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Lesgaft P.F. (1837-1909), anatomist, teacher
LESGAFT Peter Frantsevich (St. Petersburg, 1837-1909), anatomist and teacher. Graduated from the Medical Surgical Academy in 1861. In 1868, he became a professor at Kazan University. In 1871, started teaching at the Medical Surgical Academy
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Lesgaft's Courses
LESGAFT'S COURSES, also named the Training Courses for Governesses and Teachers of Physical Education, teacher's training institution for women founded in 1896 on the initiative of P. F
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Levinson-Lessing F.Y., (1861-1939), geologist
LEVINSON-LESSING Franz Yulievich (1861-1939), petrographer, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics Mathematical of the University of St
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Levinson-Lessing V.F. (1893-1972, Leningrad), museum worker
LEVINSON-LESSING Vladimir Franzevich (1893-1972, Leningrad), museum worker, art historian, professor (1940). The son of F.Y. Levinson-Lessing. Studied at Forestry School and Tenishevsky School
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Libraries (entry)
LIBRARIES. The first library of St. Petersburg was founded in 1714 by the decree of Tsar Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library; later on, it formed the basis of the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Library for the Blind
LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND of St. Petersburg State Committee for Culture of St. Petersburg Administration (8 Shamsheva Street), founded in 1927 as a library of the House of the Blind
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Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences
LIBRARY OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (BAN) (1 Birzhevaya Line), founded in 1714 by the decree of Peter the Great as His Majesty’s Library (also called public and state library)
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Likhachev D.S., (1906-1999), literary historian
LIKHACHEV Dmitry Sergeevich (1906 - 1999, St. Petersburg), philologist and cultural historian, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1970), Hero of Socialist Labor (1986), Honorary Citizen of St
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Likhachev N.P., (1862-1936), historian
LIKHACHEV Nikolay Petrovich (1862-1936, Leningrad), historian, archivist, art historian, bibliography expert, collector, specialist in historical studies, Associate of the St
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Linnik V.P., (1889-1984), mathematician
LINNIK Vladimir Pavlovich (1889-1984, Leningrad), physicist, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939), Hero of Socialist Labor (1969). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of Kiev
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Linnik Y.V. (1914/15-1972), physicist
LINNIK Yury Vladimirovich (1915-72, Leningrad), mathematician, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labour (1969). The son of V.P. Linnik
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Lisyansky Y.F., (1773-1837), navigator
LISYANSKY Yury Fedorovich (1773-1837, St. Petersburg), navigator, First Rank Captain (1809). In 1786, he graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps at 17 Leytenanta Schmidta Embankment (memorial plaque installed)
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Literacy Committee
LITERACY COMMITTEE, St. Petersburg, founded in 1861 on the initiative of S. S. Lashkarev as a part of the Free Economic Society in order to contribute to encourage an increase in education
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Literacy Society
LITERACY SOCIETY of St. Petersburg, created in 1896 on the basis of the dissolved Literacy Committee. The Society functioned under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Education
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Literatorskie (Literary) Mostki, the museum-necropolis
LITERATORSKIE (LITERARY) MOSTKI (30 Rasstannaya Street). A museum-necropolis on the territory of the Volkovskoe Orthodox Cemetery (in the northeastern section; the square covers 7
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Litke F.P. (1797-1882), navigator and geographer
LITKE Fedor Petrovich (1797 - 1882, St. Petersburg), Count (1866), navigator and geographer, explorer of the Arctic, Admiral (1855), Associate Member (1829), Honorary Fellow (1855) and eventually President (1864) of the St
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Lodygin A.N., (1847-1923), electrical engineer and physicist
LODYGIN Alexander Nikolaevich (1847-1923), electrical engineer. Graduated from Moscow Infantry School in 1867, was soon disappointed with military life, and moved to St. Petersburg. Here he audited classes at the University of St. Petersburg
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Lomonosov M.V. (1711-1765), scientist, poet
LOMONOSOV Mikhail Vasilievich (1711-1765), scientist, poet, enlightener. He came from a prosperous family based by the White Sea. In 1731-35 he studied in Moscow, from 1736 in the Academic University of St
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Lopukhin A.P. (1852-1904), master of theology
LOPUKHIN Alexander Pavlovich (1852-1904, St. Petersburg), church historian, M.A. (theology) in 1881. After graduating from Petersburg Theological Academy in 1878, he worked as a psalm reader at the Russian Embassy Church in New York in 1879-81
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Lukomsky G.K.(1884-1952), Artist, Ethnographer
LUKOMSKY Georgy Kreskentievich (1884-1952) was a graphic artist, aquarellist, art critic, art historian. In 1900, he studied at the painting classes and drawing under Y. S. Goldblatt in St. Petersburg
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Lyapunov A.M., (1857-1918), mathematician
LYAPUNOV Alexander Mikhailovich (1857-1918), mathematician and mechanic, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1901). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St
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Lyceum
LYCEUM, Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum renamed Alexandrovsky Lyceum in 1843, a privileged higher education institution providing training for state officials. It was founded in 1810 and opened on 19 October 1811
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M. M. Zoshchenko Literary Memorial Museum
M. M. ZOSHCHENKO LITERARY MEMORIAL MUSEUM (4/2 M. Konyushennaya Street), opened in 1992. Founded upon a joint initiative of St. Petersburg literary figures, the museum was located in the house where M. M
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M. V. Lomonosov Museum
M. V. LOMONOSOV MUSEUM (3 University Embankment) opened in 1949 within the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (becoming a branch of the museum in 1994) in the Kunstkammer building, where in 1741-65 M. V
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Main Pedagogical Institute
MAIN PEDAGOGICAL INSTITUTE is an institution of higher education for training teachers for secondary schools and for state and private institutions of higher education
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Makarov S.O. (1848-1904), oceanographer, vice-admiral
MAKAROV Stepan Osipovich (1848-1904), fleet commander, naval scientist, Vice-Admiral (1896). Graduated from Naval School in Nikolaevsk- Na-Amure (1865). Served on the Baltic Fleet from 1869
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Malakhit, Central Design Bureau
MALAKHIT (18 Frunze Street), St. Petersburg Bureau of Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Shipbuilding Agency and a leading Russian Design Bureau of nuclear-powered attack submarines and their weaponry
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Malyshev V.I. (1910-1976), specialist in study of literature and archaeography
MALYSHEV Vladimir Ivanovich (1910 - 1976, Leningrad), specialist in study of literature and archaeography, Honoured Academic of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1972), PhD in Philology (1968)
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Markov A.A., (1856-1922), mathematician
MARKOV Andrey Andreevich (1856-1922, Petrograd), mathematician, member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1886). Graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics of the University of St. Petersburg in 1878
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Marr N.Y., (1864/65-1934), orientalist, linguist
MARR Nikolay Yakovlevich (1864-1934), orientalist and linguist, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1909), Russian Academy of Science (1917), and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1925; Vice-President from 1930)
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