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Fomin Ivan Alexandrovich
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Fomin I. A. (1872-1936), architect
FOMIN Ivan Alexandrovich (1872-1936), architect, graphic artist, historian and theorist of architecture. I.I. Fomin's father. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1909), L.N
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Abamelek-Lazarev S.S., prince, mining industrialist
ABAMELEK-LAZAREV (Abamelek-Lazarev) Semen Semenovich (1851-1916), prince, industrialist and landowner, archaeologist, Master of the Horse. Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philosophy of Petersburg University (1881)
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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
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Benois L.N. (1856-1928), architect
Benois Leonty (Ludovik) Nikolaevich (1856, Peterhof -1928, Leningrad), architect, full State Advisor (1905), an honourable cultural figure (1927). The son of N. L. Benois, a brother of Albert N. Benois and А. N. Benois
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Ezhegodnik Obshchestva Arkhitektorov-khudozhnikov (The Yearbook of the Imperial Society of Architect
EZHEGODNIK OBSHCHESTVA ARKHITEKTOROV-KHUDOZHNIKOV (The Yearbook of the Imperial Society of Architects/Artists), was published by the Society of Architects and Artists in 1906-16 (the last edition, no. 12 was released in 1927)
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Field of Mars (Marsovo Pole), ensemble
FIELD OF MARS (in the 18th century Bolshoy Meadow, Poteshnoe Field, Tsaritsyn Meadow, in 1918 -40 – Zhertv Revolyutsii Square), the square in the centre of St. Petersburg. It was named so in honour of Mars, the Roman god of war
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Fomin I.I. (1904 - 1989), architect
FOMIN Igor Ivanovich (1904-1989, Leningrad), an architect, People's Architect of the USSR (1971), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1979). Son of I.A. Fomin
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General Plans for the Development of Petersburg-Leningrad
GENERAL PLANS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF PETERSBURG-LENINGRAD. One the first projects of St. Petersburg planning dates back to 1709-12. According to it, the city centre should be situated at Kotlin Island and was to be connected to outer parts of the
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Grilles (entry)
GRILLES. St. Petersburg boasts a number of unique metal grilles, created in the course of three centuries. Wrought grilles of bars with (sometimes gilded) decorative figures made from flat iron bars (the grille of the Ekaterininsky (Catherine)
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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
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Karpovka, river
KARPOVKA (from Fin. Korpijoki, which means Forest River or Crow River), a river, separating Petrogradsky Island and Aptekarsky Island. The river is 3 kilometres long
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Kueba Restaurant
KUEBA (16 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). A restaurant opened in 1887 on the premises of the Cafe de Paris, operating from the 1850s and belonging to restaurateur Z.P. Kueba
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Lenina Square
LENINA SQUARE, at the intersection of Arsenalnaya Embankment and Botkinskaya Street. Named in 1924 in memory of V.I. Lenin's visit to Petrograd in April 1917; known as Lenina Alley until 1946
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Lidval F.I., (1870-1945), architect
LIDVAL Fedor Ivanovich (Iogan Friedrich) (1870, St. Petersburg - 1945), architect. Descendant of Swedish emigrants. Lidval graduated from the Academy of Arts (1896), a Fellow of the Academy of Architecture from 1909
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Lines of Vasilievsky Island (entry)
LINES Of VASILIEVSKY ISLAND, the historical name of a number of parallel streets that intersect Vasilievsky Island from the south to the north: First to Twenty-Ninth Lines, Birzhevaya Line, Kozhevennaya Line, Kosaya Line, Mendeleevskaya Line
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Lomonosova Bridge
LOMONOSOVA BRIDGE (until 1948 Chernyshev Bridge), over the Fontanka River, on Lomonosova Street (former Chernyshev Lane, hence its old name). It was built in 1785-87 following a standard design
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Matsievich L.M. (1877-1910), engineer, pilot
MATSIEVICH Lev Markovich (1877-1910, St. Petersburg), military engineer, one of the first Russian aviators. Graduated from Kharkov Technological Institute (1901), Nikolaevskaya Naval Academy (1906)
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May's Gymnasium
MAY'S GYMNASIUM, men's private high school founded by teacher K. I. May (1824-1895) as a classical school in 1856 and reorganised into a gymnasium in 1865. It had a actual department opened in 1868 and transformed into a Real school (which along
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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
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Monumental Propoganda Plan (monuments)
MONUMENTAL PROPAGANDA PLAN was ratified on 12 April 1918 by the Council of People's Commissars decree on the "removal of monuments, erected in honour of tsars and their servants and the elaboration of monuments of Russian Socialist Revolution" (On
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Museum of Old Petersburg
MUSEUM OF OLD PETERSBURG, founded in October 1907, attached to the Society of Architects and Artists. A. N. Benois, the first director of the museum, was simultaneously at the head of a special commission for studying and describing St
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Neoclassicism
NEOCLASSICISM, a traditionalist movement of the first half of the 20th century architecture, based on the assimilation of 18th - early 19th century Russian architecture. In St
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New Petersburg
NEW PETERSBURG is an architectural urban planning project for the development of the western part of Goloday Island (see Dekabristov Island). It was proposed in 1911-13 by architect I.A. Fomin in collaboration with architect F.I. Lidval
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Nikolskoe Cemetery
NIKOLSKOE CEMETERY. One of the necropolises at the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, founded in 1863 (the third to be opened). Situated between Obukhovskoy Oborony Avenue and the Lavra's eastern yards. It was named after the Church of St
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Old Petersburg, Society
OLD PETERSBURG, history research society, founded in 1921 by the members of the Pavlovsk Study Seminar. Its Board (chaired by architect L.A. Ilyin) consisted of Alexander N. Benois, P.P. Veyner, V.P. Zubov (headmaster of Art History institute), V.Y
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Petrograd Planning Council
PETROGRAD PLANNING COUNCIL. Established in 1919, together with an architectural workshop under the supervision of architect I.A. Fomin. Among the council's members were architects A.E. Belogrud and V.A. Shchuko, artists Alexander N. Benois and M.V
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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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Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments
PRESERVATION OF HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MONUMENTS. A systematic comprehensive organization of measures aimed at research, preservation, restoration and controlled use of inherited structures and objects of cultural importance
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Repin Academic Institute Of Painting, Sculpture And Architecture, St. Petersburg State
REPIN ACADEMIC INSTITUTE OF PAINTING, SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE, ST. PETERSBURG STATE, located at 17 Universitetskaya Embankment is the oldest Russian institution of higher artistic education
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Society of Architectural Artists, creative society
SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL ARTISTS (SAA), a society of architects. It was founded in 1903, by the initiative of architects, graduates and teachers of the Academy of Fine Arts (L.N. Benois, L.V. Rudnev, P.Y. Suzor, A.I. Tamanyan, I.A. Fomin, V.A
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Tverskoy L. M. (1889-1972), architect
TVERSKOY Lev Mikhailovich (1889-1972, Leningrad), architect, architecture theorist. Graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineering (1914) and the Academy of Arts (1923). Since 1919, worked in the city of Petrograd adjustment plan workshop of I.A
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Victims of the Revolution, Monuments to the
VICTIMS OF THE REVOLUTION, MONUMENTS TO THE. The first monument To the fighters for the revolution was erected on the Field of Mars. On the 23 March (5 April, New Style) 1917, a ceremonial funeral took place here: 184 out of 1
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Women’s Polytechnic Institute
WOMEN’S POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, the first ever Russian technical institution of higher education for women. It was established in 1905 on the initiative of a group of scientists with a financial support of the Society for Funding Women’s Technical
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World of Art, Association
WORLD OF ART, an art association. Begun in the mid-1890s by a circle of students, the main body including graduates of K. I. May's Gymnasium, such as Alexander N. Benois, W. F. Nouvel, and D. V. Filosofov, who were later joined by L. S. Bakst, S. P
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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
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