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Charlemagne Iosif Iosifovich
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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)
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Alexandria, palace and park ensemble (Peterhof)
ALEXANDRIA, palace and park ensemble of Peterhof located to the east of the Lower Park and occupying a territory of 115 hectares. Since 1711, the estate of A.D
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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
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Engelsa Avenue
ENGELSA AVENUE, a part of Vyborgskoe Freeway until 1918, running from Novosiltsevsky Lane past Third Verkhny Lane; the avenue is an extension of Bolshoy Sampsonievsky Avenue. The avenue was called so in honour of German socialist F. Engels (1820-95)
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English Park (Peterhof)
ENGLISH PARK is situated in the west part of Peterhof, in the lower course of Shinkarka River, to the north of Egerskaya Settlement and to the northwest of Lugovoy Park. Stary Petergof railway station is situated at its southwest outskirts
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Lithuanian Castle.
LITHUANIAN CASTLE (Seven-towered castle), a prison, used to be situated in Kolomna, near the intersection of the Moyka river and Krukov canal. The 2-storeyed building of the palace was built in 1783-87 (architect I.E
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Lomonosova Square
LOMONOSOVA SQUARE (until 1948 - Chernysheva Square), between Zodchego Rossi Street and Fontanka River Embankment. It was named after M.V. Lomonosov (the first name was given after Count I.G. Chernyshev). The road was built in 1828
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Menelas A.A. (1753-1834), architect
MENELAS Adam Adamovich (1753-1831, Tsarskoe Selo), architect, landscape designer, representative of the late Neoclassicism. Native of Scotland. From 1785, resided in Russia, worked as a mason in the workshop of N.A. Lvov in Torzhok and Mogilev
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Mikhailovka, manor
MIKHAILOVKA (Mikhailovskoe), a manor (summer residence) on the Peterhof Road, situated east of Znamenka. In the early 18th century, A.S. Menshikov's summer residence Favorite was situated in this area
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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
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Moskovsky Avenue
MOSKOVSKY AVENUE (in 1918-50 - Mezhdunarodny Avenue, in 1950-56 - Stalina Avenue, after I.V. Stalin), from Sennaya Square to Pobedy Square, one of the main thoroughfares of St
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Naval monuments
NAVAL MONUMENTS. St. Petersburg is the cradle of the Russian Navy, which explains the large number of monuments related to the history and eminent naval figures, beginning with its founder Peter the Great. The Boat House in St
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Peterhof, palace and park ensemble
PETERHOF, the palace and park ensemble in Petrodvorets. Until 1917, remained a summer imperial residence on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. The construction of Peterhof started in 1709 at the command of Tsar Peter the Great
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Semenovskaya Square, architectural ensemble
SEMENOVSKAYA SQUARE, located at the intersection of Gorokhovaya Street and Fontanka River Embankment, near Semenovsky bridge. The dimensions and configuration of the bridge square consisting of two parts (rectangular on the right bank of the
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St Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church
ST STANISLAUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, located at 22 Soyuza Pechatnikov Street. An architectural monument of late Classicism, constructed in 1823-25 (architect D. I. Viskonti) on the site of the domestic chapel ("kaplitsy") of Catholic Metropolitan S
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St. Petersburg in the Fine Arts (entry)
ST. PETERSBURG IN THE FINE ARTS. Artists started to make representations of St. Petersburg soon after the city's founding. Alexey Zubov was the first to create the panoramic view of St
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Stockyard
STOCKYARD (65 Moskovsky Avenue), an architectural Neoclassical monument. It was built in 1823-26 (architect I. I. Charlemagne). It is a prominent example of a utilitarian building
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Stroganov Palace
STROGANOV PALACE (17 Nevsky Prospect), an architectural monument of the late Baroque period. Originally a two-storey house at the corner of Nevsky Prospect and Moika River Embankment (1738, architect M.G
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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
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