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Russian Historical Society
RUSSIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, fully named the Imperial Russian Historical Society, a scientific society founded in 1866 for collecting, processing, and publishing documents on the history of Russia from government and private archives
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Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of
RUSSIAN LITERATURE of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of, located at Pushkin House at 4 Makarova Embankment. It is an institution for literary research and study
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Russian Military Historical Society
RUSSIAN MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY fully named the Imperial Russian Military Historical Society, a military science society founded in 1907 for studying the military history of Russia
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Russian Museum, State
RUSSIAN MUSEUM, State was founded on 13 April 1895 by the decree of Emperor Nicholas II as the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III with the purpose of gathering the collections of Russian art
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Russian National Library
RUSSIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY (RNB) (18 Sadovaya Street), the oldest state general public library of the country, a research centre in the field of bibliology, bibliography and library science
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Russian Navy Archive
RUSSIAN NAVY ARCHIVE, STATE (RSNA) (36 Millionnaya Street) was founded in 1724 for the Admiralty Collegium, and from 1827 it was a part of the Sea Ministry. From August 1917, it was the Central Archive of Fleet and Sea Office
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Russian Physics and Chemistry Society
RUSSIAN PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY SOCIETY (RFKhO) is one of the oldest scientific societies in Russia. The society was established in 1878 through the union of the Russian Chemical Society (established in 1868) and the Russian Physics Society
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Russian Society of Public Health Care
RUSSIAN SOCIETY OF PUBLIC HEALTH CARE, a public organisation founded in 1878 on the initiative of A.P. Dobroslavin, I.E. Andrievsky and N.F. Zdekauer with the purpose of rendering assistance in improving health and sanitary conditions in Russia
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Russian Style
RUSSIAN STYLE. A trend in Russian architecture of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century, based on using methods and shapes of ancient and traditional Russian art and architecture. The Russian style emerged out of the aesthetics of Romanticism
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Russian Technical Society
RUSSIAN TECHNICAL SOCIETY, the leading scientific and technical society of Russia founded in St. Petersburg in 1866 in order to contribute to the development of domestic technology and industry
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Russian Theatre for Tragedy and Comedy
RUSSIAN THEATRE FOR TRAGEDY AND COMEDY (previously the House of Golovkin), the first Russian state stationary professional public theatre was established by order of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on 30 August 1756
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Russian-American Company
RUSSIAN-AMERICAN COMPANY, a group of entrepreneurs on the north-west coast of North America, the Aleutians, the Kurils, and other islands, and an organisation established by the government for consolidating and expanding Russia’s possessions in
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Russian-Asian Bank
RUSSIAN-ASIAN BANK, a joint-stock commercial bank. It was founded in 1910 by merging the Northern Bank founded in 1901 and the Russian-Chinese Bank founded in 1895
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Russians
RUSSIANS, the basic ethnic community of St. Petersburg. The Russian language is related to the Slavic group of Indo-European languages. Their faith is Orthodox. In the 18th century Russians comprised 90% of the population of St. Petersburg
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Russkoe Bogatstvo (The Russian Wealth), journal, 1876-1918
RUSSKOE BOGATSTVO (The Russian Wealth), (in November 1914 - March 1917 Russkie Zapiski, a journal, circulated from 1876 until 1918 (originally as a journal of commerce, industry, agriculture and natural sciences
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Russkoe slovo (The Russian Word), journal, 1859-1866
RUSSKOE SLOVO, (The Russian Word), a monthly journal, founded in 1859 by Count G. A. Kushelev-Bezborodko. In 1859-60 had a reputation as a moderate liberal publication and was co-edited by Y. P. Polonsky and A. A. Grigoryev
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Russkoe Znamya (Russian Banner), newspaper (1905-1917)
RUSSKOE ZNAMYA (Russian Banner), a daily newspaper, organ of The League of the Russian People, a reactionary, antirevolutionary and anti-Semitic group, part of the Chernosotentsy movement, initiated during and after the Revolution of 1905
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Russky Invalid (The Russian Invalid), newspaper
RUSSKY INVALID (The Russian Invalid), a newspaper (in 1816-42 Russky Invalid, ili Voennye Vedomosti. The paper was founded in 1813 by civil servant P. P. Pezarovius (editor in 1813-15 and 1840-47) as a private charity publication (the entire revenue
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Russky Khudozhestvenny Listok, The Russian Art Newspaper
RUSSKY KHUDOZHESTVENNY LISTOK (Russian Art Newspaper), an illustrated publication, which appeared in 1851-62 thrice a month (with a total of 396 issues) under the editorship of its publisher V. F
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Russo-Turkish wars, Monuments to
RUSSO-TURKISH WARS, MONUMENTS TO. Many monuments devoted to victories by the Russian Army and Fleet during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 have been erected at the Catherine Park at Tsarskoe Selo
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Rybalchenko S.D. (1903-1986), military commander, general
RYBALCHENKO Stepan Dmitrievich (1903-1986), Soviet military commander, Colonel General of the Air Force (1944). From 1918 served in the Red Army, participated in the Civil War
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Rybatskaya
RYBATSKAYA, a former village, located along the right bank of the Okhta River, four kilometres downstream from the site where the Murinsky Stream flows into the Okhta river
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Rybatskoe, area
RYBATSKOE, an area to the south-east of St. Petersburg, on the left bank of the Neva River, between the Murzinka River and the Slavyanka River. In 1716, Rybnaya (Fish) settlement was founded there at the Peter the Great’s decree
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Rykachev M.A., (1840/41-1919), meteorologist
RYKACHEV Mikhail Alexandrovich (1840-1919, Petrograd), meteorologist, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1896, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences since 1917), lieutenant general (1904)
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Ryleev K.F. (1795-1826), decembrist
RYLEEV Kondraty Fedorovich (1795-1826, St. Petersburg), poet, decembrist, retired 2nd lieutenant. Came to St. Petersburg in 1801. Graduated from the First Cadet Corps (1814). He participated in the Foreign Campaigns of 1813-14
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Ryleeva Street
RYLEEVA STREET (until 1923 - Spasskaya Street), located between Radishcheva Square and Radishcheva Street. The first name comes from the Holy Transfiguration All Guards Cathedral. The street was renamed after K.F. Ryleev
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Rylov A.A., (1870-1939), Artist
RYLOV Arkady Alexandrovich (1870-1939, Leningrad) artist, honoured worker of arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1935). He was trained at the Central School of Technical Drawing from 1888 to 1891 and at the Academy of Arts from
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Ryumochnye (entry)
RYUMOCHNYE, drinking establishments, appeared in St. Petersburg at the end of the 19th century, meant for guests not looking for a long meal. A glass of vodka was offered with snacks such as sandwich with caviar, fillets
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Rzhevka, area
RZHEVKA, an area in the north-east of St. Petersburg, on the left bank of the Okhta River, to the north-east of Porokhovye. Since the 1730s, the Rzhevskaya Settlement, owned by Captain V.F. Rzhevsky (hence the name), was located there
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Rzhevka-Porokhovye
RZHEVKA-POROKHOVYE, an area of mass residential development in the east of St. Petersburg, between Irinovsky Avenue, Kommuny Street, Khasanskaya Street and Peredovikov Street
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