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Vod (Votes)
Votes (IN FORMER TIMES - Chud (Chudes), their own native name is Vad'alain (Vadjalain)) are an ethnic community, descendants of the ancient inhabitants of the Northwest of Russia. The Votic language is related to the Baltic-Finnic subgroup of the... more
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Vodskaya Land
VODSKAYA LAND (Votskaya Land), historic, cultural, and administrative region of the middle-age Rus, located in the north-western part of Veliky Novgorod’s lands (western part of the current Leningrad Oblast.) First mentioned in the chronicle c.... more
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Voiskovitsy children art school
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Vokhonovsky Convent of St. Mary Magdalene
The Vokhono Convent of St. Mary-Magdalene (the village of Vokhonovo, the Gatchina district). In January 1883 the landowner A.P. Platonov and his daughter Natalya Aleksandrovna presented 6.5 desyatinas (about 18 acres) of forests to the... more
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Vokka, Gergard Yakovlevich, (1887-1988), a scientist
Vokka, Gergard Yakovlevich, (1887-1988, Vsevolozhsk Town), a local historian. Vokka was born in the Liflyandia Gubernia in the family of a gardener. In 1890 the family moved into the St. Petersburg Gubernia where they lived in Volkovitsi Village... more
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Volgo-Baltic Waterway, the
The VOLGO-BALTIC WATERWAY, artificial waterway in the North-West of Russia connecting the Neva River basin with the basins of rivers of the Volga and the Northern Dvina. Its history is traceable back to the Mariyinsky Canal System, the... more
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Volkhov painting movement
VOLKHOV TOWN PAINTING SCHOOL. Traditions of wood painting are typical for the folklore decorative handicraft developed in the settlements situated in Ladoga Lake area. In St.Petersburg Gubernia the most famous was Volkhov Town Painting School... more
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Volkhov Art Museum, the
The Volkhov Art Museum (Volkhov Town, 28a Lomonosov Street) is a branch of the Museum of the Local History of Volkhov Town. It was founded on May 18, 2004. The museum is placed in the Culture and Information Centre named after A.S. Pushkin. The... more
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Volkhov Central District Library, the
THE VOLKHOV CENTRAL DISTRICT LIBRARY (17 Yury Gagarin Street, Volkhov Town).
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Volkhov Central Town Library, the
VOLKHOV TOWN CENTRAL CHILDREN’S LIBRARY (Volkhov Town, 28A Lomonosova Street). Opened in October 1944, in 1957 the library was awarded the “Best Library in the RSFSR” diploma. It was one of the first to introduce open access for readers.
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Volkhov children arts school
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Volkhov children creativity house
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Volkhov Children Library, the
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Volkhov children music school named after Jean Sibelius
VOLKHOV TOWN CHILDREN’S MUSICAL SCHOOL NAMED AFTER JAN SIBELIUS (3, Yarvenpyaya st., Volkhov Town). It was opened in 1952, in 1992 it moved to a specially built building. Sponsor is Municipal Institution “Volkhovsky Raion” (“Volkhov... more
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Volkhov District
VOLKHOV DISTRICT, a part of Leningrad Oblast. Area: 5124 sq. km, population: 97,300. Established in 1927. Adm. center: Volkhov Town. V. D. comprises the towns of Syasstroy and Novaya Ladoga, and 277 rural localities. Located south of Lake Ladoga on... more
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Volkhov District coat of arms and flag, the
The Volkhov District's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Volhovskiy rayon” (the Volkhov District) (the coat of arms was approved with the decision of the Representative Assembly of the Municipal Union... more
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Volkhov River, the
VOLKHOV, river. It flows out of Lake Ilmen in Novgorod Oblast, extends across Kirishi and Volkhov Districts of Leningrad Oblast, and it flows into the Volkhov Bay of Lake Ladoga. Length: 224 km, of which 112 km within Leningrad Oblast. The river bed... more
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Volkhov Town coat of arms and flag, the
The Volkhov Town's coat of arms and flag are the official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Gorod Volkhov” (the town of Volkhov), now it is the urban-type settlement of Volkhov (the coat of arms was approved with the decision of the... more
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Volkhov, town
VOLKHOV, town. Population: 46,600. Located on both sides of the Volkhov River in its lower course. From the 12th century, there was Mikhailovsky Pogost on the site of V. (the 1500 Novgorod scribe roll mentions Archangel Michael’s Church), which,... more
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"Volkhov-kontakt" ("Volkhov-contact"), a radio station
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Volkhovskaya hydroelectric power station
Volkhovskaya hydroelectric power station is the first large Soviet hydroelectric power station. It is located on the river Volkhov and opened in the December 1926. The concept of using Volkhov rapids for "electrical energy transmission" has... more
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"Volkhovskaya tipografiya" ("Volkhov Printing House"), MUA
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"Volkhovskiye ogni" ("Volkhov Lights"), a newspaper
"Volkhovskiye ogni" ("Volkhov Lights") (Volkhov Town, 26/3 Kommunari Street), social, political newspaper of Volkhov disrict and Volkhov Town. It was founded on 4 May 1919 as organ of uyezd committee of All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks)... more
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"Volkhovsky istorichesky kalendar" ("Volkhov History Calendar"), a local history edition
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"Volkhovsky truzhenik" ("A Worker of Volkhov Town"), a newspaper
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Volkov, Nikolay Nikolayevich (1904-1953), a scholar
Nikolay Nikolayevich Volkov (1904-1953) was a scientist-ethnographer. He graduated from the ethnography department of the geography faculty of the Leningrad State University (1930). In the period from 1931 to 1935 he was mobilized to work in the... more
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Volosovo Roerich Children Art School
VOLOSOVO TOWN ARTS SCHOOL NAMED AFTER N.K. RERIKH (10/5, Krasnykh Partizan str., Volosovo Town). It was founded in 1998 uniting Children’s Music School and Children’s Arts School named after N.K. Rerikh. The headmistress is I.V. Fedorova. The... more
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Volosovo Central Town Library, the
VOLOSOVO TOWN CENTRAL CHILDREN’S LIBRARY (Volosovo Town, No 57 Vingissara Prospekt). Founded in 1944. First book request made by N. T. Muru. Its general-purpose fund contains 55,000 storage units. The library has about 3,000 readers, with 7,000... more
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Volosovo Children Library, the
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