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Museum of the Benois Family
MUSEUM OF THE BENOIS FAMILY is a branch of the Peterhof Museum Park (Petrodvorets, 8 Dvortsovaya Square). The Museum of the Benois Family was opened in September 1988 on the initiative of N. A. Benois (son of A. N
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Museum of Theatre and Music Art
MUSEUM OF THEATRE AND MUSIC ART, St. Petersburg State (6 Ostrovsky Square). The museum was established in 1918 in the former apartment of the Board of Directors of Imperial Theatres, and has been at this address ever since
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Museum of Zoology
MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY of the Institute of Zoology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1 University Embankment), Russia's largest museum of its type. Founded in 1832 it first welcomed visitors in 1838
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Museums (general article)
MUSEUMS. Russia's first public museums appeared in St. Petersburg. In 1702 Peter the Great issued first orders on collecting and exhibiting high-quality models and various rarities
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Music Hall
MUSIC HALL (in Russian Muzik-kholl, based on a transliteration of the English). The first attempts to establish a Music Hall in St. Petersburg date back to 1913
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Music Publishing Business
MUSIC PUBLISHING BUSINESS. Printed music was more expensive than handwritten in the 18th century to the first halа of the 19th century. Initially it was only printed for special occasions, later - only for a small number of followers
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Music salons (entry)
MUSIC SALONS, a social form of public musical performance, amateur and professional, more popular than public concerts during the late 18th century - first half of the 19th century
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Music Societies and Circles (general)
MUSICAL SOCIETIES AND CIRCLES, official associations of music lovers with their own charters and rights to hold public concerts and other activities. There were two associations founded in the last third of the 18th century: the Music Club (1772-77)
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Musical Comedy Theatre
MUSICAL COMEDY THEATRE (13 Italyanskaya Street). Created as a venue for the Leningrad and Kharkov operetta troupes, opening in 1929 with the operetta Kholopka (Bondmaid) by N.M. Strelnikov (conductor N. Spiridonov, director A.N. Feona)
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Musical Drama Theatre
MUSICAL DRAMA THEATRE, operated in St. Petersburg (Petrograd) in 1912-19. Also performed at the Grand Hall of the Conservatory. Its founder and art director was I. M. Lapitsky
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Musical periodicals (entry)
MUSICAL PERIODICALS. Around the 1790s first musical journals, containing light adaptations of popular operetic arias and ensembles (chorals), clavier, harp, guitar pieces started to appear, among them were: St
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Musical Schools and Colleges (entry)
MUSICAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES, classes, courses, educational institutions for those who want to study music professionally or obtain general training in music, catering to various social groups and interests
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Musical Society, The Russian
MUSICAL SOCIETY, The Russian (in 1873-1917, it was called the Imperial Russian Musical Society; RMO, IRMO) was established in 1859 on the initiative of A. G. Rubinstein and Count Matv. Y. Vielgorsky (see the Vielgorsky Family)
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Mussorgsky Opera and Ballet Theatre
MUSSORGSKY OPERA AND BALLET THEATRE. Dates back to 1918, when it was established in the building of the Mikhailovsky Theatre (1 Iskusstv Square; 1833, architect А. P. Bryullov, rebuilt in 1859 by architect А. K. Cavos)
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Mussorgsky М.P., (1839-1881), composer
MUSSORGSKY Modest Petrovich (1839-1881, St. Petersburg), composer. Lived in St. Petersburg from 1849, he studied at St. Petrischule and the Guards and Cavalry Cadets College in 1852-56, situated at the present-day 54 Lermontovsky Avenue
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Mutual Credit Societies
MUTUAL CREDIT SOCIETIES, institutions founded on a partnership basis to grant short-term loans. A member of a mutual credit society would undertake obligations for a specified amount
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Muzhestva Square
MUZHESTVA SQUARE known as Murinskaya or Spasskaya Square before 1965, between Karbysheva Street, Politekhnicheskaya Street, Second Murinsky Avenue, Toreza Avenue, and Nepokorennykh Avenue
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Myakotin V.A. (1867-1937), historian, public and political figure
MYAKOTIN Venedikt Alexandrovich (1867, Gatchina - 1937), historian, essayist, public and political figure. Graduated from Kronstadt Gymnasium and the Faculty of History and Philology of St
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Mytninskaya Embankment
MYTNINSKAYA EMBANKMENT stretching from Kronverksky Avenue to Dobrolyubova Avenue along Kronverksky Channel and the Malaya Neva River in the southern extremity of Petrogradsky Island at the approach of Birzhevoy Bridge
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Nabokov Family
NABOKOV Family, noble family, known since the mid 17th century. Several family members are closely associated with St. Petersburg. Ivan Alexandrovich Nabokov (1787-1852, St Petersburg), Infantry General (1835), Adjutant General (1844)
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Nabokov Museum
NABOKOV MUSEUM, St Petersburg (47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). The museum was established in 1993 on the initiative of the Nabokov Foundation. It was incorporated as a private museum and got its present-day name in 1998
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Nabokov V.V. (1899-1977), writer
NABOKOV Vladimir Vladimirovich (1899, St. Petersburg - 1977), poet, prose writer, playwright, translator, literary critic. The son of V.D. Nabokov (see the Nabokov Family)
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Nabutov V. S.(1917-73), sports commentator
NABUTOV Viktor Sergeevich (1917-1973), sportsman, radio and television commentator, master of sports (1934). In 1947 he graduated from the Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute however from 1936 he was already playing for the Dinamo football team as
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Nadson S.Y. (1862-1887), poet
NADSON Semen Yakovlevich (1862, St. Petersburg - 1887), writer. Graduated from Pavlovsky Military School (1882). In 1884 resigned on account of illness. A.N. Pleshcheev played an important part in his literary life
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Nakhimov Navy School
NAKHIMOV NAVY SCHOOL (before 1991, the Leningrad Nakhimov Navy School), at 2-4 Petrogradskaya Embankment, is a specialised men's boarding secondary school named after Admiral P.S. Nakhimov (1802-1855)
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Nappelbaum M.S.(1869-1958), photographer
NAPPELBAUM Misey Solomonovich (1869-1958), photographer. He lived in St. Petersburg from 1910 and created the gallery of the city's public figures: Yury Annenkov, Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Block, Alexander Glazunov, Vsevolod Meyerkhold
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Napravnik E.F., (1839-1916), composer
NAPRAVNIK Eduard Frantsevich (1839-1916, Petrograd), conductor, composer, and musician. Originally from the Czech Republic, he studied at an organ school and under I. F. Kittl, the director of the conservatory, in Prague. He lived in St
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Narodnaya Volya
NARODNAYA VOLYA (People's Will), the largest revolutionary public organization of the late 1870-80s. Originated in June 1879 as a result of the disunity among members of Zemlya i Volya
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Narodnogo Opolchenia Avenue
NARODNOGO OPOLCHENIA AVENUE translated as Avenue of the People's Volunteer Corps, lying between Krasnoputilovskaya Street and Letchika Pilyutova Street and crossing districts of Knyazhevo, Dachnoe, Ulyanka, Ligovo, and Sosnovaya Polyana
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Narodovolets D-2, submarine memorial complex
NARODOVOLETS (10 Shkipersky Canal), memorial complex, affiliation of the Central Navy museum, opened in 1994. Narodovolets (D-2) was one of the first three Soviet submarines, constructed at the Baltic Shipbuilding Works in 1927-31
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