hidden Gatchina children music school named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov GATCHINA CHILDREN’S MUSICAL SCHOOL NAMED AFTER M.M. IPPOLITOV-IVANOV (66, Chkalova st., Gatchina Town). It was founded in 1930, it is the oldest children’s musical school in the Leningrad Oblast. Since 1939 it bears a name of M.M.... more

hidden Gatchina, town GATCHINA (Trotsk in 1923-27, Krasnogvardeisk in 1927-44), a town in Leningrad Oblast, adm. center of Gatchina District. Population: 82,900 (the largest town in the Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the Novgorod scribe roll of 1499 -1500 as... more

hidden Ippolitov-Ivanov, Mikhail Mikhaylovich (1859-1935), a musician IPPOLITOV-IVANOV, Mikhail Mikhailovich (real family name Ivanov) (1859, Gatchina Town – 1935), composer, conductor, teacher, public figure in music. He studied at Estonian school at Gatchina Lutheran Church, where he also studied music, sang in an... more