hidden Bolshaya Vruda children arts school reference

hidden Bolshaya Vruda Rural Library, the reference

hidden Bolshaya Vruda, village BOLSHAYA VRUDA, a village in Volosovo District. Population: 2,100. It situated in the upper reaches of the Vruda River (right-hand tributary of the Luga), on the Volosovo-Opolye Highway south-west of Vruda railway station of the Gatchina-Ivangorod... more

hidden Bolshesabsk House of Culture reference

hidden Bolshoy Sabsk Rural Library, the reference

hidden Bolshoy Sabsk, village BOLSHOY SABSK, a village in Volosovo District. Population: 1300. It situated at the point of the Saba River flowing into the Luga on the Moloskovitsi-Osmino Highway. The toponym Saba is of Baltic Finnish origin, from Estonian saba = “tail” or... more

hidden Bolshoye Kuzyomkino, village BOLSHOYE KUZYOMKINO (Finnish Narvusi), a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 961. It situated at the confluence of the Mertvitsa and the Luga. It was first mentioned in Swedish sources in 1614 (in July 2004, the 390th anniversary of its... more

hidden Bolshoye Zarechye, a country estate reference

hidden Bolshoye Zarechye, village (Volosovo District) BOLSHOYE ZARECHYE, before 1943 a village in Volosovo District. It was located on the right bank of the Oredezh River on the Vyra-Kikerino Highway. It was mentioned in the 1499/1500 scribe roll as the center of a Novgorod pogost. Population: Russians... 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 Boris Vilde's museum-estate The museum-estate of Boris Vilde was founded in 2002 in Yastrebino Village of the Volosovo District (it is a part of the Besedsky Culture and Leisure Centre) in the house built in the early 20th century by the peasant V.F. Golubev (the maternal... more

hidden Boris Vladimirovich Bank (1900-1984), a scientist BANK, BORIS VLADIMIROVICH (1900 – 1984), expert in library science and reader audience research. Candidate of pedagogical sciences (1969). Since 1919 he worked in Public Library in Petrograd, in 1921 he finished higher library science school at the... more

hidden Borovikovsky, Vladimir Lukich (1757-1825), an artist BOROVIKOVSKY, Vladimir Lukich (1757–1825), painter. He studied painting from his father, started with icon painting. In 1775 he took military service. Since 1788 he lived in St.Petersburg, where came into close contact with G.R. Derzhavin and N.A.... more

hidden Borovoye, a country estate Borovoye, a country estate (a settlement, the Rest House "Borovoye", the Luga district). The estate is located on the shore of Cheremenetskoye Lake on a pine forest. The estate's second name is Lvovo, it was named after U.A. Lvov, the owner, an... more

hidden Bortnyansky, Dmitry Stepanovich (1751-1825), a musician BORTNYANSKY, Dmitry Stepanovich (1751–1825), composer, choirmaster. In 1758 he was brought to St.Petersburg and entered the Imperial Chapel Choir where he studied singing, acting, composition (his teacher was B. Galuppi). In 1768 he was sent to... more

hidden Brandenburg, Nikolay Yefimovich (1839-1903), a scientist Brandenburg, Nikolay Yefimovich (1839-1903), a military historian, archaeologist, Lieutenant-General (1896). After finishing the Konstantin Military School in 1858, he served in artillery units. In 1861, keeping on the military sevice, Brandenburg... more

hidden Brandt, Karl Ivanovich (1810- 1882), an architect Karl Ivanovich Brandt (1810–1882), an architect. He was graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1833). From 1853 to 1860 he was an architect of St. Petersburg eparchy. He designed buildings on Valaam, in the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius... more

hidden "Break-through", memorial reference

hidden Brenna, Vikenty Frantsevich (1745 -1819 or 1820?), architect Vincenzo Brenna (1745-1819/1820?), an architect and scene painter, a representative of classicizm. He was of Italian origin. From the end of 1783 Brenna worked in Pavlovsk, at first as an assistant of Charles Cameron. Brenna's main work is the... more

hidden Bridge of Friendship reference

hidden Brodsky, Isaak Israelyevich (1883/1884- 1939), an artist BRODSKY, Isaak Israilyevich (1883/84 – 1939), artist, collector. In the period 1896–1902 he studied at the Arts College in Odessa. In the period 1902-08 he studied at the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts, in I.Y. Repin’s class. In the period... more

hidden Bryullov, Aleksandr Pavlovich (1798- 1877), an architect Aleksandr Pavlovich Bryullov (1799-1877), an architect, water-colour artist, theoretician of architecture. A.P. Bryullov was the elder brother of the painter K.P. Bryullov. A.P. Bryullov was graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in... more

hidden Bryullov, Karl Ivanovich (1799-1852), an artist BRYULLOV, Karl Pavlovich (1799–1852), an artist. He graduated from the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (1821), his teachers were A.I. Ivanov, A.Y. Yegorov and V.K. Shebuyev. In the period 1823-27 he trained in Italy, receiving Imperial... more

hidden Budgoshch House of Culture reference

hidden Budogoshch children music school reference

hidden Budogoshch Settlement Library, the reference

hidden Budogoshch, urban settlement BUDOGOSHCH, an urban settlement in Kirishi District. Population: 3,900. It is situated on the Pchevzha river (right-hand tributary of the Volkhov.) It is situated at the crossing of the railway lines to Mga, Tikhvin, and Nebolchi, and... more

hidden "Builder" , Palace of Culture ( the town of Sosnovy Bor) reference

hidden Bulanov, Ivan Iudovich (1830 - 1893), an architect Ivan Iudovich Bulanov (1830–1893), an architect of St. Petersburg Eparchy. He was certified by the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1866. In the 1860s - 1880s Bulanov built more then 30 profitable houses, mansions of Ye.T. Osipova (1879), A.N.... more

hidden Buldakov, Gennady Nikanorovich (1924-1990), an architect Gennady Nikanorovich Buldakov (1924-1990), an architect. G.N. Buldakov was a veteran of World War II. After the war finishing he learned at the Leningrad Engineering-Building Institute where he taught then during 1968-1979. From 1963 Buldakov... more