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Nikolskoe Cemetery
Nikolskoe Cemetery (russian: Никольское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in the centre of Saint Petersburg. It is part of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, and is one of four cemeteries in the complex. The third cemetery to be established in the monastery complex, the Nikolskoe Cemetery opened in 1863, and rapidly became a popular and exclusive burial site for the elite of Saint Petersburg society. It was carefully arranged and landscaped, with its cemetery church opening in 1871. Taking its name from this church, the Church of St. Nicholas, the cemetery functioned also a burial ground for the clergy and monks of the monastery. The wealthy and important of the city commissioned large and elaborate memorials during the later years of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth. The cemetery fell into disrepair during the Soviet period. Unlike other cemeteries in the Lavra, it was not considered to have any particular historical or artistic value. The church was clos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the List of European cities by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the List of cities and towns around the Baltic Sea, most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's List of northernmost items#Cities and settlements, northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a Ports of the Baltic Sea, historically strategic port, it is governed as a Federal cities of Russia, federal city. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vera Komissarzhevskaya
Vera Fyodorovna Komissarzhevskaya (russian: Ве́ра Фёдоровна Комиссарже́вская; 8 November 1864 – 23 February 1910) was one of the most celebrated actresses and theatre managers of the late Russian Empire. She made her professional debut in 1893, after having acted as an amateur at Constantin Stanislavsky's Society of Art and Literature. She is probably best known today for originating the role of Nina in the ill-fated premiere of Anton Chekhov's ''The Seagull'', at the Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg in 1896. Though the production was deemed an utter failure, Komissarzhevskaya's performance was highly praised. Later in her career, Komissarzhevskaya is notable for her patronage of the up-and-coming theatre artist, Vsevolod Meyerhold. Following Meyerhold's unsuccessful attempts to stage symbolist plays at Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theatre, Komissarzhevskaya invited him to try his experiments at her new Dramatic Theatre. During their shor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandra Jacobi
Aleksandra Nikolayevna Susokolova (russian: Александра Николаевна Сусоколова, 6 May 1841 - 1 December 1918), better known as Aleksandra Jacobi (russian: Александра Якоби), was Russian journalist, memoirist and publicist, translator and publisher who also used the pseudonym Toliverova and (after her third marriage) signed her work as Peshkova-Toliverova. Her portraits have been painted by her common-law husband Valery Jacobi, as well as Vasily Vereshchagin.Koni, Anatoly.The Unnoticed Death of a Notable Person Кони А. Ф. Незамеченная смерть заметного человека // Собрание сочинений : в 8 т. / Прийма Ф. Я. — М. : Юридическая литература, 1969. — Т. 7. — С. 312—323, 492—495. — 568 с.Masanov, I. FThe Dictionary of Russian Authors' Pseudonyms// Словарь псевдонимов русских писателей, ученых и общес� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandra Ishimova
Aleksandra Ishimova ( Russian: Алекса́ндра Ио́сифовна (О́сиповна) Иши́мова) ( – ) — was a Russian translator, and one of the first professional Russian children's authors.Mikhail Fainshtein, Andrea Lanoux tr. ''Dictionary of Russian Women Writers: ISHÍMOVA, Aleksándra Ósipovna,'' Greenwood Publishing Group, 1994, p.262-3, Elibron''Александра Иосифовна Ишимова 1805 - 1881,'' 19 октября 2000. Biography After childhood in her birthplace of Kostroma, Aleksandra Ishimova studied in private boarding schools in Saint Petersburg. In 1818 a scandal involving her father occurred, and Ishimova left Saint Petersburg together with her family to live in the northern provinces. In 1825 it was possible to return to Saint Petersburg, and to receive from Tsar Alexander I a pardon for her father.Энциклопедического словаря Брокгауза и Ефрона (1890—1907)''Ишимова.''/ref> Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evgeny Feoktistov
Evgeny Mikhaylovich Feoktistov (russian: link=no, Евгений Михайлович Феоктистов; 1828 – 28 June 1898) was a Kaluga-born Russian journalist, editor, historian and, later in his life, state official. A Moscow University alumnus, Feoktistov started out as an essayist and journalist. Contributing to '' Moskovskiye Vedomosti'', '' Russky Vestnik'', ''Sovremennik'', and '' Otechestvennye Zapiski'', he published numerous articles on Russian history and current politics. Three of his major works came out as separate editions, "Greece's Fight for Independence" (1863), "Magnitsky. The Materials for the History of Education in Russia" (1865), and "Russia and Prussia's Relations in the Reign of Elizaveta Petrovna" (1882). He also edited '' Russkaya Rech'' and the ''Journal of the Ministry of Education''. Having started out as a liberal, Feoktisov later turned conservative and monarchist. In 1883–1896 he served as the head of the Interior Ministry's Press depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fyodor Batyushkov
Fyodor Dmitrievich Batyushkov (Фёдор Дмитриевич Батюшков, September 7 .s. August 26 1857, Kosma village, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – March 19, 1920, Petrograd, Soviet Russia) was a Russian philologist, editor (''Kosmopolis'', 1897–1898; '' Mir Bozhy'', 1902–1906), literary critic, theatre and literary historian. Biography Fyodor Batyushkov was born in Tver Governorate, to a noble Russian family. He was a distant relative (great-nephew) of Konstantin Batyushkov, a renowned early 19th-century poet. His father Dmitry Batyushkov was a governor in Grodno. Having graduated the 1st Gymnasium in Kazan, Fyodor Batyushkov enrolled into the Saint Petersburg University and joined its history and philology faculty which he graduated in 1880. Several years later, after a trip abroad, he became the Petersburg University professor. In 1890s Batyushkov contributed regularly to ''Vestnik Evropy'', ''Zhurnal Dlya Vsekh'', ''Novaya Zhyzn'', ''Vseobshchy Zhurna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dmitry Averkiyev
Dmitry Vasilyevich Averkiyev (russian: Дмитрий Васильевич Аверкиев, (October 12, 1836, Yekaterinodar, Russian Empire, — January 20, 1905, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian playwright, theatre critic, novelist, publicist and translator. He is the author of the Russian libretto to ''Rogneda'' by Alexander Serov. Averkiyev's best known plays were ''Frol Skorbeyev'' (Фрол Скорбеев, 1869) and ''Old Times in Kashira'' (Каширская старина, 1872); both continued to be produced into the Soviet times. He was also an acclaimed theatre critic who contributed to '' Epokha'', ''Moskovskiye Vedomosti'', '' Novoye Vremya'' and '' Vsemirnaya Illyustratsiya'' (where he was the head of the literary section, in 1869–1871). Averkiyev's magnum opus ''On Drama'' won him the Pushkin Prize The Pushkin Prize (russian: Пушкинская премия) was established in 1881 by the Russian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Vyaltseva
Anastasia Dmitrievna Vyaltseva (russian: Анастаси́я Дми́триевна Вя́льцева, 1871-1913) was a rather renowned Russian mezzo-soprano, specializing in Gypsy art songs. Enjoying the cult following and supported by the popular press (which called her The Incomparable, Nesravnennaya), she toured regularly and was engaged in numerous operettas (Saffi in ''The Gypsy Baron'' by Johann Strauss, Perichole in ''La Perichole'' and Helene in Offenbach's ''La belle Helene''), as well as operas, appearing in the Mariyinsky Theatre, as Carmen (''Carmen'' by Georges Bizet), Amneris (''Aida'' by Giuseppe Verdi, Dalila (''Samson and Delilah'' by Camille Saint-Saëns). The biggest star of the Russian popular music scene of the 1900s, Vyaltseva had more than 300 songs to her repertoire, one of the best loved being "I Fall In and Out of Love at Will". Biography Early years Anastasia Vyaltseva was born on 1 March 1871, in Altukhovo, a sloboda in the Sevsky Uyezd of the Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natalia Iretskaya
Natalia Alexandrovna Iretskaya (russian: Наталия Александровна Ирецкая, 1843 – 15 November 1922) was a Russian singer and teacher of singing. Vocally, she is best known as a soprano. Biography She was born in 1843 and graduated from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where she studied with Henriette Nissen-Saloman (a pupil of Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García). She also studied in Paris with Pauline Viardot (a daughter and pupil of Manuel García). In 1874, she taught singing in the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, and became a professor in 1881. Pupils Among her pupils were: * Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, * Lydia Lipkowska, * Oda Slobodskaya Oda Slobodskaya (28 November/10 December 1888 – 30 July 1970) was a Russian soprano who became a British citizen. Early life Her biographer Maurice Leonard quotes Slobodskaya as having been born on 28 November 1888 in Vilno (now Vilnius). ..., * Elena Katulskaya, * Lubov Andreyeva-Delmas, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonina Abarinova
Antonina Ivanovna Abarinova (russian: Антони́на Ива́новна Аба́ринова, 24 July 1842, Vladimir – 29 July 1901, Sukhodol, Tula Governorate, Imperial Russia) was a Russian Empire opera singer (originally contralto, later mezzo-soprano) who performed at Maryinsky Theatre, while being also an Alexandrinsky Theatre actress.Russian Drama Theatre. Encyclopedia. 2001, p. 568 // Русский драматический театр: Энциклопедия / Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2001. — 568 с.: ил. Abarinova's best-known operatic roles were as the Princess in ''Rusalka'' and Laura in '' The Stone Guest'', both by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, as well as Spiridonova in Alexander Serov's ''The Power of the Fiend'' and Lady Pamela in Daniel Auber's ''Fra Diavolo''. In theatre she excelled as Natalya Dmitriyevna in Alexander Griboyedov's ''Woe from Wit'', Zvezdintseva in ''The Fruits of Enlightenment'' by Leo Tolstoy, Gur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Nevsky Bridge
The Alexander Nevsky Bridge (russian: Мост Алекса́ндра Не́вского, ''Most Aleksandra Nevskogo'') in St Petersburg, Russia is named after the legendary Russian military commander and politician Alexander Nevsky. The bridge connects Alexander Nevsky Square and Zanevsky prospect thus linking the southern and the northern parts of the city. Until 2004, when the Big Obukhovsky Bridge was built, the Alexander Nevsky bridge was the longest bridge across the Neva River in Saint Petersburg. Its length is 905.7 meters, and it is 35 meters wide. The bridge was built from 1960 to 1965 under the working name of ''Old Neva Bridge'' (russian: Старо-Не́вский мост). Designed by the group of architects A. Zhuk, S. Mayofis and Y. Sinitsa, the bridge has complemented the look of adjacent buildings in surrounding area. The project was led by a team of engineers of the "Lengiprotransmost" institute. Proof-testing was done by means of a column of army tank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crematorium
A crematorium or crematory is a venue for the cremation of the dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In some countries a crematorium can also be a venue for open-air cremation. In many countries, crematoria contain facilities for funeral ceremonies, such as a chapel. Some crematoria also incorporate a columbarium, a place for interring cremation ashes. Ceremonial facilities While a crematorium can be any place containing a cremator, modern crematoria are designed to serve a number of purposes. As well as being a place for the practical but dignified disposal of dead bodies, they must also serve the emotional and spiritual needs of the mourners. The design of a crematorium is often heavily influenced by the funeral customs of its country. For example, crematoria in the United Kingdom are designed with a separation between the funeral and cremation facilities, as it is not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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