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LERMONTOV Mikhail Yurievich (1814-1841), poet, prose writer, playwright. The descendant of G. Lermont, an immigrant from Scotland. Without graduating from Moscow University, Lermontov came to St
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Lesgaft Academy of Physical Education, State, St. Petersburg
LESGAFT ACADEMY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION, State, St. Petersburg (SPSAFC) (35 Dekabristov Street) was founded by P.F. Lesgaft in 1896 as the Higher Courses for Physical Education Directors
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Lesgaft P.F. (1837-1909), anatomist, teacher
LESGAFT Peter Frantsevich (St. Petersburg, 1837-1909), anatomist and teacher. Graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1861. In 1868, he became a professor at Kazan University. In 1871, started teaching at the Medical Surgical Academy
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Lesgaft's Courses
LESGAFT'S COURSES, also named the Training Courses for Governesses and Teachers of Physical Education, teacher's training institution for women founded in 1896 on the initiative of P. F
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Leskov N.S. (1831-1895), writer
LESKOV Nikolay Semenovich (1831-1895, St. Petersburg), writer, publicist, collegiate secretary (1874). Studied in Orlov Gymnasium (1841-46, didn't graduate). His works were published from 1860. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1861
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Lesnoy
LESNOY, a historical district in the north of St. Petersburg, between Engelsa Avenue to the west, Manchesterskaya Street to the north, Thoreza Avenue and Karbysheva Street to the east and Novorossiiskaya Street to the south
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Letopis (The Chronicle), journal
LETOPIS (The Chronicle) monthly literary, scientific and political journal, founded and virtually edited by Maxim Gorky. The journal united authors and publicists opposing nationalism and WW I
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Leuchtenberg Family
LEUCHTENBERG (v. Leuchtenberg), a ducal family in Russia, its founder was Duke M. Leuchtenberg. In 1852, the Leuchtenbergs were included in the Imperial Family under the title of Princes Romanovsky. Initially they were buried at the SS
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Levchenko G.I, (1897-1981), Admiral
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Levinson E.A. (1894-1968), architect
LEVINSON Evgeny Adolfovich (1894-1968, Leningrad), architect and artist, Associate of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (from 1941), Doctor of Architecture (1946)
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Levinson-Lessing F.Y., (1861-1939), geologist
LEVINSON-LESSING Franz Yulievich (1861-1939), petrographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics Mathematical of the University of St
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Levinson-Lessing V.F. (1893-1972, Leningrad), museum worker
LEVINSON-LESSING Vladimir Franzevich (1893-1972, Leningrad), museum worker, art historian, professor (1940). The son of F.Y. Levinson-Lessing. Studied at Forestry School and Tenishevsky School
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Levitsky D.G., (1735-1822), Artist
LEVITSKY Dmitry Grigorievich (1735-1822, St. Petersburg) artist. He was a master of gala and chamber portrait paintings. He studied in Kiev under his father, Ukrainian graphic artist K. G. Levitsky (Nos) and A. P
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Levitsky N.A. (1911-1982), film director
LEVITSKY Nikolay Alexeevich (1911-1982, Leningrad), documentary film director, People's Artist of the USSR in 1982. After graduating from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1936
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Levitsky S.L. (1819-1898), photographer
LEVITSKY Sergey Lvovich (1819-98, St. Petersburg) is one of the founders of photography in Russia. In 1840s he studied the basics of photography in Paris. In 1849
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Libraries (entry)
LIBRARIES. The first library of St. Petersburg was founded in 1714 by the decree of Tsar Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library; later on, it formed the basis of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
LIBRARY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (BAN) (1 Birzhevaya Line), founded in 1714 by the decree of Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library (also called public and state library)
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Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment
LIEUTENANT SCHMIDT EMBANKMENT (until 1887, the Bolshaya Neva Embankment; until 1918, the Nikolaevskaya Embankment), on the right bank of the Bolshaya Neva River, between Seventh Line and Twenty Third Line of Vasilievsky Island. Named after P.P
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Life Company
LIFE COMPANY, a separate extra-privileged guard unit. Ordered by Empress Elizaveta Petrovna in 1741, formed of the Grenadier Company of the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment. The company assisted her seizure of the throne on 25 November 1741
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Lifting of the Siege, 1944
LIFTING THE SIEGE. Part of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45; the complete liquidation and annihilation of all military threats to Leningrad, and the restoration of normal functioning of city communications
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Lights, the Publishing House, 1909-1922
LIGHTS was a joint-stock publishing company. It was founded in 1909 by critic and publicist E. A. Lyatsky. It was situated at 80 Fontanka Embankment. The editorial board included B. L. Modzalevsky, V. I. Sreznevsky, P. E. Shchegolev
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Ligovo, village
LIGOVO, a historical district in the south-west of St. Petersburg, between Peterhofskoye Highway, Marshala Zhukova Avenue, Baltiiskaya Railway Line and the Ivanovka River
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Ligovsky Avenue
IGOVSKY AVENUE, running between Nekrasova Street and Moskovsky Avenue. Known as Ligovskaya Street until 1956. Constructed along the Ligovsky Canal track (hence the name) starting in 1891
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Likhachev B.S. (1902-1934), cinema historian
LIKHACHEV Boris Sergeevich (1902, St. Petersburg - 1934, Leningrad), cinema historian. He studied at Petrograd Theatre College in 1917-18. He worked as an actor at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in 1919 but was drafted into the army
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Likhachev D.S., (1906-1999), literary historian
LIKHACHEV Dmitry Sergeevich (1906 - 1999, St. Petersburg), philologist and cultural historian, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1970), Hero of Socialist Labor (1986), Honorary Citizen of St
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Likhachev N.P., (1862-1936), historian
LIKHACHEV Nikolay Petrovich (1862-1936, Leningrad), historian, archivist, art historian, bibliography expert, collector, specialist in historical studies, Associate of the St
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Lines of Communication, Chief Administration for
LINES OF COMMUNICATION, CHIEF ADMINISTRATION FOR, a central public institution in charge of construction and maintenance of communication routes on water and land
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Lines of Vasilievsky Island (entry)
LINES Of VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, the historical name of a number of parallel streets that intersect Vasilievsky Island from the south to the north: First to Twenty-Ninth Lines, Birzhevaya Line, Kozhevennaya Line, Kosaya Line, Mendeleevskaya Line
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Linnik V.P., (1889-1984), mathematician
LINNIK Vladimir Pavlovich (1889-1984, Leningrad), physicist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Kiev
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