hidden Benois, Aleksandr Nikolayevich (1870-1960), an artist BENOIS, Alexandr Nikolayevich (1870–1960), artist, art historian, art critic, literary man. He was a son of an architect N.L. Benois. He studied at the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (1887, didn’t graduate) and at the Law Department of the... more

hidden Benois, Nikolay Leontyevich (1813 - 1898), an architect and artist Nikolay Leontyevich Benois (1813-1898), an architect and artist-decorator. N.L. Benois graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1836. From 1846 he was a court architect of the Academy (1847), a professor (1858), an honorary member of the... more

hidden Lisino-Korpus, settlement LISINO-KORPUS, a settlement in Tosno District. Population: 1100. Located 2 km away from Lustovka railway station of the Fornosovo-Tyosovo-Netylsky branch on a highway connecting Tosno Town and Vyritsa urban settlement. The name is related to the... more

hidden Okhotnichy Palace (Hunter's Palace), the The Okhotnichy Palace (Hunter's Palace) (In the settlement of Lisino-Korpus of the Tosno District). "The Hunter's House" (or "the house for placing coming guests") was built in 1853-1858 in the complex of the state forest dacha, all constructions... more

hidden The Church of the Procession of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (Lisino-Korpus Settlement, Tosno District) The Church of the Venerable and Life-Giving Cross of the Lord (Lisino-Korpus Settlement). In 1846 the domestic church was arranged in the building of the Huntsman College in the Lisinskoye practice area of forest (the village of Lustovka) in... more

hidden Tikhvin Dormition Convent, the The Tikhvin Dormition Convent (the town of Tikhvin). The parish wooden church of the Dormition of the Mother of God was built on the Tikhvinka River bank in the memory of the Finding of the miracle-working icon of the Mother of God the Hodigitria... more