hidden Yakovleva, Arina Rodionovna (1758-1828), others Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva(1758-1828), A. S. Pushkin's nurse( nanny). She was born in Suyda Settlemen (Voskresenskoye Village), Saint-Petersburg province . Till 1799 she was the Hannibals' serf. She got married to F. Matveev -a peasant from... more

hidden Yalkala*, v. Ilyichevo, settlement reference

hidden "Yalkala", a historic and ethnographic museum-reserve, the "Yalkala", a historic and ethnographic museum-reserve (the Vyborg district, the settlement of Ilyichevo) is located on 12 rm from Zelenogorsk Town between lakes Dolgoye and Krasavitsa. The museum was established in 1993 on the basis of memorial... more

hidden Yam*, v. Kingisepp, town reference

hidden Yamburg*, v. Kingisepp, town reference

hidden Yamgorod Fortress Yamgorod Fortress (Kingisepp, in the right bank of the Luga River). The Yam fortress was built in 1384 during 33 days under the direction of Novgorod posadniks. It controlled water and land passes from Novgorod to port towns of Baltic. It repelled... more

hidden Yamgorod*, v. Kingisepp, town reference

hidden "Yamgorod", a folk theatre reference

hidden Yaroshenko, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (1846-1898), an artist YAROSHENKO, Nikolay Aleksandrovich (1846–1898), an artist. Since the middle of 1850s he lived in St.Petersburg. He graduated from the Fist Military School (1863), Mikhailovsky Artillery College (1865), Mikhailovsky Artillery Academy (1870). ... more

hidden Yaroslavichi Rural Library, the reference

hidden Yaroslavichi Village School Local History Museum, the reference

hidden Yaroslavichi, village YAROSLAVICHI, a village in Podporozhye District. Population: 216. Located on the right bank of the Oyat River. The motor road connecting the village to Vinnitsi and Alyokhovschina extends cross Y. The Russian name is related to the ancient Slav name... more

hidden Yastrebinoye Lake (Khaukkalampi), a natural monument reference

hidden Yefimovskaya children music school reference

hidden Yefimovsky Settlement Rural Library, the reference

hidden Yefimovsky, urban settlement YEFIMOVSKY, an urban settlement in Boksitogorsk District. Population: 3,900. It is situated on the Valchenka, Bystraya, and Sominka rivers. In the early 20th c. it was a railway station settlement at the St. Petersburg-Vologda railroad. It got... more

hidden Yefremov, Ivan Antonovich (1907-1972), a literary man Yefremov, Ivan Antonovich (1907, Vyritsa - 1972), a writer, palaeontologist. Yefremov was born in the family of the local saw-mill owner in Vyritsa settlement. In 1935 he graduated from the Geological Survey Faculty of the Leningrad Institute of... more

hidden Yelitsy, a country estate reference

hidden Yelizavetino Rural Library, the reference

hidden Yelizavetino, settlement YELIZAVETINO, a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3500. It is located on the Bolshiye Kolpany-Volosovo highway. The start of the settlement was the opening of Yelizavetino railways station in 1870 (the Gatchina-Ivangorod branch.) The... more

hidden Yermilovo, settlement YERMILOVO (Humaljoki before 1947, meaning “hop river” in Finnish), a settlement in Vyborg District. Population: 1200. It is located south of Primorsk Town on the Gulf of Finland coast where the Yermilovka River (former Humaljoki) flows into the... more

hidden Yevpraksia (Nakhotinina) (c.1730-1823), clergy figure Yevpraksia (Yevdokiya Fyodorovna Nakhotinina; between 1729 and 1734 -1823, the village of Staraya Ladoga), a hegumenness, zealot of godliness. Yevpraksia was born in a merchant 's family, was taught reading and writing. From 1768 Yevpraksia lived... more

hidden Yevropeus, Daniel (1820-18884), a scholar David Emmanuel Daniel Europaeus (in Finnish - Taneli; in Russian - David Petrovich) (1820-1884) was a folklorist, archaeologist. Ethnographer. He was born in the family of a pastor in Olkkola Farmstead of the parish of Savitaipale of the Vyborg... more

hidden "Young Talents", a competition reference

hidden "Young Voices", festival reference

hidden Youth Theatre (Gatchina Town) YOUNG SPECTATORS’ THEATRE (YST) (Gatchina Town). It was founded in May 2003 according to the Leningrad Oblast Government’s resolution as an oblast mobile theatre. Creative director and chief manager is S.A. Rytov. The theatre repertoire includes the... more

hidden Youth Theatre, the; (Kingisepp Town) reference

hidden "Yubileiny", a cinema-culture centre (Siversky Urban Settlement) reference

hidden "Yubileiny", cinema (the urban settlement of Siversky) reference

hidden Yukki, village YUKKI (Finnish Haapakangas = “Aspen Sands”), a village in Vsevolozhsk District, near the St. Petersburg border. Population: 793 (prior to deportation in 1942 it was mostly inhabited by Ingermanlandian Finns.) Located at Lake Tohkolodskoye on kame... more