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JEWISH Cemetery (66а Alexandrovskoy Fermy Avenue), in the Nevsky Region, close to Obukhovo Railway Station. Its area is about 27.4 hectares. It was opened in 1875 as a Jewish section of Preobrazhenskoe Cemetery
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Jews
JEWS, an ethnic community within the St. Petersburg population. Hebrew is related to the Semitic group of Afrasian languages, Yiddish (was spread throughout the majority of eastern Russia) is related to the Germanic group of Indo-European family of
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Kachalov N.N., (1883-1961), chemist
KACHALOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1883-1961), chemical process engineer, Associate of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1933), Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1935). Graduated from the St
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Kadochnikov P.P. (1915-1988) film actor
KADOCHNIKOV Pavel Petrovich (1915, Petrograd - 1988, Leningrad), actor, film director, People’s Artist of the USSR (1979), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985). After graduating from the Leningrad Theatre Institute he worked as an actor at Leningrad’s
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Kakhovsky P.G. (1797-1826), Decembrist
KAKHOVSKY Peter Grigorievich (1799 - 1826), Decembrist, retired poruchik (lieutenant). Educated at Moscow University Boarding School. From March 1816 served as a cadet in the Chasseur Life Guard Regiment of St
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Kalaushin Boris Matveevich (1929-1999), artist
KALAUSHIN Boris Matveevich (1929, Leningrad - 1999, St. Petersburg), book artist, painter. He studied in the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under Mikhail Taranov (1950-56). He illustrated over 100 children's books, including V
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Kalesnik S.V., (1901-1977), geographer
KALESNIK Stanislav Vikentievich (1901, St. Petersburg - 1977, Leningrad), geographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1968). Graduated from the Leningrad State University (1929), of which he became a professor in 1939
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Kalinin M.I. (1875-1946), statesman
KALININ Mikhail Ivanovich (1875-1946), Soviet statesman, Hero of Socialist Labor (1944). He graduated from State elementary training school (1886). In 1889 arrived at St
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Kalinina Square
KALININA SQUARE, at the intersection of Kondratyevsky Avenue and Polyustrovsky Avenue. The square was named in 1955 after M.I. Kalinin, who is also commemorated by a monument in the centre of the square (1955)
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Kalininsky District
KALININSKY DISTRICT is an administrative territorial unit of St. Petersburg. (Its territory administration is located at 13 Arsenalnaya Embankment.) The district was named in honour of Mikhail Kalinin in 1946
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Kamennoostrovsky Avenue
KAMENNOOSTROVSKY AVENUE, located between Troitskaya Square and the Bolshaya Nevka River Embankment. The main thoroughfare joining the city centre and the Petrogradskaya Side with Aptekarsky Island and Kamenny Island
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Kamenny Island, ensemble
KAMENNY ISLAND (in 1920-89 - Trudyashchikhsya Island), in the north-west part of the Neva river delta, located between the Bolshaya Nevka River to the north and the Malaya Nevka River to the south, the Krestovka River lies to the east
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Kamensky V.A. (1907-1975), architect.
KAMENSKY Valentin Alexandrovich (1907-1975), architect, national architect of the USSR (1970). In 1931-39, he taught at Leningrad College of Civil Engineers following his graduation from the institute; from 1941
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Kanareechnaya Street
KANAREECHNAYA STREET, running between Bolshoy Avenue and Sredny Avenue of Vasilievsky Island. The street was laid in the 1800s, near Gallery Harbour. It was originally named after house-owner and skipper S. Kanareev (building no
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Kankrin E.F. (1774-1845), statesman
KANKRIN Egor Frantsevich (Georg Ludwig Daniel) (1774-1845, Pavlovsk of the St. Petersburg Province), Count (1829), statesman and scientist, Infantry General (1828), Honorary Fellow of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828)
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Kantemir A.D. (1708-1744), poet
KANTEMIR Antiokh Dmitrievich (1709-1744), Prince, poet, translator, diplomat, privy counsellor (1741). The son of a Moldavian Hospodar (Prince) D. K. Kantemir. He received an excellent home education, studied at the Academic University (1726-27)
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Kantemirovsky Bridge
KANTEMIROVSY BRIDGE, over the Bolshaya Nevka, links Medikov Avenue on Aptekarsky Island with Vyborgskaya Embankment and Kantemirovskaya Street (hence the name) on Vyborgskaya Side. It was constructed in 1979-82 (engineers B.N. Brudno, B.B
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Kantorovich L.V. (1912-1986), economist
KANTOROVICH Leonid Vitalievich (1912, St. Petersburg - 1986), mathematician and economist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1964. Graduated from Leningrad State University with a major in mathematics and mechanics in 1930
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Kapitsa P.L., (1841-1984), physicist
KAPITSA Peter Leonidovich (1894, Kronstadt - 1984), physicist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Hero of Socialist Labour (1945, 1974). Graduated from the Petrograd Polytechnic Institute (1918)
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Kaplan Anatoly Lvovich (1903-1980), artist
KAPLAN Anatoly Lvovich (1903-1980, Leningrad), graphic artist. From 1922 he lived in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), and studied in the Academy of Arts (1922-27) under Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and Arkady Rylov and in the experimental lithographic workshop of
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Kaplan E.I. (1895-1961), stage director
KAPLAN Emmanuil Iosifovich (1895, St. Petersburg - 1961, Leningrad), singer (tenor), stage director, teacher. Graduated from the Architecture Department of the Academy of Arts (1925)
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Kaplan I.M. (1924-1997), art director
KAPLAN Isaac Mikhailovich (1924-1997, Leningrad), art director. He graduated from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1950. Worked at Lenfilm from 1953, he filmed approximately 30 films, many of them together with B. S. Manevich
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Karakozov D.V. (1840-1866), revolutionary
KARAKOZOV Dmitry Vladimirovich (1840-1866, St. Petersburg), participant of the revolutionary movement of the 1860s. Upon graduating from Penza Gymnasium (1860) studied at the faculties of Law at Kazan University, then at Moscow University
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Karamzin N.M., (1766-1826), historian, writer
KARAMZIN Nikolay Mikhailovich (1766-1826, St. Petersburg), writer, critic, historian, honorary member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1818). He studied in a Moscow Boarding School. In 1782-84 he served with the Guards in St. Petersburg
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Karatygin V.A., (1802-1853), actor
KARATYGIN Vasily Andreevich (1802 - 1853, St. Petersburg), actor, playwright. Studied at the Mining Cadet Corps, and at a gymnasium. Served in the Department of Foreign Trade. First studied acting under Count A.A. Shakhovsky, and, from 1818, under P
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Karavannaya Street
KARAVANNAYA STREET (Tolmacheva Street, 1919-91), running between Belinskogo Square and Nevsky Prospect. It was laid in the second half of the 18th century. According to legend the street name originates from the elephants caravan leaders
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Kardovsky D.N. (1866-1943), Artist
KARDOVSKY Dmitry Nikolaevich (1866-1943) graphic artist, painter, pedagogue, honoured worker of arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1929). He was trained at the Academy of Arts (1892-96, 1900-02) under P. P. Chistyakov and I. E
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Kareev N.I. (1850-1931), historian
KAREEV Nikolay Ivanovich (1850-1931, Leningrad), historian, sociologist, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1910), honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1929)
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Karelian Isthmus
KARELIAN ISTHMUS, a historic and geographical region between the Gulf of Finland and Ladoga Lake, in the south bounded by the Neva River, in the north - by a datum line linking Vyborg Bay of the Baltic Sea and Lekhmalakhti Bay north-westwards from
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Karger M.K. (1903-1976), art historian, archaeologist
KARGER Mikhail Konstantinovich (1903-1976, Leningrad), historian, art historian, archaeologist, Ph.D. (Doctor of History) (1959). Graduated from Leningrad State University in 1927 and stayed on staff of the University
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