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A.V. SUVOROV MONUMENT, designed by sculptor M.I. Kozlovsky. The project was approved by Emperor Pavel I in January 1800, when the grand general was still alive
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Abamelek-Lazarev S.S., prince, mining industrialist
ABAMELEK-LAZAREV (Abamelek-Lazarev) Semen Semenovich (1851-1916), prince, industrialist and landowner, archaeologist, Master of the Horse. Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Petersburg University (1881)
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Academy of Arts
ACADEMY OF ARTS (17 Universitetskaya Embankment), state establishment of higher education in the sphere of fine arts and architecture, and a higher school of art
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Adamini's House
ADAMINI'S HOUSE (1 Moika River Embankment), architectural monument. It was built for merchant Antonov in 1823-27 in the late Empire style (architect D.F. Adamini, hence the name)
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Administrative board of the city
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE CITY, the executive body of the city government. Instituted in 1873 during the implementation of the City Reform of 1870. It was elected by the City Duma for a term of 4 years (since 1903, for 6 years)
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Administrative Division
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION, division of the city into separate parts (districts) governed by their own administrative organs subordinated to the city administration
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Admiral Kuznetsov Naval Academy
ADMIRAL KUZNETSOV NAVAL ACADEMY (NA) (73/1 Vyborgskaya Embankment). Established in April, 1919, on the basis of Nikolaevsky Marine Academy for preparing command and command-engineering personnel for the Soviet Navy
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Admiralteiskaya Embankment
ADMIRALTEISKAYA EMBANKMENT, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Embankment in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917), lying between Dvortsovy Avenue and Dekabristov Square
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Admiralteisky Avenue
ADMIRALTEISKY AVENUE (Admiralty Avenue) in the mid-to-late 18th century - Admiralteiskaya Street or Bolshaya Street, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Avenue in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917). A link between Palace Square and St
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Admiralteisky District
ADMIRALTEISKY DISTRICT, (Admiralty) an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg (Its territory administration is located at 10 Izmailovsky Avenue), is one of the central districts of the city
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Admiralty
ADMIRALTY, in the 18-19 centuries - a place for the building and repairing of warships, provided with all the necessary equipment (dockyards, ship-ways, slipways, storehouses, workshops, etc.). In St
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Admiralty Dockyards
ADMIRALTY DOCKYARDS (203 Fontanka Embankment) is a State shipbuilding enterprise. It leads its history from the foundation of the Admiralty Dockyard in 1704. In 1800 some of the workshops were transported to Admiralteisky Island situated downstream
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Admiralty Shipyard
ADMIRALTY SHIPYARD, the first ship-building enterprise in St. Petersburg lay down on the left bank of the Bolshaya Neva on 5 November 1704 at the same time as the Admiralty, with chief commandant Y. V. Bruce as the construction manager
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Aeration Stations
AERATION STATIONS, facilities and buildings providing complete biological purification of the city sewage effluents with the method of activated sludge process
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Air Defence (PVO)
AIR DEFENCE (PVO), a series of measures and units to protect the city from air raids. Not long after the USSR Air Defence System was created in the 1930s, the Leningrad Air Defence Force was formed
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Air-Raid Shelters of 1941-44
AIR-RAID SHELTERS. Specially equipped structures protecting the city's population against enemy bombardment and air raids. On the eve of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, Leningrad had few air-raid shelters, which were intended primarily for Party
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Airports (entry)
AIRPORTS (airdromes, terminal buildings). In 1911-14, in St. Petersburg’s first airport, Korpusnoy Airdrome was situated near present-day Novo-Izmailovsky Avenue (see Aviatorov Park)
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Akhmatova A.A. (1889-1966), poet
AKHMATOVA Anna Andreevna (nee Gorenko) (1889-1966), poet, Honorary Doctor of Oxford University (1965). She spent her childhood (until 1905) in Tsarskoe Selo (the corner of Shirokaya Street and Bezymyanny Lane
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Akimov Comedy Theatre
AKIMOV COMEDY THEATRE (56 Nevsky Prospect). Founded in 1926 as the Satire Theatre (private non-repertory company). Originally, it mainly produced so-called programme-reviews comprised of burning miniatures. B.A. Babochkin, L.O
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Alexander Column
ALEXANDER COLUMN (Alexandriisky Pillar), a monument to the victory over Napoleon in the Patriotic War of 1812 standing on Palace Square. It was named in honour of Emperor Alexander I. It was constructed in 1830-1834 (architect A.A. Montferrand)
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Alexander I, Emperor (1777-1825)
ALEXANDER I (1777, St. Petersburg - 1825), Emperor (since 1801). Son of Emperor Paul I and Empress Maria Fedorovna. Brought up by his grandmother, Empress Catherine II
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Alexander III, Emperor (1845-1894)
ALEXANDER III (1845, St. Petersburg — 1894), Emperor (since 1881). Second son of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna. From 1865, he was heir to the throne and Tsarevitch. He married the Dutch princess, Dagmar (see Maria Fedorovna)
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Alexander Nevsky Bridge
ALEXANDER NEVSKY BRIDGE, across the Neva joining Alexander Nevsky Square (hence the name) with Zanevsky Avenue. Built in 1960-65 as a project of Lengiprotransmost (engineers A.S. Evdonin, K.P. Klochkov, G.M. Stepanov, architects A.V. Zhuk, S.G
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Alexander Nevsky Lavra
ALEXANDER NEVSKY LAVRA, located at 1 Alexander Nevsky Square. The monastery dedicated to the Holy Trinity and St. Alexander Nevsky. It was founded in 1710 by Tsar Peter the Great at the confluence of the Chernaya River (today the Monastyrka River)
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Alexander Nevsky, Prince (1220 or 1221-1263)
ALEXANDER NEVSKY (1220 or 1221-63), Prince of Novgorod (1236-51, not continously), of Tver (1247-52), Grand Prince of Kiev (1249-52) and Vladimir (1252-63), from the Rurikid Dynasty (11th generation), son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich
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Alexander Palace (Pushkin)
ALEXANDER PALACE (Pushkin), an architectural monument in Neoclassical style; constructed in 1792-96 (architect G. Quarenghi); located on the territory of the Alexander Park
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Alexander Pushkin, Monuments to (entry)
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN, MONUMENTS TO. In 1881 a temporary plaster bust of Pushkin (from a model by the sculptor I. P. Vitali) was installed in the park at Pushkinskaya Street
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Alexandria, palace and park ensemble (Peterhof)
ALEXANDRIA, palace and park ensemble of Peterhof located to the east of the Lower Park and occupying a territory of 115 hectares. Since 1711, the estate of A.D
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Alexandrino, forest park
ALEXANDRINO forest park is situated in the southwest part of St. Petersburg, between Narodnogo Opolcheniya Avenue, Stachek Avenue and Kozlova Street. It includes a park which formerly possessed the same name
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Alexandrinsky Theatre
ALEXANDRINSKY THEATRE (2 Ostrovskogo Square), called Alexandrinsky Theatre 1832-1920, it was granted the status of Academic in 1919, and in 1920 named the Petrograd (Leningrad) State Academic Drama Theatre (Akdrama, Gosdrama)
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