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Zagorodny Avenue/Saint Petersburg, city
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Borodinskaya Street
BORODINSKAYA STREET between Fontanka River Embankment and Zagorodny Avenue. It was laid through the land owned by St. Petersburg Bourgeois Society. Development of the area started in the early 20th century
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Bus
BUS, the most mobile type of city public transport, provides cost-effective route planning and is extremely flexible to changes in the route network. The first attempt to organize "motorized omnibus" service goes back to the 1880s
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Dzhambula Lane
DZHAMBULA LANE, running between the Fontanka River Embankment and Zagorodny Avenue. Known as Leshtukov (Lestokov) Lane until 1952. The lane was laid in the first half of the 18th century
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Five Corners
FIVE CORNERS, a traditional informal name of the crossroads, formed by Zagorodny Avenue, Lomonosova Street (former Chernyshev Lane), Rubinstein Street (former Troitskaya Street) and Razyezzhaya Street. Appeared in the 1760s
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Gorokhovaya Street
GOROKHOVAYA STREET, runs from Admiralteysky Avenue to Zagorodny Avenue, crossing the Moika River (Krasny Bridge), Griboedova Canal (Kamenny Bridge) and the Fontanka River (Semenovsky Bridge)
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Kazachy Lanes
KAZACHY LANES, Bolshoy Kazachy Lane and Maly Kazachy Lane, known as such since 1795 for the Don Cossacks Yard. Called Ilyicha Lane from 1925 to 1993. Bolshoy Kazachy Lane extends from Gorokhovaya Street to Zagorodny Avenue
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Kuznechny Lane
KUZNECHNY LANE, connects Zagorodny Avenue and Vladimirskaya Square with Ligovsky Avenue. In the 1740s, this territory was settled by blacksmiths serving the court. In the 1760s, the Church of Our Lady of Vladimir was erected along the street
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Latvians
LATVIANS, an ethnic community forming a part of the St. Petersburg population. The Latvian language belongs to the Baltic group of Indo-European language family. Believers are Lutherans and Catholics. The Latvian community in St
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Muravyev-Apostol S.I. (1795-1826), decembrist
MURAVYEV-APOSTOL Sergey Ivanovich (1795, St. Petersburg - 1826), Decembrist, Lieutenant Colonel (1820). He was born in the house of Archpriest A.A. Samborsky (not preserved)
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October General Political Strike of 1905
GENERAL POLITICAL STRIKE OF OCTOBER 1905 was part of the All-Russian October political strike held under the slogans of overthrowing autocracy and demanding democratic liberties
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Pionerskaya Square
PIONERSKAYA SQUARE between Zagorodny Avenue and the Young People's Theatre. It partly occupies the former vast ground of Semenovsky Lifeguard Regiment. Members of Petrashevsky's Circle were subjected to a mock execution in the ground in 1849 and
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Platz - Drill Grounds (entry)
PLATZ (from German "Platz" - square) is a large and flat area (squares, waste grounds) for drills and army training. The first platz (drill square) in St. Petersburg was Mars Field
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Razyezzhaya Street
RAZYEZZHAYA STREET (in the first half of the 19th century, it was also referred to as Chernyshev Lane), between Zagorodny Avenue and Ligovsky Avenue. The road was named in 1739, constructed in the 1740s following the designs of St
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Regiment Settlements (entry)
REGIMENT SETTLEMENTS are places for compact billets of guard regiments inside the city limits in the 18th - early 19th century. They were built in 1739-43 under regular designs specially provided for this purpose (usually the planning included an
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Relief
RELIEF. Despite having a general plain character, its flatness and large built up areas, the relief of St. Petersburg is diverse and full of contrasts. The highest peaks in the southwest of the city reach 176 meters
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Rubinsteina Street
RUBINSTEINA STREET (from 1739 - Golovin Lane, after house-owner Count F.A. Golovin; from 1798 - Troitsky Lane, after the Metochion of Holy Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius located at 44 Fontanka River Embankment, in 1887-1929 Troitskaya Street)
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Semenovsky Life Guards Regiment
SEMENOVSKY LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT, one of the two oldest infantry guards regiments (along with Preobrazhensky Life Guards Regiment), its history dates back to 1683 (from "poteshny (toy, amusement) regiments" of Tsar Peter the Great)
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Sementsy, area
SEMENTSY, the historical name of the area between Zagorodny Avenue and Obvodny Canal. The name comes from the 18th century settlement of Semenovsky Life Guard Regiment that was quartered on the territory from Zvenigorodskaya Street to Moskovsky
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Toponymy of St. Petersburg
TOPONYMY OF ST. PETERSBURG, a corpus of names of geographical points situated on the territory of St. Petersburg. Names of rivers, islands, and villages located on the city's future territory appeared long before its foundation
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Vladimirskaya Square
VLADIMIRSKAYA SQUARE, in 1739 - Torgovaya Square, in 1923-50 - Nakhimsona Square after revolutionary S. M. Nakhimson (1885-1918). The square is bounded by Zagorodny Avenue, Vladimirsky Avenue, Kuznechny Lane, Kolokolnaya Street
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Zagorodny Avenue
ZAGORODNY AVENUE, running from Vladimirskaya Square to Moskovsky Avenue. The avenue was laid in the 1740s according to a project planned by the Commission for the Building of St
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