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Pribaltiiskaya Hotel
PRIBALTIISKAYA HOTEL (14 Korablestroiteley Street). A hotel built in 1976-78 (architect N.N. Baranov, S.I. Evdokimov, V.I. Kovalev, engineer P.F. Panfilov) by the Swedish civil engineering firm Skanska Zementgutteriett
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Public Lavatory
PUBLIC LAVATORY. Since the early 18th century, primitive latrines were arranged on the territory of gostiny dvors, markets, ports, and along river and canal banks
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Quisisana Restaurants
QUISISANA, the name of two restaurants located on Nevsky Prospect in the early 20th century. The first one was opened at 43 Nevsky Prospect in the early 1900s by entrepreneur Sartori on the first floor of the apartment building belonging to Grand
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Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
RADISSON SAS ROYAL HOTEL (49 Nevsky Prospect / 2 Vladimirsky Avenue). Opened on 23 August 2001. In the 1730s, a wooden building on a stone foundation was constructed on this land plot
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Railway Stations (entry)
RAILWAY STATIONS (Russian 'vokzal', from English 'vauxhall', after the name of J. Vaux, owner of an amusement hall near London in the 18th century). In Russian the word 'vokzal' traditionally refers to the terminal station of the first Russian
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Restaurants (entry)
RESTAURANTS, appeared in St. Petersburg in the early 19th century. The first "auberge," also called a tavern (see Traktirs), was located at the Hotel du Nord on Ofitserskaya Street, and was considered a "restaurant" in 1805
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Rhodes Villa Restaurant
RHODES VILLA. A country restaurant opened in 1908 by entrepreneur A.S. Rhodes at the corner of Novoderevenskaya Embankment and Stroganovskaya Street (today Primorsky Avenue and Akad
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River Passages
RIVER PASSAGES. Ever since the early years of St. Petersburg's existence, river passages were set across the Neva river and its canals to provide communication between the islands, by water means of transport in summer and on the ice in winter
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Rowing Clubs
ROWING CLUBS. The rowing activities began in St. Petersburg upon the foundation of Nevsky Flot club by Tsar Peter the Great in 1718. Later the so-called popular rowing was separated from athletic professional rowing
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Ryumochnye (entry)
RYUMOCHNYE, drinking establishments, appeared in St. Petersburg at the end of the 19th century, meant for guests not looking for a long meal. A glass of vodka was offered with snacks such as sandwich with caviar, fillets
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Schliemann H., (1822-1890), Archaeologist
SCHLIEMANN Heinrich (1822-1890), German and Russian businessman and amateur archaeologist. In January 1846, he arrived in St. Petersburg as a representative of a Dutch company
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Sea Port
SEA PORT, Merchant (located at 5 Mezhevoy Canal) is one of the oldest merchant seaports of Russia, and the biggest operator of cargo traffic in St. Petersburg Sea Port. The first port buildings were laid in St
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Sever Cafe
SEVER (North) (44 Nevsky Prospect). A cafe opened together with a confectioner's shop (see Quisisana) in the early 1960s on the premises of the former Teatralnoe (Theatre) Cafe
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Sewage Water Treatment
SEWAGE WATER TREATMENT. There are five enterprises within the St. Petersburg Vodokanal dealing with sewage disposal (the North and South Drainage systems, and the Southwestern, Sestroretsk and Kolpino Vodokanal companies)
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Sewerage System
SEWERAGE SYSTEM, wastewater treatment facilities. In the first quarter of the 18th century as the city territory grew, it was drained, and the system for discharge of surface water was built in the shape of plank-secured ditches along the city
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Show-Booth, Cabaret Theatre
SHOW-BOOTH (Balaganchik), the night cabaret theatre, was opened at the Free Comedy theatre in the autumn of 1921, which was established in 1920 by the Petrograd Theatre Society and the Department for Political Enlightenment of the Baltic Fleet
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Shuvalovskoe Cemetery
SHUVALOVSKOE CEMETERY (106a Vyborgskoe Freeway). Situated in the northern part of St. Petersburg, on the east bank of Nizhnee Suzdalskoe Lake, in the Shuvalovo District
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Sidorov M. K. (1823-1887), explorer of the Russian North, public figure
SIDOROV Mikhail Konstantinovich (1823-1887), entrepreneur, public figure, first-guild merchant. He was a student at Arkhangelskaya Gymnasium but failed to finish the course of studies
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Silver Trade Rows
SILVER TRADE ROWS (31 Nevsky Prospect) is a monument of Classicism architecture. It is a three-storied commercial building erected in 1784-87 (architect J. Quarenghi) at the corner of Nevsky Prospect and Gostinaya Street (later Dumskaya Street) on
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Smolninskaya Hotel
SMOLNINSKAYA (22 Tverskaya Street). A hotel constructed in 1971-72 as a part of the Political Enlightenment House of the Leningrad Regional Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (architects D.S. Goldgor, G.A. Vasilyev and others)
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Sobering-up Stations
SOBERING-UP STATIONS. In Autumn 1936 collection of the drunk in the streets by special brigades of militia driving in cars supplied with special equipment became a usual practice in Leningrad
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Sokov V.A., (1912-1944), draught-player
SOKOV VASILY ALEXANDROVICH (1912-44), draught-player, Russian draught master (1934), Leningrad champion (earned first of many titles in 1932), USSR champion (1938-41). Sokov lived in Leningrad since 1925
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Speedway
SPEEDWAY (71 Moris Thorez Avenue; 67 Jaques Duclos Street), an industrial sports facility, opened in 1964. The sporting part consists of a 400-meter cinder track, and a 64 x104m field for paintball. The seating capacity is 10,000
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Sport Palaces (entry)
SPORT PALACES. Sheltered structures where sport competitions and large-scale events are held. In St. Petersburg, almost all sport palaces are have universal functions, with a temporary arena that can be transformed, for example
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Sports Schools
SPORTS SCHOOLS for Children and Youth, training high-level sportsmen. First opened in Leningrad in the middle of the 1950s. The Specialized Sports Schools for Olympic Reserves were formed in the 1960s for the purpose of training sportsmen of the
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St. Petersburg Dam
ST. PETERSBURG DAM is a hydro-technical complex, built in the mouth of the Neva where it enters the Gulf of Finland to prevent floods. First dam projects for St. Petersburg date back to the 18th century: The St
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Stadiums (entry)
STADIUMS. By the beginning of the 20th century, there were several sport-grounds and football fields in St Petersburg. The Lenin Stadium (1925; now Petrovsky) was Leningrad's first. In 1950, the Kirov Stadium was opened
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Swimming Pools (entry)
SWIMMING POOLS (sports). In the 19th century swimming pools in the city existed only in some bathhouses, e.g. Voroninskie Bathhouse (architect P.Y. Suzor). In 1914-16 the first swimming pool facility in Russia was built for Boys' School No 1
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Talon Restaurant
TALON (15 Nevsky Prospect / 14 Bolshaya Morskaya). Opened in the mid-1810s by French immigrant P. Talon in the Kosikovsky Residence building (see House of Chicherin)
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Tea Houses
TEA HOUSES. Public establishments offering tea, coffee and snacks. Tea houses were wide-spread throughout St. Petersburg in the second part of the 19th century, during the so-called tea boom
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