Baskov Lane

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BASKOV LANE between Korolenko Street and Fontannaya Street. The street was named after landowner and merchant Baskov in 1800s. The street was laid in the mid-18th century up to the present-day Radishcheva Street and extended up to Fontannaya Street in 1898. It was built up with apartment houses from the late 19th century to the early 20th century. Outstanding are house 5 built by architect F. F. von Postels in 1905 and house 8 built by architect G. V. Baranovsky in 1899 to accommodate Princess A. A. Obolenskaya's Girls Gymnasium. Among street residents were poet A. V. Koltsov who lived in house 12 in 1838, Russian President V. V. Putin - house 12 in 1960s, essayist N. F. Annensky - house 17 in 1910s, Member of Academy D. S. Likhachev - house 35 in 1950s, and revolutionary I. S. Unshlikht - house 41 in 1917. House 8 accommodated the staff of Leningrad Air Defence Fighter Corps in 1941-45.

Reference: Мартьянов С. Басков переулок // БА. 1981. № 10. С. 47-61.

G. Y. Nikitenko. Annensky Nikolay Fedorovich
Baranovsky Gavriil Vasilievich
Baskov
Koltsov Alexey Vasilievich
Likhachev Dmitry Sergeevich
Obolenskaya Anna Alexandrovna, Duchess
Postels Fedor Fedorovich (Friedrich Friedrichovich) von
Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich
Unshlikht Iosif Stanislavovich
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 41
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 8
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 35
Baskov Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Fontannaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Korolenko St./Saint Petersburg, city
Radishcheva St./Saint Petersburg, city
Мартьянов С. Басков переулок // Блокнот агитатора, 1981