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Antonov Viktor Vasilievich
scientist , public figure
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Adamini's House
ADAMINI'S HOUSE (1 Moika River Embankment), architectural monument. It was built for merchant Antonov in 1823-27 in the late Empire style (architect D.F. Adamini, hence the name)
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Admiralteisky Avenue
ADMIRALTEISKY AVENUE (Admiralty Avenue) in the mid-to-late 18th century - Admiralteiskaya Street or Bolshaya Street, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Avenue in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917). A link between Palace Square and St
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra
ALEXANDER NEVSKY LAVRA, located at 1 Alexander Nevsky Square. The monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St. Alexander Nevsky. It was founded in 1710 by Tsar Peter the Great at the confluence of the Chernaya River (today the Monastyrka River)
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Alexandrovsky Garden
ALEXANDROVSKY GARDEN (in 1920-89 - the Maxim Gorky Workers' Garden, in 1989-97 - Admiralty Garden) is situated along the south and the west facades of the Main Admiralty, with an area of 10 hectares. In 1805-06, gardener W
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Alms-houses (entry)
ALMS-HOUSES, boarding institutions for poor, ill and aged people. The first alms-houses set up in St. Petersburg were attached to churches, the first ones being theHoly Ascension Church in Shpalernaya Street (1713) and St
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Amvrosy (Podobedov) (1742-1818), Metropolitan of Novgorod and St. Petersburg in 1799-1818
AMVROSY (born Andrey Ivanovich Podobedov) (1742-1818), religious figure. In 1757-64 he studied at the Seminary of the Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius, and later spent several years teaching there
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Antsiferov Award
ANTSIFEROV AWARD, an international prize in honour of N.P. Antsiferov. The prize was founded in 1995 by the initiative of the International Charitable Foundation for the Renaissance of St. Petersburg-Leningrad and the Baltic Humanitarian Fund
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Bazhenov V.I., (1737-1799) architect
BAZHENOV Vasily Ivanovich (1737-1799, St. Petersburg), architect, member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1765), Member of the Russian Academy (1784), the Actual Privy Counsellor (1796). In 1756, he came to St
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Brotherhood of Sobriety Dedicated to Alexander Nevsky
ALL-RUSSIAN BROTHERHOOD OF SOBRIETY DEDICATED TO ALEXANDER NEVSKY was formed in 1898 on the initiative of A. V. Rozhdestvensky (1872-1905), senior priest of the Holy Resurrection Church on Obvodny Canal Embankment as a Society Against National
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Charity (entry)
CHARITY, philanthropic activities, aimed at extending aid to the needy and carried out by social and church organisations, state establishments, as well as by private persons for religious, moral and humane reasons (public and private charity)
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English Church of Jesus Christ
ENGLISH CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, located at 56 Angliiskaya Embankment, was established in 1723 by members of the English community in the house of the Sheremetev family on the Bolshaya Neva River Embankment, rented by them
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Holy Annunciation Church (Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island)
HOLY ANNUNCIATION CHURCH located at 67 Eighth Line of Vasilievsky Island. An architectural monument in the Baroque style. The stone two-storeyed church was built in 1750-72, financed by merchants I. S. Chirkin and I. I
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Holy Annunciation Church (Truda Square)
HOLY ANNUNCIATION CHURCH, on Truda Square, was erected for the Cavalry Life-Guards' Regiment in 1844-49 according to the designs of architect K. A. Ton and decorated in the Italian-Byzantine style
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Nevsky Arkhiv (The Neva Archive), almanac
NEVSKY ARKHIV (The Neva Archive), a historical and ethnographic collection printed biannually, circulating in St. Petersburg from 1993 (with 6 issues released by 2004), under the editorship of its compilers А. V. Kobak, А. I. Dobkin (until 1997), V
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Publications on Regional Ethnography (entry)
PUBLICATIONS ON REGIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY include books and articles devoted to one or another district or territory. Foreigners who visited the city from the 1710s were the first to publish information about St. Petersburg. The work by А. I
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St. Alexander Nevsky Church in Ust-Izhora
ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY CHURCH IN UST-IZHORA, the church dedicated to St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky, located at Ust-Izhora, 217 Ninth of January Avenue. A memorial church erected on the left bank of the Izhora River at the confluence of the
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St. Andrew's Cathedral in Kronstadt
ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL in Kronstadt, at 17 Lenina Avenue. An architectural monument of late Classicism (Empire style), was erected in 1805-17 (by architects C. Cameron, A. D. Zakharov and A. N
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St. Andrew’s Cathedral
ST. ANDREW’S CATHEDRAL, located at 21-23 Bolshoy Avenue, Vasilievsky Island, an architectural monument of the 18th century. It was erected in 1764-68 (by architects A. F. Wist, A. A
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St. Catherine’s Armenian Church
ST. CATHERINE’S ARMENIAN CHURCH located at Nevsky Prospect, between the houses 40 and 42. An architectural monument of early Classicism. It was built in 1771-1776 (architect Y. M. Felten) on land allotted in 1770 by merchant I. L
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