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ADMIRALTEISKAYA EMBANKMENT, in 1918-44 - Roshalya Embankment in honour of revolutionary S. G. Roshal (1896-1917), lying between Dvortsovy Avenue and Dekabristov Square
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Apyshkov V.P. (1871-1939), engineer
APYSHKOV VLADIMIR PETROVICH (1871-1939, Leningrad), engineer, architect, architectural theorist. Graduated from the Nikolaevskaya Engineer Academy (1901), from 1905 lectured there
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Art Nouveau
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Baranovsky G.V.(1860-1920), architect
BARANOVSKY Gavriil Vasilievich (1860-1920, St. Petersburg), architect, architecture historian, editor. Upon graduation from the College of Civil Engineers (1885), in 1885-1917
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Bolshaya Konyushennaya Street
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Borodinskaya Street
BORODINSKAYA STREET between Fontanka River Embankment and Zagorodny Avenue. It was laid through the land owned by St. Petersburg Bourgeois Society. Development of the area started in the early 20th century
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"Brick Style"
"BRICK STYLE". The term used in Russian art-historical literature for a so-called rational trend in architecture from the second half of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries
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Bubyr A.F. (1876-1919), architect
BUBYR Alexey Fedorovich (1876-1919), architect. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1902). Worked at the Department of Empress Maria’s Institutions (since 1903), taught at the College of Civil Engineers
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Chaev Mansion
CHAEV MANSION (9 Rontgen Street). An Art Nouveau architectural monument. Erected in 1906-1907 (architect V.P. Apyshkov) for the S.N. Chaev, engineer of communication routes
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Constructivism
CONSRTUCTIVISM, the main style in the architecture of the Soviet avant-garde of the 1920s and early 1930s. Based on the principle of functionality expressed in dynamically separated structures, it featured well-defined spaces and laconic surfaces
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Danini S.A. (1867-1942), architect.
DANINI Silvio Amvrosievich (1867-1942, Leningrad), architect. Descendent of an Italian family. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1886, graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892
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Dmitriev A.I. (1879-1959), architect.
DMITRIEV Alexander Ivanovich (1878-1959, Leningrad), architect and architectural critic, Ph.D in architecture (1947), full member of the Academy of Architecture (1939)
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Dmitriev N.V. (1856-1918), arhcitect
DMITRIEV Nikolay Vsevolodovich (1856-1918), architect. Graduated from the Construction School (1876). In 1885-1903, he worked as an architect for the Gatchina Palace Administration and for the town of Gatchina
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Eliseevsky Shop
ELISEEVSKY SHOP (56 Nevsky Prospect / 8 Malaya Sadovaya Street) is the monument of architecture of Eclecticism and early Art Nouveau style. The main building housing a food store and a theatre lobby was built in 1902-03 (architect G. V
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Gegello A.I. (1891-1965), architect.
GEGELLO Alexander Ivanovich (1891-1965), architect. Resided in St. Petersburg since 1910. Graduated from the College of Civil Engineers (1920) and from the Academy of Fine Arts, Higher School of Art and Technology (1923)
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Gogen von A.I. (1856-1914), architect.
GOGEN Alexander Ivanovich von (1856-1914, Petrograd), architect, member of the Academy of Architcture (1895). He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1883). Among his early works, there are mansions of N.K
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HISTORICAL STYLE (Eclecticism), architectural style of the 1830s-90s. The sense of Eclecticism is the free choice or the amalgamation of methods and motifs of a variety of historical styles, associatively expressing the purpose of buildings
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House of Tsarist Political Prisoners
House of Tsarist Political Prisoners (1 Troitskaya Square), a monument of Constructivist architecture, built in 1929-33 for the members of Leningrad department of the Society of Former Tsarist Political Prisoners and Exiles (architects G.A
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Kelch Mansion
KELCH MANSION (28 Tchaikovskogo Street), an architectural monument. It was constructed in 1858-59 (architect A.K. Kolman) for I.E. Kondoyanaki, the facade was decorated in the Neo-Baroque style. In 1896-97, it was rebuilt (architects V.I
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Khrenov A. S. (1860-1926), architect
KHRENOV Alexander Sergeevich (1860, St. Petersburg - 1926), architect and aquarellist. Graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1884). In 1888, assumed the position of architect of St
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Kschessinska Mansion
KSCHESSINSKA MANSION (2 Kuybysheva Street /1 Kronverksky Avenue), a modernist architectural monument. The building was constructed in 1904-06 (architect. A. I. von Gogen) for ballet dancer M.F. Kschessinska
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Levinson E.A. (1894-1968), architect
LEVINSON Evgeny Adolfovich (1894-1968, Leningrad), architect and artist, Associate of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (from 1941), Doctor of Architecture (1946)
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Lidval, House of
LIDVAL, HOUSE OF (1-3 Kamennoostrovsky Avenue, / 5 Malaya Posadskaya Street), a modernist architectural monument. The building was constructed in 1899-1904 by architect F.I. Lidval on land that belonged to his mother I. B. Lidval
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Nevsky Prospect
NEVSKY PROSPECT known as Bolshaya Pershpektivnaya Road or Bolshaya Pershpektiva until 1738, Nevskaya Prospektivaya Street or Nevskaya Perspektiva in 1738-1780s, and 25 October Avenue in 1918-44 so named in memory of the October Revolution of 1917
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New Passage
NEW PASSAGE (57 Liteiny Avenue), a modernist architectural monument. It was constructed in 1912-1913 (architect N.V. Vasilyev) on the territory of the garden of the Ekaterininsky Institute, comprising of two tiers for commercial premises
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Nikolsky A. S. (1884-1953), architect
NIKOLSKY Alexander Sergeevich (1884-1953, Leningrad), architect, doctor of architecture, full member of the Academy of Architecture of the USSR (1939). Since 1902, resided in St. Petersburg. Graduated from the Civil Engineering Institute (1912)
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Ol А.А. (1883-1958), architect
OL Andrey Andreevich (1883 - 1958, Leningrad), architect, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Architecture (1941), doctor of architecture (1943). Graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering (1910)
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Peretyatkovich, M. M. (1872-1916), architect
PERETYATKOVICH, Marian Marianovich (1872-1916), architect, associate academy member of architecture (1912). Graduated from the Institute of Communications Engineering (1901) and St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1906)
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Polovtsov Dacha (Summer Residence)
POLOVTSOV DACHA (SUMMER RESIDENCE) (6 Middle Nevka River Embankment), an architectural monument of the Neoclassical style. It was built on the Kamenny Island for A.A. Polovtsov (the younger, son of A.A. Polovtsov) in 1911-1913 (architect I.A
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Pushkinskaya Street
PUSHKINSKAYA STREET (until 1881 Novy Avenue, Kompaneiskaya Street), between Nevsky Prospect and Kuznechny Lane. It was named after Alexander Pushkin. The street was built in 1874 and actually is a creation of architect P.Y
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