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New Passage
NEW PASSAGE (57 Liteiny Avenue), a modernist architectural monument. It was constructed in 1912-1913 (architect N.V. Vasilyev) on the territory of the garden of the Ekaterininsky Institute, comprising of two tiers for commercial premises
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New Petersburg
NEW PETERSBURG is an architectural urban planning project for the development of the western part of Goloday Island (see Dekabristov Island). It was proposed in 1911-13 by architect I.A. Fomin in collaboration with architect F.I. Lidval
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Newspapers (entry)
NEWSPAPERS, russian gazeta from Italian gazzetta - small coin. The first periodical, that appeared in St. Petersburg was the Vedomosti (11 May 1711; previously it was published in Moscow; until 1719 in St. Petersburg and Moscow; from 1719 only in St
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Nicholas I, Emperor (1796-1855)
NICHOLAS I (1796, Tsarskoe Selo - 1855, St. Petersburg), Emperor (from 1825). Emperor Pavel I and Empress Maria Fedorovna's third son. Married the Princess of Prussia (1817), who took the name of Alexandra Fedorovna
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Nicholas I, Monument to
NICHOLAS I, MONUMENT TO. Work of monumental art in the Historical style; also an example of the Neo-Baroque style. Opened on 25 June 1859, on St. Isaac's Square. The project, designed by A.A. Montferrand, was approved in May 1856
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Nicholas II, the Emperor (1868-1918)
Nicholas II (1868, Tsarskoe Selo - 1918), Emperor from 1894 to 1917. Son of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Fedorovna. Married Princess of Hesse-Darmstadt, who took the name of Alexandra Fedorovna
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Nikolaevsky Engineering Academy
NIKOLAEVSKY ENGINEERING ACADEMY is higher military educational institution. It was created in 1855, from the Imperial Military Academy, which had run officers' classes for the Major Engineering High School
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Nikolaevsky Palace (Palace of Labour)
NIKOLAEVSKY PALACE (4 Truda Square), an architectural monument of Eclecticism. It was constructed in 1853-1861 (architect A.I. Stakensсhneider) for Grand Prince Nikolay Nikolaevich (the Elder)
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Nikolay Mikhailovich (1859-1919), Grand Prince
NIKOLAY MIKHAILOVICH (1859, Tsarskoe Selo - 1919, Petrograd), Grand Prince, general of infantry (1913), adjutant general (1903), honorary member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1898)
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Nikolay Nikolaevich the Elder (1831-1891), Grand Prince
NIKOLAY NIKOLAEVICH the Elder (1831 Tsarskoe Selo - 1891), Grand Prince, Field Marshal General (1878). The third son of Emperor Nicholas I. From 1852, Inspector General of the Engineering Corps, and from 1864 Inspector General of the Cavalry
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Nikolay Nikolaevich the Younger (1856-1929), Grand Prince
NIKOLAY NIKOLAEVICH the Younger (1856, St. Petersburg 1929), Grand Prince, General of Cavalry (1900), Adjutant General (1894). Son of Grand Prince Nikolay Nikolaevich the Elder
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Nikolsky Garden
NIKOLSKY GARDEN is located in the centre of St. Petersburg between Kryukov Canal Embankment, Griboedova Canal Embankment, Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue and Nikolsky Lane. The total area of the garden is 1.7 hectares. It was laid out in the 18th century. St
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Nilometre
NILOMETRE is situated on the right bank of Moika River, behind Siny Bridge. It was built in 1970-71 (architect V.А. Petrov, engineer P.S. Panfilov) in the form of four-sided obelisk, cut into the granite embankment facing
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Niva (Field), journal
NIVA (The Field), an illustrated weekly journal of literature, politics and modern life, which appeared from 1870 through to 1917, in A. F. Marx's publishing house (until 1904) consecutively under the editorships of : V. P. Klyushnikov, F. N
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Nobel Family, entrepreneurs
NOBEL FAMILY, entrepreneurs from Sweden. Emmanuel Nobel (1801-72), a professor of descriptive geometry and engineering at Stockholm Technological Institute, came to Russia in 1837, and his family moved to St. Petersburg in 1842
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Northern Cable, the factory
Northern Cable (40 Kozhevennaya Line) was an open joint-stock company, the oldest factory in the country dealing in design and manufacturing of cable and conductors, mainly of complicated design
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Novo-Admralty Canal
NOVO-ADMIRALTY CANAL (New Admiralty Canal) flowing from the confluence of the Moika River and the Admiraly Canal to the Bolshaya Neva was dug in the first quarter of the 18th century
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Novo-Kamenny Bridge
NOVO-KAMENNY BRIDGE (also known as Vodoprovodny; Yamskoy, after Yamskaya Sloboda; Bolshoy Karetny; Granitny), over Obvodny Canal, at Ligovsky Avenue. The bridge was built in 1817-21 (engineer P.P
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Novo-Moskovsky Bridge
NOVO-MOSKOVSKY BRIDGE, over Obvodny Canal, along the line of Moskovsky Avenue. The bridge was built in 1808-1816 (architect V.I. Hastie), the span was covered by cast-iron tubbing vaults and rubble abutments faced with granite
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Novodevichy Convent
NOVODEVICHY CONVENT OF HOLY RESURRECTION, located at 100 Moskovsky Avenue. An architectural monument. It was established in 1845 by order of Emperor Nicholas I, who decided to recreate the abolished Smolny Convent on a new location
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Novodevichye Cemetery
NOVODEVICHYE CEMETERY (100 Moskovsky Avenue). Situated in the southern part of St. Petersburg. Founded in 1845, for the Novodevichy Convent; burials lasted from 1849 to the 1930s. Its area includes 10 hectares
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Novoe vremya (The New Time), newspaper, 1868-1917
NOVOE VREMYA (The New Time), a political and literary newspaper, which appeared in 1868-1917. In 1876 A. S. Suvorin took over the publishing and turned Novoe Vremya into one of Russia's most popular newspapers, with a circulation reaching 60
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Novosmolenskaya Embankment
NOVOSMOLENSKAYA EMBANKMENT known as Oktyabrskaya Embankment in 1976-87 and Smolenka River Embankment in 1987-89. It was laid downstream the Smolenka River along both banks of the straightened riverbed between Nalichnaya Street and Morskaya
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Nyenschantz
NYENSCHANTZ (the Swedish name for a fortification on the Neva; called Kantsy in Russian). A Swedish fortress and the town Nyen on the cape at the confluence of the Okhta River and the Neva River
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Obukhovskaya Hospital
OBUKHOVSKAYA HOSPITAL (106 Fontanka Embankment) was founded in 1779; originally it had 60 beds and included "Dolgauz,” the first psychiatric institution in the city. It was named after Obukhovsky Avenue and Bridge
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Obukhovsky Bridge
OBUKHOVSKY BRIDGE (in 1738 known as Saarsky, after Saarskaya farmstead - Tsarskoe Selo), over the Fontanka River at Moskovsky Avenue. The bridge was built around 1785-86 on the site of a wooden bridge that had existed here since 1717
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Obukhovsky Plant
OBUKHOVSKY PLANT (129 Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue), one of the largest defense sector companies of the country. Founded by engineers P. M. Obukhov and N. I. Putilov and merchant S. G
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Obvodny Canal
OBVODNY CANAL flows from the Neva River in the area of Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Ekaterinhofka River (8.08 km long, 21.3 meters wide and 42.6 meters wide in its eastern part)
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October General Political Strike of 1905
GENERAL POLITICAL STRIKE OF OCTOBER 1905 was part of the All-Russian October political strike held under the slogans of overthrowing autocracy and demanding democratic liberties
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October Revolution (October Armed Revolt) of 1917
OCTOBER REVOLUTION (OCTOBER ARMED REVOLT) of 1917, the name accepted in Soviet historical literature of the events in Petrograd of 24 -26 October (6 -8 November) 1917
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