Vasnetsov Viktor Mikhailovich
hidden
|
|
|
2 January. The train collision took place at the railway line linked Peterburg and Tsarskoye Selo. Anna Vyrubova, a maid of honour and close friend of the Empress, was seriosly injured at this disaster. A ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Chistyakov P.P., (1832-1919), artist
|
|
CHISTYAKOV Pavel Petrovich (1832-1919, Detskoe Selo), painter and teacher of art. He studied at the Academy of Arts (1849-64) under P.V. Basin. From 1862 to 1870 he was a retainer of the Academy of Arts in Paris and Rome ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Christ the Saviour Church
|
|
CHRIST THE SAVIOUR CHURCH, located at Novo-Admiralteisky Canal Embankment, at the corner of Angliiskaya Embankment. The common name of the Church of Our Saviour, constructed in memory of sailors ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Feodorovsky Settlement (Pushkin Town)
|
|
FEODOROVSKY SETTLEMENT, an architectural ensemble of the town of Pushkin, to the north-west from the Alexandrovsky Park. It was constructed in the Neo-Russian style on the initiative of Emperor Nicholas II and encompasses the Court Cathedral of Our ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Frolov V. A. (1874-1942) artist
|
|
FROLOV Vladimir Alexandrovich (1874, St. Petersburg - 1942, Leningrad), mosaic artist. He studied the art under his father A. N. Frolov (1830-1909), a member of the Academy of Arts in mosaics. His brother A. A. Frolov (1861-1897), was an architect ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Holy Resurrection Cathedral, (Spas-na-Krovi)
|
|
HOLY RESURRECTION CATHEDRAL, (SPAS-NA-KROVI "Church of Our Saviour on the Blood", located at 2a Griboedova Canal Embankment, a church constructed in 1883-1907 (architects A. A ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
|
|
|
MARBLE PALACE (1/5 Millionnaya Street), an architectural monument of early Neoclassicism. It was constructed in 1768-1785 (architect A. Rinaldi) for Count G.G. Orlov, a favourite of Empress Catherine II ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Mir Iskusstva (World of Art), journal
|
|
MIR ISKUSSTVA (The World of Art), a literary journal of art, founded in 1898 by S. P. Dyagilev with the contribution of the members of an artistic circle of the same name, (see Mir Iskusstva) ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Museum of History of Religion
|
|
MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF RELIGION (14/5 Pochtamtskaya Street) is the only institution of such kind in the country. The museum dates back to the antireligious exhibition arranged in the halls of the Winter Palace in 1930 ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Strepetova P.A., (1850-1903), actress
|
|
STREPETOVA Pelageya (Polina) Antipievna (1850-1903), actress. Her performances in Kazan (1871) and Moscow exposed her talent for tragedy and made her famous. Strepetova, who invested her characters with the spirit of social protest ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
Travelling Art Exhibitions, Society for
|
|
TRAVELLING ART EXHIBITIONS, The Society for (TPHV), an artistic association. It was established in 1870 by St. Petersburg and Moscow artists N. N. Ge, I. N. Kramskoy, K. E. Makovsky, G. G. Myasoedov, V. G. Perov, I. M. Pryanishnikov, A. K ...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
|
hidden
|
