hidden Amateur People Theatres PUBLIC THEATRES. There are more than 300 theatre companies and studios in the Leningrad Oblast. Public theatres form the basis of the amateur theatres movement – the Leningrad Oblast numbers 53 public theatres (35 drama theatres and 18 puppet... more

hidden Art festivals ARTS FESTIVALS, festivals of achievements in different kinds of art. As a rule, they are regularly held in most towns and some villages of the Leningrad Oblast. Since 1980 one of the oldest oblast festivals “Teatralnaya Vesna” (“Theatre Spring”)... more

hidden Baptism Baptism. Kind of Protestantism. In 1880 the first baptist prayer hall was opened in St Petersburg, in 1884 the first congress of baptists and the Evangelical Christians of Russia, closed to it, took place in St Petersburg. Soon the ban on the... more

hidden Children Art Schools CHILDREN’S ARTS SCHOOLS (CAS). In the last years Children’s Musical Schools (CMS) and Children’s Painting Schools (CPS) have had a growing tendency for unification into Children’s Arts Schools (CAS). By 2007 the Leningrad oblast had had 104 CAS,... more

hidden "Colour and Sound of the Roerich Power", an oblast festival-competition “TSVET I ZVUK DERZHAVY N.K. RERIKHA” (“COLOUR AND SOUND OF N.K. RERIKH’S EMPIRE”), oblast festival-contest. It was first held in 1986 on occasion of N.K. Rerikh’s birthday. The festival takes place in Volosovo Town and N.K. Rerikh’s memorial estate.... more

hidden "Entrée", a theatre “ANTRE” (“ENTREZ”), drama theatre (10, Lenina av., Lodeynoye Pole Town). It was founded in 1995 on the base of theatre department at Lodeynoye Pole Town Centre of Children’s Aesthetic Development (CCAD). Founder and creative director is A.A.... more

hidden Folk art AMATEUR AND FOLK ARTS. There are about 50 Amateur and Folk Arts Centres in the Leningrad Oblast, including Amateur Talent Centres (theatrical, musical and ethnographical amateur groups), Arts and Crafts Centres. About 2600 amateur and folk arts... more

hidden Holiday culture of the Leningard Oblast THE LENINGRAD OBLAST CULTURE OF FESTIVITIES. Festivity is an impressive demonstration of national culture and has deep personal and social sense. The Leningrad Oblast Government worked out a special-purpose program of festivity arrangement.... more

hidden Houses and Palaces of Culture CENTRES OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES (HOUSES AND PALACES OF CULTURE), cultural and educational institutions similar to clubs, the main aims of the centres are: to serve as social, cultural, educational, health and entertaining centres... more

hidden Kipen, village KIPEN, a village in Lomonosov District. Population: 3100. It is located in the northern part of the Izhora Hills. It is situated at the crossing of roads to Strelna, Volosovo, Gatchina, with the Tallinn Highway close by. The toponym originates from... more

hidden Local History Editions Local History editions, on single districts and towns belonged to the Leningrad Oblast on the present days, began to publish in the end of the 19th century. Originally materials on the history of the oblast were published in "Gubernskiye novosyi"... more

hidden Opolye, village OPOLYE, a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 1066. The toponym originates from “opolye” = field edge, or elevated woodless plain. It is locate at the crossing of the Tallinn Highway and the Opolye-Volosovo-Gatchina road in the west of the... more

hidden Parks Park is a specially plan area with artificially planted trees and with the paths, trails, ponds. The first parks on the territory of the Leningrad Oblast were founded in the 18th century. They were part of imperial residences, grand prince... more

hidden Periodicals Periodical press. Till 1917 the periodical press was not developed good in the St. Petersburg Gubernia. The newspaper "Cankt Peterburgskiye vedomosti" ("The St. Petersburg Bulletin", 1838-1916) and the weekly magazine "Sankt Peterburgsky dukhovny... more

hidden The Church of the Rising of the Cross (Opolye Village, Kingisepp District) The Church of the Rising of the Cross (Opolye Village). The original wooden church was built in Chelyudi on the territory of the Opolye Vozdvizhensky Pogost before 1500; it was rebuilt in 1734, it was dismantled in 1874. The stone church with... more

hidden Theatres THEATRES. For the first time theatres in the suburbs of St.Ptersburg appeared in the end of the XVIII century at the Emperor country palaces (court theatres) and in the country estates of nobility (serf theatres). By 1861 there existed 27 serf... more

hidden Volosovo District VOLOSOVO DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Area: 2680.5 sq. km. Population: 46,900. Adm. center: Volosovo Town. The district comprises Kikerino urban settlement, and 202 rural localities. It borders Kingisepp, Lomonosov, Gatchina, and Luga... more

hidden Volosovo District coat of arms and flag, the The Volosovo District coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Volosovskiy Munisipalnuy rayon” (Volosovo Municipal District) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the Municipal... more

hidden Volosovo Town coat of arms and flag, the The Volosovo Town's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Volosovskoe gorodskoe poselenue” (the urban-type settlement of Volosovo) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the... more