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Graftio, Heinrich Osipovich (1869- 1949), a scientist, architect-builder
Heinrich Osipovich Graftio (1869- 1949), a scientist, power engineer, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1932). He graduated from the Novorossiysk University in Odessa in 1892 and the St. Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers in... more


Grand Principality of Finland*, v. Finland
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"Granges and Muses", a local history collection
"Granges and Muses", a local history collection, a bulletin of the Vsevolozhsk Museum of Local History. The collection founder and publisher was M.S. Ratnikov, the Head of the museum. From 1992 to 2005 13 issues was published with the circulation... more


Granovskaya, Nina Ivanovna (1917-2002), a museum worker
Granovskaya, Nina Ivanovna (1917-2002), a museum worker, a researcher of A.S. Pushkin's life and work. N.I. Granovskaya was an honoured worker of culture of the Russian Federation and the first honoured citizen of Pushkin Town. In 1947 she... more


"Green Belt of Glory", memorial constructions complex
"The Green Belt of Glory" is a memorial construction complex at the line of the battle of Leningrad in 1941-1944. The complex was created to immortalize the memory about its heroic defenders. The first construction of the future complex had been... more


Green belt, the
The Green Belt is the forest zone around Saint-Petersburg. It includes woodland parks in the territory of Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad Oblast (Vsevolozhsk, Vyborg, Lomonosov districts). These woodlands parks keep the favourable environment in... more


Grevova, a country estate
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Grey Horse, a fort
Grey Horse (since 1919 was Forward, after was Krasnogvardeysky) is a fort. It is located on the promontory of the same name in the south coast of the Gulf of Finland, in the 6 kilometers of west from fort Red Mountain, around Goravaldayskogo Lake. ... more


Grimm, David Ivanovich (1823-1898), an architect
David Ivanovich Grimm (1823-1898), an architect. From 1841 to 1848 D.I. Grimm learned at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, his teacher was A.P. Bryullov. From 1857 to 1863 he taught at the St. Petersburg Building College. From 1859 he taught at... more


Grin, Elmar (Aleksandr Vasilyevich) (1909-?), a writer
Elmar Grin (the real name is Aleksandr Vasilyevich Yakimov; 1909-?), a writer. Elmar Grin was born in a peasant family in Kivenappa village of the Vyborg Gubernia (now it is Pervomayskoye settlement of the Vyborg District). He was brought up in... more


Grogory (Chukov) (1870-1955), metropolitan, clergy figure
Grigory (Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov; 1870-1955), Metropolitan, clergy figure, Doctor of Theology. Nikolay Kirillovich Chukov was born in a peasant family. In 1889 he graduated from the Olonets Ecclesiastical Seminary, in 1895 he graduated from the... more


Gromovo House of Culture
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Gromovo, settlement
GROMOVO (Sakkola before 1948), a settlement in Priozersk District. Population: 922.It is located on the shore of Lake Sukhodolskoye (former Suvanto.). Sakkola or Sakkula (according to one of the versions, from the name Zachary/Sakari) was first... more


Gross, George Fyodorovich (1824 - 1877), an architect
Gross, George Fyodorovich (1824 - 1877), an architect, academician of architecture from 1858. Gross was certified by the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1853. He served as the architect of the Palace Department. He rebuilt the building the Court... more


"Grotesque", a circus
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"Gryada Vyayaremyayenselkya", a reserve
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"Gubernskiye vedomosti" ("Gubernia Bulletin"), a newspaper
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Gubino, a country estate
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"Guitat Virtuoso", festival-competition
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Gukova, Lyubov Ivanovna, (1929-1998), a librarian
Lyubov Ivanovna GUKOVA (1929, Kirishi Town – 1998, Vyborg Town), librarian. She graduated from library college in Leningrad (1950), and then got a degree of Leningrad State Library Institute named after N. K. Krupskaya (1954). Since 1952 she worked... more


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


Gumilyov, Nikolay Stepanovich (1886-1921), a literary man
Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov (1886-1921), a poet, translator, playwright, critic. N.S. Gumelyov graduated from the Nicholas High School in Tsarskoye Selo in 1906, during 1906-1908 he learned at the Sorbonne, during 1908-1909 he learned at the... more


Gurina, Agnessa Aleksandrovna, (1938-2005), a librarian
Agnessa Aleksandrovna GURINA (1938 – 2005), librarian. In 1962 she graduated from Leningrad State Library Institute named after N. K. Krupskaya. From 1965 to 1974 she was in charge of science-and-methodological department of the Leningrad Oblast... more


Gurina, Nina Nikolayevna (1909-1990), a scientist
Gurina, Nina Nikolayevna (1909-1990), an archaeologist, a researcher of the Stone Age. During 1937-1930 Gurina attended the Moscow State University, then she worked at museums of Kandalaksha and Petrozavodsk towns. From 1935 Gurina worked at GAIMK... more


Guro, Yelena Genrikhovna (1877-1913), a poet, artist
Guro, Yelena Genrikhovna (1877-1913), a poet, artist, a representative of the Russian avant-garde. She learned at the Drawing School of the Art Encouragement Society (1890), at the workshop of Ya.F. Tsioglinsky (1903-1906) and then at the school of... more


Gypsies
Gypsies (their native name is Roma) is an ethnic community which is a part of the population of the Leningrad Oblast. The descendants of the migrants from Germany and Sweden related to the group of "Russian Roma" were noted on the territory of the... more

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