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Z.I. Yusupova’s Villa. (an ensemble of the Separated Park)
Two first areas, laid out by A.F. Vidov in 1855 for six country plots on the Separated Park territory, were granted by Emperor Alexander II for building Princess Z.I. Yusupova’s villa
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Zabolotsky N.A. (1903-1958), poet
ZABOLOTSKY Nikolay Alexeevich (1903-1958), poet, translator. In Petrograd from 1921. Graduated from Faculty of Social Economy (Department of Language and Literature) of the Herzen Leningrad State Pedagogic Institute (1925)
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Zagorodny Avenue
ZAGORODNY AVENUE, running from Vladimirskaya Square to Moskovsky Avenue. The avenue was laid in the 1740s according to a project planned by the Commission for the Building of St
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Zakharov A.D. (1761-1811), architect.
ZAKHAROV Andreyan (Adrian) Dmitrievich (1761 - 1811, St. Petersburg), architect, representative of Neoclassicism. In 1767-82, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts under the supervision of Y.M. Felten and A.A
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Zakharyevskaya Street
ZAKHARYEVSKAYA STREET, running from Liteiny Avenue to Potemkinskaya Street. The street was laid in the first third of the 18th century, in the area surrounding Liteiny Yard
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Zakharyina N.M., (1927-1995), architect.
ZAKHARYINA Natalia Mikhailovna (1927, Leningrad - 1995, St. Petersburg), architect, artist. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts (1949). Among her projects of the 1960s were the music school on Moiseenko Street
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Zamyatin E.I. (1884-1937), writer
ZAMYATIN Evgeny Ivanovich (1884-1937) prose writer, playwright, literary critic. In 1902 entered the Ship-Building Faculty of the Polytechnical Institute; his studies were interrupted by an arrest and exile for revolutionary activities
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Zanevsky Avenue
ZANEVSKY AVENUE, located on the right bank of the Neva River, extends from Malookhtinsky Avenue to Soedinitelnaya Railway Line, running through Malaya Okhta and Yablonevka
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Zarkhi A.G., (1908-1997), film director
ZARKHI Alexander Grigoryevich (1908, St. Petersburg - 1997), film director, script writer, People’s Artist of the USSR (1969), Hero of Socialist Labour (1978). After graduating from the Leningrad School of Screen Arts he worked at Lenfilms in
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Zarudny A.S. (1863-1934), lawyer, public and political figure
ZARUDNY Alexander Sergeevich (1863, St. Petersburg - 1934, Leningrad), public and political figure, lawyer. After graduating from the St. Petersburg Jurisprudence College in 1885, he worked at the St
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Zastavy (Outposts) (entry)
ZASTAVY (OUTPOSTS), checkpoints, established in the early 18th century on the main roads at the entrance to St. Petersburg to check goods, luggage and to register people, leaving or entering the city
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Zasulich V. I. (1849-1919) revolutionary
ZASULICH Vera Ivanovna (1849-1919, Petrograd), a revolutionary, literary critic, and publicist. Educated in a women’s boarding school in Moscow, she came to St. Petersburg in 1868 to join revolutionary circles
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Zavety (Behests), journal, 1912-1914
ZAVETY (Behests), a monthly literary and political journal, published from April 1912 to August 1914 (with a total of 28 issues released). It was founded on the initiative of the Social-Revolutionary Party leader V. М
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Zayachy Island
ZAYACHY ISLAND situated in the broadest part of the Neva. In the north, it is separated from Petrogradsky Island with Kronverksky Strait. The island is 28 hectares in area, 900 metres long, and 500 metres wide
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Zaykov L.N. the 1st secretary of the regional party committee in 1983-85
Zaykov Lev Nikolaevich (1923-2002, St. Petersburg), statesman, Hero of Socialist Labor (1971). In 1940, he entered Leningrad factory No. 133 as a mechanic apprentice
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Zazerkalie, children's musical theatre
ZAZERKALIE (Behind the Mirror), children's musical theatre (state-owned from 1989). It was established as an independent theatre company and a part of the children's department of Lenconcert with the assistance of the Main Cultural Administration in
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Zazersky A.I. (1876-1942), engineer, inventor
ZAZERSKY Alexey Ivanovich (1876, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad), architect, one of the builders of the first St. Petersburg co-operative house. Father of N.A. Zazersky. Representative of the Art Nouveau and Neo-Classical styles
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Zazersky N.A. (1907-1980), architect
ZAZERSKY Nikolay Alexeevich (1907, St. Petersburg - 1980, Leningrad), architect, artist. Son of A.I. Zazersky. Graduated from the Forestry Engineering-Building Academy (1937)
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Zelenogorsk town
ZELENOGORSK (until 1948 Terijoki), the former town, since 1998 - a municipal unit forming a part of Kurortny District of St. Petersburg, 46 km to the north-west of the city, in the resort area on the north coast of the Gulf of Finland
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Zeleny Bridge
ZELENY BRIDGE (originally Petrovsky (Peter) Bridge, in 1735-68 Zeleny (green) Bridge, for its colour; in 1768-1918 Politseisky (police), in 1918-98 Narodny (people's), over the Moika River, on Nevsky Prospect
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Zemlya i Volya (Land and Liberty) of 1860s
ZEMLYA I VOLYA (Land and Liberty) of 1860s, a secret revolutionary society that was founded in St. Petersburg in 1861 with its Central Committee and St. Petersburg Committee operating in the capital. N.A. and A.A. Serno-Solovyevichs, A.A
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Zemlya i Volya (Land and Liberty) of 1870s
ZEMLYA I VOLYA (Land and Liberty) of 1870s, an illegal revolutionary organization that was founded in St. Petersburg in 1876 as the Northern Revolutionary Group of Narodniks (Populists) or the Society of Narodniks renamed in 1878
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Zemtsov M.G. (1688-1743), architect.
ZEMTSOV Mikhail Grigoryevich (1688-1743, St. Petersburg), architect, graphic artist, theorist of architecture, representative of the early Baroque. He studied at the Armoury Printing House School in Moscow. He worked in St
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Zenit, football club
ZENIT, football club. Established in May 1925, under the name of Stalinets (from 1940 - Zenit). Zenit FC participated in the USSR championships from 1936 (from 1938 off and on in the major league)
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Zhakov О.P., (1905-1988), an actor
ZHAKOV Oleg Petrovich (1905-1988), actor, People’s Artist of the USSR (1969). Graduated from the Leningrad School of Stage Arts in 1929. He played about 60 roles in Russian cinema, starting with bit parts in films by G. M. Kozintsev and L. Z
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Zhdanov A.A. the 1st secretary of the regional party committee in 1934-44
ZHDANOV Andrey Alexandrovich (1896-1948), statesman and party worker, colonel-general (1944). He was educated in Petrovsko-Razumovskaya agricultural academy and Moscow commercial institute (did not graduate)
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Zhdanovskaya Street and Embankment
ZHDANOVSKAYA EMBANKMENT, running from Bolshoy Avenue of the Petrogradskaya Side to Novoladozhskaya Street. The embankment was formed in the 18th century as a passage along the right bank of the Zhdanovka River
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Zhebelev S.A., (1867-1941), historian
ZHEBELEV Sergey Alexandrovich (1867, St. Petersburg - 1941, Leningrad), historian, Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1927). Graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Petersburg University in 1890
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Zhelobovsky A.A. (1834-1910), protopresbyter
ZHELOBOVSKY Alexander Alexeevich (1834-1910, St. Petersburg), chaplain. Zhelobovsky graduated from St. Petersburg Theological Academy in 1859. Starting in 1866, he led divine services at regimental churches of St. Petersburg
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Zhelyabov A. I. (1851-1881), revolutionary
ZHELYABOV Andrey Ivanovich (1851-1881, St. Petersburg), a revolutionary Narodnik (Populist). He was born in a family of serfs. When studying at Novorossiysky University, Odessa, in 1869-71, he was expelled after participating in student unrest
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