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Dostoevsky F. M. (1821-1881), writer
DOSTOEVSKY Fedor Mikhaylovich (1821-1881, St. Petersburg), writer, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1877). In 1837 came to St. Petersburg
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Dostoevsky Literary Memorial Museum
DOSTOEVSKY LITERARY MEMORIAL MUSEUM ( 5/2 Kuznechny Lane), opened 13.11.1971 in the house where F. M. Dostoevsky rented his last flat since 1878 and where he died on 28.1.1881. R. G
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Kolomenskaya Street
KOLOMENSKAYA STREET, located between Kuznechny Lane and Volokolamsky Lane. The road was constructed in the 1740s, according to a project by the St. Petersburg Construction Commission
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Kuznechny Lane
KUZNECHNY LANE, connects Zagorodny Avenue and Vladimirskaya Square with Ligovsky Avenue. In the 1740s, this territory was settled by blacksmiths serving the court. In the 1760s, the Church of Our Lady of Vladimir was erected along the street
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Market Buildings (entry)
1850 MARKET BUILDINGS of St. Petersburg. Climatic conditions of St. Petersburg led to appearance of covered trade rows. A number of stone market buildings were erected at the end of the 1780s
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Markets (general)
MARKETS. Markets, especially food markets, were very popular in Russia as early as before the time of Peter the Great. The first market appeared in St. Petersburg in 1705 on Troitskaya Square with hundreds of stalls, but no windows or ovens
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Nadson S.Y. (1862-1887), poet
NADSON Semen Yakovlevich (1862, St. Petersburg - 1887), writer. Graduated from Pavlovsky Military School (1882). In 1884 resigned on account of illness. A.N. Pleshcheev played an important part in his literary life
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Neoclassicism
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Pushkinskaya Street
PUSHKINSKAYA STREET (until 1881 Novy Avenue, Kompaneiskaya Street), between Nevsky Prospect and Kuznechny Lane. It was named after Alexander Pushkin. The street was built in 1874 and actually is a creation of architect P.Y
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The Russian Assembly , political organization
The RUSSIAN ASSEMBLY was a monarchical organization. It appeared in the beginning of October 1900 as a circle of top St. Petersburg officials and representatives of intelligentsia, adherents of the Russian style in life of the society. A.S
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Toponymy of St. Petersburg
TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation
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Vladimirskaya Square
VLADIMIRSKAYA SQUARE, in 1739 - Torgovaya Square, in 1923-50 - Nakhimsona Square after revolutionary S. M. Nakhimson (1885-1918). The square is bounded by Zagorodny Avenue, Vladimirsky Avenue, Kuznechny Lane, Kolokolnaya Street
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