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On October 22, 1919, the Petrograd State Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute (PCPI) was founded in Petrograd. Admission to the institute in 1919 was held at once for three courses, depending on the level of knowledge of the applicants.
Alexandrovskaya (Russian: Александровская) is a municipal settlement in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Population: 2,491 ( 2010 Census ) ; [ 1 ] 1,184 ( 2002 Census ) ; [ 2 ] 2,960 ( 1989 Soviet census ) .
The Passage (Russian: Пассаж, romanized: Passazh), from the French word passage, [1] is an élite department store on Nevsky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which was founded in 1848. The Passage premises have long had associations with the entertainment industry and houses the Komissarzhevskaya Theatre .
Another important feature of early St. Petersburg literature is its mythical element, which incorporates urban legends and popular ghost stories, as the stories of Pushkin and Gogol included ghosts returning to St. Petersburg to haunt other characters as well as other fantastical elements, creating a surreal and abstract image of St. Petersburg.
The Alexander Nevsky Monastery, intended to house the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, is graced by the Holy Trinity Cathedral and five smaller churches in various styles. The monastery is also one of three main centers of Christian education in Russia, having the Russian Orthodox Academy and Seminary and the residence of the St. Petersburg ...
Vista through the Summer Garden towards the Summer Palace, 1716. The Summer Garden (Russian: Летний сад, romanized: Letny sad) is a historic public garden that occupies an eponymous island between the Neva, Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in downtown Saint Petersburg, Russia and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great.
The Institute of Experimental Education in St Petersburg is one of the oldest scientific establishments in Russia. [1] It was founded by Alexander of Oldenburg in 1888 along the lines of Louis Pasteur's Pasteur Institute. It was here that Pavlov did much of his groundbreaking physiological research. [1]
The Catherine Park (Russian: Екатерининский парк) is the large landscaped area to the south of the Catherine Palace, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo , 25 km south-east of St. Petersburg, Russia. The park has two parts: a formal 18th century Dutch-style garden and a natural English garden. [1]