Smolny Institute — The Smolny Institute ( ru. Смольный институт, Smol niy institut ) is a Palladian edifice in St Petersburg, which has played a major part in the history of Russia. The building was commissioned to Giacomo Quarenghi by the Society for Education of… … Wikipedia
Smolny Convent — or Smolny Convent of the Resurrection ( Voskresensky ), located on Ploschad Rastrelli, on the bank of the River Neva in Saint Petersburg, Russia, consists of a Cathedral ( sobor ) and a complex of buildings surrounding it, originally intended for … Wikipedia
Institute for Noble Maidens — ( ru. Институт благородных девиц) was a type of educational institution in late Imperial Russia. It was devised by Ivan Betskoy as a girl only institution for girls of noble origin. The most famous of these was the Smolny Institute in… … Wikipedia
Smolny-Institut — Entwurfszeichnung des 1806 bis 1808 nach einem Entwurf Giacomo Quarenghis errichteten Smolny Instituts … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Saint Petersburg — Leningrad redirects here. For other uses, see Leningrad (disambiguation). This article is about the city in Russia. For other uses, see Saint Petersburg (disambiguation). Saint Petersburg Санкт Петербург (Russian) Federal … Wikipedia
Saint Petersburg — I City (pop., 2000: 248,232), west central Florida, U.S. It lies near the tip of Pinellas Peninsula, adjacent to Tampa Bay. Settled in 1876, it became in the late 1940s one of the first Florida cities to encourage tourists to spend their… … Universalium
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Landmarks of Saint Petersburg — help to give the city its particular ambience.St. Petersburg s position below the Arctic Circle, on the same latitude as nearby Helsinki, Stockholm, Aberdeen and Oslo (60° N), causes twilight to last all night in May, June and July. This… … Wikipedia
Neva River — Neva redirects here. For other uses, see Neva (disambiguation). Coordinates: 59°57′50″N 30°13′20″E / 59.96389°N 30.22222°E / 5 … Wikipedia
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