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                                                        1934 
                                                                           
                         
                        1 January. The balloon "Osoaviakhim - 1"  was risen at a height of twenty two  hundred metres; the Tsarskoye Selo native  A.B. Vasenko, a graduate of the Tsarskoye Selo Nicholas Gymnasium, a worker of the Pavlovsk upper-air observatory
                                             
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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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                                                        Astoria Hotel 
                                                                           
                         
                        ASTORIA HOTEL (39 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). The six-story building, featuring elements of the Art Nouveau and Neoclassical styles, was constructed in 1911-12 (architect F.I. Lidval, engineer N.P. Kozlov, engineer-architect K.G. Eylers)
                                             
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                                                        Brier, publishing house, 1906-22 
                                                                           
                         
                        BRIER, a private publishing house established in 1906 by Z.I. Grzhebin (1877 - 1929) and S.Y. Kopelman (1881-1944). The publishing house issued collected works of L.N. Andreev, B.K. Zaytsev, S.N. Sergeev-Tsensky, F
                                             
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                                                        Grand Hotel Europe 
                                                                           
                         
                        GRAND HOTEL EUROPE (in 1875-1991, Evropeyskaya (European); 7/1 Mikhailovskaya Street; since 1991 Grand Hotel Europe). Opened on 28 January 1875. The building was built in 1873-75 (architect L.F
                                             
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                                                        Letopis (The Chronicle), journal 
                                                                           
                         
                        LETOPIS (The Chronicle) monthly literary, scientific and political journal, founded and virtually edited by Maxim Gorky. The journal united authors and publicists opposing nationalism and WW I
                                             
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