hidden Bryullov, Karl Ivanovich (1799-1852), an artist BRYULLOV, Karl Pavlovich (1799–1852), an artist. He graduated from the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (1821), his teachers were A.I. Ivanov, A.Y. Yegorov and V.K. Shebuyev. In the period 1823-27 he trained in Italy, receiving Imperial... more

hidden Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Ingria Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Ingria (ЕLC of Ingeia). Oganizing of ЕLC of Ingria began when Russia surrendered the South shore of the Gulf of Finland and the Karelian Isthmus to Sweden according to the Treaty of Stolbovo in 1617... more

hidden Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857), a musician GLINKA, Vasily Andreyevich (1804–1857), composer, the father of Russian classical music. In 1822 he graduated from the St.Petersburg school for children of the nobility at the Central Pedagogical Institute. In 1834 he travelled to Italy and Germany,... more

hidden Konkka, Yuhani (1904-1970), a literary man Konkka, Yuhani (1904, Konkkala located near Toksovo settlement -1970), a writer, tramslator. In 1915 Yuhani Konkka joined at the People's College in Impilakhti Town and then at the theological seminary in Sortavala. In 1919 Konkka's family mooved to... 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 Savitsky, Konstantin Apollonovich ( 1844 - !905), an artist SAVITSKY, Konstantin Apollonivich (1844–1905), an artist. He graduated from the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (1871). He trained painting in Paris up to 1874. In 1872 he became a member and one of the most active workers of the Circle of... more

hidden Sollertinsky, Ivan Ivanovich (1902- 1944), music critic, teacher SOLERTINSKY, Ivan Ivanovich (1902–1944), art historian, critic, teacher. In 1923 he graduated from Petrograd Institute of Arts History, in 1924 – Romance and Germanic department at social sciences faculty of the Leningrad State University. Since the... more

hidden Toksovo, urban settlement TOKSOVO, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 5,900. In 1920-49, it was a district center (before 1936, the adm. center of a Finnish ethnic district.) The toponym Toksovo (Finnish “Toksova”) is of a Baltic Finnish origin, and... 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

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