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Gemilian A.P.
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Liteiny Avenue
LITEINY AVENUE [in 1918-44 - Volodarskogo Avenue, after revolutionary V. Volodarsky (1891-1918)], between Liteiny Bridge and Nevsky Prospect. In 1711, a foundry was founded at the beginning of future Liteiny Avenue; later, houses of craftsmen
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Obvodny Canal
OBVODNY CANAL flows from the Neva River in the area of Alexander Nevsky Lavra to the Ekaterinhofka River (8.08 km long, 21.3 meters wide and 42.6 meters wide in its eastern part)
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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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Ryleeva Street
RYLEEVA STREET (until 1923 - Spasskaya Street), located between Radishcheva Square and Radishcheva Street. The first name comes from the Holy Transfiguration All Guards Cathedral. The street was renamed after K.F. Ryleev
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Saperny Lane
SAPERNY LANE, between Mayakovskogo Street and Radishcheva Street. From the late 18th century, the road was known as Second Grafsky Lane, in the early 19th century - Kuznechny Lane
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Vargunin Family, entrepreneurs
VARGUNIN FAMILY, entrepreneurs, former peasants of Yaroslavl Region. Ivan Grigorievich Vargunin (?-1826) was a stationery seller in St. Petersburg. His son Alexander Ivanovich (1807-1877) built Nevskaya Stationery Factory together with J
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Vosstaniya Street
VOSSTANIYA STREET known as Znamenskaya (Holy Sign) Street until 1923, named after the Holy Sign Church. The street runs between Nevsky Prospect and Kirochnaya Street. The present-day name is in memory of the February Revolution of 1917
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Vvedenskaya Street
VVEDENSKAYA STREET, from Bolshoy Avenue of Petrogradskaya Side to Kronverksky Avenue. The street was known as Second Vvedenskaya Street in the 1730s-90s; from 1923 to 1944 it was called Rozy Luxemburg Street
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