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Society of Former Political Convicts and Exiles
SOCIETY OF FORMER POLITICAL CONVICTS AND EXILES, the Leningrad Department (24 Nevsky Prospect) was established in May 1924 (the society itself - in March 1921 in Moscow) with the objectives of providing assistance to former prisoners of Tsarism and
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St. Peter and Paul fortress
ST. PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS, the historical centre of St. Petersburg, a monument of military engineering, the oldest engineering and architectural sight of the city
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St. Petersburg Powder Mill
POWDER MILL, Zeleiny Plant, the first enterprise for production of powder (Russian zelye, hence the other name) in St. Petersburg. The mill was founded in 1710 in the north-west part of Berezovy Island at the end of the cut-through
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Stable Museum
STABLE MUSEUM (the Museum of Court Carriages). Founded in 1857, at the Court Department of Stables; opened in 1860. The two-story Stable Museum building (4 Konyushennaya Square), built in 1857-1860s (architect P.S
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Trubetskoy Bastion
TRUBETSKOY BASTION, one of 6 bastions of Peter and Paul Fortress, situated in its south-western part. The bastion was built in 1703, of earth and wood under the supervision of prince Y.Y
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Yakovlev S. Y. (1712-1784), entrepreneur
YAKOVLEV (Sobakin) Savva Yakovlevich (1712-1784), manufacturer. A representative of petty bourgeoisie from Ostashkov, he owned dozens of butcher shops and co-owned a wine-house in St. Petersburg
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