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Persons / Brodsky Iosif Alexandrovich writer
Brodsky I.A. (1940-1996), poet

BRODSKY Iosif Alexanderovich (1940, Leningrad - 1996), poet. He failed to finish school and went to work in a plant, then changed a number of professions. He attended lectures at the Philological Faculty of Leningrad State University


Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum

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Aronson L.L. (1939-1970), poet

ARONSON Leonid Lvovich (1939, Leningrad - 1970), poet. He graduated from the Herzen State Pedagogical University (1963). He worked as a teacher of literature at the evening school. In the early 1960s he was closely associated with I.A. Brodsky, A.L

Baratynsky E.A. (1800-1844), poet

BARATYNSKY Evgeny Abramovich (1800-1844), poet. In 1812-16 he was educated in the Page Corps. In 1816 he was expelled for misbehaviour (a theft) without the right to serve and went to Smolenskaya Province. In 1818 he returned to St

Borey-Art, art centre

BOREY ART (58 Liteiny Avenue), non-profit art centre. It was established in 1991. The Charter was registered in 1993. Its president and art director is T.G. Ponomarenko

Chukovskaya L.K. (1907-1996), writer

CHUKOVSKAYA Lidiya Korneevna (1907, St. Petersburg - 1996), prose writer, critic, and author of memoirs. She was the daughter of K.I. Chukovsky. She spent her childhood years in Kuokkala (see her books To the Memory of Childhood: Memoirs of K

Citizens, Literary Group

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Dissident Movement

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Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg

HONORARY CITIZEN OF ST. PETERSBURG, an honorary title conferred on people who made a considerable contribution to the development of the city. In 1866-1908, 7 persons were conferred this title (the conferring didn"t entail any material privileges or

Muruzi House

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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

Saigon Cafe

SAIGON. The restaurant Moscow, whose informal name was Saigon, existed in the 1960-80s (49 Nevsky Prospect; its second informal name was Moscow Region). Opened in 1964, the cafe soon became a meeting place for Leningrad youth subcultures

Salons, Circles and Literary Gatherings (Entry)

SALONS, CIRCLES AND LITERARY GATHERINGS. During the 18th century regular gatherings of writers were uncommon, but those that there were portrayed different stylistic and philosophic positions

Samizdat (Underground Press) (Entry)

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Union of Writers, the Leningrad Department

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Victims of Political Repressions, Monuments,

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Zvezda (The Star), journal

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