hidden Ostrovki, a country estate Ostrovki, an estate (the village of Ostrovki, the Vsevolozhsk District), is situated on the right bank of the Neva River. From 1777 the country house belonged to Prince G.A. Potymkin - Tavrichesky. The Palace (it was built in 1784 - 1786 according... more

hidden Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844-1908), a musician RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844, Tikhvin Town - 1908, Lyubensk estate S.-Petersburg Gubernia), composer, teacher, conductor, public figure. In 1862 Rimsky-Korsakov graduated from the Navy military school, until 1865 he served on board... more

hidden Shubin, Fedot Ivanovich (1740 - 1805), a sculptor SHUBIN (SHUBNOY), Fyodot Ivanovich (1740–1805), a sculptor. He lived in St.Petersburg since 1759. In the period 1761-67 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, his teacher was H.F. Gillet. Shubin lived in Paris (1767-70) and in Rome (1770-72)... more

hidden Starov, Ivan Yegorovich (1745 - 1808), an architect Ivan Yegorovich Starov (1745 - 1808), an architect, a founder of the Russian classicism style. He learned at the St.Petersburg Academy of Arts, continued the education in France and Italy. In 1769 Starov became an academician and from 1794 he... more

hidden Urban settlement named after Sverdlov NAMED AFTER SVERDLOV, an urban settlement in Vsevolozhsk District. Population: 9,200. It situated on the Neva’s right bank, downstream of the Ivanovsky Rapids. Named after Y. M. Sverdlov, a Bolshevik revolutionary. It was given the status of a... more