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Central Duma

CENTRAL DUMA (Central City Duma) is the elected organ of city self-government. It was set up by the Provisional Government after the February revolution of 1917, dealing with the same problems as the previous City Duma

City Administration (entry)

CITY ADMINISTRATION. The system of City Administration in St. Petersburg from the beginning of the 18th century developed in 2 directions - the city government and self-government (see City self-government). From 1703 the city was governed by A. D

City Self-Government

CITY SELF-GOVERNMENT, elected organs responsible for different aspects of city life. The beginning of City Self-Government was laid by Tsar Peter the Great, who set up the Town council in 1710 in St. Petersburg

Committee against pogroms

COMMITTEE AGAINST POGROMS, emergency government authority, established on December 4 (17 New Style), 1917 of the decision of Petrograd Soviet for the cessation of wine pogroms in Petrograd. The Committee was located in Smolny (room No. 75)

Constituent Assembly, All-Russian

ALL-RUSSIAN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, a body of representatives established on the basis of universal suffrage in order to form a government and draft a Constitution for Russia

Housing Stock (resources)

HOUSING STOCK, residential houses and living quarters in other types of buildings. By 1917 the total area of housing stock in Petrograd amounted to circa 25 million square metres

Inter-Regional Party

INTER-REGIONAL PARTY (from the end of 1914 referred to as St. Petersburg Inter-Regional Committee of United Socialists Revolutionaries and Internationalists) was a socialist democratic organisation in St. Petersburg (Petrograd)

Kerensky A.F. (1881-1970), political figure

KERENSKY Alexander Fedorovich (1881-1970), political figure and statesman, lawyer. In 1899, he entered the History and Philology Faculty of Petersburg University; in 1900, he moved to the Faculty of Law; after graduating (1904)

Kodatsky I.F. the chairman of Leningrad Soviet in 1929-37

KODATSKY (Kadatsky) Ivan Fedorovich (1893-1937), Soviet statesman and party worker. He graduated from the vocational school in Nikolaev, worked as a turner there, took part in workers' strikes

Komarov N.P. the chairman of Leningrad Soviet in 1926-28

KOMAROV Nikolay Pavlovich (born Fedor Evgenyevich Sobinov) (1886-1937), a statesman and Soviet Party worker. Had been living in St. Petersburg since 1902. In 1912 he graduated from the city 4-grade technical school

Kschessinska Mansion

KSCHESSINSKA MANSION (2 Kuybysheva Street /1 Kronverksky Avenue), a modernist architectural monument. The building was constructed in 1904-06 (architect. A. I. von Gogen) for ballet dancer M.F. Kschessinska

Leningrad Soviet

LENINGRAD SOVIET (Leningrad City Soviet of People"s Deputies), the supreme authority on the terriory of Leningrad. It originated from Petrograd Soviet of working people and soldiers" deputies founded on February 27 (March 12 New Style)

Petrograd

PETROGRAD, official name of St. Petersburg since 18 August 1914, chosen after Russia entered the First World War of 1914-18; it replaced the German name St. Petersburg

Petrograd Cheka

PETROGRAD CHEKA (Petrograd Emergency Committee), the local body of All-Russian Extraordinary Commission, established on March 10, 1918 after the transfer of All-Russian Extraordinary Commission to Moscow; it was quartered on 2/6 Gorokhovaya Street

Petrograd Labour Commune

PETROGRAD LABOUR COMMUNE, the name of Petrograd Soviet since March of 1918, after the Soviet government had been transferred to Moscow. The functions of the Executive Committee of Petrograd Labour Commune were performed by Commissars' Soviet

Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee

PETROGRAD MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE, the emergency body of Petrograd Soviet which functioned at the time of preparation and conducting of October Revolution of 1917

Petrograd Revolutionary Defence Committee

PETROGRAD REVOLUTIONARY DEFENCE COMMITTEE, an emergency body, was established on February 21, 1918 at the plenary session of Petrograd Soviet for the purpose of the organization of city defence against approaching German forces

Political Parties (entry)

POLITICAL PARTIES, groups of people united by political opinions and goals fixed in party documents; possessing certain membership requirements, internal structure and types of activities stated in the regulations; relying on a certain social base

Printing Yard, a Printing house

PRINTING YARD (15 Chkalovsky Avenue) is a printing house, the largest producer of books and journals in the North-Western Region of Russia. It originates from the printing house of the Commission For Developing Laws established in 1817; from 1882

Provisional Government of 1917

PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT was the highest state organ of power in Russia, from 2 (15) March until 25 October (7 November) 1917. It was formed after the February Revolution of 1917 by the Provisional Committee of the State Duma in accordance with

Shingarev A.I. (1869-1918), public and political figure

SHINGAREV Andrey Ivanovich (1869-1918, Petrograd), public and political figure, physician. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at Moscow University in 1894, he worked as a doctor in the Voronezh Province

Shlyapnikov A.G. (1885-1937), political figure and statesman

SHLYAPNIKOV Alexander Gavrilovich (1885-1937), political figure. Graduated from a third-class professional training school and worked as a lathe turner. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1900

Trotsky L.D. (1879-1940), a revolutionary, chairman of Petrograd Soviet in 1917

TROTSKY (born Bronstein) Lev Davidovich (1879-1940), a political figure. After graduating from applied training school in Nikolaev (1896) he entered Novorossiisk University (Odessa) non-credit, but soon left it

Ukhtomsky A.A., (1875-1942), physiologist

UKHTOMSKY Alexis Alexeevich (1875-1942), physiologist, member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1935). He graduated from Moscow Ecclesiastical Academy in 1898. In 1902, he moved to St. Petersburg, where he graduated from the University of St

Zinovyev G.E., a chairman of Petrograd Soviet in 1918-26

ZINOVIEV Grigory Evseevich (born Ovsey-Gershen Aronovich Radomyshelsky, or Radomyslsky) (1883-1936), statesman and party worker. A member of Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party since 1901