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Orphanages (entry)
ORPHANAGE for children, charitable educational institutions established in 1837-1917, offering 24-hour or day only shelter and primary education for poor children from 3 to 10 years of age
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Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow
OUR LADY’S CHURCH OF JOY FOR ALL WHO SORROW, located at 24 Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue, was built in 1894-98 in the Muscovite style (architects A.I. von Gogen and A.V
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Our Lady’s Church of Joy for All Who Sorrow
OUR LADY’S CHURCH OF JOY FOR ALL WHO SORROW, located at 35a Shpalernaya Street. Constructed in 1817-18, in a late Classicist style (architect L. Rusca), replacing the Holy Resurrection Church built in 1711 at the palace of Tsarina Natalya Alexeevna
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Palestinian Society
PALESTINIAN SOCIETY (before 1917, the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian society), a charitable scientific organization. It was created in 1882 on the initiative of Grand Prince Sergei Alexandrovich (president for life) with the purpose of supporting
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Petrov Grigory (1866-1925), priest
PETROV Grigory Spiridonovich (1866-1925), priest, public figure and publicist (under the pen-name of Russky). He graduated from St. Petersburg Theological Seminary in 1886 and St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1891
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Philanthropic Society, Imperial
IMPERIAL PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY, the largest charitable establishment of the19th - early 20th centuries in Russia. Founded on 16 May 1802 by Emperor Alexander I as the Beneficial Society for providing the poor with assistance of all kinds on
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Polisadov I.N., (1823-1886), priest
POLISADOV Ioann Nikitich (1823-1886, St. Petersburg), religious and public figure, archpriest (1878). He graduated from St. Vladimir Theological Seminary in 1845 and St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1849. Polisadov lived in St
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Poselyanin (Pogozhev E.N.), (1870-1931) spiritual writer
Pogozhev (wrote under pen-name of Poselyanin) Evgeny Nikolaevich (1870-1931, Leningrad), church writer and journalist, Councilor of State (1913). In 1887-92 Poselyanin studied at the Faculty of Law of Moscow University
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Post Office, Central
Post Office, CENTRAL (Postamt, from the German meaning Post Office) (9 Pochtamtskaya Street). Founded in St. Petersburg in 1714, located at the Troitskaya Landing (present-day Troitsky Bridge)
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Presentation of the Holy Virgin Cathedral
PRESENTATION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN CATHEDRAL, located on Zagorodny Avenue, is now the park between buildings 45 and 47, the regimental church (since 1913 a cathedral) of the Semenovsky Life Guard Regiment
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Presentation of the Holy Virgin Church
PRESENTATION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN CHURCH, located at Vvedenskaya Street on the corner of Bolshaya Pushkarskaya Street. Constructed in 1793-1810 (architect I. M. Leim) in the Classicist style
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Quarenghi G. (1744-1817), architect
QUARENGHI Giacomo (1744-1817), architect, representative of Neoclassicism. Native of Italy. From 1761 (according to the other data sources, from 1763) studied painting and architecture in Rome. At the end of 1779, he came to St
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Rastrelli B. C. (1675-1744), sculptor
RASTRELLI, Bartolomeo Carlo de (1675-1744), sculptor, architect, carver, representative of the Baroque. Of Italian descent, studied in Florence. From 1698, worked in Rome, from 1700, in Paris. In 1716, he came to St
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Regel E. (1815-1892), landscape architect
REGEL Eduard-Avgust Ludwigovich (1814-1892), botanist, gardener, Associate Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1875). Graduated from the Gott Gymnasium (Germany) and from the University of Bonn
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Repin Academic Institute Of Painting, Sculpture And Architecture, St. Petersburg State
REPIN ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE, ST. PETERSBURG STATE, located at 17 Universitetskaya Embankment is the oldest Russian institution of higher artistic education
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Rinaldi А. (1709-1794), architect
RINALDI Antonio (around 1709-1794), architect of Italian descent. Studied in Naples under L. Vanvitelli. From 1752 served under Hetman K.G. Razumovsky in Malorussia (Little Russia, otherwise known as Ukraine). Since 1754 resided in St
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Roerich Art School
ROERICH ART SCHOOL (88/2 Grazhdansky Avenue) is a special secondary school: it is the oldest art school in Russia. It shares its history with the Auditors Drawing School that was opened by the Ministry of Finances in the Custom House (2 Birzhevaya
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Roman Catholic Church of the French Embassy
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE FRENCH EMBASSY, the St. Maria of Lourde Roman Catholic Church of the French Embassy located at 7 Kovensky Lane. An architectural monument designed for the French Catholic Community by architects L. N. Benois and M. M
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Rossi C.I. (1775-1849), architect
ROSSI Carl Ivanovich (Carlo Giovanni) (1775-1849, St. Petersburg), architect. The son of the court ballerina G. Lepik. Graduated from the Peterschule in St. Petersburg, apprenticed architecture with V
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Rovinsky D.A. (1824-1895), art historian
ROVINSKY Dmitry Alexandrovich (1824-1895), lawyer, archaeograph, art historian and collector, Associate (1881) and Honorary Fellow of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1883), Honorary Fellow of the Academy of Arts (1870)
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Rusca L.I. (1762-1822), architect
RUSCA Luigi (Aloizy Ivanovich) (1762-1822), architect, representative of late Neoclassicism. Court architect (1802), honorary associate of the Academy of Arts (1815). Of Swiss origin, he studied in Italy. In 1783, he came to St
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Sacred Music
SACRED MUSIC (church music) of the first half of the 18th century was developing in close connection with Moscow traditions. In 1703, the Sovereign Deacon Choir was moved from Moscow to St
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Sadovnikov P.S. (1796-1877), architect
SADOVNIKOV Peter Semenovich (1796-1877, St. Petersburg), architect, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1849). Brother of V.S. Sadovnikov. Came from a family of serfs. Studied under the supervision of the architect A.N
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Saints of the St. Petersburg Eparchy (general article)
SAINTS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG EPARCHY, saints who lived on the territory of the Eparchy and were glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church. St. Prince Alexander Nevsky whose relics rest in Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a patron of the region and the city
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Schreter V. A. , (1839-1901), architect
SCHRETER Viktor Alexandrovich (1839-1901), architect, lecturer, representative of the transitional rationalistic style from Eclecticism to Art Nouveau. In 1856-58, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in the class of L.L
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Schreter's Houses
Schreter's Houses (Nos.112 and 114 Moika River Embankment), monuments of architecture; private mansion and apartment building belonging to architect V.A. Schreter and built to his design on neighbouring lots separated from one another by a yard
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Scotti D.B., (1776 -1830), artist
SCOTTI Giovanni Batista (Ivan Karlovich) (1776-1830, St. Petersburg), master of monumental decorative Classical painting. Studied under his father, Karl Scotti, a native of northern Italy, with whom he worked from 1786 until the 19th century
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Serafim Vyritsky (1866-1949), venerable
SERAFIM VYRITSKY (lay name Vasily Nikolaevich Muravyev) (1866-1949), a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. In boyhood he moved to St. Petersburg where he worked in the Gostiny Dvor (merchant's court)
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Shchedrin A.F. (1796-1847), architect
SHCHEDRIN Apollon Feodosievich (1796-1847), architect, representative of late Neoclassicism. The son of F.F. Shchedrin. In 1818, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts
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Sheremetev Palace
Sheremetev Palace (Fountain House) (34 Fontanka River Embankment), monument of Baroque architecture, family residence of the Sheremetev Counts. The lot was granted in 1712, by Tsar Peter the Great to Field Marshall, Count B.P
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