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Chekhov Anton Pavlovich
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904), a writer. Chekhov came into Saint Petersburg more than once since 1885. He mostly stayed at home of A.S. Suvorin, the publisher of the newspaper “The New Time” (6 Ertyelev Lane (now Chekhov Street))
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1896
8 January. A.P. Chekhov, as guest, arrived to D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak in Tsarskoye Selo.
The almshouse, in the memory of the merchants Sinebryukhovs, for girls and aged women began to work in Moskovskaya Street. 14 May
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Akimov Comedy Theatre
AKIMOV COMEDY THEATRE (56 Nevsky Prospect). Founded in 1926 as the Satire Theatre (private non-repertory company). Originally, it mainly produced so-called programme-reviews comprised of burning miniatures. B.A. Babochkin, L.O
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Alexandrinsky Theatre
ALEXANDRINSKY THEATRE (2 Ostrovskogo Square), called Alexandrinsky Theatre 1832-1920, it was granted the status of Academic in 1919, and in 1920 named the Petrograd (Leningrad) State Academic Drama Theatre (Akdrama, Gosdrama)
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Averchenko A.T. (1881-1925), writer
AVERCHENKO Arkady Timofeevich (1881-1925), writer, playwright, theatre critic. He started writing in 1903. From 1907 he lived in St. Petersburg: worked for Svobodnaya mysl newspaper and Strekoza magazine
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Baltic House Festival Theatre
BALTIC HOUSE FESTIVAL THEATRE (4 Alexandrovsky Park) was established in 1936 by the Red Theatre Union and the Theatre of the Working Youth (TRAM) as the Memorial Lenin Komsomol Theatre
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Chekhov М.А. (1891-1955), actor, director, and teacher
CHEKHOV Mikhail Alexandrovich (1891, St. Petersburg - 1955), actor, teacher, and theatre worker; Honoured Artist of the State Academic Theatres in 1924. Anton Chekhov's nephew
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Chekhova Street
CHEKHOVA STREET, known as Ertelev Lane until 1923, between Zhukovskogo Street and Nekrasova Street. The street was laid in the second half of the 18th century. Its original name was derived from the last name of a house-owner
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Davydov V.N., (1849-1925), actor
DAVYDOV Vladimir Nikolaevich (real name Ivan Nikolaevich Gorelov) (1849-1925), actor, pedagogue, People's Artist of the Respublic (1922). In 1866, he graduated from a gymnasium in Tambov
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Dominic Cafe
DOMINIC. The first Russian cafe-restaurant, opened in May 1841 at 24 Nevsky Prospect by "pastry shop master" Dominique Ritz Aport, a native of Switzerland, "for the satisfaction of people of class"
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Ernest Restaurant
ERNEST (60 Kamennoostrovsky Avenue). A restaurant opened in 1909 by entrepreneur Ernest G. Hiegel (who also owned Medved Restaurant). The building housing the restaurant Ernest, as well as the greenhouse connected to it
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Fofanov K.M. (1862-1911), poet
FOFANOV Konstantin Mikhailovich (1862, St. Petersburg - 1911, at the same place), poet. He had little formal education. After leaving home in 1885, he wandered a lot and lived in poverty all his life. He appeared in various (mostly St
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Freindlikh B.A., (1909-2002), actor
FREINDLIKH Bruno Arturovich (1909 - 2002, St. Petersburg), actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1974). In 1931-34, studied at the Dramatics School (today Academy of Dramatic Arts)
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Garin E.P. (1902-1980), actor
GARIN (born Gerasimov) Erast Pavlovich (1902-1980), actor and director, People's Artist of the USSR in 1977. He graduated from the Higher Experimental Theatre Workshops in Moscow in 1926
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Gorbachev I. O. (1927-2003), actor, director
GORBACHEV Igor Olegovich (1927-2003), actor, director, People's Artist of the USSR (1972), Hero of Socialist Labour (1987). In 1945, he enrolled at the Philosophy Department of the Leningrad State University
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Granovskaya E.M., (1877-1968), actress
GRANOVSKAYA Elena Mavrikievna (1877-1968, Leningrad), actress, People's Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1944). Graduated from Annenschule (1895)
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Heifits I.E. (1905-1995), film director
HEIFITS Iosif Efimovich (1905-1995, St. Petersburg), film director, script writer, teacher, People’s Artist of the USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labour (1975)
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Kardovsky D.N. (1866-1943), Artist
KARDOVSKY Dmitry Nikolaevich (1866-1943) graphic artist, painter, pedagogue, honoured worker of arts of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1929). He was trained at the Academy of Arts (1892-96, 1900-02) under P. P. Chistyakov and I. E
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Komissarzhevskaya Theatre
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA THEATRE (also called Drama Theatre under the Directorship of V. F. Komissarzhevskaya, and Drama Theatre of V. F. Komissarzhevskaya), a private theatre founded in 1904 by V.F. Komissarzhevskaya
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Komissarzhevskaya V.F., (1864-1910), actress
KOMISSARZHEVSKAYA Vera Fedorovna (1864, St. Petersburg - 1910), actress. The sister of F.F. Komissarzhevsky. Studied in Moscow under her father, opera singer and pedagogue F.P
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Kopelyan E.Z., (1912-1975), actor
KOPELYAN Efim Zakharovich (1912-1975, Leningrad), actor, people's Artist of the USSR (1973). Studied at the studio of the Bolshoy Drama Theatre (1935), worked for this theatre for the rest of his life
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Korolenko V. G. (1853-1921), writer
KOROLENKO Vladimir Galaktionovich (1853-1921), prose writer, publicist, public figure, honorary member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1900; in 1902 along with Anton Chekhov laid down the title of academician in the protest against the
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Maly Drama Theatre - Theatre of Europe
MALY DRAMA THEATRE - THEATRE OF EUROPE (MDT) at 18 Rubinsteina Street. Founded in 1944 in besieged Leningrad as a regional travelling theatre company, the theatre became settled in its present building in 1956
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Maly Yaroslavets Restaurant
MALY YAROSLAVETS (Maloyaroslavets). A restaurant opened in the 1870s at 8 Bolshaya Morskaya Street. Originated from a tavern of the same name, which was presumably built in 1812 and named in memory of the battle near Maloyaroslavets
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Michurina-Samoylova V.A., (1866-1948), actress
MICHURINA-SAMOYLOVA Vera Arkadievna (1866-1948), actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1939). Daughter of V.V. Samoylova. Performed first under her father's name, Michurina, then in 1921 as Michurina-Samoylova
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Mikhaylovsky N. K. (1842-1904), publicist, sociologist
MIKHAYLOVSKY Nikolay Konstantinovich (1842-1904, St. Petersburg), publicist, sociologist, critic, public figure. From 1856 lived in St. Petersburg, studied in the Corps of Mining Engineers Institute; in 1863 was expelled for participation in student
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Novoe vremya (The New Time), newspaper, 1868-1917
NOVOE VREMYA (The New Time), a political and literary newspaper, which appeared in 1868-1917. In 1876 A. S. Suvorin took over the publishing and turned Novoe Vremya into one of Russia's most popular newspapers, with a circulation reaching 60
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Palkin Restaurants
PALKIN RESTAURANTS. Several Petersburg restaurants, owned by members of the Palkin merchant family. In 1785, A.S. Palkin, a native of Yaroslavl, opened a tavern under his name in St. Petersburg
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Pisarev Modest Ivanovich (1844-1905), actor
PISAREV Modest Ivanovich (1844-1905, St. Petersburg), actor and writer. He graduated from the law department of the Moscow University (1865). He performed in amateur clubs of Moscow in 1860s, the Society of Lovers of Dramatic Art
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Puppet Theatres (entry)
PUPPET THEATRES. The first professional State Puppet Theatre was Petrograd Puppet Theatre directed by L. V. Shaporina-Yakovleva (founded in 1918, opened in 1919, in 1923-24 part of the Young People's Theatre at 33 Mokhovaya Street)
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Radisson SAS Royal Hotel
RADISSON SAS ROYAL HOTEL (49 Nevsky Prospect / 2 Vladimirsky Avenue). Opened on 23 August 2001. In the 1730s, a wooden building on a stone foundation was constructed on this land plot
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Russian Academy of Sciences
RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, the highest scientific institution in Russia. It was founded in St. Petersburg after Emperor Peter the Great's project for the academy was approved by the Senate on 28 January 1724
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Samoylov P.V., (1866-1931), actor
SAMOYLOV Pavel Vasilievich (1866, St. Petersburg - 1931, Leningrad), actor, Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1923). Son of V.V. Samoylov. Graduated from the Petersburg School of Commerce (1886)
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Severny Vestnik (Northern Herald), journal, 1885-1898
SEVERNY VESTNIK (Northern Herald), a literary, scientific and political journal, of populist (narodnik) orientation, which appeared in 1885-98 until 1889 under А. М. Evreinova's editorship
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Simonov N.K., (1901-1973), actor
SIMONOV Nikolay Konstantinovich (1901-1973, Leningrad), actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1950), Hero of Socialist Labor (1971). Studied at the Industrial School of Art in Samara (1918-20). Lived in Petrograd (Leningrad) from 1921
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Smoktunovsky I.M. (1925-1994), actor
SMOKTUNOVSKY (born Smoktunovich) Innokenty Mikhailovich (1925-1994), actor; People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He participated in World War II
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Strzhelchik V.I., (1921-1995), actor
STRZHELCHIK Vladislav Ignatievich (1921, Petrograd - 1995, St. Petersburg), actor, People"s Artist of the USSR (1974), Hero of Socialist Labour (1988). In 1938-47, he studied at the school-studio of the Bolshoy Drama Theatre under B.A
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Suvorin А.S. (1834-1912), publisher
SUVORIN Alexey Sergeevich (1834-1912, St. Petersburg), publicist, writer, publisher. Suvorin completed special courses of the Noblemen Regiment (1853), and from 1863 when he settled in St
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Theatre Library
THEATRE LIBRARY, St. Petersburg State (2 Zodchego Rossi Street), the oldest theatre library of Russia. The library is thought to have been founded in 1756, the year when Russian professional theatre first appeared (see Russian Tragedy and Comedy
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Tolubeev Y.V., (1906-1979), actor
TOLUBEEV Yury Vladimirovich (1906 - 1979, Leningrad), actor, People's Artist of the USSR (1956), Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Graduated from the Leningrad Dramatics School (1929; today Academy of Dramatic Arts)
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Tovstonogov Bolshoy Drama Theatre
TOVSTONOGOV BOLSHOY DRAMA THEATRE (BDT), academic theater located at 65 Fontanka Embankment, founded in 1919 by the joint effort of A.A. Blok (director), M. Gorky (in 1932-92 bore his name) and M.F
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Varlamov K.A., (1848-1915), actor
VARLAMOV Konstantin Alexandrovich (1848, St. Petersburg - 1915, Petrograd), actor, son of composer A.E. Varlamov. Educated at home. Took part in amateur performances. Began working on the professional stage in 1867, at the theatre of A.M
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Yavorskaya L.B. (1871-1921), actress
YAVORSKAYA (nee von Guebbenet, Princess Baryatinskaya by marriage) Lidia Borisovna (1871-1921), actress. She completed the Drama Courses at the Theatre School in St. Petersburg in 1893 and studied under E. Gaux in Paris
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Young People's Theatre
YOUNG PEOPLE'S THEATRE, Bryantsev Young People's Theatre, situated at 1 Pionerskaya Square. It was founded in 1921 and opened in 1922 in the hall of the former Tenishev's School at 33 Mokhovaya Street. Headed by A. A
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Zhizn (Life), journal
ZHIZN (Life), social-political, literary and scientific journal, published in St. Petersburg from January 1897 to April 1901 (until April 1899 it appeared three times a month, subsequently monthly), at various times edited and published by S. V
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