hidden Gatchina District GATCHINA DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 111,600. Area: 2850.3 sq. km. Established in 1927. Due to renaming of Gatchina Town, it was called Trotsk District in 1927-29, and Krasnogvardeisk District in 1929-44.Gatchina district borders with... more

hidden Ilzho, a country estate Ilzho (Sredneye Ilzho), a country estate (the village of Ilzho, the Luga district). The village of Ilzho was mentioned in the scribe books of the Shelonskaya pyatina in the 15th century. Since the early 18th century belonged to the Skobeltsins. In... more

hidden Kramskoy, Ivan Nikolayevich (1837-1887), an artist KRAMSKOI, Ivan Nikolayevich (1837–1887), artist, public figure. In 1856 he entered St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts, his teacher was A.T. Markov. In 1863 Kramskoi with a group of like-minded people (“Bunt Chetyrnadtsaty” (“Rebellion of the... more

hidden Mate, Vasily Vasilyevich (1856-1917), an artist, a teacher MATE, Vasily Vasilyevich (Wilghelm Wilghelmovich) (1856 – 1917), artist, teacher. He was born and lived for some time in his father’s estate in the suburbs of Lyuban Town. In 1870 he moved to St.Petersburg. In the period 1870-75 he studied at the... more

hidden Maykov, Apollon Nikolayevich (1821 - 1897), a literary man Maykov, Apollon Nikolayevich (1821 - 1897), a poet, prosaist, Corresponding Member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1853), Privy Councillor (1883). A.N. Maykov graduated from the faculty of law of the Petersburg Universitet in 1841. From 1844... more

hidden Polenov, Vasily Dmitriyevich (1844 - 1927), an artist POLENOV, Vasily Dmitriyevich (1844-1927), artist, architect, composer. In the period 1863-71 he studied simultaneously at the Imperial Academy of Arts and at the Law Department of St.Petersburg University. He took private lessons in painting from ... more

hidden Rapti, a country estate Rapti, a country estate (the settlement named after Dzerzhinsky, the Luga district). In 1616 Tsar Mikhail Fyedorovich granted the village estate Rapti located on the shore of Lake Cheremenetskoye to G.A. Bazanin. Dyring more then 200 years the... more

hidden Repin, Ilya Yefimovich (1844 - 1930) REPIN, Ilya Yefimovich (1844–1930), artist, teacher. He lived in St.Petersburg since 1863. He studied at School of Painting at the Society of Arts Promotion (teacher I.N. Kramskoy), in the period 1864-71 he studied in the Academy of Fine Arts... more

hidden Savitsky, Konstantin Apollonovich ( 1844 - !905), an artist SAVITSKY, Konstantin Apollonivich (1844–1905), an artist. He graduated from the St.Petersburg Imperial Academy of Arts (1871). He trained painting in Paris up to 1874. In 1872 he became a member and one of the most active workers of the Circle of... more

hidden Shishkin, Ivan Ivanovich (1832 - 1898), an artist SHISHKIN, Ivan Ivanovich (1832–1898), an artist. He lived in St.Petersburg since 1852 and studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in the period 1856-60, his teacher was S.M. Vorobyev. In the period 1862-65 Shishkin lived in Germany, Switzerland and... more

hidden Siversky, urban settlement SIVERSKY, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 12,100. It is situated on the right bank of the Oredezh River. The name originates from Seversko Staroye and Seversko Novoye villages mentioned in Novgorod’s 1499 scribe roll.... more

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