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Platz - Drill Grounds (entry)
PLATZ (from German "Platz" - square) is a large and flat area (squares, waste grounds) for drills and army training. The first platz (drill square) in St. Petersburg was Mars Field
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Plavilschikov Publishing House
PLAVILSHIKOV PUBLISHING HOUSE, established in 1794 by Vasily Alexeevich Plavischikov (1768-1823) on the basis of I. Krylov and Co publishing house accommodated in I.I. Betskoy's house at 1 Millionnaya Street
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Plekhanov G.V. (1856-1918), revolutionist
PLEKHANOV Georgy Valentinovich (1856-1918), political figure, publicist. Upon graduating from Voronezh Military School (1873), entered Konstantinovsky Military College
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Plekhanov State Mining Institute, St. Petersburg
PLEKHANOV STATE MINING INSTITUTE, St. Petersburg, (the Technical University), located at 2 Twenty-First Line of Vasilievsky Island is the oldest technical institution of higher education in Russia
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Pleshcheev A.N. (1825-1893), poet
PLESHCHEEV Alexey Nikolaevich (1825-1893), poet, prose writer, playwright, translator. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1839. Studied at the School of Guard Sergeants and Cavalry Cadets (1840-42)
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Pletnev P. A. (1792-1865), poet, critic, publisher
PLETNEV Peter Alexandrovich (1791-1865), critic, poet, publisher, pedagogue, privy councillor (1856), member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841). In 1819 became a member of the Free Society for the Friends of the Russian Philology
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Plotnikov, М. М. (1901-1992), architect-restorer
PLOTNIKOV Mikhail Mikhailovich (1901, St. Petersburg 1992, Leningrad), architect-restorer. Graduated from the Academy of Arts (1943). Architect of the special research and production association Restavrator (Restorer)
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Pobedonostsev K.P. (1827-1907), statesman
POBEDONOSTSEV Konstantin Petrovich (1827-1907, St. Petersburg), statesman, lawyer, writer and translator, Full Privy Councilor (1883), Personal Secretary (1894). Graduated from the Jurisprudence College in St. Petersburg in 1846
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Pobedy Square
POBEDY SQUARE located at the intersection of Moskovsky Avenue, Moskovskoe Freeway, Pulkovskoe Freeway and Krasnoputilovskaya Street, and Ordzhonikidze Street. Until 1962
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Pochtamtskaya Street
POCHTAMTSKAYA STREET, between St. Isaac's Square and Konnogvardeisky Lane. The road was built in the first quarter of the 18th century, in the 1730s it was known as Pushkarskaya Street (after Pushkarskaya, meaning Artillerymen, settlement)
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Pochtamtsky Bridge
POCHTAMTSKY BRIDGE (Post Office Bridge), over the Moika River, beside Prachechny Lane. The bridge was built in 1823-24 (engineers V.K. Traitteur, V.A. Khristianovich) as a chain pedestrian bridge to replace a four-span wooden beam bridge that had
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Podvoysky N.I. (1880-1948), a revolutionist, statesman and military leader
PODVOYSKY Nikolay Ilyich (1880-1948), Soviet party worker and statesman. Graduated from the Demidov School of Law in Yaroslavl (1905). From 1907, he was in St Petersburg; in 1908, he was one of the leaders of the Zerno Bolshevik Publishing House
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Podyacheskaya Bolshaya Street
PODYACHESKAYA BOLSHAYA STREET located between Griboedova Canal and the Fontanka River. The name was given in the second half of the 18th century after the occupation of its residents - podyachie (petty officers)
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Podyacheskaya Srednaya Street
PODYACHESKAYA SREDNAYA STREET joins Griboedova Canal Embankment in its bend in the region of its intersection with Rimskogo-Korsakova Avenue. Since 1739 - Prikaznaya Admiralteiskaya Street
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Podzorny Island
PODZORNY ISLAND (Observation Island) is a defunct island that was situated at the mouth of the Fontanka River and was about two hectares in area. It was named after the Observation House situated on the island in the early 18th century
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Poets Guild
POETS GUILD is the name for three poetic unions which existed in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) in 1911-22. The first Poets Guild (1911-14) founded by N. S. Gumilev and S. M
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Poklonnaya Hill
POKLONNAYA HILL, a hill to the north of St. Petersburg at the intersection of the present Engels, Toreza and Severny Avenues, at the southern extremity of the Pargolovo Hills
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Pokrovsky Island
POKROVSKY ISLAND, translated as Intercession Island, area between the Fontanka River, Griboedova Canal, and Kryukov Canal. The area is about 40 hectares. The island was a part of Pervushin Island that also included Kolomensky Island, Kazansky Island
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Pokrovsky N.V. (1848-1917), historian, archaeologist
POKROVSKY Nikolay Vasilievich (1848-1917, Petrograd), archaeologist and art historian, Doctor of Church History (1892). Upon graduating from St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1874
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Pokrovsky V.A. (1871-1931), architect
POKROVSKY Vladimir Alexandrovich (1871-1931, Leningrad), an architect, master of the early 20th century neo-Russian style. Graduated from the Academy of Arts (1898; Academician of Architecture since 1907
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Polenov A. L., (1871-1947), surgeon
POLENOV Andrey Lvovich (1871-1947, Leningrad), one of the founders of Russian neurosurgery, Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1946). He lived in St. Petersburg from 1888. Polenov graduated from the Military Medical Academy (1896)
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Polenov Neurosurgical Institute
POLENOV NEUROSURGICAL INSTITUTE, Professor Polenov Russian Neurosurgical Research Institute situated at 12 Mayakovskogo Street. It was founded as the Leningrad Practice Institute for Surgical Neuropathology in the former Alexandrinskaya Women's
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Poles
POLES, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. The Polish language is related to the Slavic group of Indo-European languages. Their faith is Catholic. The Polish community in St
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Police
POLICE was created in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 18th century; it was engaged in all the spheres of city life: construction, fire safety, city finances, public institutions, concert and theatre activities, etc
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Police Blocks
POLICE BLOCKS are administrative police units within the structure of police force. According to the reform of 1782 St. Petersburg was divided into 10 units and 42 police blocks, from 50 up to 100 houses in each
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Police Departments
POLICE DEPARTMENTS, 1) city police territorial units uniting several police stations. In 1798 there were 2 police departments in St. Petersburg, with a boundary on the Neva river
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Police Stations
POLICE STATIONS, administrative police units. They were created in the course of the police reform of1866-67 instead of police blocks. The territory of St. Petersburg was divided into 38 police stations (plus another four suburban units) preserving
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Police Units
POLICE UNITS, the main units of administrative and territorial division of St. Petersburg in the 18th - early 20th centuries. In 1737, at the suggestion of the Commission on Construction in St
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Polisadov I.N., (1823-1886), priest
POLISADOV Ioann Nikitich (1823-1886, St. Petersburg), religious and public figure, archpriest (1878). He graduated from St. Vladimir Theological Seminary in 1845 and St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1849. Polisadov lived in St
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Political Opposition in Leningrad
POLITICAL OPPOSITION of 1930-80s is the general name for independent unions or groups of people consciously opposing the Soviet power. Contemporary research distinguishes between external and internal political opposition on the basis of their
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