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Arzamas, Literary Circle
ARZAMAS, literary circle from 1815 to1818. It was founded by V. A. Zhukovsky (who became the secretary and invented witty "minutes" of the meetings), D. V. Dashkov, D. N. Bludov, A. I. Turgenev, S. S. Uvarov, later K. N. Batyushkov, P. A
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Decembrists
DECEMBRISTS, members of secret societies, mainly, Guard officers and Masonic lodge members, who excited a rebellion against autocracy and serfdom in December 1825 (hence the name). Many of the future Decembrists were born in St
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Demertsov F.I. (1762-1823), arhcitect.
DEMERTSOV Fedor Ivanovich (1762-1823, St. Petersburg), architect, representative of Neoclassicism, State Advisor (1818). Former serf, in 1784 was emancipated. He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Artillery and the Engineering Cadet School in St
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Golitsyn Family
GOLITSYN, princely family, the Gediminovich Dinasty, important in the 16th century. Several members, including Prince M.M. Golitsyn, were closely associated with St. Petersburg. His son was Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn (1718-1783, St
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Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837), poet
PUSHKIN Alexander Sergeevich (1799-1837, St. Petersburg), poet, prose writer, playwright, historian, journalist. Studied at the Imperial Lyceum at Tsarskoe Selo (1811-17; memorial plaque; presently a memorial museum)
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