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Cemeteries (entry)
CEMETERIES. Even before the foundation of St. Petersburg there were several necropolises on the location of the future city: the records of the beginning of the 18th century indicate a Finnish-Swedish cemetery at Elagin (Aptekarsky) Island
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Cemetery Churches (entry)
CEMETERY CHURCHES built in municipal cemeteries from the middle of the 18th century. In 1759-1760, the wooden Church of Our Lady of Smolensk was erected at the Smolensk Orthodox Cemetery (see Smolenskoe Cemeteries); in 1756-1759
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Decembrists
DECEMBRISTS, members of secret societies, mainly, Guard officers and Masonic lodge members, who excited a rebellion against autocracy and serfdom in December 1825 (hence the name). Many of the future Decembrists were born in St
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Glazunov Family, booksellers and publishers
GLAZUNOV FAMILY, booksellers and publishers. The Glazunov Company was founded by Matvey Petrovich Glazunov (1757-1830) who had a bookshop in Moscow and started a bookselling business in St
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Gorchakov A.M., (1798-1883), statesman
GORCHAKOV Alexander Mikhailovich (1798-1883), Serene High Prince (1871), statesman, diplomat, State Chancellor (1867), Honorary Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1856). Descended from the ancient princely Rurik Dynasty
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Ignatiev P.N. governor-general in 1854-61
IGNATIEV Pavel Nikolaevich (1797-1879, St. Petersburg), count (1877), statesman, infantry general (1859), adjutant-general (1846), honorary member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1856)
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Ignaty (Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), Orthodox Saint
IGNATY (born Dmitry Alexandrovich Bryanchaninov) (1807-1867), religious figure, theologian and spiritual writer. In 1822-26, he studied at the Central Engineering College of St. Petersburg, during this time he often visited the house A.N
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Ignaty (Malyshev) (1811-1897), Archimandrite
IGNATY (born Ivan Vasilievich Malyshev) (1811-1897, Holy Trinity and St. Sergius Hermitage), Archimandrite. In 1823, Ignaty was brought to St. Petersburg where he worked as an errand-boy, then as a salesclerk
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Kavelin A.A. governor-general in 1842-46
KAVELIN Alexander Alexandrovich (1793-1850, Gatchina), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1843). He was educated in Page Corps School in St. Petersburg
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Khrapovitsky M.E. governor-general in 1846-47
KHRAPOVITSKY Matvey Evgrafovich (1784-1847, St. Petersburg), statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1831), adjutant-general (1816). He was educated in the Gentry Army Cadet corps school in St. Petersburg
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Kleinmichel P.A. (1793-1869), statesman
KLEINMICHEL Petr Andreevich (Peter) (1793, St Petersburg 1869), Count (1839), statesman and military leader, Infantry General (1841), Adjutant General (1826). From 1808, he served with the Guards, took part in the Patriotic War of 1812
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Leuchtenberg Family
LEUCHTENBERG (v. Leuchtenberg), a ducal family in Russia, its founder was Duke M. Leuchtenberg. In 1852, the Leuchtenbergs were included in the Imperial Family under the title of Princes Romanovsky. Initially they were buried at the SS
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Monasteries (entry)
MONASTERIES, there were four monasteries in Petrograd (two women’s convents and two men’s monasteries) by 1917, and 42 metochions, which functioned according to monastery regulations
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Oldenburgsky Family
OLDENBURGSKY (v. Oldenburg), dukes and princes, the junior branch of a German landed estate. Several members of the family lived in Russia. George Ludwig Prince of Schleswig-Holstein (died 1763), Emperor Peter III"s uncle
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Petrodvortsovy District
PETRODVORTSOVY DISTRICT, an administrative-territorial entity within St. Petersburg, with the territorial administration located at 7 Kalininskaya Street, Petrodvorets. The district is named after the town of Petrodvorets, the district centre
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Samoylova V.V. (1824-1880), actress
SAMOYLOVA Vera Vasilievna (1824 - 1880, St. Petersburg), actress. Sister of V.V. Samoylov, mother of V.A. Michurina-Samoylova. Studied acting technique under her sister L.V. Samoylova
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Stakensсhneider А.I. (1802-1865), architect
STAKENSCHNEIDER Andrey Ivanovich (1802-1865), architect and graphic artist (draughtsman), full privy counsellor (1858). Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1821); from 1834, associate academy member, honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts
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Strelna
STRELNA, formerly a settlement, a municipal unit within the Petrodvortsovy District since 1997; 19 kilometers southwest of Saint Petersburg, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, where it meets the Strelka River
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Suvorov A.A. governor-general in 1861-66
SUVOROV Alexander Arkadyevich (1804, St. Petersburg - 1882, at the same place), Gracious Prince, statesman and combat leader, infantry general (1859). The grandson of A.V. Suvorov. He studied at the universities of Sorbonne and Gettinghen
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Volodarsky, village
VOLODARSKY VILLAGE (until 1918 - Alexandrovsky village), an area 18 km south-west from the centre of St. Petersburg. Volkhonskoe Freeway joins it with Strelna and Pushkin, while Krasnoselskoe Freeway connects it with Krasnoe Selo
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