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AVERBAKH Ilya Alexandrovich (1934 - 1986, Leningrad), film director and script writer, recipient of the Honoured Art Worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1976
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AVERCHENKO Arkady Timofeevich (1881-1925), writer, playwright, theatre critic. He started writing in 1903. From 1907 he lived in St. Petersburg: worked for Svobodnaya mysl newspaper and Strekoza magazine
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Aviagorodok
AVIAGORODOK, an area in St. Petersburg's Moskovsky District, in the southern part of the city, west of Pulkovskoe Highway and near the Airport Railway Station. In 1931-41, it was Leningrad's main airport and included a living bloc for its staff
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Avksentyev N. D. (1878-1943), socialist revolutionary
AVKSENTYEV Nikolay Dmitrievich (1878-1943) statesman and publicist. He graduated from a Gymnasium in Penza (1897), and attended the Faculty of Law of Moscow University, in 1899; he was expelled for participating in the student movement
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Avsteria Traktir
AVSTERIA. Also know as the Osteria; traktir from the Italian meaning "public house"; austeritas, from the Latin meaning "gloomy, dark, rough". The first drinking- and gambling-house in St
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Aynalov D.V. (1862-1936), art historian
AYNALOV Dmitry Vlasievich (1862–1939, Leningrad), art historian, corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1914), Russian Academy of Sciences (1918) and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925)
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Azovsko-Donskoy Commercial Bank
AZOVSKO-DONSKOY BANK, a joint-stock commercial bank opened in Taganrog in 1871 for financing trade and granting loans. Its share capital amounted to 5 million roubles in 1871; it became the largest bank in the country by the mid-1890s and one of the
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Babolovsky Park (Pushkin town)
BABOLOVSKY PARK (Pushkin town), a monument of landscape architecture situated in the southwestern part of Pushkin town is a part of Tsarskoe Selo palace park ensemble. Its area consists of 268,8 hectares
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Babushkin I. V. (1873-1906), revolutionary
BABUSHKIN Ivan Vasilievich (1873-1906), a revolutionary worker. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1883, working as a chore boy at a mixed shop, an apprentice at a torpedo workshop in Kronstadt Port (today
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Bakhmetyev B.A. (1880-1951), physicist, hydraulic engineer
BAKHMETYEV Boris Alexandrovich (1880-1951), hydraulic engineer, statesman and public figure. Graduated from the Institute of Transport Communications Engineers (1902). From 1905, worked at the Polytechnic Institute, was appointed professor in 1913
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Bakhtin М.М. (1895-1975), theorist of literature
BAKHTIN Mikhail Mikhailovich (1895-1975), philosopher, philologist. In 1913-16, he attended lectures in Novorossiysk University (Odessa); in 1916-18, continued his studies at Petrograd University. Along with N.M. Bakhtin, M.I. Lopatto, L
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Bakst L.S., (1866-1924), artist
BAKST (Rosenberg) Lev Samoilovich (1866-1924), painter, graphic artist, and stage designer. He was an irregular student at the Academy of Arts in 1883-87 and private academies in Paris in 1890s. He became a member of the Academy of Arts in 1914
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Balakirev M.A., (1836-1910) , composer
BALAKIREV Mily Alexeevich (1836-1910, St. Petersburg), composer, pianist, conductor, music and public figure. Studied at the Mathematics Department of Kazan University. Lived in St
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Balashov A.D., Governor General in 1809-10
Balashov (Balashev) Alexander Dmitrievich (1770-1837, Kronstadt), statesman, Infantry General (1823), Adjunct General (1809). He was brought up in the Corps of Pages, from 1791, he was in military service
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Balk A.P., the city guard 1916-17
BALK Alexander Pavlovich (1866-1957), statesman, Major General (1912). He graduated from the First Cadet Corps (he was a classmate of the future last minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian empire A. D
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Ballet Theatre (Boris Eifman)
BALLET THEATRE was founded under the guidance of Boris Eifman under the auspices of Lenconcert in 1977. At different times it had different names: the New Ballet, The Leningrad Ballet Ensemble, and the Leningrad Theatre of Modern Ballet
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Balls
BALLS, evening parties with dances, one of the entertainments of high society in St. Petersburg from the 18th - the early 20th centuries. Balls originated from assemblies, where, according to Tsar Peter the Great's order, minuet, allemande, courante
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Baltic Fleet
BALTIC FLEET, consolidation of the naval forces of Russia - USSR - Russian Federation, based on the Baltic Sea. Built up by Tsar Peter I during the Northern War of 1700-21
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Baltic House Festival Theatre
BALTIC HOUSE FESTIVAL THEATRE (4 Alexandrovsky Park) was established in 1936 by the Red Theatre Union and the Theatre of the Working Youth (TRAM) as the Memorial Lenin Komsomol Theatre
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Baltic Shipping Company
BALTIC SHIPPING COMPANY (BSC). The history of BSC (5 Mezhevoy Canal) goes back to the foundation of St. Petersburg-Lubeck Shipping Society in 1830; its present-day name was given in 1922. By 1941 BSC had 20 ships
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Baltic Shipyard and Machine-Building Plant
BALTIC SHIPYARD AND MACHINE-BUILDING PLANT (16 Kosaya Line), open joint-stock company, one of the biggest ship and machine building enterprises of Russia. It was founded in 1856 by M. E. Karr, a merchant and M. L. McPherson, an engineer
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Baltiysky Railway Station
BALTIYSKY RAILWAY STATION (120 Obvodny Canal Embankment). The station was built in 1853 after a railway between St. Petersburg and Peterhof was completed, and was originally called Peterhofsky Railway Station. Architect A.I
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Bank Buildings (entry)
BANK BUILDINGS, public buildings designed for housing finance and credit institutions. The first special bank buildings were the Assignation Bank building at Sadovaya Street (1783-90, architect G
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Banks (entry)
BANKS, credit system institutions. St. Petersburg has been the central element of the system from the time it came into being through 1917. The first banks in Russia were founded on the initiative of the state and financed from the treasury
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Barannikov A.P. (1890-1952), philologist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
BARANNIKOV Alexey Petrovich (1890-1952, Leningrad), scholar of Eastern Studies, Indianist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kiev University in 1914
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Baranov N.M., Chief of City Administration 1881
BARANOV Nikolay Mikhailovich (1837-1901), statesman, Lieutenant General (1893). Baranov graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg (1856). From 1856, he served in the Navy, in 1866-77, he headed the Naval Museum
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Baranov N.V. (1909-1989), architect
BARANOV Nikolay Varfolomeevich (1909-1989), architect, National architect of the USSR (1972), the full member of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR (1979). He graduated from the College of Hydraulic Engineers (1931) and from the Academy of Fine
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Baranovsky G.V.(1860-1920), architect
BARANOVSKY Gavriil Vasilievich (1860-1920, St. Petersburg), architect, architecture historian, editor. Upon graduation from the College of Civil Engineers (1885), in 1885-1917
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Baranovsky V. S. (1846-1879), entrepreneur
BARANOVSKY Vladimir Stepanovich (1846-1879, St. Petersburg), inventor, designer, and entrepreneur. Educated at home, he attended lectures in one of institutes in Paris and studied on and off at St. Petersburg University
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Baratynsky E.A. (1800-1844), poet
BARATYNSKY Evgeny Abramovich (1800-1844), poet. In 1812-16 he was educated in the Page Corps. In 1816 he was expelled for misbehaviour (a theft) without the right to serve and went to Smolenskaya Province. In 1818 he returned to St
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