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 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 Festival of Puppet Theatres of the Leningard Oblast FESTIVAL OF THE LENINGRAD OBLAST PUPPET THEATRES. It has been held in the Leningrad Oblast since 1991. In the last years it got the name “Kukol’ny Dom” (“A Doll’s House”). The festival is held once in two years, its program includes puppet shows of... 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 "Gardarika", a radio station «GARDARICA»,Radio House,limited (liability) company (Saint Petersburg.,Smolnogo street,3). Government radio station of Leningrad Oblast. It was founded in 1993. Apart from towns and districts of Leningrad oblast (Priozersk ,Vyborg,Luga,Kingisepp... more

hidden Leningrad Oblast Children Library, the THE LENINGRAD OBLAST CHILDREN LIBRARY (LODB) (32 Morisa Toreza Prospekt, St Petersburg). It was open in 1968 as a methodological centre on library services for children in the libraries of the Leningrad Oblast. It has the biggest in the Leningrad... 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 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 Plyussa River, the PLYUSSA, river. Flows in Pskov Oblast and in Slantsi District of Leningrad Oblast. Length: 281 (according to other data, 295) km. Catchment area: 6,500 sq. km. Flow rate: 50 cu. m/s. It flows out of Lake Zaplyusye (Zaimosskoye) and into the Narva... more

hidden Slantsi District SLANTSY DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Population: 2,200 sq. km. Population: 47,900. S. D. comprises Slantsy Town (adm. center) and 155 rural localities. It borders Kingisepp, Volosovo, and Luga Districts of Leningrad Oblast, Gdov District... more

hidden State Peasant University named after St. Cyril and St. Methodius PEASANTS’ STATE UNIVERSITY NAMED AFTER KIRILL AND MEFODIY (KGU(“PSU”)) (73, Kirov av., Luga Town). It was founded according to resolution issued on 26 of June 1991 by the Executive Committee of Luga Town local authorities as Peasants’ Academic... more

hidden Toponymia of the Leningrad Oblast, the The leningrad Oblast toponymia. Toponymia is the combination of toponyms, proper names of geographical objects. There are several kinds of toponyms: hydronym, a name of water object; oikonym, a name of a settlement; horonym, an element of relief;... 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 V.I. Lenin, monuments to Monuments to V.I. Lenin. Ater V.I. Lenin's death Sovnarkom (The Soviet of People's Commissars) passed the resolution about the perpetuation his death. At first temporary monuments made of inexpensive materials (plaster of Paris, wood, concrete)... more

hidden "Wreath of Plussa", an oblast folk art festival “PLIUSSKY VENOK” (“PLIUSSA GARLAND”), oblast festival of amateur and folk art. It was organized in 1999 in Slantsi Town, it is held annually, as a rule, in the summer. Founders – the Leningrad Oblast Government Culture Committee, the Leningrad... more