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Russian Museum, State
RUSSIAN MUSEUM, State was founded on 13 April 1895 by the decree of Emperor Nicholas II as the Russian Museum of Emperor Alexander III with the purpose of gathering the collections of Russian art
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Saints of the St. Petersburg Eparchy (general article)
SAINTS OF THE ST. PETERSBURG EPARCHY, saints who lived on the territory of the Eparchy and were glorified by the Russian Orthodox Church. St. Prince Alexander Nevsky whose relics rest in Alexander Nevsky Lavra is a patron of the region and the city
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Serov V.A., (1865-1911), Artist
SEROV Valentin Alexandrovich (1865 - 1911, St. Petersburg) painter and graphic artist. Son of A. N. Serov. He studied at the Academy of Arts under I. E. Repin and P. P
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SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral
SS. PETER AND PAUL CATHEDRAL (Cathedral of the Apostles Peter and Paul), an architectural monument in the style of the Petrine Baroque. The cathedral was constructed in 1712-33 (by architect D
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Stolypin P.A. (1862-1911), statesman
STOLYPIN Peter Arkadievich (1862-1911), statesman, chamberlain (1906). Graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Petersburg University (1885). In 1884-89, he served St Petersburg's Department of Internal Affairs
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Stroganov Family
STROGANOV FAMILY, barons (from 1722) and counts (from 1826; some branches had the title of Count from 1761); family originating from notable people of the second half of the 15th century. Several family members were closely associated with St
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The Babolovo Palace (an ensemble of the Babolovo Park)
Catherine II walking along the Taitsi water supply system noticed a nice hill on the Kuzminka River right bank. It was situated near the village of Babolovo aside of the Babolovo cutting. In 1780 a wooden house with outbuildings were built there
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The building of the Tsarskoye Selo Military Hospital (Sophia post office)
Constructing of a four-storied stone Post Office with stables and sheds in the town of Sophia was made in 1784 to the design of Ch. Cameron. In 1805-1806 it was rebuilt according to L. Rusca’s project under the direction of the brick-master D
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The Church of St. Julian of Tarsus (of the Life Guard Cuirassier His Emperor Majesty Regiment)
The regiment church was built to the design of the architect V.N. Kuritsin at the corner of Kadetsky Boulevard and Kirasirskaya (Cuirassier) Street in 1896-1899. The decoration was made by the architect S.A. Danini
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The Cottedge of Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich (an ensemble of the Separated Park)
A country house, looked like an English cottadge, is the first model of the St. Petersburg Modern and the scene of action of the famous series of TV films about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
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The Elephant Pavilion (an ensemble of the Alexander Park)
The wooden pavilion Elephants with small Indian style towers and service rooms and sheds, surrounded the yard, was built by the architeсt Menelaws in 1828. Appartments of the park wardens and elephant supervisor were placed in this pavilion
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The Military Chamber (an ensemble of the Alexander Park)
The Military Chamber, located in the Alexander Park near the White Tower, was built on the initiative of Nicholas II in 1913-1917 according to the design of the civil engineer S.Yu. Sidorchuk like an Old Russian fortress
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The Palace Church of the Resurrection
In the Tsarskoye Selo Palace of Tsarina Catherine Alexeyevna at first there was an camp private chapel of St. Catherine the Great Martyr. The main sight of this church was a carved iconostasis of dark blue colour
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The Town Council.
A part of the area of the closed Wall-paper Factory with old barracks and director’s house, belonged to the Banknote Factory since 1780, was given for building the Town Council according to the Emperor’s order in 1859
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The Tsar Railway Station
The Emperor Own Railway branch line and a wooden railway station pavilion, intended for supplying an imperial residence in the Alexander Palace, was constructed in 1895 for safeguarding Emperor Nicholas II
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The Tsarskoye Selo Common Cemetery of World War I Heroes.
The first Common Cemetery of World War I heroes was founded in September 1914 according to the initiative of Empress Alexandra Fiodorovna. It occupies a plot near the Kazan Cemetery and was under the special patronage of the Empress
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Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation, Union of
THEATRE WORKERS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, The Union of, St. Petersburg organisation (STD RF) (86 Nevsky Prospect), a creative association of workers of theatrical art. It was established in 1877 in St
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Trepov D.F. temporary governor-general in 1905
TREPOV Dmitry Fedorovich (1855-1906, St. Petersburg), statesman and combat leader, major-general (1900), major-general of His Imperial Majesty retinue (1903). The son of F.F. Trepov. He graduated from Page Corps school in St
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Trubetskoy Bastion
TRUBETSKOY BASTION, one of 6 bastions of Peter and Paul Fortress, situated in its south-western part. The bastion was built in 1703, of earth and wood under the supervision of prince Y.Y
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Winter Palace
WINTER PALACE, the Great Winter Palace (38 Dvortsovaya (Palace) Embankment), a Baroque architectural monument (1754-1762, architect F.B. Rastrelli). Up until 1917, it remained the main Imperial residence in St
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Witte S.Y. (1849-1915), statesman
WITTE Sergey Yulievich (1849-1915, П.), count (1905), statesman, Actual Privy Counsellor (1899), Secretary of State (1896), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1893)
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