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Petrashevsky M.V. (1821-1866), revolutionary

PETRASHEVSKY (Butashevich-Petrashevsky) Mikhail Vasilievich (1821, St. Petersburg 1866), public figure. In 1836-40 studied at Tsarskoselsky Lyceum, in 1840-41 – audited classes at the Faculty of Law of Petersburg University; received an academic

Alexeevsky Ravelin

ALEXEEVSKY RAVELIN, an outer fortification of Peter and Paul fortress, situated in its western part, before Vasilievskaya curtain wall. The ravelin was named so in honour of Tsar Alexey Mikhaylovich. It was built in 1733-40 (engineer C.A. Munnich, C

Danilevsky N.Y. (1822 - 1885), philosopher

DANILEVSKY Nikolay Yakovlevich (1822-85), philosopher, sociologist, and naturalist promoted to Actual Civil Counsellor in 1868. He graduated from Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum in 1842 and was an irregular student at the faculty of physics and mathematics of

Dostoevsky F. M. (1821-1881), writer

DOSTOEVSKY Fedor Mikhaylovich (1821-1881, St. Petersburg), writer, corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1877). In 1837 came to St. Petersburg

Lyceum

LYCEUM, Tsarskoe Selo Lyceum renamed Alexandrovsky Lyceum in 1843, a privileged higher education institution providing training for state officials. It was founded in 1810 and opened on 19 October 1811

Petrashevsky Circle

PETRASHEVSKY CIRCLE, visitors of Friday meetings held by M.V. Petrashevsky. The meetings began in 1844 to become weekly from the autumn of 1845. Attended by officials, literati, officers, painters, and students

Pleshcheev A.N. (1825-1893), poet

PLESHCHEEV Alexey Nikolaevich (1825-1893), poet, prose writer, playwright, translator. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1839. Studied at the School of Guard Sergeants and Cavalry Cadets (1840-42)

Speshnev N. A. (1821-1882), revolutionary

SPESHNEV Nikolay Alexandrovich (1821-1882, St. Petersburg) was a member of the circle headed by Petrashevsky. In 1836, he entered the Lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. In 1839, he entered the Faculty of Eastern Languages of St. Petersburg University

Turgeneva Square

TURGENEVA SQUARE, Pokrovskaya Square until 1923, at the intersection of Sadovaya Street (the numeration of the buildings on the square follows the numerical order set on Sadovaya Street) and Angliisky Avenue; the square is the centre of Kolomna area

Wolff et Beranget Confectionery

WOLFF ET BERANGET CONFECTIONERY (18 Nevsky Prospect). Opened by the entrepreneurs S.Wolff and T. Beranget in the early 1800s on the first floor of the K.B. Kotomin Building (see House of Kotomin); in the 1820s