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Geographical Index / Leningrad Oblast, the / Gatchina District / Gatchina Town
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Vasilyev, Fyodor Aleksandrovich (1850-1873), an artist
VASILYEV, Fyodor Aleksandrovich (1850, GatchinaTown – 1873), artist. In the period 1863-66 he studied at the High School of Painting at the Emperor’s Art Encouragement Society in St.Petersburg, his teacher was I.I. Sishkin. In the summers 1867 and... more


Viollier, Henry-Francois-Gabriel (Frants -Gavriil, 1750 -1829), an artist, architect
Viollier, Henry-Francois-Gabriel (Frants -Gavriil, 1750 -1829), an artist, architect. Viollier was of Swiss origin. He was in Russia from 1776. Till 1791 he served at the "Small court" of Grand Duke Paul Petrovich. Henry-Francois-Gabriel Viollier... more


Vitali, Ivan Petrovich (1794-1855), sculptor
VITALI, Ivan Petrovich (1794–1855), sculptor, professor at St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (since 1842). His teacher was his father – sculptor Pietro Vitali in A. Triscorni studio and in the Academy (1806-18). Since 1818 he lived and worked... more


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


Vyritsa tapestries
VYRITSA URBAN SETTLEMENT TAPESTRIES, tapestry miniatures produced by public corporation "Uzor" ("Pattern") (2, Oredezh st., Vyritsa urb.settl.). "Uzor" ("Pattern") factory was founded in 1944 on the base of sewing cooperative (since1991-public... more


Youth Theatre (Gatchina Town)
YOUNG SPECTATORS’ THEATRE (YST) (Gatchina Town). It was founded in May 2003 according to the Leningrad Oblast Government’s resolution as an oblast mobile theatre. Creative director and chief manager is S.A. Rytov. The theatre repertoire includes the... more


Zakharov, Andreyan (Adrian) Dmitriyevich (1761-1811), an architect
Andreyan (Adrian) Dmitriyevich Zakharov (1761-1811), an architect. From 1767 to 1782 he learned at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts from Yu.M. Felten and A.A. Ivanov. Then till 1786 he learned at Zh.F. Shalgren's workshop in Paris. From 1787 to... more


Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich (1783-1852), a literary man
Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich (1783-1852), a poet, tramslator, graphic artist. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1818), an academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841). He graduated from the Noble Boarding School at... more







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