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Kavelin A.A. governor-general in 1842-46

KAVELIN Alexander Alexandrovich (1793-1850, Gatchina), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1843). He was educated in Page Corps School in St. Petersburg

Kaverin V.A. (1902-1989), writer

KAVERIN (real surname Zilber) Veniamin Alexandrovich (1902-1989), writer. Lived in Petrograd - Leningrad in 1920-41. In 1923 graduated from the Arabic Department of the Institute of Oriental Languages

Kazachy Bridge

KAZACHY (COSSACK) BRIDGE, over the Monastyrka River, on the right embankment of the Obvodnoy Canal (received its name from the neighbouring barracks of the Cossacks Life Guards Regiment). It was built in 1833 (engineer P.P

Kazachy Lanes

KAZACHY LANES, Bolshoy Kazachy Lane and Maly Kazachy Lane, known as such since 1795 for the Don Cossacks Yard. Called Ilyicha Lane from 1925 to 1993. Bolshoy Kazachy Lane extends from Gorokhovaya Street to Zagorodny Avenue

Kazan Cathedral

KAZAN CATHEDRAL, Our Lady of Kazan Сathedral (2 Kazanskaya Square). A monument of Classical architecture. In 1733-1737, the three sided stone Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, with a high bell tower, stood on this spot (architect M.G

Kazanskaya Square

AZANSKAYA SQUARE, located at the intersection of Nevsky Prospect and Griboedova Canal. Known as Plekhanova Square from 1923 to 1944. The square appeared in the early 19th century

Kazanskaya Street

KAZANSKAYA STREET known as First Perevedenskaya Street in the 1740s, Bolshaya Meshchanskaya Street from the 1750s to 1873, and Plekhanova Street in memory of G. V. Plekhanov from 1923 to 1998. The street runs between Nevsky Prospect and Fonarny Lane

Kazanskoe Cemetery

KAZANSKOE CEMETERY. Cemetery in the town of Pushkin (1 Gusarskaya Street). The area consists of 35 hectares. It has existed from 1785. It is named after the Kazan Church and Burial Vault (1785-1790), built over the crypt of A.D

Kazansky Bridge

KAZANSKY BRIDGE (in 1766-1830 Rozhdestvensky Bridge, in 1923-44 Plekhanova Bridge), over Griboedova Canal, on Nevsky Prospect by Kazan Cathedral (hence the name). It was built in 1765-66 (engineer V. I. Nazimov, I. М

Kazansky Demonstrations

KAZANSKY DEMONSTRATIONS, mass political gatherings on the square in front of Kazan Cathedral on 6 December 1876. The first political demonstration in Russia was held here, organized by the secret society Land and Liberty (Zemlya i Volya)

Kazansky Island

KAZANSKY ISLAND, an area in the centre of St. Petersburg between the Moika River, Griboedova Canal, and Kryukov Canal. The area is over 120 hectares. It was a part of Pervushin Island that also included Kolomensky Island, Pokrovsky Island

Kaznacheyskaya Street

KAZNACHEYSKAYA STREET, running from Griboedova Canal Embankment and opening onto a different section of the same embankment after crossing Stolyarny Lane. The street was laid in the first half of the 18th century

Kelch Mansion

KELCH MANSION (28 Tchaikovskogo Street), an architectural monument. It was constructed in 1858-59 (architect A.K. Kolman) for I.E. Kondoyanaki, the facade was decorated in the Neo-Baroque style. In 1896-97, it was rebuilt (architects V.I

Kerbedz S.V., (1810-1899), engineer

KERBEDZ Stanislav Valerianovich (1810-1899), engineer, Actual Privy Counsellor (1881), corresponding member (1851) and honorary member (1858) of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts (1850)

Kerensky A.F. (1881-1970), political figure

KERENSKY Alexander Fedorovich (1881-1970), political figure and statesman, lawyer. In 1899, he entered the History and Philology Faculty of Petersburg University; in 1900, he moved to the Faculty of Law; after graduating (1904)

Khandoshkin I.E., (1747-1804), violinist, composer

Khandoshkin Ivan Evstafyevich (1747, St. Petersburg [?] - 1804, St. Petersburg), master violinist, composer, pedagogue, son of a former serf of Count P.B. Sheremetyev, who was a musician at the Court of Grand Prince Peter Fedorovich

Khariton Y. B., (1904-1994), physicist

KHARITON Yuly Borisovich (1904, St. Petersburg - 1994), physicist and physical chemist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1953 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1949, 1951, and 1954

Kharlamov Bridge

KHARLAMOV BRIDGE (in 1927-91, Komsomolsky Bridge), across Griboedova Canal, on Rimskogo-Korsakova Avenue. In 1753, there was a single-span wooden pile girder bridge

Kharms D. (1905-1942), writer

KHARMS Daniil (real name Yuvachev Daniil Ivanovich; also known under the pen-names Charms, Dandan, Shardam, Karl Ivanovich Shusterling) (1905, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad), a poet, prose writer and playwright

Khlebnikov V., (1885-1922), the Writer

KHLEBNIKOV Velimir (the real name and patronymic Viktor Vladimirovich) (1885-1922) was a poet, theorist of futurism. He was a student of Kazan University from 1903, in 1908-11, he was a student of the Department of Natural History

Khlopin Radium Institute

KHLOPIN RADIUM INSTITUTE, located at 28 Second Murinsky Avenue, was established in 1921 by the scientist V. I. Vernadsky to study and make practical use of radioactivity

Khlopin V.G., (1890-1950), radiochemist

KHLOPIN Vitaly Grigorievich (1890-1950, Leningrad), radiochemist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 1939. He graduated from Hettingen University and Petersburg University in 1911 and 1912, respectively

Khomutetsky N.F., (1905-1973), architect and historian of architecture

KHOMUTETSKY Nikolay Fedorovich (1905-1973, Leningrad) architect, historian of architecture, Ph.D. in Architecture (1956), and professor (1956). After graduating from the Institute of Civil Engineering (1931) he was accepted to the post-graduate

Khrapovitsky Bridge

KHRAPOVITSKY BRIDGE (in 1738 known as Zhelty, on the plan of 1798 marked as Sinyavin; later called Galerny or Korabelny, from Galerny Yard), across the Moika River, connects Pisareva Street with Admiralteysky Canal Embankment

Khrapovitsky M.E. governor-general in 1846-47

KHRAPOVITSKY Matvey Evgrafovich (1784-1847, St. Petersburg), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1831), adjutant-general (1816). He was educated in the Gentry Army Cadet corps school in St. Petersburg

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

Khudozhestvennaya gazeta (The Art Newspaper), journal

KHUDOZHESTVENNAYA GAZETA (The Art Newspaper), a biweekly publication on painting art, appeared in 1836-38 and 1840-41. Until 1840 the periodical was edited by its publisher N. V. Kukolnik, followed by А. N. Strugovshchikov

Khudozhestvennye Sokrovishcha Rossii (The Art Treasures of Russia), album

KHUDOZHESTVENNYE SOKROVISHCHA ROSSII (The Art Treasures of Russia), a monthly album, published in 1901-07 by the Society for Encouragement of Artists (the editorial office was located at 83 Moika River Embankment)

Khvolson О.D., (1852-1934), physicist

KHVOLSON Orest Danilovich (1852, St. Petersburg - 1934, Leningrad), a physicist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1895, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1920 and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from

Kibalchich N.I. (1853-1881), revolutionary, inventor

KIBALCHICH Nikolay Ivanovich (1853-1881, St. Petersburg), participant of the revolutionary movement, inventor. On graduating from Novgorod-Seversk Gymnasium (1871), entered the Institute of Communications Engineers