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Kaverin Veniamin Alexandrovich
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Kaverin V.A. (1902-1989), writer
KAVERIN (real surname Zilber) Veniamin Alexandrovich (1902-1989), writer. Lived in Petrograd - Leningrad in 1920-41. In 1923 graduated from the Arabic Department of the Institute of Oriental Languages
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3 March. The district newspaper "Bolshestskoye slovo" ("Bolshevik Word") was founded, on 3 February 1953 it was renamed the newspaper "Vpered" ("Forward") and on 1993 it was renamed "Tsarskoselskaya Gazeta" ("The Tsarskoye Selo Newspaper")
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Source: Tsarskoe Selo
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Arts, The House of, literary society
Arts, The House of, an organisation for literary figures. It was founded by K. I. Chukovsky, M. Gorky, A. N. Tikhonov. Opened on 19 November 1919 in the former house of the Eliseev family at 15 Nevsky Prospect / 59 Moika River Embankment
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Biblioteka Dlya Chteniya (The Reader's Library), journal
BIBLIOTEKA DLYA CHTENIYA (The Reader's Library), a news, fashion, science, philological and arts journal. Appeared monthly from 1834-65 (in 1865 eight editions came out). The journal was founded by А. F. Smirdin (publisher until 1849) and O. I
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Chicherin House
CHICHERIN HOUSE (Kosikovsky House, Eliseev House) (15 Nevsky Prospect), monument of early Neoclassical architecture. Built in 1768-71 (architect unknown, possibly G.B. Vallin de la Mothe or Y.M. Felten) for general chief of police N.I
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Children's Literature, the Leningrad Department of the Publishing House
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, the Leningrad Department of the publishing house, was housed in the House of Books, then on 6 Kutuzova Embankment, it was opened in 1933, before 1963, it was called Detgiz (State Publishing House for Children's Literature)
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Grechesky Avenue
GRECHESKY AVENUE, running from Second Sovetskaya Street to Vilensky Lane. The avenue was laid in the 1860s and assumed its name in 1871 after the Greek Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica
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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
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Leningrad, journal
LENINGRAD, throughout different periods several journals circulated in the city under this name.1) From 1922 until 1925 - a bi-weekly illustrated literary and political journal (until 1924 was called Petrograd)
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Neva, journal
NEVA (3 Nevsky Prospect), a monthly illustrated literary journal, founded in 1955 as an organ of the Leningrad Writers' Organisation by A. I. Chernenko who became its first editor; later the journal was edited by S. I. Voronin, followed by А. F
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Serapion's Brothers
SERAPION'S BROTHERS, a literary group from 1921 until 1926. It was named after the Tales of E. T. A. Hoffman. It separated from the Studio of Translators which existed at the publishing house World Literature. It united prose writers I. A
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Shishkov V.Y. (1873-1945), writer
SHISHKOV Vyacheslav Yakovlevich (1873-1945), writer. In 1891 he graduated from Vyshny Volochek technical school. He started to publish his works from 1908, although he personally considered his literary debut to have occurred in 1912
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Soviet Writer, the Leningrad Department of the Publishing House
SOVIET WRITER, the Leningrad Department of the publishing house (it was housed in the House of Books, from the 1980s it was situated on 36 Liteiny Avenue), was established in 1934
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Tyrsa N.A., (1887-1942), artist
TYRSA Nikolay Andreevich (1887-1942), graphic artist and painter. He attended the Academy of Arts (1905-09) and E.N. Zvantseva Arts School (1906-10), studying painting under L.S. Bakst
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Union of Writers, the Leningrad Department
UNION OF WRITERS of the USSR, from 1958, of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Leningrad Department or the Leningrad Writers' Organization. The Leningrad Department of the Union of Writers was established at the First All-Union
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Zvezda (The Star), journal
ZVEZDA (The Star) (20 Mokhovaya Street), a monthly literary and socio-political independent journal. It was founded in 1924, with I. M. Maysky as its first editor
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