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Gogol N.V. (1809-1852), writer

GOGOL Nikolay Vasilievich (1809-1852), writer. Graduated from Poltava Provincial School (1819) and Nezhinsk Gymnasium of Higher Sciences (1828). In 1828 moved to St

Akimov Comedy Theatre

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Alexandrinsky Theatre

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Alexandrovsky Garden

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Altman N.I. (1889-1970), artist

ALTMAN Natan Isaevich (1889-1970, Leningrad), painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, recognised as an honoured painter of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1968. He studied at the Odessa Drawing School in 1902-07 and M

Baltic House Festival Theatre

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Blok A.A. (1880-1921), poet

BLOK Alexander Alexanderovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1921, Petrograd), poet. He was born in the house of his grandfather A.N. Beketov (9 Universitetskaya Embankment, the Rector's Building; memorial plaque)

Cherkasov N.K., (1903-1966), actor

CHERKASOV Nikolay Konstantinovich (1903, St. Petersburg - 1966, Leningrad), actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1947). Graduated from the Leningrad Dramatics School in 1926

Davydov V.N., (1849-1925), actor

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Dobuzhinsky M.V. (1875-1957), artist

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Dyur N.O. (1807-1839), actor

DYUR Nikolay Osipovich (1807 - 1839, St. Petersburg), actor. After receiving training in ballet and drama at the Theatre College in St. Petersburg in 1829, he joined the Russian court drama company

Enlightenment, publishing house, 1896-1922

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Freindlikh B.A., (1909-2002), actor

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Garin E.P. (1902-1980), actor

GARIN (born Gerasimov) Erast Pavlovich (1902-1980), actor and director, People's Artist of the USSR in 1977. He graduated from the Higher Experimental Theatre Workshops in Moscow in 1926

Gorbachev I. O. (1927-2003), actor, director

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Gukovsky G.A., (1902-1950), literature historian

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Kardovsky D.N. (1866-1943), Artist

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Kolomna

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Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya E.P., (1874-1951), actress

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Literaturnaya gazeta (Literary Newspaper), 1830-1831, 1840-1849

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Martynov A.E., (1816-1860), actor

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Marx A.F., (1838-1904), publisher

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Rudakov K.I., (1891-1949), Artist

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Samoylov V.V., (1813-1887), actor

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Somov K.A., (1869-1939), Artist

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Vasilyev P.V., (1832-1879), actor

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