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NARTOV Andrey Konstantinovich (1693-1756, St. Petersburg), mechanic. Worked at the Moscow Mint for the artillery department. In 1712, he settled in St. Petersburg, becoming Tsar Peter the Great's private lathe operator
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Naval Technical University
NAVAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, St. Petersburg State Naval Technical University, situated at 3 Lotsmanskaya Street and 101 Leninsky Avenue. Founded in 1930 as Shipbuilding Institute on the basis of the shipbuilding department of the Polytechnical
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Navy Engineering Institute
NAVY ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (NEI) (The Major Admiralty) originates from the School of Ship Architecture (1798; renamed the Sea Engineering School in 1898-1919). A new Sea Engineering School opened in 1923
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Navy Institute, St.Petersburg
NAVY INSTITUTE (NI), St. Petersburg, at 17 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment, developed from the Moscow Cadet Corps, in the same building where the Courses for Command Personnel were instituted in 1918
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Necropolis of Artists
NECROPOLIS OF ARTISTS (in 1823-76, the New Lazarevskoe Cemetary; in 1876-1937, the Tikhvinskoe Cemetery). Memorial Necropolis Park included in 1937 in the City Sculpture Museum. Its square takes up 1.2 hectares
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Necropolis of the18th Century
NECROPOLIS OF THE 18TH CENTURY (before 1939, the Lazarevskoe Cemetery), memorial necropolis, part of the City Sculpture Museum (from 1932) on the territory of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra. Its square takes up 0.7 hectares
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Nekrasov Memorial Museum Apartment
NEKRASOV MEMORIAL MUSEUM APARTMENT (36 Liteiny Avenue) is a branch of Pushkin All-Russian Museum. The museum was opened in 1946 with the participation of the Institute of Russian Literature (Pushkin House) on the poet’s 125th anniversary
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Nikitenko А.V. (1804-1877),critic
NIKITENKO Alexander Vasilievich (1804-1877, Pavlovsk), literary critic, literature historian, academic member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1855), privy councilor (1865). Permanently resident in St
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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 Naval Academy
NIKOLAEVSKY NAVAL ACADEMY was named after Emperor Nicholas I, and founded in 1877 on the basis of the Academic Course of Marine Sciences (1862), which had been called the Higher Officers Class of the Naval Cadet Corps (1827-62)
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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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North Western Department of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
NORTH WESTERN DEPARTMENT OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES situated at 12 Akademika Pavlova Street. It was established in 1998 on the basis of the St. Petersburg Bureau of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and the Northern Scientific
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Odoevsky V.F. (1804-1869), writer and philosopher
ODOEVSKY Vladimir Fedorovich (1804-1869), prince, prose writer, philosopher, critic, and musician promoted to Actual Civil Counsellor in 1845, Chamberlain in 1858, and Presiding Senator in 1865
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Officer Aeronautic School
OFFICER AERONAUTIC SCHOOL, a military school providing training for aeronautic officers and aviators. It was established in September 1910 on the basis of the Training Aviation Field with Major General A. M. Kovanko at the head
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Oktyabrskaya Railroad Museum
OKTYABRSKAYA RAILROAD MUSEUM, Central Oktyabrskaya Railroad Museum situated at 114 Obvodny Canal Embankment. Founded in 1979 in the Road Centre of Scientific and Technical Information and Propaganda at 62 Liteyny Avenue
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Old Petersburg, Society
OLD PETERSBURG, history research society, founded in 1921 by the members of the Pavlovsk Study Seminar. Its Board (chaired by architect L.A. Ilyin) consisted of Alexander N. Benois, P.P. Veyner, V.P. Zubov (headmaster of Art History institute), V.Y
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Oldenburg S.F., (1863-1934), orientalist
Oldenburg Sergey Fedorovich (1863-1934, Leningrad), orientalist and scientific organiser, public figure, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (from 1900). He moved to St. Petersburg in 1881
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Olderogge D.A., (1903-1987), ethnographer
OLDEROGGE Dmitry Alexeevich (1903-1987, Leningrad), ethnographer, Associate of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1960). He was brought to St. Petersburg in the age of three
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Olenin A.N., (1763/64-1843), Historian, Artist, Statesman
OLENIN Alexey Nikolaevich (1763 or 1764-1843, St. Petersburg) statesman, archaeologist, philologist, graphic artist, member of the Russian Academy (1786), honorary member of the Academy of Arts (1804), president of the Academy of Arts (1817-43)
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Oranienbaum, Park Museum
ORANIENBAUM, PARK MUSEUM, state in the town of Lomonosov, was established in 1918 in the territory of the palace and park ensemble of the same name. Oranienbaum was opened to visitors in 1922. The museum got its present-day name in 1993
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Orbeli I.A., (1887-1961), orientalist
ORBELI Iosif Abgarovich (1887-1961, Leningrad), orientalist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1935), member and the first president of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1943). Brother of L.A. Orbeli
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Orbeli L.A., (1882-1958), physiologist
ORBELI Leon (Levon) Abgarovich (1882-1958), physiologist, member (1935) and vice-president (1942-46) of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, member of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (1943)
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Ossovsky А.V., (1871-1957), music theorist
OSSOVSKY Alexander Vyacheslavovich (1871-1957, Leningrad), music theorist, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1943), Honoured Worker of Arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1938)
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Ostrogradsky M.V., (1801-1861), mathematician
OSTROGRADSKY Mikhail Vasilevich (1801-1861), mathematician and mechanic, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828). He graduated from the University of Kharkov in 1820 and settled in St. Petersburg eight years later
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Ott Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
OTT INSTITUTE OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY, a research institute situated at 3 Mendeleevskaya Street. It was founded in 1797 on the initiative of Empress Maria Fedorovna as the Midwifery Institute named the Imperial Midwifery Institute from 1828
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Paediatric Medical Academy
PEDIATRIC MEDICAL ACADEMY, St. Petersburg State Paediatric Medical Academy situated at 2 Litovskaya Street, the first and only Russian higher education institution specialised in paediatricians' training
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Page Corps
PAGE CORPS (The Imperial Page Corps), a closed privileged military educational institution, which trained pupils for court, military and civil service. It was based in 1759 as a court school for the preparation of pages (situated at 33 Millionnaya
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Pallas P.S., (1741-1811), naturalist
PALLAS Peter Simon (1741-1811), naturalist and traveller, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1767). A native of Germany, he did his studies in Germany, Great Britain and Holland. From 1768 to 1774, he headed the expedition of the St
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Palmov I.S. (1855-1920), church historian
PALMOV Ivan Savvich (1855-1920, Petrograd), church historian, specialist in Slavic history, Doctor of Church History (1904), a member of Russian Academy of Sciences (1916; corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences from 1913)
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