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Adress index / Saint Petersburg, city / Mikhailovskaya St.
История переименований:
Mikhailovskaya St. (as of October 4,1991)
Brodskogo St. (September 26, 1940 - October 4, 1991)
Lassalle St. (October 1918 -September 26, 1940)
Mikhailovskaya St. (1844 - October 1918)

Assembly of Nobility

ASSEMBLY OF NOBILITY, St. Petersburg provincial corporate social class organisation of St. Petersburg Province nobility, founded on the basis of the Charter of Nobility dated 21 April 1785; its aim was to ensure class unity and rights of nobility

Circus (entry)

CIRCUS. The establishment of circuses in St. Petersburg was preceded by traditional Russian amusements and games where trained animals took part in the fun. In the first years of the city's live bear-baiting (bear comedies) appeared in St

Concert Halls (entry)

CONCERT HALLS appeared in St. Petersburg in the late 18th century. Earlier, musicians arranged paid concerts in palaces of grandees, theatres, and taverns. The first documented series of public concerts refers to the concerts given by G

Fontana L. F. (1824-1894), architect

FONTANA Ludwig Frantsevich (1824-1894), of Swiss descent, architect, prominent master of Eclecticism. Studied in Pavia (Italy). In 1845, he came to St. Petersburg, apprenticed as a mason with architect G.A. Bosse, since 1860 working independently

Grand Hotel Europe

GRAND HOTEL EUROPE (in 1875-1991, Evropeyskaya (European); 7/1 Mikhailovskaya Street; since 1991 Grand Hotel Europe). Opened on 28 January 1875. The building was built in 1873-75 (architect L.F

Koster (The Bonfire), journal

KOSTER (The Bonfire) (1/20 Mytninskaya Street), a monthly illustrated literary journal for children and adolescents founded as part of the Children's Literature Publishing House, circulated from July of 1936 until 1946 (from 1942 to 1944

Kukhmisterskayas (cook-shops)

KUKHMISTERSKAYAS (from the German Kuchenmeister, or cook). Cafeterias or cheap restaurants, established to "meet the needs of low class clerks and other poor men", as well as to provincials arriving to St. Petersburg

Mikhailovsky Palace

Mikhailovsky Palace (2/4 Inzhenernaya Street), an architectural monument of high classicism. It was constructed from 1819-1825 for the wedding of Grand Prince Mikhail Pavlovich and Grand Princess Elena Pavlovna (architect K.I

Mikhaylovskaya Street

MIKHAYLOVSKAYA STREET (known as Lassalya Street from 1918 to 1940, then called Brodskogo Street until 1991), between Nevsky Prospect and Iskusstv Square. The street, laid in 1834 after the design plan conceived by architect C.I

Mravinsky Е.А., (1903-1988), conductor

MRAVINSKY Evgeny Alexandrovich (1903 - 1988, Leningrad), conductor, people's artist of the USSR (1954) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). A student of the Second Gymnasium, Petersburg University, and Academic Chapel

Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich

PHILHARMONIC, Saint Petersburg Academy, named after D.D. Shostakovich, the oldest state concert establishment. Created in 1921 on the foundation of the former Court Orchestra (until 1896 the Court Chorus

Rossi C.I. (1775-1849), architect

ROSSI Carl Ivanovich (Carlo Giovanni) (1775-1849, St. Petersburg), architect. The son of the court ballerina G. Lepik. Graduated from the Peterschule in St. Petersburg, apprenticed architecture with V