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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

Alexandrovsky Garden

ALEXANDROVSKY GARDEN (in 1920-89 - the Maxim Gorky Workers' Garden, in 1989-97 - Admiralty Garden) is situated along the south and the west facades of the Main Admiralty, with an area of 10 hectares. In 1805-06, gardener W

Anichkov Palace

ANICHKOV PALACE (39 Nevsky Prospect), monument of Baroque architecture. Built in 1741-54 (architect M.G. Zemtsov, G.D. Dmitriev, F. Rastrelli) near Anichkov Bridge (hence the name)

Architects of Our City, publication series

ARCHITECTS OF OUR CITY, the series of publications about outstanding architects of St. Petersburg - Leningrad published by the Leningrad Publishing House from 1971. The series contains books about the life and work of S. I. Chevakinsky, M. G

Assignation Bank

ASSIGNATION BANK, founded in 1769 at the same time as the Assignation Bank in Moscow to distribute banknotes and exchange them for metal coins. Backed by copper coins equal to 500,000 roubles

Bank Buildings (entry)

BANK BUILDINGS, public buildings designed for housing finance and credit institutions. The first special bank buildings were the Assignation Bank building at Sadovaya Street (1783-90, architect G

Bobrinsky A.A. (1800-1868), civilian Governor

BOBRINSKY Alexander Alexeevich (1823, St. Petersburg 1903, St. Petersburg), Count, statesman, genealogist, Secret Counselor (1870), Chief Hoffmeister (1890). He was a great-grandson of Empress Catherine II, father of Count Alexei A. Bobrinsky

Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor

BOLSHOY GOSTINY DVOR (35 Nevsky Prospect), the largest commercial enterprise of St. Petersburg. The first plan for a Gostiny Dvor (effectively, a large scale trading market) on Nevsky Prospect was developed in the late 1750s by the architect A

Catherine Park (Pushkin town), ensemble

CATHERINE PARK (Pushkin town), a monument of landscape architecture and the central part of Tsarskoe Selo palace ensemble. Its consists of a total of 107 hectares The park consists of a grassed and a landscape areas, divided by the Great Pond

Cavalier Guards Regiment

CAVALIER GUARDS REGIMENT, Guards Cuirassier Regiment, formed in St. Petersburg on 11 January 1800 from the Cavalier Guards Corps, which existed intermittently from 1724 through 1797

Charlemagne I. I. (1782-1861), architect

CHARLEMAGNE Iosif Iosifovich (1782 - 1861, St. Petersburg), architect, graphic artist, privy counsellor (1861). Born to a family of French origin, the brother of L.I. Charlemagne. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1803)

Charlemagne L. I. (1784-1845), architect

CHARLEMAGNE Ludovik Iosifovich (1784 - 1845, St. Petersburg), architect, master of the Empire style. I. I. Charlemagne's brother. Upon graduating the Academy of Fine Arts (1806) worked as the assistant of the architects L. Rusca and А.А. Mikhailov

Dekabristov Street

DEKABRISTOV STREET, called Ofitserskaya Street until 1918, running from Voznesensky Avenue to Pryazhka River Embankment. The street was laid in the 1740s across the Admiralty Board attendants" living-quarters

Glinka Capella

THE GLINKA CAPELLA (Leningrad Academic Glinka Capella), 20 Moika River Embankment, the oldest professional choir. It takes its origin in the Choir of Sovereign’s Chorister Scribes established in Moscow in 1479 for singing at church services and

Griboyedova Canal

GRIBOYEDOVA CANAL (the Ekaterininsky Canal in 1767-1923) starts from the Moika River at the Field of Mars and flows into the Fontanka River at Malo-Kalinkin Bridge. It is 5 km long and 32 meters wide with water flow of 3.1 - 3.4 m3

Grivtsova Lane

GRIVTSOVA LANE, running from the Moyka River Embankment to Sennaya Square. Starting in 1739, the lane was known as Malaya Sarskaya Street. From the 1770s to 1871, the section extending to the Ekaterininsky Canal was called Konny Lane

Hastie V.I. (1753-1832), architect.

Hastie Vasily Ivanovich (William) (1753-1832), architect. Native of Switzerland, in 1784 he came to Russia by invitation of C. Cameron, settling in Tsarskoye Selo on Angliiskaya Street

Holy Ascension Church

HOLY ASCENSION CHURCH located at 34a Voznesensky Avenue. An architectural monument constructed in 1755-69 (architects A. F. Wist and A. Rinaldi) in a transitional style merging Baroque with Classicism

Holy Assumption Church on Sennaya Square

HOLY ASSUMPTION CHURCH ON SENNAYA SQUARE, (common name - Saviour Church on Sennaya Square). The first wooden church, Procession of Holy Cross, was moved to Sennaya Square from Vyborgskaya Side in 1753

Holy Trinity & St. Sergius Hermitage

HOLY TRINITY & ST. SERGIUS HERMITAGE, a seaside Holy Trinity & St. Sergius Hermitage, located at 15 Peterburgskoe Highway. A monastery founded in 1732 by Archimandrite Varlaam (Vysotsky) on the 19th verst of the Peterhof highway on the location of a

House of Four Colonnades

HOUSE OF FOUR COLONNADES (12 Sadovaya Street), a monument of Neoclassical architecture. Built in the 1750s-60s, supposedly to the design of architect A.F. Kokorin; the facades reconstructed in 1809-10 (architect S.P. Bernikov, L. Rusca)

Izmaylovsky Avenue

IZMAYLOVSKY AVENUE, running from Fontanka River Embankment to Obvodny Canal Embankment. Called Voznesensky Avenue from the second half of the 18th century to the early 19th century, and Krasnykh Komandirov Street from 1923 to 1944

Izmaylovsky Life Guards Regiment

IZMAYLOVSKY LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT, third in seniority (after Preobrazhensky and Semenovsky) of infantry regiments in the Russian guards. Formed by a decree of Empress Anna Ioannovna in 1730 in Moscow

Kamenny Island, ensemble

KAMENNY ISLAND (in 1920-89 - Trudyashchikhsya Island), in the north-west part of the Neva river delta, located between the Bolshaya Nevka River to the north and the Malaya Nevka River to the south, the Krestovka River lies to the east

Kazansky Bridge

KAZANSKY BRIDGE (in 1766-1830 Rozhdestvensky Bridge, in 1923-44 Plekhanova Bridge), over Griboedova Canal, on Nevsky Prospect by Kazan Cathedral (hence the name). It was built in 1765-66 (engineer V. I. Nazimov, I. М

Konnogvardeysky Boulevard

KONNOGVARDEYSKY BOULEVARD (in 1918-91, Profsoyuzov Boulevard), located between Dekabristov Square, St. Isaac's Square and Truda Square. The Admiralty Canal was excavated along Konnogvardeysky Boulevard in the early 18th century for transporting wood

Konstantinovsky Palace (Strelna)

Konstantinovsky Palace in Strelna (3 Berezovaya Alley), an architectural monument of the 18th-19th centuries. The foundation was laid in the summer of 1720 by architect N. Michetti. From 1723, the construction was headed by architect M.G. Zemtsov

Konyushennaya Square

KONYUSHENNAYA SQUARE is located between Konyushenny Lane and Griboedova Canal, and was laid out beginning in the 1720s and over the course of the Stables Department's construction of its buildings complex (house No 1, 1720-23, architect N. F

Maneges (general article)

MANEGES, or riding-schools, (exerzirehaus), buildings with a large interior space, intended for troop drill exercises and cavalry dressage in fall and winter. Maneges were built in St

Millionnaya Street

MILLIONNAYA STREET [until 1738 - German settlement, until the middle of the 18th century - Bolshaya Nemetskaya Street, in the 1740-1800s - Bolshaya Millionnaya Street, in 1918-91 - Khalturina Street, after worker-revolutionary S.N

Moika, river

MOIKA (the original name Mya; known as Muya until the early 18th century, derived from the Izhora word for "slush, mire"), a river in the Neva river delta. The Moika River is 4.67 kilometres long, with a width of up to 40 metres

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

Obukhovskaya Hospital

OBUKHOVSKAYA HOSPITAL (106 Fontanka Embankment) was founded in 1779; originally it had 60 beds and included "Dolgauz,” the first psychiatric institution in the city. It was named after Obukhovsky Avenue and Bridge

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)

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

Perinnaya Line

PERINNAYA LINE lying along Bolshoy Gostiny Dvor between Nevsky Prospect and Lomonosova Street. In the mid-to-late 19th century, it was known as Surovskaya, or Bolshaya Surovskaya, Line (Textile Line) so named because of the goods sold in the line

Petrogradskaya Embankment

PETROGRADSKAYA EMBANKMENT known as Peterburgskaya Embankment until 1914. It lies between Petrovskaya Embankment and Karpovka River Embankment on the left bank of the Neva River in the east of Petrogradsky Island (hence the name)

Quarters (general article)

QUARTERS, buildings for housing and accommodation of large numbers of people (military personnel, workers belonging to specific enterprises, etc.) spacious (accommodating 50-500 men) common sleeping quarters. Workers' quarters were built in St

Shpalernaya Street

SHPALERNAYA STREET, from Gagarinskaya Street to Rastrelli Square. The street was known as First Line until 1727, then was called First Beregovaya Street. In the late 18th century it assumed the name Voskresenskaya Street or Voskresenskaya Embankment

St. Isaac Square

St.ISAAC SQUARE (St. Isaac’s Square, in 1923-44, Vorovskogo Square), one of the central squares of St. Petersburg. Located between Admiralteisky Avenue and Mariinsky Palace

Tauride Palace

TAURIDE PALACE (47 Shpalernaya Street), an architectural monument of Neoclassical. It was constructed in 1783-1789 (architect I.E. Starov) for Prince G.A. Potemkin-Tavrichesky (hence the name)

The building of the Tsarskoye Selo Military Hospital (Sophia post office)

Constructing of a four-storied stone Post Office with stables and sheds in the town of Sophia was made in 1784 to the design of Ch. Cameron. In 1805-1806 it was rebuilt according to L. Rusca’s project under the direction of the brick-master D
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

The Toboggan Hill with a pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Park)

The Toboggan Hill with two slopes (they were not survived) was erected in 1754-1756 to the design of F.-B. Rastrelli. The third wooden slope was added by V.I. Neyelov in 1765
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

Theological Academy

THEOLOGICAL ACADEMY located at 17 Obvodny Canal Embankment, closed higher theological education institution. It was founded under Metropolitan Gavriil in 1797 as the Alexander Nevsky Theological Academy based on the Main Seminary and situated in

Troitskaya Square

TROITSKAYA SQUARE, called Kommuny Square from 1918 to 1923, then known as Revolyutsii Square until 1991, between Kamennoostrovsky Avenue and Kuybysheva Street. The square appeared in the early 18th century on Gorodskoy (present-day Petrogradsky)

V.I. Neelov, I.V. Neelov, P.V. Neelov, architects

NEELOV family, a family of architects, representatives of early Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Vasily Ivanovich (1722-82), apprentice of S.I. Chevakinsky and M.G. Zemtsov; from 1744, worked with them and F.B

Volkovskoe Cemeteries

VOLKOVSKOE CEMETERIES is situated in the north-eastern part of Frunzensky region, the oldest of the St. Petersburg cemeteries functioning today. Volkovskoe Orthodox Cemetery (7а Rasstanny Passage)

Zakharyevskaya Street

ZAKHARYEVSKAYA STREET, running from Liteiny Avenue to Potemkinskaya Street. The street was laid in the first third of the 18th century, in the area surrounding Liteiny Yard

Zhdanovskaya Street and Embankment

ZHDANOVSKAYA EMBANKMENT, running from Bolshoy Avenue of the Petrogradskaya Side to Novoladozhskaya Street. The embankment was formed in the 18th century as a passage along the right bank of the Zhdanovka River












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