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Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya (The Reader's Library), journal
BIBLIOTEKA DLYA CHTENIYA (The Reader's Library), a news, fashion, science, philological and arts journal. Appeared monthly from 1834-65 (in 1865 eight editions came out). The journal was founded by А. F. Smirdin (publisher until 1849) and O. I
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Bichurin N.Y. (Iakinf) (1777-1853), Chinologist, translator
BICHURIN Nikita Yakovlevich (monastic name Iakinf) (1777-1853, St. Petersburg), scholar of Eastern Studies, corresponding member of Russian Academy (1828). Graduated from the Theological Seminary of Kazan (1799)
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Bilibin I.Y., (1876-1942), artist
BILIBIN Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942), graphic artist, stage designer, Ph.D. (Arts History) 1939. He studied in the Drawing School of the Society for Encouragement of the Arts in 1895-98, Princess M. K
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Billets
BILLETS, system of quartering of troops in private households. In St. Petersburg billeting was practised from the very foundation of the city until 1906, resorted to due to an absence or lack of barracks
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Biron E.-I. (1690-1772), statesman
BIRON (Buhren) Ernst Johann (1690-1772), Count and Chief Chamberlain (from 1730), Duke of Courland and Semigalia (from 1737), regent of infant Emperor Ivan VI (from 23.10.1740)
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Birzhevaya Square
BIRZHEVAYA SQUARE, translated as Exchange Square, in 1937-89 - Pushkinskaya Square. The square lies on the spit of Vasilievsky Island between Universitetskaya Embankment and Makarova Embankment
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Birzhevye Vedomosti (The Stock-Exchange Gazette), 1880-1917
BIRZHEVYE VEDOMOSTI (The Stock-Exchange Gazette). 1) A daily commercial, political and literary newspaper. It was founded in 1861 as a merger of the Kommercheskaya Gazeta and Zhurnal Dlya Aktsionerov. Financier and entrepreneur K. V
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Blagoev's Group
BLAGOEV'S GROUP (the Party of Russian Social Democrats from 1884, the Petersburg Group of the Party of Russian Social Democrats from 1885), one of the first social-democratic groups in Russia. It was founded by D. Blagoev, N.P. Andreev, G.N
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Blagoveschenskaya (Holy Annunciation) Burial Vault
BLAGOVESCHENSKAYA (HOLY ANNUNCIATION) BURIAL VAULT (Holy Annunciation Burial Vault), the oldest stone chapel-monument of St. Petersburg, part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra Ensemble
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Block Supervisors
BLOCK SUPERVISORS, ranks of executive police who headed police blocks in 1782–1867; they were appointed by the Board of Decency and were subordinated to private police officers
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Blok A.A. (1880-1921), poet
BLOK Alexander Alexanderovich (1880, St. Petersburg - 1921, Petrograd), poet. He was born in the house of his grandfather A.N. Beketov (9 Universitetskaya Embankment, the Rector's Building; memorial plaque)
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Blok's Memorial Flat
BLOK'S MEMORIAL FLAT situated at 57 Dekabristov Street, branch of the State Museum of St. Petersburg History. It was opened in 1980 for the 100th anniversary of the poet's death in M. E. Petrovsky's former apartment house built by architect M. F
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Blumentrost L. L. (1692-1755), court physician, first President of the Petersburg Academy of Science
BLUMENTROST Lavrenty Lavrentievich (1692-1755, St. Petersburg), court physician, first President of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He studied at the Universities of Halle, Oxford, and Leiden and earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine (1713)
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Board of Decency
BOARD OF DECENCY, the main provincial (before 1871) and city police institution. It was created in 1782 in the course of the reform of police instead of the Main Police Office
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Boarding House of Education
BOARDING HOUSE OF EDUCATION, Imperial St. Petersburg, charitable establishment. Founded in 1770 on the initiative and plans of I.I. Betskoy to take care of illegitimate children, orphans and children of the poor
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Boarding Schools (entry)
BOARDING SCHOOLS, fee-paying residential schools. State boarding schools were attached to gymnasiums and progymnasiums. Charges were divided into full boarders and half boarders, the latter group was provided with boarding only
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Bobrinsky A. A. (1852-1927), public figure
BOBRINSKY Alexey Alexandrovich (1852, St. Petersburg 1927) Count, statesman and public figure, major land-owner, businessman, archaeologist, historian, senator (1896), Arch-Hoffmeister (1916). He was a son of Count Alexander A. Bobrinsky
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Bobrinsky A.A. (1800-1868), civilian Governor
BOBRINSKY Alexander Alexeevich (1823, St. Petersburg 1903, St. Petersburg), Count, statesman, genealogist, Secret Counselor (1870), Chief Hoffmeister (1890). He was a great-grandson of Empress Catherine II, father of Count Alexei A. Bobrinsky
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Bogatyrsky Avenue
BOGATYRSKY AVENUE, a part of the central ring road lying between Kolomyazhsky Avenue and Kamyshovaya Street. The name of Bogatyrsky Avenue and the neighbouring streets is associated with the history of national aviation - the first multi-engine
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Bogdanov A.I., (the 1690s-1766), Bibliognost, Historian.
BOGDANOV Andrey Ivanovich (the 1690s - 1766, St. Petersburg), first Russian bibliognost, historian of St. Petersburg, linguist. Worked as a master at the Gunpowder Factory in St. Petersburg from the 1710s, and as a printer at the St
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Bogdanova-Chesnokova G.V. (1904-1983), singer
BOGDANOVA-CHESNOKOVA Glikeria Vasilievna (1904, St. Petersburg - 1983, Leningrad), musical comedy actress, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1970). Made her debut in 1920 at the Alexandrinsky Theatre as Lucile in J
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Bogdanovsky E. I., (1833-1888), surgeon
BOGDANOVSKY Evstafy Ivanovich (1833-1888, St. Petersburg), surgeon. He graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy (1858). Bogdanovsky was a Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (1861), trained in the clinics of Germany, Austria, France
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Bogoslovskoe Cemetery
BOGOSLOVSKOE CEMETERY (2 Laboratornaya Street) is situated in the north-east of the city, between Mechnikov Avenue and Finlyandskaya Railway Line. Today, its area consists of about 40 hectares
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Bogusz-Siestrzencewicz Stanislav (1731-1826) - Catholic metropolitan
BOGUSZ-SIESTRZENCEWICZ Stanislav (1731-1826, St. Petersburg), Metropolitan of all Catholic churches of the Russian Empire (1798), honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1814)
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Boklevsky K.P., (1862-1928), Ship Building Engineer
BOKLEVSKY, Konstantin Petrovich (1862-1928) was a shipbuilding engineer and Major-General of the College of Naval Architects (1914). He graduated from the Technical College of the Naval Department (1884) and from Nikolaevskaya Naval Academy (1888)
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Bolotnaya Street
BOLOTNAYA STREET, translated as Swamp Street, between Toreza Avenue and Novorossiiskaya Street. It appeared in swampy area (hence the name) in the early-to-mid 19th century
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Bolotov V.V. (1854-1900), theologian
BOLOTOV Vasily Vasilievich (1854-1900, St. Petersburg), theologian, church historian, Doctor of Theology (honoris causa, 1896), associate of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1893). After graduating from St
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Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street
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Bolshaya Neva
BOLSHAYA NEVA, the largest left branch of the the Neva river delta; a continuation of the Neva River below the Dvortsovaya Bridge. The Bolshaya Neva flows into the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland, in the area surrounded by Vasilievsky Island
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Bolshaya Okhta, locality
BOLSHAYA OKHTA, a locality in the east of St. Petersburg, on the right bank of the Neva River, surrounded by the Okhta River, Energetikov Avenue and Revolyutsii Freeway
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