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Germans
GERMANS, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. German language is related to the Germanic group of Indo-European languages. Their religion is Lutheran (amongst the St. Petersburg population up to 90%) and Catholic
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Ginzburg Family, bankers, entrepreneurs
GINZBURG FAMILY, bankers, entrepreneurs, public figures. Progenitor Evzel Gabrielovich Ginzburg (1812-78), first-guild merchant from Vitebsk and hereditary honorary citizen, opened a banking house in St
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Ginzburg I.Y., (1859-1939), sculptor
Ginzburg Ilya Yakovlevich (1859, St. Petersburg - 1939), sculptor. Pupil, then friend of M.M. Antokolsky from 1871. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1872. Studied at the Academy of Arts (1878-86). In 1911 became a member of the academy
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Ginzburg L.Y. (1902-1990), Historian of Literature
GINZBURG Lidia Yakovlevna (1902-1990, Leningrad), literary critic, prose writer, Ph.D. in Philosophy (1950). Ginzburg graduated from the Department of Philology of the Institute of Art History in 1926. She took seminars with Y. N. Tynyanov and B. M
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Giperborey (Hyperborean), publishing house and journal, 1914-18
GIPERBOREY (Hyperborean) 1) Ezhemesyachnik Stikhov i Kritiki, Monthly journal of poetry and critical reviews, a journal of the acmeist poets, which appeared in 1912-13 (with a total of ten issues) and founded by N. S. Gumilev and S. M. Gorodetsky
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Gippius Z.N. (1869-1945), writer
GIPPIUS Zinaida Nikolaevna (married name - Merezhkovskaya) (1869-1945), poet, literary critic, prose writer, author of memoirs. Mainly home educated. Her first poems were published in 1888. In 1889 she married D.S. Merezhkovsky and moved to St
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Glazunov A.K., (1865-1936), composer
GLAZUNOV Alexander Konstantinovich (1865 - 1936, St. Petersburg), composer, conductor, pedagogue, public figure, People's Artist of the Republic (1922). Comes from the Glazunov family. From 1879, he studied composition and music theory under N.A
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Glazunov Family, booksellers and publishers
GLAZUNOV FAMILY, booksellers and publishers. The Glazunov Company was founded by Matvey Petrovich Glazunov (1757-1830) who had a bookshop in Moscow and started a bookselling business in St
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Glebova Т.N. (1900-1985), artist
GLEBOVA Tatyana Nikolaevna (1900, St. Petersburg - 1985), painter and graphic artist. She studied in A. I. Savinov's studio in 1924-25 and under P. N. Filonov from 1925
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Glier R.M., (1874-1956), composer
GLIER Reingold Moritsevich (1874-1956), composer, conductor, pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1938), Doctor of Arts (1941). Graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1900
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Glinka Capella
THE GLINKA CAPELLA (Leningrad Academic Glinka Capella), 20 Moika River Embankment, the oldest professional choir. It takes its origin in the Choir of Sovereign’s Chorister Scribes established in Moscow in 1479 for singing at church services and
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Glinka M.I., (1804-1857), composer
GLINKA Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1817; in 1818-22, studied at the Noble Boarding School of the Main Pedagogical Institute (164 Fontanka River Embankment). Glinka's tutor was W.K. Kuchelbecker
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Glinka V.M. (1903 - 1983), historian
GLINKA Vladislav Mikhailovich (1903-1983), historian, art historian, writer, honoured culture worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1964)
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Glubokovsky N.N. (1863-1937), theologian
GLUBOKOVSKY Nikolay Nikanorovich (1863-1937), church historian, theologian, Doctor of Theology (1897), corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909)
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Glukharka, river
GLUKHARKA, a river in the north-west of St. Petersburg. It used to flow off from the marshes situated west of Dolgoe lake. In the course of the building up of adjacent territory
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Glukhoe Lake
GLUKHOYE LAKE, 1) located between Navalochnaya and Farforovskaya railway stations of the Moscow Line of Oktyabrskaya Railroad. Originally, Glukhoye Lake was 0.8 km long and wide
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Gnedich N.I. (1784-1833), poet
GNEDICH Nikolay Ivanovich (1784-1833, St. Petersburg), poet, translator, corresponding member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1826), state counsellor (1828). Studied at the Noble Boarding School of Moscow University (didn't finish)
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Gnedich T.G. (1907-1976), writer
GNEDICH Tatyana Grigorievna (1907-1976, town Pushkin) writer, translator, PhD (philology,1941). She was a great-great-grand-nephew of N. I. Gnedich. She lived in Leningrad from 1926
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Gogen von A.I. (1856-1914), architect.
GOGEN Alexander Ivanovich von (1856-1914, Petrograd), architect, member of the Academy of Architcture (1895). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1883). Among his early works, there are mansions of N.K
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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
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Golden Anchor Restaurant
GOLDEN ANCHOR (7 6th Line of Vasilievsky Island). A restaurant opened in 1823, shortly afterwards becoming the favourite establishment of artists, students and lecturers from the Academy of Arts, located nearby
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Goldgor D.S. (1912-1982), architect.
GOLDGOR David Semenovich (1912, St. Petersburg - 1982, Leningrad), architect, graphic artist. Graduated from the Leningrad College of Engineering and Urban Planning (1934). He was in charge of the workshop of Lenproject Institute (from 1953)
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Golenischev-Kutuzov P.V., Governor General 1825-30
GOLENISCHEV-KUTUZOV Pavel Vasilievich (1772-1843, St. Petersburg), Count (1832), statesman and military figure, General of Cavalry (1826), Adjunct General (1810). He was brought up in the Corps of Pages, from 1794, he served in Cavalry Guards
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Golitsyn Family
GOLITSYN, princely family, the Gediminovich Dinasty, important in the 16th century. Several members, including Prince M.M. Golitsyn, were closely associated with St. Petersburg. His son was Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1718-1783, St
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Golitsyn M.M. (1675-1730), Field Marshal-General
GOLITSYN Mikhail Mikhailovich (1675-1730), Prince, military commander, Field Marshal General (1725). Commenced his military career as a private soldier of the Semenovsky Regiment
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Golos (The Voice), newspaper, 1863-1884
GOLOS (The Voice), a daily political and literary newspaper; was published from January 1863 to February 1883 under the editorship of its publisher А. А. Kraevsky (from 1871 jointly with V. А. Bilbasov)
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Golovin А.Y. (1863-1930), artist
GOLOVIN Alexander Yakovlevich (1863-1930, Detskoe Selo), stage designer and painter, full member of the Academy of Arts (1912), people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1928)
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Golovinsky Bridge
GOLOVINSKY BRIDGE, across Chernaya River at the river mouth, joining Ushakovskaya and Vyborgskaya embankments. Built in 1875 where from 1817 a wooden bridge had existed. It had a wooden arched structure on stone piers
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Golovkin G.I. (1660-1734), count, statesman
GOLOVKIN Gavriil Ivanovich (1660-1734, St. Petersburg), Count of the Holy Roman Empire (1707), Count of the Russian Empire (1709), diplomat, statesman, associate of Emperor Peter the Great (half-cousin of Tsarina Natalia Kirillovna, nee Naryshkina
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Goncharnaya Street
GONCHARNAYA STREET, from Vosstaniya Square to Poltavskaya Street. Known as Novaya Pershpektivnaya Road in the mid-18th century, assuming its present-day name in the 1780s after the potteries and potters' settlements that developed here
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