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Trotsky L.D. (1879-1940), a revolutionary, chairman of Petrograd Soviet in 1917
TROTSKY (born Bronstein) Lev Davidovich (1879-1940), a political figure. After graduating from applied training school in Nikolaev (1896) he entered Novorossiisk University (Odessa) non-credit, but soon left it
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Trotsky N.A. (1895-1940), arhcitect.
TROTSKY Noy Abramovich (1895, St. Petersburg 1940, Leningrad), architect. Graduated from the Petrograd State Arts Courses (1921). Author of the bid for the crematorium project in Petrograd (1919, not carried out)
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Trubetskoy Bastion
TRUBETSKOY BASTION, one of 6 bastions of Peter and Paul Fortress, situated in its south-western part. The bastion was built in 1703, of earth and wood under the supervision of prince Y.Y
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Trubetskoy P.P., (1866-1938), sculptor
TRUBETSKOY Pavel (Paolo) Petrovich (1866-1938), Prince, sculptor. Lived originally in Italy, where he studied mainly on his own. Between 1897 and 1906 he lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and after 1906 in France, USA, and Italy. He visited St
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Truda Square
TRUDA SQUARE, known as Blagoveshchenskaya Street from the 1830s to the 1880s, then called Blagoveshchenskaya Square until 1918. The square is surrounded by Angliiskaya Embankment, Konnogvardeysky Boulevard
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Trudolyubivaya Pchela (Industrious Bee), journal
TRUDOLYUBIVAYA PCHELA (Industrious Bee), a monthly literary journal. Appeared in 1759 printing 12 issues, and was published by its leading author A. P. Sumarokov
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Truten (The Drone), journal
TRUTEN (The Drone), a literary weekly, published by N. I. Novikov in 1769-70. The Тruten was a response to Catherine II's call in the Vsyakaya Vsyachina journal to establish Russian satiric journalism
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Tsarskoe Selo, palace and park ensemble
TSARSKOE SELO (Pushkin town), a monument of town-planning and a palace and park ensemble dating from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. The core of the ensemble is the estate of Empress Catherine I Sarskaya Myza (founded in 1710)
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Tsarskoe Selo, Park Museum
TSARSKOE SELO, park museum in the Pushkin town. Established in 1992. Includes palace and park built in the 18th-19th centuries, which were transformed into a museum in March 1918
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Tsarskoselskaya Railway
TSARSKOSELSKAYA RAILWAY is the first Russian railway (until 1851 - the only in the country, the 6th in the world), running between St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo
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Tsentralny (Central) District
TSENTRALNY (CENTRAL) DISTRICT, an administrative-territorial entity within St. Petersburg, with the territorial administration situated at 176 Nevsky Prospect. The district was set up in 1994, when Smolninsky District
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Tsereteli I.G. (1881-1959), political figure
TSERETELI Irakly Georgievich (1881-1959), statesman, public and political figure. After graduating from Tiflis Gymnasium (1900) he entered the School of Law of Moscow University, in 1902
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Tsoy Viktor Robertovich (1962-1990), rock musician
TSOY Viktor Robertovich (1962, Leningrad 1990), rock musician, frontman of rock group Kino. Graduated from Technical College No. 61 (1982), worked first in the parks and gardens department, and from 1985 in a boiler-house called Kamchatka
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Tsylov N.I. (1799 or 1801-1879), Cartographer
TSYLOV Nikolay Ivanovich (1799, Peterhof - 1879, St. Petersburg) cartographer and topographer, Major-General (1860). Tsylov graduated from the First Cadets Corps in St. Petersburg in 1817. Served in the Caucasus in 1817-20
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Tur A. F., (1894-1974), paediatrician
TUR Alexander Fedorovich (1894-1974, Leningrad), paediatrician, Academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1952). The main work of Tur was related to the Institute of Motherhood and Infancy (now the Paediatric Medical Academy)
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Turaev B.A., (1868-1920), orientalist
TURAEV Boris Alexandrovich (1868-1920, Petrograd), orientalist, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1918). He came to St. Petersburg in 1886. He graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology at St
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Turgenev I.S. (1818-1883), writer
TURGENEV Ivan Sergeevich (1818-1883), writer, associate of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1860). In 1834 he transferred from the University of Moscow to the Philological Department of the Faculty of Philosophy of Petersburg University
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Turgeneva Square
TURGENEVA SQUARE, Pokrovskaya Square until 1923, at the intersection of Sadovaya Street (the numeration of the buildings on the square follows the numerical order set on Sadovaya Street) and Angliisky Avenue; the square is the centre of Kolomna area
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Turner H. I., (1858 - 1941), surgeon, orthopaedist
TURNER Henrich Ivanovich (1858, St. Petersburg - 1941, Leningrad), surgeon, orthopaedist, Doctor of Medicine (1894). He graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy (1881)
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Tverskaya Street
TVERSKAYA STREET, called Ofitserskaya Street from the 1770s to 1859, from Tavricheskaya Street to Proletarskoy Diktatury Square. It was renamed in honour of one of the cities of central Russia, Tver, as a number of other streets in this district
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Tverskoy L. M. (1889-1972), architect
TVERSKOY Lev Mikhailovich (1889-1972, Leningrad), architect, architecture theorist. Graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering (1914) and the Academy of Arts (1923). Since 1919, worked in the city of Petrograd adjustment plan workshop of I.A
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Twelve Collegiums Building
TWELVE COLLEGIUMS BUILDING (7 Universitetskaya Embankment), an example of Baroque architecture, built in 1722-42 (main architect Domenico Trezzini, with the participation of architects G. Trezzini, M.G. Zemtsov and Т
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Tynyanov Y.N. (1894-1943), writer and literature historian
TYNYANOV Yury Nikolaevich (1894-1943), a philologist and writer. He lived in St. Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad interruptedly between 1912 and 1941, evacuated soon after the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45
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Tyrkova A.V. (1869-1962), the public and political figure
TYRKOVA (in marriage Williams) Ariadna Vladimirovna (1869, St. Petersburg - 1962) was a public and political figure, journalist, and writer. She studied at the Private Gymnasium of Princess A.A
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Tyrsa N.A., (1887-1942), artist
TYRSA Nikolay Andreevich (1887-1942), graphic artist and painter. He attended the Academy of Arts (1905-09) and E.N. Zvantseva Arts School (1906-10), studying painting under L.S. Bakst
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Tyutchev F.I. (1803-1873), poet
TYUTCHEV Fedor Ivanovich (1803-1873, Tsarskoe Selo), poet and diplomat. He graduated from the Philological Faculty of Moscow University in 1821. In 1822 he went to St
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Uchitel E. Y. (1913-1988), film director
UCHITEL Efim Yulievich (1913-1988, Leningrad), documentary film director, script writer, cameraman, People’s Artist of the USSR (1976). After graduating as a cameraman from the Leningrad Institute of Motion-Picture Engineers in 1935 he worked at the
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Ugarov Boris Sergeevich (1922-1991), artist
UGAROV Boris Sergeevich (1922, Leningrad - 1991, Leningrad), painter and graphic artist, full member (1978) and president (from 1983) of Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artist of the USSR (1982)
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Ugryumov G. I., (1764-1823), artist
UGRYUMOV Grigory Ivanovich (1764 - 1823, St. Petersburg), painter and teacher. He studied at the Academy of Arts in 1770-85, and taught painting at the same institution from 1791 onwards
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