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 Cinemas CINEMAS. In 1993 there were 33 cinemas in the Leningrad Oblast, on January,1 2006 10 cinemas functioned: “Vyborg Palas” (“Vyborg Palace”) (Vyborg Town), “Jubileiny” (“Jubilee”) (Siversky Urban Settlement), “Pobeda” (“Victory”) (Gatchina Town),... 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 Gulf of Finland, the GULF OF FINLAND, in the eastern part of the Baltic Sea. Area: about 29,800 sq. km (7% of the Baltic Sea area.) Length: 400 km (from the Khanko Peninsula to SPb.) Max. width: 130 km (near the western border of Leningrad Oblast, at the meridian of... 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 Industrial architecture Industrial architecture. Study of structural and functional features of the production constructions in terms of their aesthetic expression started recently. On the material of the Leningrad region of such studies have not yet done. A small number... more

hidden "Inkerin Liito", a Finnish Public Society "Inkerin Lito" ("Ingermanlandsky soyuz" ("Ingermanlandian Union") is a society of Finns of Ingermanlandia. It was organized in 1988 (the constituent assembly was in Taytsi Urban Settlement) and registered in 1989. In S.Petersburg and the Leningrad... more

hidden Koporye, village KOPORYE, a settlement in Lomonosov District. Population: 1,400. Located at the Koporka River, close to the railway station of the same name of the Kalische-Ust-Luga branch (opened in 1926.) The toponym K. supposedly originates from the verb “kopat”... 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 Municipal Unions MUNICIPAL ENTITIES, urban or rural (may comprise several united rural localities, such as a volost in Leningrad Oblast) – a settlement, municipal district, or urban area (and an intra-city area of a federal level city), where local government is... 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 "Scrap style", festival “LOSKUTNY STIL” (“PATCHWORK STYLE”), All Russia festival of traditional and modern patchwork (quilt). It was organized in2000, it is held once in two years in St.Petersburg. Founders: the Leningrad Oblast Government Culture Committee, the... more

hidden Sculptures and monuments Sculptures and monuments. The first sculpture samples appeared in St. Petersburg outskirts at the time of peter I ruling. During the 18th century decorative sculpture was the inherent part of park ensembles of Peterhof, Oraniyenbaum, Tsarskoye... more

hidden Sosnovy Bor Town coat of arms, the The Sosnovy Bor Town's coat of arms is the official symbol of the Municipal Union “Gorod Sosnovy Bor” ("The Town of Sosnovy Bor") that was approved with the decision of the Town Assembly of the town of Sosnovy Bor of 16 December 1996, No. 9. The... more

hidden Voronina, a country estate Voronina, a country estate (the village of Voronino, the Lomonosov district). The granges of Vysotskaya and Voronezhskaya located on the River Voronka were granted by Peter I to Prince A.M. Cherkassky, the Chief-Commissioner of St. Petersburg, in... more

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