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Assembly of Nobility
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Civil governor
CIVIL GOVERNOR, the head of the provincial administration in St. Petersburg province. Officially the post of civil governor was founded in 1761 (before then, since 1736 the functions of civil governor were performed by the governor of province and
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Glinka M.I., (1804-1857), composer
GLINKA Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1817; in 1818-22, studied at the Noble Boarding School of the Main Pedagogical Institute (164 Fontanka River Embankment). Glinka's tutor was W.K. Kuchelbecker
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Nobles
NOBLES, a social group within the St. Petersburg population. Nobility was a strict class that was divided by inheritance, and those who had received their title by merit for service (without the right to pass on their title through inheritance)
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Public Halls (entry)
PUBLIC HALLS, a special premise for informal mass events. The first public hall was arranged in banker A.A. Ral's house (On the Moika River Embankment, beside Red Bridge; not preserved)
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St. Petersburgers Worldwide Club
ST. PETERSBURGERS WORLDWIDE CLUB (6 St. Isaac Square), a non-profit organisation, founded in 1991 with the purpose of reviving St. Petersburg as a spiritual, intellectual, scientific and cultural centre. Its first president was professor N.A
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