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 Book Trade BOOK TRADE.On the territory of Saint Petersburg Gubernia book trade showed slow progress due to the closeness of a large Saint Petersburg market which almost satisfied the public's need for books.By 1904 the specialized book trade had been... 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 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 "Granges and Muses", a local history collection "Granges and Muses", a local history collection, a bulletin of the Vsevolozhsk Museum of Local History. The collection founder and publisher was M.S. Ratnikov, the Head of the museum. From 1992 to 2005 13 issues was published with the circulation... more

hidden Grogory (Chukov) (1870-1955), metropolitan, clergy figure Grigory (Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov; 1870-1955), Metropolitan, clergy figure, Doctor of Theology. Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov was born in a peasant family. In 1889 he graduated from the Olonets Ecclesiastical Seminary, in 1895 he graduated from the... more

hidden Jews Jews (their own native name in Hebrew is yegudim, in Yiddish - yid or ayid) are an ethnic community which is a part of the population of the Leningrad Oblast. The Hebrew language is related to the Semitic group of the Afrasian language family; the... more

hidden Koltushi Rural Settlement KOLTUSHI RURAL SETTLEMENT, a part of Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 9,000. In 1996–2005, it was an independent municipal entity Koltushi Volost, and since 1 January 2006 it has had the status of first-level municipal entity. It is located on the... more

hidden "Ladoga", A.A. Prokofyev prize “LADOGA”, literature prize named after A.A. Prokofiev. It was established in 1998 on the initiative of Writers’ Union of Russia. The prize is awarded for creation of poems full of bright images and written with civic conscience, which continue and... more

hidden Lenizdat (the Leningrad Publishing House) Lenizdat (the Leningrad Publishing House). The Publishing House is founded in November 1917 as the publishing house of the Petrograd Soviet, from 1919 it was called Petrogosizdat (Petrograd State Publishing House), from 1924 it was called Lengiz... 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 Memorials to internationalist - soldiers Memorials to internationalist - soldiers devoted to the Soviet soldiers who perished in Afghanistan during 1979-1989. 92 citizens of the Leningrad Oblast have not come back from the Afghanistan War. The perpetuation of their memory was gone off the... more

hidden Mravinsky, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (1903-1988), a musician MRAVINSKY, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich (1903–1988), conductor, teacher, People’s Artist of the USSR (1954), Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). He studied at the Department of Physics and Mathematics in Petrograd University. In the period 1925-31 he studied... more

hidden People who spend time at their dachas (holiday cottage in the country). Holiday visitors (people who spend time at their dachas, holiday cottage in the country) are seasonal population of settlements and horticultural association . The first dachas (summer country dwellings) appeared in the suburbs of S.Petersburg in... 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 Rubtsov, Nikoly Mikhaylovich (1936-1971), a poet Rubtsov, Nikoly Mikhaylovich (1936-1971), a poet. Rubtsov was brought up at the children's home in Nikolskoye village of the Vologda Oblast from 1943 till 1950. He attended at the M. Gorky Literature Institute from 1962 but did not graduated from... more

hidden Ryabovo, a country estate Ryabovo, a country estate (on the territory of the town of Vsevolozhsk). Under Peter I the estate belonged to A.D. Menshikov, under Anna Ioannovna it belonged to Duke Ernst Johann Biron, in the middle of the 18th century the estate owner was... more

hidden Shostakovich, Dmitry Dmitriyevich, (1906 - 1975), a musician SHOSTAKOVICH, Dmitry Dmitriyevich (1906–1975), composer, pianist, teacher, public figure. In 1919 he entered St.Petersburg Conservatory, in 1923 he graduated from the Conservatory piano class (teacher L.V. Nikolaev), in 1925 – composition class... more

hidden Suslov, Vladimir Vasilyevich (1857 - 1921), an architect Vladimir Vasilyevich Suslov (1857 - 1921), an architect-restorer, artist, art historian, teacher. He became an academician of architecture in 1886. Suslov graduated from the Moscow College of Painting, Sculptor and Architecture in 1878 and the St.... 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 Typographical and Publishing Business Typography and Publishing was developed comparatively poor in St. Petersburg gubernia, it was determined with the closeness to St. Petersburg, one of the most large scale printing and publishing centre. In 1904 there was a printing house in towns of... more

hidden Verstovsky, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1799 - 1862), a musician VERSTOVSKY, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1799–1862), composer, theatre worker. He graduated from the University of Railway Engineering in St.Petersburg, at the same time he studied playing the piano (teachers D. Fild and D. Steibelt) and the violin... more

hidden Vokka, Gergard Yakovlevich, (1887-1988), a scientist Vokka, Gergard Yakovlevich, (1887-1988, Vsevolozhsk Town), a local historian. Vokka was born in the Liflyandia Gubernia in the family of a gardener. In 1890 the family moved into the St. Petersburg Gubernia where they lived in Volkovitsi Village... more

hidden Vsevolozhsk District VSEVOLOZHSK DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Area: 2945.4 sq. km. Population: 215,200. Adm. center: Vsevolozhsk Town. Comprises Sertolovo Town, six urban settlements (Dubrovka, settlement named after Morozov, settlement named after Sverdlov,... more

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

hidden Vsevolozhsk, town VSEVOLOZHSK, town, adm. center of Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 45,300. It emerged as a station of the Irinovskaya Railroad built by Baron P. L. Korf in 1892 from Bolshaya Okhta (St. Petersburg) to his estate in Irinovka for passenger service... more