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Suvorov N. G. (1889-1972), art director

SUVOROV Nikolay Georgievich (1889-1972, Leningrad), art director, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1969. He graduated from Saratov Art College in 1909

Suvorovsky Avenue

SUVOROVSKY AVENUE, from Nevsky Prospect to Proletarskoy Diktatury Square. The avenue was laid in the mid-18th century. It ran from the Elephant Yard (a menagerie) which used to occupy the site of the present-day Oktyabrskaya Hotel

Suzdalsky Lakes

SUZDALSKY LAKES include three meridional reservoirs in the northern St. Petersburg, Shuvalovo and Ozerki. They received their name from Suzdal settlement once existing in this area

Suzor P. Y. (1844-1919), architect

SUZOR Pavel Yulievich (1844 - 1919, Petrograd), architect, associate academy member of architecture (1892). Graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1866)

Sverdlov, Plant

SVERDLOV (4 Sverdlovskaya Embankment), a closed joint-stock company from 1996, a machine-tool plant, the largest national manufacturer of highly automated multi-purpose systems for advanced metal working technologies. Founded by J

Sverdlovskaya Embankment

SVERDLOVSKAYA EMBANKMENT (in 1887-1925 - Polyustrovskaya Embankment, after the area of Polyustrovo), on the right bank of the Neva River, between Arsenalnaya Street and Krasnogvardeiskaya Square. It was named after Y.M. Sverdlov

Svetlana Factory

SVETLANA FACTORY (27 Engelsa Avenue) is an open joint-stock company (from 1993), the largest factory in design and manufacturing of powerful electric vacuum tubes and microelectronics

Svetlanovsky Avenue

SVETLANOVSKY AVENUE, between Svetlanovskaya Square and Suzdalsky Avenue. The avenue was built in the first half of the 20th century. In the 1910s, the lot between modern Toreza Avenue and Jacques Duclos Street was constructed and given the name

Svinyin P. P. (1787-1839),writer, journalist, regional ethnographer

SVINYIN Pavel Petrovich (1787-1839), writer, journalist, collector, honorary associate of the Academy of Arts (1827), member of the Russian Academy (1833) received his primary education at the Boarding School for Nobility affiliated to the Moscow

Svinyin V.F. (1865-1939), architect

SVINYIN Vasily Fedorovich (1865-1939, Leningrad), architect, engineer, representative of Neoclassicism. Resided in St. Petersburg from 1883, worked as a house-builder, foreman, assistant architect. Graduated from the Academy of Arts (1892)

Sviridov G.V., (1915-1998), composer

SVIRIDOV Georgy Vasilievich (1915-1998), composer, People's Artist of the USSR (1970), Hero of Socialist Labour (1975). Lived in Leningrad in 1932-56. Graduated from the 1st Musical Institute (then located at 11 Tchaikovskogo Street; today known as

Swedes

SWEDES, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. Believers practice Lutheranism. The Swedes attempted to take control of the Neva Region from the 13th century onwards (see the Battle of the Neva 1240, Landskrona)

Swimming Pools (entry)

SWIMMING POOLS (sports). In the 19th century swimming pools in the city existed only in some bathhouses, e.g. Voroninskie Bathhouse (architect P.Y. Suzor). In 1914-16 the first swimming pool facility in Russia was built for Boys' School No 1

Symbols of St. Petersburg

THE SYMBOLS OF ST. PETERSBURG, works of art associated with St. Petersburg in the mass consciousness. The best known visual symbols include the weathercocks on the steeples of the SS

Syn Otechestva (Son of the Fatherland), journal

SYN OTECHESTVA (Son of the Fatherland), a literary journal on history and politics, which appeared from 1812 until 1844 and from 1847 until 1852. Until 1839 it came out weekly, afterwards twice a month, subsequently monthly

Synagogue Grand Choral

THE GRAND CHORAL SYNAGOGUE, located at 2 Lermontovsky Avenue. An architectural monument, constructed in 1883-93 for the needs of the Judaic community of St. Petersburg. The construction was financed by Baron G. E. Ginzburg (architects I. I

Synod

SYNOD (Apostolic Governing Synod), the highest collective organ of government of the Russian Orthodox Church, legislative and deliberative body, administrative and judicial institution

Synthetic Rubber, Lebedev Scientific Research Institute of

SYNTHETIC RUBBER, Lebedev Scientific Research Institute of, located at 1 Gapsalskaya Street. Was established in 1928 by S. V. Lebedev as the State Experimental Factory of Synthetic Rubber of type B (1928)

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