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ANREP Vasily Konstantinovich (1852-1927), statesman and public figure, physician, professor of forensic medicine, Privy Councillor. After graduating from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1876, he took part in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78
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Anthony (Vadkovsky) (1846-1912), Metropolitan of St. Petersburg and Ladoga 1898-1912
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Antokolsky M.M., (1843-1902), sculptor
ANTOKOLSKY Mark Matveevich (1843-1902), sculptor. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1862-71, in Italy from 1871 to 1877, and in Paris from 1877. Studied at the Academy of Arts under N.S. Pimenova (1862-68; academician since 1871)
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Antonov-Ovseenko V.A. (1883-1939), revolutionary, political figure
ANTONOV-OVSEENKO (real name Ovseenko) Vladimir Alexeevich (1883-1938), revolutionary. Studied at Nikolaevsky Military Engineering school of St. Petersburg, in 1901 was sacked for his refusal to swear loyalty
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Antsiferov Award
ANTSIFEROV AWARD, an international prize in honour of N.P. Antsiferov. The prize was founded in 1995 by the initiative of the International Charitable Foundation for the Renaissance of St. Petersburg-Leningrad and the Baltic Humanitarian Fund
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Antsiferov N.P. (1889-1958), historian and regional ethnographer
ANTSIFEROV Nikolay Pavlovich (1889-1958), historian, regional ethnographer and public figure. He moved to St. Petersburg in 1908. Antsiferov graduated from the Department of History and Philology of Petrograd University (1915), a student of I.M
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Apollon (Apollo), journal
APOLLON (Apollo), a literary journal. It was founded in 1909 by critic S. K. Makovsky, and named after the Ancient Greek God of Sun, Light and Art. In 1909-10 it came out on a monthly basis as a supplement of the Literaturny Almanakh
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Applied Chemistry, the State Scientific Centre of the Russian Federation
APPLIED CHEMISTRY, the State Scientific Centre of the Russian Federation (the Federal State Unitary Factory, the Russian Scientific Centre for Applied Chemistry), at 14 Dobrolyubova Avenue, is the biggest chemical organisation in Russia
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Apraksin F.M., (1661-1728), Admiral
APRAKSIN Fedor Matveevich (1661-1728), Count (1709), General Admiral (1708), statesman and military officer, associate of Tsar Peter the Great. Brother of P.M. Apraksin and Tsarina Marfa, wife of Tsar Fedor Alexeevich
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Apraksin Yard
APRAKSIN YARD, a group of shops, storehouses, and offices built in the 18th and 19th centuries in the area belonging to the Counts Apraksin (hence the name) and bounded by the Fontanka River, Sadovaya Street, Lomonosova Street, and Apraksin Lane
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Aptekarsky Island
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Apukhtin A.N. (1840-1893), poet
APUKHTIN Alexey Nikolaevich (1840-1893, St. Petersburg), poet, prose writer. He graduated from The Law School (1859, schoolmate of P.I. Tchaikovsky), then he served in the Ministry of Justice (until 1862)
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Apyshkov V.P. (1871-1939), engineer
APYSHKOV VLADIMIR PETROVICH (1871-1939, Leningrad), engineer, architect, architectural theorist. Graduated from the Nikolaevskaya Engineer Academy (1901), from 1905 lectured there
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"Aquarium"
"AQUARIUM", an entertainment theatre-garden, set by entrepreneur G.A. Alexandrov (died in 1910), who took a lease on a piece of land at Kamennoostrovsky Avenue in 1886 (on the site of present-day houses Nos
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Arakcheev A.A. (1769-1834), statesman
ARAKCHEEV Alexey Andreevich (1769-1834), count (1799), statesman and military commander, artillery general (1807). Graduated from the Artillery Engineering Gentry Cadet Corps in St
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Aranovich S.D., (1934-1996), film director
ARANOVICH Semen Davidovich (1934-1996), film director, People’s Artist of Russia (1994). Graduated as a director from the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1965
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Araya F., (1709 - after 1775), composer
ARAYA Francesco (1709 - after 1775), Italian composer, first foreign Court Kapellmeister, composer of the first opera staged in St. Petersburg (The Might of Love and Hatred, 1736), and the first opera in Russian (Tsefal and Prokris, libretto by A.P
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Archaeographical Committee
ARCHAEOGRAPHICAL COMMITTEE, a scientific institution established under the Ministry of Public Education in 1834 to publish materials collected by the Archaeographical Expedition of the Academy of Sciences in 1829-32 with historian and archaeographer
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Archaeological Committee
ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMMITTEE, an organisation and research centre of archaeology in Russia. It was founded in St. Petersburg in 1859 under the Ministry of the Imperial Court and Apanages, meetings were held in the Winter Palace
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Archaeological Institute
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, named the Imperial Archaeological Institute until 1917, educational research institution training in archaeology and archives management. Founded in 1877 on the initiative of N. V
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Archaeological Monuments in St. Petersburg and its Outskirts
ARCHAEOLOGICAL MONUMENTS IN ST. PETERSBURG AND ITS OUTSKIRTS, including artefacts (man-made items), settlements and burial places. The oldest archaeological monuments on the territory of the region date back to the Mesolithic Period (before the
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Archangel Michael Cathedral
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL CATHEDRAL, located at 61 Dvortsovy Avenue, Lomonosov. A monument of Neo-Russian architecture built in 1911-14 (architect A.K. Minyaev) to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty
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Architectural Styles (entry)
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES, recognizable systems of architectural compositional techniques, forms and decor, whose differences are caused by social and cultural environment, aesthetic preferences and the type of architectural culture of a particular epoch
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Architectural-Construction University, St. Petersburg State
ARCHITECTURAL-CONSTRUCTION UNIVERSITY, St. Petersburg State, located at 4 Second Krasnoarmeiskaya Street, was established in 1832 as the College for Civil Engineering. It was renamed the Institute for Civil Engineering in 1882
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Archive of Cinema, Photography and Audio Documents, St. Petersburg
ARCHIVE OF CINEMA, PHOTOGRAPHY AND AUDIO DOCUMENTS, St. Petersburg (2 Muchnoy Lane) was founded in 1936 as Leningrad Regional Photo Archive, 1941-66 it was a part of the State Archive of the October Revolution and Leningrad Region Socialistic
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Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
ARCHIVE OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, also known as the St. Petersburg Department (1 Universitetskaya Embankment) was the first scientific archive in Russia
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Archives (entry)
ARCHIVES, state repositories, scientific institutions, departmental associations collect, preserve, and work with documents and materials on the history of modern life
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Archives, St. Petersburg
ARCHIVES, SAINT PETERSBURG, the Central State Archives of St. Petersburg situated at 15 Varfolomeevskaya Street. They were founded as the Leningrad Regional Archives of the October Revolution in 1936 and renamed as the State Archives of the October
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Arctic and Antarctic Institute
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC INSTITUTE of the Russian Hydrometeorological Service, situated at 38 Beringa Street. It was founded in 1920 as the Northern Fishery Research Expedition of the Scientific and Technical Department of the All-Russian Council for
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Arctic and Antarctic, Museum of the
ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC, Museum of the, located at 24а Marata Street. It is the only museum in Russia and the biggest museum in the world devoted to natural environment of the polar regions of the Earth
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