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Kamensky Valentin Alexandrovich
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Kamensky V.A. (1907-1975), architect.
KAMENSKY Valentin Alexandrovich (1907-1975), architect, national architect of the USSR (1970). In 1931-39, he taught at Leningrad College of Civil Engineers following his graduation from the institute; from 1941
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Deviatogo Yanvarya Children Park
DEVIATOGO YANVARYA CHILDREN PARK (20 Stachek Avenue) is located between Shvetsov Street, Marshal Govorov Street, Tikhomirskaya Street and Stachek Avenue. It consists of 10
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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
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General Plans for the Development of Petersburg-Leningrad
GENERAL PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PETERSBURG-LENINGRAD. One the first projects of St. Petersburg planning dates back to 1709-12. According to it, the city centre should be situated at Kotlin Island and was to be connected to outer parts of the
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Grechesky Avenue
GRECHESKY AVENUE, running from Second Sovetskaya Street to Vilensky Lane. The avenue was laid in the 1860s and assumed its name in 1871 after the Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
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Kirovskaya Square
KIROVSKAYA SQUARE, located at the intersection of Stachek Avenue and Shvetsova Street. Created in the 1930s as an administrative centre for the Moskovsko-Narvsky (since 1934, Kirovsky) District, according to a plan design by architect L.A
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Komsomolskaya Square
KOMSOMOLSKAYA SQUARE, at the intersection of Stachek Avenue and Krasnoputilovskaya Street. Constructed in the 1950s in the course of the development of the Avtovo District, according to a plan designed by architect A.A. Ol in the 1930s
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Krasnoputilovskaya Street
KRASNOPUTILOVSKAYA STREET, running from Komsomolskaya Square to Pobedy Square, passing through the Avtovo area, the former Vologodskaya-Yamskaya Settlement, the Alexandrovskaya Settlement, and Srednaya Rogatka
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Lenin, Monuments to (entry)
V.I. LENIN, MONUMENTS TO. After the death of V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) in 1924, the Soviet People's Commissariat issued a decree to immortalise the memory of the creator of the Soviet Government
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Morskaya Embankment
MORSKAYA EMBANKMENT goes along the aggraded shore of the Gulf of Finland from the square in front of the Pribaltiyskaya Hotel to Nalichnaya Street (the name was given in 1972)
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Moskovskaya Square
MOSKOVSKAYA SQUARE, in the south part of Moskovsky Avenue, at its intersection with Leninsky Avenue and Tipanova Street. Occupying the territory of 13 hectares, it is recognised as the largest square in St. Petersburg
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Neoclassicism
NEOCLASSICISM, a traditionalist movement of the first half of the 20th century architecture, based on the assimilation of 18th - early 19th century Russian architecture. In St
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Olympia, the Garden
OLYMPIA, is a garden in the centre of St. Petersburg, on Moskovsky Avenue, between Klinsky Avenue, Malodetskoselsky Avenue and Bataisky Lane. The total area of Olimpiya is 2.7 hectares. It was laid out on the location of Klinsky Market in 1946-47
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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
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Stachek Avenue
STACHEK AVENUE, called Petergofskoe Highway until 1923, then known as Stachek Street until 1940, between Stachek Square and the place where Marshala Zhukova Avenue and Petergofskoe Freeway intersect
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Stachek Square
STACHEK SQUARE, known as Narvskaya Square until 1923, at the intersection of Stachek Avenue, Narvsky Avenue and Staro-Petergofsky Avenue. The square assumed the present-day name in commemoration of the strike movement (the name of the square
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