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WITTGENSTEIN [Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg] Petr Khristianovich (Peter Christian Adolf) (1768-1842), Count, from 1834 Gracious Prince, military commander, Field Marshal General (1826)
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Wolf M.O. (1825-1883), publisher
WOLF Mavriky Osipovich (Boleslav Maurytzy) (1825-1883, St. Petersburg), publisher and book-seller. He graduated from a gymnasium in Warsaw in 1838. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1848. Wolf set up his own company under the label M.O
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Wolff et Beranget Confectionery
WOLFF ET BERANGET CONFECTIONERY (18 Nevsky Prospect). Opened by the entrepreneurs S.Wolff and T. Beranget in the early 1800s on the first floor of the K.B. Kotomin Building (see House of Kotomin); in the 1820s
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Women’s Institutes (Entry)
WOMEN’S INSTITUTES were boarding schools of intermediate education. They were under the oversight of the Department of Empress Maria's Establishments in 1796-1917
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Workers' Towns (entry)
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World of Art, Association
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World of Literature, publishing house, 1918-1924
WORLD OF LITERATURE, a publishing house established in 1918 by M. Gorky, A.N. Tikhonov and I.P. Ladyzhnikov attached to the People's Comissariat for Education of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
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Wrangel N. N. (1880-1915), Art Historian
WRANGEL Nikolay Nikolaevich (1880-1915) a baron, art historian. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1897. Wrote about the history of Russian artistic culture from the 18th to the beginning of the 19th centuries, including sculpture, painting
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Wreden Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics
WREDEN INSTITUTE OF TRAUMATOLOGY AND ORTHOPAEDICS, Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedics situated at 8 Akademika Baykova Street. It was founded as the Petersburg Orthopaedic Institute with the sponsorship of Empress Alexandra
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Wreden R. R., (1867 - 1934), orthopaedic surgeon
WREDEN Roman Romanovich (1867, St. Petersburg - 1934, Leningrad), orthopaedic surgeon, Doctor of Medicine (1893), Professor (from 1911). He graduated from the Military Medical Academy (1890)
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Wurttemberg Alexander Friedrich, von (1771-1833), Prince
WURTTEMBERG ALEXANDER, VON (Alexander Friedrich Karl) (1771-1833), Prince, Russian state and military figure, Cavalry General (1800). Brother of Empress Maria Fedorovna (wife of Emperor Pavel I)
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Xenia the Blessed (circa 1731 - circa 1803)
Xenia the Blessed, Xenia of St. Petersburg (lay name Xenia Grigorievna Petrova) (c. 1731 - c. 1803), resident of St. Petersburg, became famous for her pious life and ascetics (in 1988, she was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church)
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Yablochkov P.N., (1847-1894), electrical engineer
YABLOCHKOV Pavel Nikolaevich (1847-1894), electrical engineer. In St. Petersburg, he left the Nikolaevskoe Engineering School in 1866 and Technical Galvanic School in 1869
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Yacht Clubs (entry)
YACHT CLUBS. Nevsky Flot (Nevskaya Flotiliya) was the first yacht club in Russia. It was founded by order of tsar Peter the Great on 12.4.1718 and had its own flag. It was given 141 small ships "to entertain people" in perpetual tenure
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Yakobson L.V., (1904-1975), choreographer
YAKOBSON Leonid Veniaminovich (1904, St. Petersburg - 1975), dancer, choreographer, Honoured Worker of Arts of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1957). After graduating from the Leningrad Drama School, where he studied under V.I
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Yakornaya Square
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Yakovlev A.E. (1887-1938), artist
YAKOVLEV Alexander Evgenievich (1887 - 1938, St. Petersburg), painter and graphic artist. He studied at the Academy of Arts from 1905 to 1913, with D.N. Kardovsky as his tutor from 1907
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Yanson Y.E. (1835-1893), statistician and economist
YANSON Yuly Eduardovich (1835-1893, St. Petersburg), statistician and economist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences from 1892. He graduated from Kiev University with a major in history and philology in 1855. Lived in St
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Yanyshev I.L. (1826-1910), Court Archpresbyter
YANYSHEV Ioann Leontevich (1826-1910, St. Petersburg), religious and public figure, preacher, Doctor of Theology (1899). Graduated from St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1849
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Yard Keeper
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Yaroshenko N.A., (1846-1898), artist
YAROSHENKO Nikolay Alexandrovich (1846-1898), painter. Lived in St. Petersburg from the mid-1850s. He graduated from the First Cadet Corps in 1863, the Mikhaylovsky Artillery School in 1865, and the Mikhaylovsky Artillery Academy in 1870
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Yavorskaya L.B. (1871-1921), actress
YAVORSKAYA (nee von Guebbenet, Princess Baryatinskaya by marriage) Lidia Borisovna (1871-1921), actress. She completed the Drama Courses at the Theatre School in St. Petersburg in 1893 and studied under E. Gaux in Paris
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Yazykov N.M. (1803-1846/47), poet
YAZYKOV Nikolay Mikhailovich (1803-1846) was a poet. He came to St. Petersburg in 1814. In 1814-19, he studied at the Mining Cadet Corps (he graduated from the classes of the gymnasia), in 1820
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Young People's Theatre
YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE, Bryantsev Young People's Theatre, situated at 1 Pionerskaya Square. It was founded in 1921 and opened in 1922 in the hall of the former Tenishev's School at 33 Mokhovaya Street. Headed by A. A
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Youth for the Renascence of St. Petersburg, Social Movement
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Youth Union
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Yudenich N.N. (1862-1933), commander, general of infantry
YUDENICH Nikolay Nikolaevich (1862-1933), military leader, Infantry General (1915). Graduated from the Alexandrovsky Military School (1881) and the Nikolaevskaya General Staff Academy (1887) in St. Petersburg
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Yudina M.V. (1899-1970), pianist
YUDINA Maria Veniaminovna (1899-1970), pianist, teacher. In 1921 she graduated from the Petrograd Conservatory, where she studied under A.N. Esipova and L.V. Nikolaev
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Yunger E.V. (1910-1999), actress
YUNGER Elena Vladimirovna (1910 - 1999, St. Petersburg), actress, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1950). In 1925-30, she studied at the Leningrad Institute for Art History
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Yuntolovskaya Forest Dacha
YUNTOLOVSKAYA FOREST DACHA is a reserve in Primorsky District of St. Petersburg with the total area of approximately 2,000 hectares. It is bordered by the Yuntolovka River and the Kamenka River flowing into the Lake Lakhtinsky Razliv and the fields
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