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Youth Union
YOUTH UNION, a society of artists established by former members of the group Treugolnik (Elena Guro, Mikhail Matyushin, Eduard Spandikov, Iosif Shkolnik, Savely Schleifer, et al). The Youth Union was chaired by Eduard Spandikov (1910-13) and by L.I
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Yusupov Palace (94 Moika River Embankment)
YUSUPOV PALACE (94 Moika River Embankment), a monument of Neoclassical architecture. In the mid-18th century, the lot belonged to P.I. Shuvalov, and a small two-storied stone house standing on it, was extended and expanded by architect J.V
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Yusupovsky Garden
YUSUPOVSKY GARDEN (Yusupov Garden) was laid out in the 1790s on the territory of the estate of Prince B. G. Yusupov on the section between the Fontanka River and the Sadovaya Street. The total area is 4.3 hectares
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Zagorodny Avenue
ZAGORODNY AVENUE, running from Vladimirskaya Square to Moskovsky Avenue. The avenue was laid in the 1740s according to a project planned by the Commission for the Building of St
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Zasulich V. I. (1849-1919) revolutionary
ZASULICH Vera Ivanovna (1849-1919, Petrograd), a revolutionary, literary critic, and publicist. Educated in a women’s boarding school in Moscow, she came to St. Petersburg in 1868 to join revolutionary circles
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Zelenogorsk town
ZELENOGORSK (until 1948 Terijoki), the former town, since 1998 - a municipal unit forming a part of Kurortny District of St. Petersburg, 46 km to the north-west of the city, in the resort area on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland
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Zeleny Bridge
ZELENY BRIDGE (originally Petrovsky (Peter) Bridge, in 1735-68 Zeleny (green) Bridge, for its colour; in 1768-1918 Politseisky (police), in 1918-98 Narodny (people's), over the Moika River, on Nevsky Prospect
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Zhdanovskaya Street and Embankment
ZHDANOVSKAYA EMBANKMENT, running from Bolshoy Avenue of the Petrogradskaya Side to Novoladozhskaya Street. The embankment was formed in the 18th century as a passage along the right bank of the Zhdanovka River
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Zhukov G.K. (1896-1974), military commander, Marshal
ZHUKOV Georgy Konstantinovich (1896-1974), Soviet military commander, Marshal of the Soviet Union (1943), Hero of the Soviet Union (1939, 1944, 1945, 1956). Graduated from the courses of the Supreme Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Committee of
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Zhukovsky V.A. (1783-1852), poet
ZHUKOVSKY Vasily Andreevich (1783-1852), poet, translator, member of the Russian Academy (1818), member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841; honorary member from 1827), privy counsellor (1841)
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Zimny Bridges
ZIMNY BRIDGES, two bridges across the Winter Canal. The first Zimny Bridge was constructed in Millionnaya Street (mid 19th century, German Bridge, named after the name of the street of that time; before 1964 it was called Zimny (Winter) Bridge)
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Znamenka, manor
ZNAMENKA (originally Znamenskaya grange), a manor on Peterhof Road, situated east of Alexandria Palace and Park Ensemble (see also Peterhof). Given in 1710 to I.I. Rzhevsky; since 1755 it belonged to count A.G
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Zoological Park
ZOOLOGICAL PARK (until 1952, the Zoological Garden), a cultural, educational and scientific institution, where wild and certain domestic animals are kept, demonstrated and studied
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Zoshchenko M.M. (1894-1958), writer
ZOSHCHENKO Mikhail Mikhailovich (1895, St. Petersburg - 1958, Sestroretsk), writer. Studied at the Eighth Gymnasium, then at the Faculty of Law of Petersburg University (dismissed for non-payment)
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Zubov A.F., (1682 - after 1750), Artist
ZUBOV Alexey Fedorovich (c. 1682 - after 1750) engraver. He studied icon painting at the Armoury Chamber in Moscow (1695-1700). In 1701-05, he was a student and later assistant to engraver A. Schonebeck
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CHURCH OF THE HOLY SIGN in Tsarskoe Selo (2a Sadovaya Street, Pushkin), an architectural monument in the Baroque style of the reign of Anna Ioannovna. It was built according to the plans of architect M. G. Zemtsov with the assistance of I. Y
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