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Uspensky Alexander Glebovich


1904

1 January. In the Alexander Palace Nicholas II wrote in his diary: " Bless, God, the year that came. Give to Russia the victory in the current war, lasting peace and quiet existence!" I.F. Annensky, under the pseudonym of "Nik ...
Barracks of the Second Life Guard Rifle Regiment with the Church of the Saint Sergy of Radonezh

In 1871 the buildings of the Sophia Provision Shops, built in 1821-1822 to the design of the architect V.P. Stasov, were rebuilt for permanent apartments of the Tsarskoye Selo riflemen ...
Moscow Life Guards Regiment

MOSCOW LIFE GUARDS REGIMENT, infantry guards regiment, formed in 1811 out of the 1st Life Guards Battalion of Preobrazhensky Regiment as the Life-Guards Litovsky (Lithuanian) Regiment, in 1817 named the Moscow (Moskovsky) Life-guards Regiment ...
Pryazhka, river

PRYAZHKA, a river, flowing from the Moika River into Salnobuyansky Canal and on into the Neva River. The river is 1.32 kilometres long. Banny Bridge, Matisov Bridge and Berdov Bridge were span Pryazhka River ...