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Komarovsky Bridge
KOMAROVSKY BRIDGE (also Gorbaty - humpbacked), over the Bolshaya Okhta River, on Yakornaya (former Komarovskaya, hence the name) Street, links the Bolshaya and Malaya Okhta Rivers. From the 18th century there has been a timber bridge here
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Komendantskoe Cemetery
KOMENDANTSKOE CEMETERY is situated in the presbytery of SS. Peter&Paul Cathedral, and it was intended exclusively for burials of governors of Peter and Paul Fortress. 19 out of 32 governors of the fortress were buried there
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Komendantsky Aerodrome
KOMENDANTSKY AERODROME, an area in the north-west of St. Petersburg, between Kolomyazhsky Avenue, Parashyutnaya Street, Sizova Street and Chernaya Rechka river
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Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA THEATRE (also called Drama Theatre under the Directorship of V. F. Komissarzhevskaya, and Drama Theatre of V. F. Komissarzhevskaya), a private theatre founded in 1904 by V.F. Komissarzhevskaya
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Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA THEATRE (19 Italyanskaya Street). Established in 1942 as the City ("Besieged") Theatre, being legitimized as a drama theatre in 1943, named after V.F. Komissarzhevskaya in 1959, and granted academic status in 1994
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Komissarzhevskaya V.F., (1864-1910), actress
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA Vera Fedorovna (1864, St. Petersburg - 1910), actress. The sister of F.F. Komissarzhevsky. Studied in Moscow under her father, opera singer and pedagogue F.P
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Komissarzhevsky F.F. (1882-1954), actor and director
KOMISSARZHEVSKY Fedor Fedorovich (1882-1954), director and theatre teacher. The son of F. P. Komissarzhevsky, opera singer and teacher, and the brother of actress V. F. Komissarzhevskaya. He lived in St
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Komorovskoe Cemetery
KOMOROVSKOE CEMETERY (Komarovo village) is situated in resort area near St. Petersburg, five kilometres from Komarovo Railway Station, on the road to Shchuchye Lake, and not bigger than a hectare
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Komsomolskaya Square
KOMSOMOLSKAYA SQUARE, at the intersection of Stachek Avenue and Krasnoputilovskaya Street. Constructed in the 1950s in the course of the development of the Avtovo District, according to a plan designed by architect A.A. Ol in the 1930s
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Konashevich V.M., (1888-1963), Artist
KONASHEVICH Vladimir Mikhailovich (1888-1963, Leningrad) was a graphic artist, honoured worker of art of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1945)
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Konchaev Firefighting Equipment Collection
KONCHAEV FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT COLLECTION. Established by the State Firefighting Service of the St. Petersburg and Leningrad Region Main Department of Internal Affairs (73 Bolshoy Avenue of Vasilievsky Island), opened on 29 June 1957; in 1988-95
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Kondakov N.P. (1844-1925), archaeologist
KONDAKOV Nikodim Pavlovich (1844-1925), archaeologist, art historian, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1892), member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898), full member of the Academy of Arts (1893)
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Kondrashin V.P. (1929-1999), coach
KONDRASHIN Vladimir Petrovich (1929, Leningrad, 1999, St. Petersburg), Merited Coach of the USSR (basketball). In 1967-95 head coach of Spartak team (Leningrad), in 1970-76 senior coach of the USSR national team
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Kondratyevsky Avenue
KONDRATYEVSKY AVENUE (from the 1830s to 1918, Bezborodkinsky Avenue), located between Arsenalnaya Street and Mechnikova Avenue. It was built in the second half of the 18th century
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Konetsky V.V. (1929-2002), writer
KONETSKY Viktor Viktorovich (1929, Leningrad - 2002, St. Petersburg) writer. He survived the first winter of the siege in Leningrad and was evacuated together with his mother and brother in the spring of 1942
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Koni A.F. (1844-1927), lawyer, public figure
KONI Anatoly Fedorovich (1844, St Petersburg 1927, Leningrad), lawyer, statesman, man of letters, Actual Privy Counsellor (1910); Doctor of Law (1890), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1900)
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Konnogvardeysky Boulevard
KONNOGVARDEYSKY BOULEVARD (in 1918-91, Profsoyuzov Boulevard), located between Dekabristov Square, St. Isaac's Square and Truda Square. The Admiralty Canal was excavated along Konnogvardeysky Boulevard in the early 18th century for transporting wood
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Konovalov D.P., (1956-1929), chemist
KONOVALOV Dmitry Petrovich (1856-1929, Leningrad), chemist, Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1923) and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the St. Petersburg Mining Institute in 1878
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Konovnitsyn P.P., Civilian Governor
KONOVNITSYN Peter Petrovich (1743 or 1744-1796), statesman, Lieutenant General (1786). He graduated from the Naval Gentry Cadets' College in St. Petersburg (1762)
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Konstantin Konstantinovich, (1858-1915), Grand Prince
KONSTANTIN KONSTANTINOVICH (1858, Strelna - 1915, Pavlovsk), Grand Prince, Infantry General (1907), Adjutant General (1901), honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1900). Son of Grand Prince Konstantin Nikolaevich
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Konstantin Nikolaevich (1827-1892), Grand Prince
KONSTANTIN NIKOLAEVICH (1827, St. Petersburg - 1892, Pavlovsk), Grand Prince, General Admiral (1831), Adjutant General (1852), honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1844), member of the State Assembly (1850)
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Konstantin Pavlovich (1779-1831),Grand Prince
KONSTANTIN PAVLOVICH (1779, Tsarskoe Selo - 1831), Grand Prince, Tsesarevich (Crown Prince) (from 1799). Second son of Emperor Pavel I. From 1797, Inspector General of the whole Cavalry, from June 1798 also Chief Commander of the Cadet Corps
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Konstantinovsky Palace (Strelna)
Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna (3 Berezovaya Alley), an architectural monument of the 18th-19th centuries. The foundation was laid in the summer of 1720 by architect N. Michetti. From 1723, the construction was headed by architect M.G. Zemtsov
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Kontan Restaurant
KONTAN. A restaurant opened on 25 August 1885 in the Rossia Hotel (58 Moika River Embankment), situated at the far end of the courtyard, opening onto the Moika River. The restaurant was named after its owner, A.S. Kontan
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Konyushennaya Square
KONYUSHENNAYA SQUARE is located between Konyushenny Lane and Griboedova Canal, and was laid out beginning in the 1720s and over the course of the Stables Department's construction of its buildings complex (house No 1, 1720-23, architect N. F
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Konyushenny Bridges
KONYUSHENNY BRIDGES (Stables' bridges), two bridges across the Moika River near the building of the Department of Stables (hence the name). The Bolshoy Konyushenny Bridge (formerly Greek
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Kopelyan E.Z., (1912-1975), actor
KOPELYAN Efim Zakharovich (1912-1975, Leningrad), actor, people's Artist of the USSR (1973). Studied at the studio of the Bolshoy Drama Theatre (1935), worked for this theatre for the rest of his life
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Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya E.P., (1874-1951), actress
KORCHAGINA-ALEXANDROVSKAYA (nee Korchagina, married name Alexandrovskaya, until 1895 her stage name was Olgina) Ekaterina Pavlovna (1874-1951, Leningrad), actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1936)
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Kornilov Affair
KORNILOV AFFAIR (Kornilov's Advance, in Soviet literature - Kornilov's Revolt and "Kornilovshchina"), an attempt by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief General L.G. Kornilov in August (September) 1917 to avert the seizure of power by left-wing radicals
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Kornilov L.G. (1870-1918), military commander, General
KORNILOV Lavr Georgievich (1870-1918), military commander, Infantry General (1917). Graduated from the Infantry Academy (1890), and the General Staff Academy (1896)
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