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District Court
DISTRICT COURT, a judiciary body, established in the course of the Judiciary reform of 1864. Consisted of a chairman, his deputy and members of the court (appointed by the minister of Justice)
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District Executive Committees
DISTRICT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEES, organs of executive power on the territory of city districts in 1917-27 and in 1940-91. For the first time they were elected by District Soviets in March-May 1917
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District Militia Officers
DISTRICT MILITIA OFFICERS (district commissioners of militia), members of militia of public safety providing social order and preventing crimes on the territory entrusted to them
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District Soviets
DISTRICT SOVIETS, organs of state power on the territory of city districts in 1917-93. They appeared in the course of February revolution of 1917 as elected political organizations of workers and soldiers' deputies (17 District Soviets were formed
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Drachevsky D.V., Head of City Administration,1907-14
DRACHEVSKY Daniil Vasilievich (1858-1918), statesman, Major General (1905), Major General of the Suite (1909). Graduated from Konstantinovskoe Artillery College (1876) and from Nikolaevskaya Academy of the General Staff in St. Petersburg (1887)
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Duma of Six Members
DUMA OF SIX MEMBERS, an elected executive organ of city self-government. The Duma was formed according to the Imperial Decree to Cities of 1785. It was appointed concurrently with the General City Duma in January 21 1786
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Election districts
ELECTION DISTRICTS. There are two types of election districts on the territory of St. Petersburg: for the purpose of elections of deputies of the Legislative Assembly of St
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Essen P.K., governor-general in 1830-42
ESSEN (v. Essen) Peter Kirillovich (1772-1844, St. Petersburg), count (1833), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1819). In 1777 he was registered in the Guards, took part in the Russo-Swedish war of 1788-91, Swiss campaign of 1799-1800
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Executive Committee of Leningrad Soviet of Working People’s Deputies
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF LENINGRAD SOVIET OF WORKING PEOPLE’S DEPUTIES, the highest organ of executive authority on the territory of Leningrad in 1941-91. It dates back to the Executive Committee of the Petrograd Soviet [elected on February 27 (March
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Fullon I.A., head of the city administration in 1904-1905
FULLON Ivan Alexandrovich (1844-1920), statesman, infantry general (1908), adjutant-general (1904). He graduated from Nikolaevskoe Cavalry School in St. Petersburg (1862). A participant of the suppression of the Polish uprising of 1863-64
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Gendarmerie
GENDARMERIE, 1) military police, which secured the rear of the standing army, aiming to prevent marauding and desertion. Gendarmerie was founded by M. B. Barclay de Tolly in 1815
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Golenischev-Kutuzov P.V., Governor General 1825-30
GOLENISCHEV-KUTUZOV Pavel Vasilievich (1772-1843, St. Petersburg), Count (1832), statesman and military figure, General of Cavalry (1826), Adjunct General (1810). He was brought up in the Corps of Pages, from 1794, he served in Cavalry Guards
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Gresser P.A., Chief Policeman, Head of City Administration 1882-92
GRESSER Peter Apollonovich (1833-1892, St. Petersburg), statesman, Lieutenant General (1883). Graduated from the First Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg (1850), and served in the Caucasus
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Gurko I.V. (1828-1901), Temporary Governor General 1879-80
GURKO (Romeiko-Gurko) Iosif Vladimirovich (1828-1901), military man and statesman, General Field Marshal (1894), Adjunct General (1877). On graduating from the Corps of Pages (1846), he served in the Cavalry Guard; since 1860 he was an aide-de-camp
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Head Magistrate
HEAD MAGISTRATE, the public institution of the highest rank. It was established in St. Petersburg on the decree of tsar Peter the Great in 1720 to function as the principal establishment in charge of city magistrates of other cities and towns. In St
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Head of the city administration
HEAD OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, the highest administrative and police rank in St. Petersburg. The post was introduced with the publication of the Regulations as of March 20, 1873 on St. Petersburg cessation from St
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House of Preliminary Detention, prison
HOUSE OF PRELIMINARY DETENTION (25 Shpalernaya Street), the first remand prison in Russia. It was built in 1871-75 (architect K.Y. Maevsky) who took American system as an example: the doors of cells overlooked stepped iron passages; inside the house
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Ignatiev P.N. governor-general in 1854-61
IGNATIEV Pavel Nikolaevich (1797-1879, St. Petersburg), count (1877), statesman, infantry general (1859), adjutant-general (1846), honorary member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1856)
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Kalinin M.I. (1875-1946), statesman
KALININ Mikhail Ivanovich (1875-1946), Soviet statesman, Hero of Socialist Labor (1944). He graduated from State elementary training school (1886). In 1889 arrived at St
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Kavelin A.A. governor-general in 1842-46
KAVELIN Alexander Alexandrovich (1793-1850, Gatchina), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1843). He was educated in Page Corps School in St. Petersburg
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Khrapovitsky M.E. governor-general in 1846-47
KHRAPOVITSKY Matvey Evgrafovich (1784-1847, St. Petersburg), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1831), adjutant-general (1816). He was educated in the Gentry Army Cadet corps school in St. Petersburg
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Kirov S.M. the 1st secretary of the regional party committee in 1926-34
KIROV (born Kostrikov) Sergey Mironovich (1886-1934, Leningrad), statesman and party worker. He graduated from Kazan Elementary Mechanical-technical School (1904)
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Kleigels N.V., chief of the city administration in 1895-1904
KLEIGELS Nikolay Vasilievich (1850, St. Petersburg - 1916, at the same place), statesman, cavalry general (1910). He graduated from Pavlovsky Cadet Corps School and Nikolaevskoe Cavalry School in St. Petersburg (1868)
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Ko F.Kozlov F.R. the 1st secretary of the regional party committee in 1953-57
KOZLOV Frol Romanovich (1908-1965), Soviet Party worker and statesman, Hero of Socialist Labour (1961). After graduating from Leningrad Polytechnical institute (1936) he held engineering and technical positions at Izhevsky metallurgical works
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Kodatsky I.F. the chairman of Leningrad Soviet in 1929-37
KODATSKY (Kadatsky) Ivan Fedorovich (1893-1937), Soviet statesman and party worker. He graduated from the vocational school in Nikolaev, worked as a turner there, took part in workers' strikes
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Kokoshkin S.A. (1795-1861), Chief Policeman
KOKOSHKIN Sergey Alexandrovich (1795 or 1796-1861, St. Petersburg), statesman, Infantry General (1856). From 1811, he served in the Preobrazhensky Guard Regiment and from 1828 he was an assistant to the chief of staff of military settlements
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Komarov N.P. the chairman of Leningrad Soviet in 1926-28
KOMAROV Nikolay Pavlovich (born Fedor Evgenyevich Sobinov) (1886-1937), a statesman and Soviet Party worker. Had been living in St. Petersburg since 1902. In 1912 he graduated from the city 4-grade technical school
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Konovnitsyn P.P., Civilian Governor
KONOVNITSYN Peter Petrovich (1743 or 1744-1796), statesman, Lieutenant General (1786). He graduated from the Naval Gentry Cadets' College in St. Petersburg (1762)
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Kosygin A.N. the chairman of Leningrad Soviet in 1938
KOSYGIN Alexey Nikolaevich (1904, St. Petersburg - 1980), Soviet statesman, Hero of Socialist Labor (1964, 1974). After graduating from Leningrad cooperative technical school he worked in the cooperative system in Siberia
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