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Druzhinin A. V. (1824-1864), writer
DRUZHININ Alexander Vasilievich (1824, St. Petersburg - 1864) writer, critic, translator. On graduating from the Page Corps (1843) he served in the Finnish Life Guard Regiment
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Dubrovin A. I. (1855-1921), public figure
DUBROVIN Alexander Ivanovich (1855-1921) was a doctor, political and public figure, State Counsellor. On graduating from the Medical Surgical Academy (1879) he served as a military doctor. From 1889, he worked in children's orphanages of St
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Dudergofka, river
DUDERGOFKA (Duderhof, known as Dudorovka in the 18th century), a river in the south-west of St. Petersburg. The name originates from Duderhof Heights. The river emerges from Lake Duderhof (Dudergofskoe)
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Dudergofsky Canal
DUDERHOFSKY CANAL was built during the improvement of the Peterhof Highway and Southern Primorsky Park. It was named after the Duderhofka River (the Canal covers the river's mouth)
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Duderhof Heights
DUDERHOF HEIGHTS a group of hills of glacial origin in the south of St. Petersburg eastwards from Krasnoe Selo and the Ligovo-Gatchina Railway. In the early 18th century they were known as the Duderhof Hills later Duderhof Heights (from Lappish
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Duderhof Lake (Krasnoye Selo)
Duderhof Lake is located in the southern end of Krasnoye Selo (in Mozhaysky and Villosi Villages) at true altitude of 79.9 meters. It has a natural lowering among moraine hills in the centre of Izhora Heights (hence the name Duderhof Heights)
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Dudin M.A. (1916-1993), poet
DUDIN Mikhail Alexandrovich (1916-1993, St. Petersburg), poet, public figure. In 1937 entered the evening department of Faculty of Literature of the Ivanov Pedagogical Institute; in 1939 he was conscripted into the Army
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Dudinskaya N.М.(1912-2003), ballet dancer, instructor
DUDINSKAYA Natalia Mikhailovna (1912-2003, St. Petersburg), ballet dancer, People's Artist of the USSR (1957), Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg (1998). Graduated from the Leningrad Choreography School under of A. Y. Vaganova in 1931
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Duel
DUEL (single combat, satisfaction), singe combat of two individuals with the same weapons (epee, sabre, pistol, rarely - others) and in fair conditions, held according to definite rules in the presence of witnesses (seconds) from both parties at the
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Dukhov N.L. (1904-1964), weapons engineer
DUKHOV Nikolay Leonidovich (1904-64) was a weapons engineer and Lieutenant General (1954), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1953), Hero of Socialist Labour (1945, 1949, and 1954)
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Duma of Six Members
DUMA OF SIX MEMBERS, an elected executive organ of city self-government. The Duma was formed according to the Imperial Decree to Cities of 1785. It was appointed concurrently with the General City Duma in January 21 1786
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Dume Restaurant
DUME RESTAURANT (15 Malaya Morskaya Street / 7 Gorokhovaya Street). Opened in the early 1820s by Andrieux, a former French Prisoner of War of 1812 who stayed in Russia. D. V. Venevitinov, F. V
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Dunaevsky I.O., (1900-1955), composer
DUNAEVSKY Isaak Osipovich (1900-1955), composer, pianist, director of music and theatrical groups, people's artist of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1950). Graduated from Kharkov Conservatory, he lived in Leningrad in 1929-41
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Dunaysky Avenue
DUNAYSKY AVENUE, running from Predportovaya Street to Sofiyskaya Street, through Srednaya Rogatka and Kupchino. The avenue was named after the Danube River in 1968
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Durnovo P.P. (1835-1919), statesman and public figure
DURNOVO Peter Pavlovich (1835 - 1919, Petrograd), statesman and public figure, Infantry General (1890), Adjutant General (1905). Graduated from the Page Corps in 1853 and the Imperial Military Academy in 1855
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Dussault Restaurant
DUSSAULT RESTAURANT (11 Bolshaya Morskaya Street). Opened in the late 1830s by restaurateur Legrand, in the 1850s restaurateur Dussault became its owner. The restaurant was famous for its cuisine (N.A
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Dutch
DUTCH, an ethnic community within the St. Petersburg population. The Dutch language is related to the Germanic group of Indo-European languages. They are Protestant and Catholic (those living in St. Petersburg are mostly Protestant)
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Dutch Reformed Church
DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH, located at 20 Nevsky Prospeсt. A monument of classicist architecture. It was erected in 1831-34 (architect P.P. Jacot). The facade of the church is decorated with a Corinthian portico containing a high relief in the tympanum
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Dvortsovaya Embankment
DVORTSOVAYA EMBANKMENT (Palace Embankment), called Verkhnaya Naberezhnaya Street or First Verkhnaya Embankment beginning in 1738; in the 1740s-90s, it was known as Millionnaya Embankment; from 1923 to 1944 it was called Devyatogo Yanvarya Embankment
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Dvortsovy Bridge
DVORTSOVY BRIDGE (1918-52 Republican Bridge, in honour of the Soviet Republic), across the Bolshaya Neva, joining Dvortsovy Passage with Birzhevaya (Stock Market) Square. Named after the Winter Palace
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Dyagilev S.P., (1872-1929), worker of theatre and arts
DYAGILEV Sergey Pavlovich (1872-1929), theatrical and artistic figure, publisher and critic. He lived in St. Petersbrug from 1890. Graduated from Petersburg University with a major in law in 1896
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Dybenko P.E. (1889-1939), revolutionary, statesman
DYBENKO Pavel Efimovich (1889-1938), Soviet military officer and party figure. Army commander of the second rank (1935). In 1911 he was conscripted into the Baltic Fleet
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Dyuny (Dunes), area
DYUNY (Dunes), an area in the north part of Sestroretsk, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland. The name is conditioned by the terrain structure: sand-dunes covered with a pine forest
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Dyuny, Forest Park
DYUNY, a Forest Park, spreading out along the coast of the Gulf of Finland forming a strip of approximately 13 by 3-4 km between the northern outskirts of Sertroretsk and Solnechnoe village
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Dyur N.O. (1807-1839), actor
DYUR Nikolay Osipovich (1807 - 1839, St. Petersburg), actor. After receiving training in ballet and drama at the Theatre College in St. Petersburg in 1829, he joined the Russian court drama company
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Dzerzhinsky F.E. (1877-1926), revolutionary, statesman
DZERZHINSKY Felix Edmundovich (1877-1926), Soviet party figure and statesman. In 1887-96, he studied at the Vilno Gymnasium (did not graduate); from 1895, he took part in the Polish and Russian social democratic movement; was arrested and exiled
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Dzhambula Lane
DZHAMBULA LANE, running between the Fontanka River Embankment and Zagorodny Avenue. Known as Leshtukov (Lestokov) Lane until 1952. The lane was laid in the first half of the 18th century
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Dzhanelidze I. I. (Y. Y.), (1883-1950), surgeon
DZHANELIDZE Iustin Ivlianovich (Yustin Yulianovich) (1883-1950, Leningrad) was surgeon, academician of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1944), Lieutenant General of Medical Service (1943), Hero of Socialist Labour (1945)
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