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Alexander I, Emperor (1777-1825)
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Alexander II , Emperor (1818-1881)
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Alexander III, Emperor (1845-1894)
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Annensky I.F. (1855-1909), poet and teacher
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Apraksin P.M. (1659-1728), statesman
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Asafyev B. V. , (1884-1949) music theorist and composer
ASAFYEV Boris Vladimirovich (penname Igor Glebov) (1884, St. Petersburg - 1949), music theorist, composer, People"s Artist of the USSR (1946), member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1946)
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Batyushkov K.N. (1787-1855), poet
BATYUSHKOV Konstantin Nikolaevich (1787-1855), poet, lieutenant colonel (1818). In 1797-1807 he permanently lived in St. Petersburg: was brought up in private boarding schools, served in the Ministry of People's Education (1802-07)
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Bely Andrey (1880-1934), writer
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Belyaev A.R. (1884-1942), writer
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Benckendorff A. K. (1781-1844), statesman
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Benois А.N., (1870-1960), artist
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Bernstam Leopold-Bernhard (1859-1939), sculptor
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Bilibin I.Y., (1876-1942), artist
BILIBIN Ivan Yakovlevich (1876-1942), graphic artist, stage designer, Ph.D. (Arts History) 1939. He studied in the Drawing School of the Society for Encouragement of the Arts in 1895-98, Princess M. K
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Blok A.A. (1880-1921), poet
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Bonch-Bruevich M.A., (1888-1940), radio technician
BONCH-BRUEVICH Mikhail Alexandrovich (1888-1940, Leningrad), radio technician, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1931). Graduated from the Nikolaevsky Engineering School (1909) and the Military Electrotechnical School in
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Cameron C. (1745-1812), architect.
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Catherine I (1684-1727), Empress
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Catherine II (1729-1796), Empress
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Chabukiani V.M., (1910-1992), choreographer
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Chekhonin S.V. (1878-1936), artist
CHEKHONIN Sergey Vasilievich (1878-1936), painter and graphic artist. He did his studies at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1896-97) and at Princess M.K. Tenisheva's school under I.E. Repin (1897-1900)
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Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich
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Cherkasov N.K., (1903-1966), actor
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Chevakinsky S. I. (1713-1783), architect
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Danini S.A. (1867-1942), architect.
DANINI Silvio Amvrosievich (1867-1942, Leningrad), architect. Descendent of an Italian family. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1886, graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1892
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Delwig A.A. (1798-1831), poet, journalist
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Derzhavin G.R. (1743-1816), poet, statesman
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Dudinskaya N.М.(1912-2003), ballet dancer, instructor
DUDINSKAYA Natalia Mikhailovna (1912-2003, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, People's Artist of the USSR (1957), Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (1998). Graduated from the Leningrad Choreography School under of A. Y. Vaganova in 1931
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Eichenbaum B.М., (1886-1959), literary historian
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Elizaveta (Elizabeth) Petrovna (1709-1761), Empress
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