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Galernaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
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Galernaya Street
GALERNAYA STREET, runs from Dekabristov Square to Novo-Admiralteysky Canal Embankment crossing Truda Square. In 1738, it was known as Isaakievskaya Street (after St
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Galley Yard
GALLEY YARD, founded in 1712 as Scampavia Yard at the mouth of and on the right bank of the Moika River (near the present-day Galernaya Street) it was renamed Galley Yard in 1713
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Konnogvardeysky Boulevard
KONNOGVARDEYSKY BOULEVARD (in 1918-91, Profsoyuzov Boulevard), located between Dekabristov Square, St. Isaac's Square and Truda Square. The Admiralty Canal was excavated along Konnogvardeysky Boulevard in the early 18th century for transporting wood
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Ministry of Finance
MINISTRY OF FINANCE, one of the Russian Empire's central public institutions, in charge of financial and economic policy. Established on 8 September 1802, and reorganized in 1810-11
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Rumyantsev Family
RUMYANTSEV FAMILY, a noble family (from 1743 a family of Counts), known since the late 14th century. Those most closely associated with St. Petersburg include Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev (1725-1796), Count (1743) and Field Marshal General (1775)
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