivanovich (1891-1965), architect. Resided in St. Petersburg since 1910. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1920) and from the Academy of Fine Arts, Higher School of Art and Technology (1923)

Gippius Z.N. (1869-1945), writer

GIPPIUS Zinaida Nikolaevna (married name - Merezhkovskaya) (1869-1945), poet, literary critic, prose writer, author of memoirs. Mainly home educated. Her first poems were published in 1888. In 1889 she married D.S. Merezhkovsky and moved to St

Golos (The Voice), newspaper, 1863-1884

GOLOS (The Voice), a daily political and literary newspaper; was published from January 1863 to February 1883 under the editorship of its publisher А. А. Kraevsky (from 1871 jointly with V. А. Bilbasov)

Goncharov I.A. (1812-1891), writer

GONCHAROV Ivan Alexandrovich (1812-1891, St. Petersburg), writer, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1860). Graduated from the Philological Department of Moscow University (1834). In St. Petersburg from 1835

Guards Artillery

GUARDS ARTILLERY, general name for artillery units and formations, consisting of the Guards. The Life Guards of the 1st, 2nd and Horse Artillery Brigades (each of which including 6 batteries with 6-8 pieces in each one)

Gymnasia (entry)

GYMNASIA, institutions of intermediate general education. In pre-revolutionary Russia they were mainly established with the purpose of training pupils for university and service in state institutions

Hairdresser's Saloons

HAIRDRESSER'S SALOONS. In Russian, 'parikmakherskaya', from the German 'Perucke', or periwig, and Macher, or maker. A public service institution. In the 1790s, there were both Russian (43 master hairdressers and 20 trainees) and German (73 master

Historical style (Eclecticism)

HISTORICAL STYLE (Eclecticism), architectural style of the 1830s-90s. The sense of Eclecticism is the free choice or the amalgamation of methods and motifs of a variety of historical styles, associatively expressing the purpose of buildings

Horse-car

HORSE-CAR (horse-railway; horse-tram), a railway type of omnibus. In the second half of the 19th - early 20th century horse-cars were the most available passenger public transport means

House of Preliminary Detention, prison

HOUSE OF PRELIMINARY DETENTION (25 Shpalernaya Street), the first remand prison in Russia. It was built in 1871-75 (architect K.Y. Maevsky) who took American system as an example: the doors of cells overlooked stepped iron passages; inside the house

Industrial Architecture (entry)

INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE. Construction of buildings for industrial purposes originally determined the appearance of St. Petersburg and its outskirts. The industrial style buildings included the Admiralty Shipyard, Partikulyarnaya Shipyard

Kalinin M.I. (1875-1946), statesman

KALININ Mikhail Ivanovich (1875-1946), Soviet statesman, Hero of Socialist Labor (1944). He graduated from State elementary training school (1886). In 1889 arrived at St

Kirochnaya Street

KIROCHNAYA STREET (in the 18th century, the Fourth Artilleriiskaya Line and Street; in 1932-98, Saltykova-Shchedrina Street), running from Liteiny Avenue to Novgorodskaya Street

Kondakov N.P. (1844-1925), archaeologist

KONDAKOV Nikodim Pavlovich (1844-1925), archaeologist, art historian, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1892), member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898), full member of the Academy of Arts (1893)

Kraevsky А.А. (1810-1889), publisher

KRAEVSKY Andrey Alexandrovich (1810-1889, Pavlovsk, of the St. Petersburg province), publisher, journalist, public figure. He graduated from the Department of Philosophy of Moscow University (1828), and in 1831 settled in St. Petersburg

Kutuzova Embankment

KUTUZOVA EMBANKMENT, located on the left bank of the Neva River, running from Liteiny Avenue to the Fontanka River Embankment. In the 18th - first half of the 19th centuries, it formed a part of the Dvortsovaya Embankment; from 1860

Leningrad Provincial Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik)

LENINGRAD PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE ALL-UNION COMMUNIST PARTY (BOLSHEVIK) [before 1924, it was called Petrograd Provincial Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party (Bolshevik)- the Russian Communist Party (Bolshevik)- the

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