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Lesgaft P.F. (1837-1909), anatomist, teacher

LESGAFT Peter Frantsevich (St. Petersburg, 1837-1909), anatomist and teacher. Graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1861. In 1868, he became a professor at Kazan University. In 1871, started teaching at the Medical Surgical Academy

Lesgaft's Courses

LESGAFT'S COURSES, also named the Training Courses for Governesses and Teachers of Physical Education, teacher's training institution for women founded in 1896 on the initiative of P. F

Levinson-Lessing F.Y., (1861-1939), geologist

LEVINSON-LESSING Franz Yulievich (1861-1939), petrographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics Mathematical of the University of St

Levinson-Lessing V.F. (1893-1972, Leningrad), museum worker

LEVINSON-LESSING Vladimir Franzevich (1893-1972, Leningrad), museum worker, art historian, professor (1940). The son of F.Y. Levinson-Lessing. Studied at Forestry School and Tenishevsky School

Libraries (entry)

LIBRARIES. The first library of St. Petersburg was founded in 1714 by the decree of Tsar Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library; later on, it formed the basis of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Library for the Blind

LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND of St. Petersburg State Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg Administration (8 Shamsheva Street), founded in 1927 as a library of the House of the Blind

Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences

LIBRARY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (BAN) (1 Birzhevaya Line), founded in 1714 by the decree of Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library (also called public and state library)

Likhachev D.S., (1906-1999), literary historian

LIKHACHEV Dmitry Sergeevich (1906 - 1999, St. Petersburg), philologist and cultural historian, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1970), Hero of Socialist Labor (1986), Honorary Citizen of St

Likhachev N.P., (1862-1936), historian

LIKHACHEV Nikolay Petrovich (1862-1936, Leningrad), historian, archivist, art historian, bibliography expert, collector, specialist in historical studies, Associate of the St

Linnik V.P., (1889-1984), mathematician

LINNIK Vladimir Pavlovich (1889-1984, Leningrad), physicist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Kiev

Linnik Y.V. (1914/15-1972), physicist

LINNIK Yury Vladimirovich (1915-72, Leningrad), mathematician, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labour (1969). The son of V.P. Linnik

Lisyansky Y.F., (1773-1837), navigator

LISYANSKY Yury Fedorovich (1773-1837, St. Petersburg), navigator, First Rank Captain (1809). In 1786, he graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps at 17 Leytenanta Schmidta Embankment (memorial plaque installed)

Literacy Committee

LITERACY COMMITTEE, St. Petersburg, founded in 1861 on the initiative of S. S. Lashkarev as a part of the Free Economic Society in order to contribute to encourage an increase in education

Literacy Society

LITERACY SOCIETY of St. Petersburg, created in 1896 on the basis of the dissolved Literacy Committee. The Society functioned under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Education

Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis

LITERATORSKIE (LITERARY) MOSTKI (30 Rasstannaya Street). A museum-necropolis on the territory of the Volkovskoe Orthodox Cemetery (in the northeastern section; the square covers 7

Litke F.P. (1797-1882), navigator and geographer

LITKE Fedor Petrovich (1797 - 1882, St. Petersburg), Count (1866), navigator and geographer, explorer of the Arctic, Admiral (1855), Associate Member (1829), Honorary Fellow (1855) and eventually President (1864) of the St

Lodygin A.N., (1847-1923), electrical engineer and physicist

LODYGIN Alexander Nikolaevich (1847-1923), electrical engineer. Graduated from Moscow Infantry School in 1867, was soon disappointed with military life, and moved to St. Petersburg. Here he audited classes at the University of St. Petersburg

Lomonosov M.V. (1711-1765), scientist, poet

LOMONOSOV Mikhail Vasilievich (1711-1765), scientist, poet, enlightener. He came from a prosperous family based by the White Sea. In 1731-35 he studied in Moscow, from 1736 in the Academic University of St

Lopukhin A.P. (1852-1904), master of theology

LOPUKHIN Alexander Pavlovich (1852-1904, St. Petersburg), church historian, M.A. (theology) in 1881. After graduating from Petersburg Theological Academy in 1878, he worked as a psalm reader at the Russian Embassy Church in New York in 1879-81

Lukomsky G.K.(1884-1952), Artist, Ethnographer

LUKOMSKY Georgy Kreskentievich (1884-1952) was a graphic artist, aquarellist, art critic, art historian. In 1900, he studied at the painting classes and drawing under Y. S. Goldblatt in St. Petersburg

Lyapunov A.M., (1857-1918), mathematician

LYAPUNOV Alexander Mikhailovich (1857-1918), mathematician and mechanic, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1901). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St

Lyceum

LYCEUM, Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum renamed Alexandrovsky Lyceum in 1843, a privileged higher education institution providing training for state officials. It was founded in 1810 and opened on 19 October 1811

M. M. Zoshchenko Literary Memorial Museum

M. M. ZOSHCHENKO LITERARY MEMORIAL MUSEUM (4/2 M. Konyushennaya Street), opened in 1992. Founded upon a joint initiative of St. Petersburg literary figures, the museum was located in the house where M. M

M. V. Lomonosov Museum

M. V. LOMONOSOV MUSEUM (3 University Embankment) opened in 1949 within the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (becoming a branch of the museum in 1994) in the Kunstkammer building, where in 1741-65 M. V

Main Pedagogical Institute

MAIN PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE is an institution of higher education for training teachers for secondary schools and for state and private institutions of higher education

Makarov S.O. (1848-1904), oceanographer, vice-admiral

MAKAROV Stepan Osipovich (1848-1904), fleet commander, naval scientist, Vice-Admiral (1896). Graduated from Naval School in Nikolaevsk- Na-Amure (1865). Served on the Baltic Fleet from 1869

Malakhit, Central Design Bureau

MALAKHIT (18 Frunze Street), St. Petersburg Bureau of Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Shipbuilding Agency and a leading Russian Design Bureau of nuclear-powered attack submarines and their weaponry

Malyshev V.I. (1910-1976), specialist in study of literature and archaeography

MALYSHEV Vladimir Ivanovich (1910 - 1976, Leningrad), specialist in study of literature and archaeography, Honoured Academic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1972), PhD in Philology (1968)

Markov A.A., (1856-1922), mathematician

MARKOV Andrey Andreevich (1856-1922, Petrograd), mathematician, member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St. Petersburg in 1878

Marr N.Y., (1864/65-1934), orientalist, linguist

MARR Nikolay Yakovlevich (1864-1934), orientalist and linguist, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909), Russian Academy of Science (1917), and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925; Vice-President from 1930)