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Address Directories
ADDRESS DIRECTORIES, reference publications containing information about addresses of people and institutions. The first address book in St. Petersburg Address and Reference Book in Russian, German and French Languages was published in 1809 by G
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Address System (general article)
ADDRESS SYSTEM, the system of giving addresses to city objects and registration of city buildings and citizens. From the beginning of the 18th century, registration of citizens and gathering information about those entering the city was done by the
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Administrative board of the city
ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD OF THE CITY, the executive body of the city government. Instituted in 1873 during the implementation of the City Reform of 1870. It was elected by the City Duma for a term of 4 years (since 1903, for 6 years)
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Administrative Division
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION, division of the city into separate parts (districts) governed by their own administrative organs subordinated to the city administration
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Alexeevsky Ravelin
ALEXEEVSKY RAVELIN, an outer fortification of Peter and Paul fortress, situated in its western part, before Vasilievskaya curtain wall. The ravelin was named so in honour of Tsar Alexey Mikhaylovich. It was built in 1733-40 (engineer C.A. Munnich, C
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Arkharov N.P., Governor General in 1795-97
ARKHAROV Nikolay Petrovich (1740-1814), statesman, Infantry General (1796). In 1755 he was enlisted in Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment. In 1772-82, he was Moscow Chief Policeman, in 1782-84, he was Moscow Civil Governor, in 1784-96
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Balashov A.D., Governor General in 1809-10
Balashov (Balashev) Alexander Dmitrievich (1770-1837, Kronstadt), statesman, Infantry General (1823), Adjunct General (1809). He was brought up in the Corps of Pages, from 1791, he was in military service
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Balk A.P., the city guard 1916-17
BALK Alexander Pavlovich (1866-1957), statesman, Major General (1912). He graduated from the First Cadet Corps (he was a classmate of the future last minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian empire A. D
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Baranov N.M., Chief of City Administration 1881
BARANOV Nikolay Mikhailovich (1837-1901), statesman, Lieutenant General (1893). Baranov graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg (1856). From 1856, he served in the Navy, in 1866-77, he headed the Naval Museum
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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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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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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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Booth-guards
BOOTH-GUARDS, lowest ranks of city police looking after " decency" and cleanliness of streets entrusted to them at the end of the 18th - mid 19th centuries. They were subordinated to the non-commissioned officer of the block
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Central Duma
CENTRAL DUMA (Central City Duma) is the elected organ of city self-government. It was set up by the Provisional Government after the February revolution of 1917, dealing with the same problems as the previous City Duma
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Central Police Office
CENTRAL POLICE OFFICE, the city administration body of St. Petersburg in the 18th century. It was instituted attached to Petersburg Chief of Police General according to the decree on city police establishment issued on June 7, 1718
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Charter Court
CHARTER COURT (28 Tchaikovskogo Street), the organ of judicial power, upholding the Charter of St. Petersburg and ensuring supremity of law. The Court took office on September 20, 2000 pursuant to the Law of St. Petersburg dated June 5, 2000
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Charter of St. Petersburg
CHARTER OF ST. PETERSBURG, the main normative document of the city adopted by the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg on January 14, 1998, signed by the Governor on February 28, 1998. It is comprised of 12 chapters and 80 articles
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Chicherin N.I. Chief of the Police General in 1745-60
CHICHERIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1724-1782), statesman and combat leader, general en shef (1773). In 1737 he was registered in the Guards, in 1740 a batman of Anton Ulrich Duke of Brunswick. In 1742 he was transferred to the Army
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Chief of the Police
CHIEF OF THE POLICE, the head of the city police. The post of the chief of the police, as an assistant officer of Chief of the Police General, established in 1766
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Chkheidze N.S. (1864-1926), a revolutionary, chairman of Petrograd Soviet in 1917
CHKHEIDZE Nikolay Semenovich (party pseudonym Carlo) (1864-1926), political figure. After graduating from Kutaisi gymnasia (1887) he entered Novorossiisk University (Odessa), but was soon expelled due to his participation in students' disorders
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City Administration (entry)
CITY ADMINISTRATION. The system of City Administration in St. Petersburg from the beginning of the 18th century developed in 2 directions - the city government and self-government (see City self-government). From 1703 the city was governed by A. D
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City Duma
CITY DUMA, administrative body of the city government. It was instituted in 1786 by Cities letter of grant (1785). City Duma was in charge of the city economy, taxes and levies, trade, medicine, education etc
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City Emergency Commission
CITY EMERGENCY COMMISSION on the ascertainment and investigation of the fascist agressors and their confederates' crimes and the damage caused by them to organizations
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City Guards
CITY GUARDS, the name of the lowest ranks of police holding duty in the streets; the name was used from the first quarter of the 19th century along with the name of booth-guards. After the division of St
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City Hall
CITY HALL, Mayor’s Office in 1991-96, successor of the Executive Committee of Leningrad Soviet of Working People’s Deputies. By order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic adopted on May 20
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City Self-Government
CITY SELF-GOVERNMENT, elected organs responsible for different aspects of city life. The beginning of City Self-Government was laid by Tsar Peter the Great, who set up the Town council in 1710 in St. Petersburg
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Civil governor
CIVIL GOVERNOR, the head of the provincial administration in St. Petersburg province. Officially the post of civil governor was founded in 1761 (before then, since 1736 the functions of civil governor were performed by the governor of province and
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Committee against pogroms
COMMITTEE AGAINST POGROMS, emergency government authority, established on December 4 (17 New Style), 1917 of the decision of Petrograd Soviet for the cessation of wine pogroms in Petrograd. The Committee was located in Smolny (room No. 75)
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Devier A.M. General Policeman 1744-45
DEVIER (De Vierra) Anton Manuilovich (1682-1745, St. Petersburg), Count (1726), statesman and military officer, General-en-Chief (1744). He was a son of the baptized Jew from Portugal who settled in Holland
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District Committees
DISTRICT COMMITTEES of Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party - Communist Party of the Soviet Union, leading organs of district organizations of the Communist Party, were created in workers' blocks of St
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