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Adress index / Saint Petersburg, city / Pestelya St.
История переименований:
Pestel St. (as of the early 1920s)
Panteleimonovskaya St. (1782 – October 6, 1923)
Dekabrista Pestel St. (October 6, 1923 - 1928)

Andreev V.V., (1861-1918) musician

ANDREEV Vasily Vasilievich (1861-1918, Petrograd), musician, pedagogue, virtuoso balalaika-player, inventor of the instrument's concert version, creator of various "national instrument" ensembles and orchestras whose repertoire, arrangement

Benckendorff A. K. (1781-1844), statesman

BENCKENDORFF (v. Benckendorff) Alexander Khristoforovich (Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christopher) (1781, St. Petersburg 1844), Count (1832), statesman and military officer, Infantry General, Cavalry General (1829), honorary member of the St

Fountains (entry)

FOUNTAINS. The first fountains in St. Petersburg were laid out at the beginning of the 18th century in the Summer Garden. In 1717, the first engine was ordered (engineer Desaguliers) for their water supply and in 1717-1721 Ligovsky Canal was dug

Gavrilin V.A. (1939-1999), composer

GAVRILIN Valery Alexandrovich (1939-1999, St. Petersburg), composer, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1985). In 1964, he graduated from the Conservatory majoring in composition and folklore

Gnedich N.I. (1784-1833), poet

GNEDICH Nikolay Ivanovich (1784-1833, St. Petersburg), poet, translator, corresponding member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1826), state counsellor (1828). Studied at the Noble Boarding School of Moscow University (didn't finish)

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

Levinson E.A. (1894-1968), architect

LEVINSON Evgeny Adolfovich (1894-1968, Leningrad), architect and artist, Associate of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (from 1941), Doctor of Architecture (1946)

Marshak S.Y. (1887-1964), poet, translator

MARSHAK Samuil Yakovlevich (1887-1964), poet, translator, playwright. In 1902-04 studied in the Third Petersburg Gymnasium. On returning to St. Petersburg from Yalta in 1907, he contributed to Satirikon and other journals

Muruzi House

MURUZI HOUSE (27/24 Liteiny Avenue), an architectural monument, five-storied apartment house, constructed in 1874-1877 (architect A.K. Serebryakov with the assistance of P.I. Shestov and N.V. Sultanov) and belonging to Prince A.D. Muruzi (1807-1880)

Mussorgsky М.P., (1839-1881), composer

MUSSORGSKY Modest Petrovich (1839-1881, St. Petersburg), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1849, he studied at St. Petrischule and the Guards and Cavalry Cadets College in 1852-56, situated at the present-day 54 Lermontovsky Avenue

Panteleymonovsky Bridge

PANTELEYMONOVSKY BRIDGE (in 1824-1827 known as Tsepnoy Bridge (Chain Bridge), in 1828-91 it was renamed into Panteleymonovsky Tsepnoy Bridge, in 1915-1923 called Gangutsky, in the 1920s Dekabrista Pestelya Bridge

Particulyarnaya Shipyard

PARTICULYARNAYA SHIPYARD (civil shipyard)(1st Nevskaya Shipyard), built by architects G. Mattarnovi, N. Gerbel, and D. Trezzini on the left bank of the Fontanka opposite the Summer Gardens in 1715-22

Pestel P.I., (1793-1926), Decembrist

PESTEL Pavel Ivanovich (1793-1826, St. Petersburg), Decembrist, colonel. In 1810-11 studied at Page Corps. Took part in the Patriotic War of 1812 and foreign campaigns of 1813-14

Pestelya Street

PESTELYA STREET known as Panteleimonovskaya Street until 1923, between Fontanka River Embankment and Radishcheva Square. The street was named after P. I. Pestel

Prisons (entry)

PRISONS. The first prison in St. Petersburg (Convict gaol, or Convict yard, until 1732 under the jurisdiction of the Admiralty) was built in 1706 in the area of present-day Truda square

Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837), poet

PUSHKIN Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837, St. Petersburg), poet, prose writer, playwright, historian, journalist. Studied at the Imperial Lyceum at Tsarskoe Selo (1811-17; memorial plaque; presently a memorial museum)

Ratkov-Rozhnov Family, entrepreneurs and houseowners

RATKOV-ROZHNOV FAMILY, a noble family, state officials, entrepreneurs and houseowners. Close ties to St. Petersburg were kept by V. A. Ratkov-Rozhnov and Alexander Nikolaevich Ratkov-Rozhnov (about 1859-?) who graduated from St

Russian Technical Society

RUSSIAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY, the leading scientific and technical society of Russia founded in St. Petersburg in 1866 in order to contribute to the development of domestic technology and industry

Sadovnikov P.S. (1796-1877), architect

SADOVNIKOV Peter Semenovich (1796-1877, St. Petersburg), architect, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1849). Brother of V.S. Sadovnikov. Came from a family of serfs. Studied under the supervision of the architect A.N

Shevchenko T.G., (1814-1861), poet and artist

SHEVCHENKO Taras Grigorievich (1814-1861, St. Petersburg), Ukrainian poet and artist. He came to St. Petersburg in 1831 as a serf (domestic servant) of P.V. Engelgardt. From 1833 he was an apprentice to V.G. Shiryaev, a master painter

Solyanoy Lane

SOLYANOY LANE, from Tchaikovskogo Street to Pestelya Street. In the first quarter of the 18th century, a canal was located here which enclosed the area of the Partikulyarnaya (Civil) Shipyard. In the 1730s St

Solyanoy Settlement

SOLYANOY (SALT) SETTLEMENT, a complex of buildings in the central part of St. Petersburg on the ground between Fontanka River Embankment, Solyanoy Lane, Pestelya Street and Gangutskaya Street

St. Panteleimon Church

ST. PANTELEIMON CHURCH, the Church of St. Panteleimon the Great Martyr and Healer located at 2a Pestelya Street/ 17 Solyanoy Lane. An architectural monument, consecrated in the name of St

Suzor P. Y. (1844-1919), architect

SUZOR Pavel Yulievich (1844 - 1919, Petrograd), architect, associate academy member of architecture (1892). Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1866)