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Persons / Khrenov Alexander Sergeevich architect
Khrenov A. S. (1860-1926), architect

KHRENOV Alexander Sergeevich (1860, St. Petersburg - 1926), architect and aquarellist. Graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1884). In 1888, assumed the position of architect of St

Bank Buildings (entry)

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"Brick Style"

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Grand Princes' Palaces and Mansions (entry)

GRAND PRINCES' PALACES AND MANSIONS, St. Petersburg buildings, specially built or acquired for members of the Imperial family - children and grandchildren of the Emperor (except for the eldest son, the successor to a throne

Iskusstv Square

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Italyanskaya Street

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Kuindzhi Society

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Lomonosova Street

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Nikolay Nikolaevich the Younger (1856-1929), Grand Prince

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Petrovskaya Embankment

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Pribaltiiskaya Hotel

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Rubinsteina Street

RUBINSTEINA STREET (from 1739 - Golovin Lane, after house-owner Count F.A. Golovin; from 1798 - Troitsky Lane, after the Metochion of Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius located at 44 Fontanka River Embankment, in 1887-1929 Troitskaya Street)

Tavricheskaya Street

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Tverskaya Street

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