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MAYKOV Apollon Nikolaevich (1821 - 1897, St. Petersburg), poet, prose writer, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1853), privy counsellor (1888). Lived in St. Petersburg from 1833
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Maykov V.I. (1730-1778), poet, playwright
MAYKOV Vasily Ivanovich (1730-1778) poet, playwright, brigadier (1775). He received no systematic education. He lived in St. Petersburg in 1747-61 (he served in the Semenovsky Life-guards Regiment) and in 1768-75
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Merezhkovsky D.S. (1865-1941), writer and philosopher
MEREZHKOVSKY Dmitry Sergeevich (1865, St. Petersburg - 1941), a prose writer, poet, critic, literary and public figure. He graduated from Petersburg University with a major in philology in 1888. He married Z. N
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Mickiewicz A. (1798-1855), poet
MICKIEWICZ Adam (1798-1855), Polish poet. Graduated from Philological Department of University of Vilnius (1819). He came to St. Petersburg on 7 November 1824, the day after the famous flood
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Mikhnevich V.O. (1841-1899), writer, expert of regional ethnography
MIKHNEVICH Vladimir Osipovich (1841-1899, St Petersburg) was a journalist, writer, historian of everyday life, expert of regional ethnography. In 1861-64, he studied at the Faculty of History and Philology at Kiev University but did not graduate
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Muravyev A.N. (1806-1874), theological writer
MURAVYEV Andrey Nikolaevich (1806-74), spiritual writer, playwright and poet, honorary member of St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1832), chamberlain (1836). He received a home education
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Muravyev M.N. (1757-1807), poet
MURAVYEV Mikhail Nikitich (1757-1807, St. Petersburg), writer, statesman, Privy Councilor (1800), Fellow of the Russian Academy (1804). Father of two Decembrists, N.M. Muravyev and A.M. Muravyev
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Nabokov V.V. (1899-1977), writer
NABOKOV Vladimir Vladimirovich (1899, St. Petersburg - 1977), poet, prose writer, playwright, translator, literary critic. The son of V.D. Nabokov (see the Nabokov Family)
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Nadson S.Y. (1862-1887), poet
NADSON Semen Yakovlevich (1862, St. Petersburg - 1887), writer. Graduated from Pavlovsky Military School (1882). In 1884 resigned on account of illness. A.N. Pleshcheev played an important part in his literary life
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Nekrasov N. A. (1821-1877), poet
NEKRASOV Nikolay Alexeevich (1821-1877, St. Petersburg), poet, prose writer. In 1838 came to St. Petersburg to enroll at the University (in 1839-40 audited classes as an irregular student), in contrary to his father's will
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Novikov N.I. (1744-1818), journalist, publisher
NOVIKOV Nikolaiy Ivanovich (1744-1818), man of letters, journalist, publisher. Studied in the gymnasium affiliated to the Moscow University (1756-59). From 1762-67 and 1769-79 lived in St. Petersburg
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Odoevsky V.F. (1804-1869), writer and philosopher
ODOEVSKY Vladimir Fedorovich (1804-1869), prince, prose writer, philosopher, critic, and musician promoted to Actual Civil Counsellor in 1845, Chamberlain in 1858, and Presiding Senator in 1865
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Odoevtseva I.V. (1895-1990), writer
ODOEVTSEVA Irina Vladimirovna (real name Heinecke Iraida Gustavovna ) (1895-1990, Leningrad), poet, prose writer, author of memoirs. In 1918 she came to Petrograd. Attended lectures of the Institute of the Living Word (1918-21)
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Oleynikov N.M. (1898-1937), writer
OLEYNIKOV Nikolay Makarovich (pen-names Makar Svirepy, Nikolay Makarov, Sergey Kravtsov) (1898-1937, Leningrad), writer, journalist. Studied at Kamensk Teachers College. Took part in the Civil War. From 1925 lived in Leningrad
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Panaev I. I. (1812-1862), writer, journalist
PANAEV Ivan Ivanovich (1812, St. Petersburg - 1862.), prose writer, poet, journalist. In 1830 graduated from the Boarding School for Nobles of the Petersburg University. From 1831-44 was in the government service
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Panova V.F. (1905-1973), writer
PANOVA Vera Fedorovna (1905-1973, Leningrad), writer, script writer. She received no formal education. In 1940-41 lived in the town of Pushkin, including a month under German occupation
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Panteleev L. (1908-1989), writer
PANTELEEV L. (real name Eremeev Alexey Ivanovich) (1908, St. Petersburg - 1989, Leningrad), writer. He was born at 140 Fontanka River Embankment (the building has not been preserved) in the family of an officer, who was granted a hereditary title
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Pavlenkov F.F. (1839-1900), publisher
PAVLENKOV Florenty Fedorovich (1839-1900), publisher. Graduated from the Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy (1861), served at the Kiev Arsenal and Bryansk Arsenal. Having resigned, he moved to St. Petersburg in 1865. In 1866, he started publishing
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Petrov V. P. (1736-1799), poet
PETROV Vasily Petrovich (1736-1799) poet, translator, collegiate counsellor (1786). Graduated from the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy in Moscow (1760). He became popular owing to the Ode to a Carrousel - the poetic description of the knights' gala
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Pisarev D. I. (1840-1868), publicist, critic
PISAREV Dmitry Ivanovich (1840-1868), critic, publicist. From 1851 lived in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the History and Philosophy Department of the Petersburg University (1861; the article Our University Science is written in the form of ironic
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Pisemsky A.F. (1821-1881), writer
PISEMSKY Alexey Feofilaktovich (1821-1881), writer, playwright. Graduated from the Second Mathematics Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of Moscow University (1844). Lived in St
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Pleshcheev A.N. (1825-1893), poet
PLESHCHEEV Alexey Nikolaevich (1825-1893), poet, prose writer, playwright, translator. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1839. Studied at the School of Guard Sergeants and Cavalry Cadets (1840-42)
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Pletnev P. A. (1792-1865), poet, critic, publisher
PLETNEV Peter Alexandrovich (1791-1865), critic, poet, publisher, pedagogue, privy councillor (1856), member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841). In 1819 became a member of the Free Society for the Friends of the Russian Philology
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Polonsky Ya. P. (1819-1898), poet
POLONSKY Yakov Petrovich (1819-1898, St. Petersburg), poet and prose writer, Associate of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886). He graduated from the Faculty of Law of Moscow University in 1844. Polonsky lived in St. Petersburg from 1851
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Pomyalovsky N.G. (1835-1863), writer
POMYALOVSKY Nikolay Gerasimovich (1835, St. Petersburg - 1863, at the same place), writer. He was born into a family of a deacon of Church on Malaya Okhta (the Malaya Okhta of that time assumed a colourful description in Pomyalovsky's sketch
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Pososhkov I.T. (1652-1726), economist
POSOSHKOV Ivan Tikhonovich (1652-1726, St. Petersburg), economist and essayist, self-taught. He plied various trades, before becoming a merchant, then entrepreneur, bought lands, including two yards in St. Petersburg (1716)
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Prokofiev A.A. (1900-1971), poet
PROKOFIEV Alexander Andreevich (1900-1971, Leningrad), a poet, hero of Socialist Labour (1970). He had very little formal education. During the Civil War and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 he took part in the defence of Petrograd-Leningrad
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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)
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Pylyaev M.I. (1842-1899), expert of regional ethnography
PYLYAEV Mikhail Ivanovich (1842, St. Petersburg - 1899, the same city) writer and journalist. He received no systematic education, but attended lectures at Kharkov University and abroad
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