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Russian Academy of Sciences
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Academic Gymnasium
ACADEMIC GYMNASIUM, the first general secondary education institution in Russia. It was founded as a part of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences in 1724 and opened in January 1726 to provide training to boys coming from various free social classes
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Academic Printing House (see Science, Printing House)
ACADEMIC PRINTING HOUSE (12/28 Ninth Line of Vasilievsky Island) is one of the oldest printing houses of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the country. It was founded in 1727. Publications of the printing house include works by M. V. Lomonosov, L
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Academic University
ACADEMIC UNIVERSITY, the first Russian university founded by Peter the Great in 1724 as a part of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences and now officially recognised as the predecessor of the St. Petersburg State University
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Academics' Case
ACADEMICS' CASE, the accusation of a group of members and research assistants of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR of creating a counter-revolutionary organisation All-National Union of Struggle for the Revival of a Free Russia with the purpose of
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Academy House
ACADEMY HOUSE (1/2 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment), architectural monument. A residential house of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, built according to an exemplary project of the early 18th century, reconstructed in 1757-58 (architect S.I
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Alexander II , Emperor (1818-1881)
ALEXANDER II (1818-1881, St. Petersburg), Emperor (since 1855). He was a son of Emperor Nicholas I and Empress Alexandra Fedorovna. Tsarevitch (from 1831), General of Infantry (1847), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1826)
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Alexandrov A.D., (1912-1999), mathematician
ALEXANDROV Alexander Danilovich (1912-1999, St. Petersburg), mathematician, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1964). Graduated from the Physics Department of the Leningrad University in 1933
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Anichkov N. N. (1885 - 1964), pathologist
ANICHKOV Nikolay Nikolaevich (1885, St. Petersburg - 1964, Leningrad), pathologist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939) and Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR (1944), Distinguished Worker of Science (1935)
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Archaeographical Committee
ARCHAEOGRAPHICAL COMMITTEE, a scientific institution established under the Ministry of Public Education in 1834 to publish materials collected by the Archaeographical Expedition of the Academy of Sciences in 1829-32 with historian and archaeographer
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Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
ARCHIVE OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, also known as the St. Petersburg Department (1 Universitetskaya Embankment) was the first scientific archive in Russia
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Bazen P.P.(D.), (1786-1838), architectural engineer
BAZEN (Bazaine) Peter Petrovich (Pierre Dominiq) (1786-1838), architectural engineer, mechanic, mathematician, pedagogue, fellow (1817) and honorary member (1827) of the St. Petersburg Academy of Science, lieutenant general (1830)
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Benckendorff A. K. (1781-1844), statesman
BENCKENDORFF (v. Benckendorff) Alexander Khristoforovich (Konstantin Alexander Karl Wilhelm Christopher) (1781, St. Petersburg 1844), Count (1832), statesman and military officer, Infantry General, Cavalry General (1829), honorary member of the St
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Ber K.M., (1792-1876), naturalist
BER Karl Maximovich (1792-1876), naturalist, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1828, Honorary Member since 1862). Graduated from Derpt University (1814). From 1817, worked at Koenigsberg University. Invited to St
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Bernhard R.B. (1819-1887), architect
BERNHARD Rudolf Bogdanovich (1819-1887), architect, representative of Eclecticism, civil engineer, teacher. In 1839-43, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of K. A. Ton
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Bernoulli D. (1700-1782), Physicist
BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782) mathematician, Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1725-33). Born into a family of Swiss scientists. His brother Nicolaus and his nephew Jacob were also members of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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Bichurin N.Y. (Iakinf) (1777-1853), Chinologist, translator
BICHURIN Nikita Yakovlevich (monastic name Iakinf) (1777-1853, St. Petersburg), scholar of Eastern Studies, corresponding member of Russian Academy (1828). Graduated from the Theological Seminary of Kazan (1799)
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Blumentrost L. L. (1692-1755), court physician, first President of the Petersburg Academy of Science
BLUMENTROST Lavrenty Lavrentievich (1692-1755, St. Petersburg), court physician, first President of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He studied at the Universities of Halle, Oxford, and Leiden and earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine (1713)
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Bogusz-Siestrzencewicz Stanislav (1731-1826) - Catholic metropolitan
BOGUSZ-SIESTRZENCEWICZ Stanislav (1731-1826, St. Petersburg), Metropolitan of all Catholic churches of the Russian Empire (1798), honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1814)
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Bolotov V.V. (1854-1900), theologian
BOLOTOV Vasily Vasilievich (1854-1900, St. Petersburg), theologian, church historian, Doctor of Theology (honoris causa, 1896), associate of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1893). After graduating from St
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Bolshaya Neva
BOLSHAYA NEVA, the largest left branch of the the Neva river delta; a continuation of the Neva River below the Dvortsovaya Bridge. The Bolshaya Neva flows into the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland, in the area surrounded by Vasilievsky Island
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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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Brilliantov A.I. (1867-1933), theologian
BRILLIANTOV Alexander Ivanovich (1867-1933), church historian, Doctor of Church History (honoris causa 1914), corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1919). After graduating from St
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Bruce Y.V. (1670-1735), warlord, statesman
BRUCE Yakov Villimovich (James Daniel) (1670-1735), count (1721), state and war figure, general field marshal (1726). Brother of R.V. Bruce, close friend of Emperor Peter the Great's
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Butlerov A.M., (1828-1886), chemist
BUTLEROV Alexander Mikhailovich (1828-1886), organic chemist, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1874). Graduated from Kazan University in 1849. From 1868, held a professorship at Petersburg University
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Catherine I (1684-1727), Empress
CATHERINE I (nee Marta Skavronskaya) (1684-1727, St. Petersburg), Empress (crowned in 1721), the second wife of Tsar Peter the Great (from 1712), mother of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. After the death of her husband (1725) she was enthroned by A.D
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Chebyshev P.L., (1821-1894), mathematician
CHEBYSHEV Pafnuty Lvovich (1821-1894, St. Petersburg), mathematician and mechanical engineer, Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences from 1859. He graduated from Moscow University with a major in physics and mathematics in 1841. He came to St
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Chevakinsky S. I. (1713-1783), architect
CHEVAKINSKY Savva Ivanovich (1713-1783), architect, representative of the Baroque. From 1729, studied at the Moscow Preparatory School of the St. Petersburg Naval Academy, in 1732-38 apprenticed in architecture with I.K
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Chistovich I.A., (1828-1893), theologian
CHISTOVICH Illarion Alexeevich (1828 --1893, St. Petersburg), theologian, corresponding member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1874). Upon graduating from St
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Commission for the Study of Russian Natural Productive Resources,
COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN NATURAL PRODUCTIVE FORCES founded under the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1915 during World War I of 1914-18. It was situated at 2a Tuchkovaya Embankment
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Dal V. I. (1801-1872), writer, ethnographer, lexicographer, doctor
DAL Vladimir Ivanovich (1801-1872), writer, ethnographer, lexicographer, doctor, Corresponding Member of Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1838). He graduated from the Naval Military School (1819) and from the Faculty of Medicine of Derpt University
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