Staraya Ladoga,known as Ladoga until 1704,is a rural locality in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast,Russia,located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga,8 kilometers (5.0 mi) north of the town of Volkhov,the administrative center of the district.
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov was a Soviet physicist who played a crucial and centralizing role in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons.
Staraya Russa is a town in Novgorod Oblast,Russia,located on the Polist River,99 kilometers (62 mi) south of Veliky Novgorod,the administrative center of the oblast. Its population has steadily decreased over the past years,going from 41,538 recorded in the 1989 Census to 35,511 in the 2002 Census to 31,809 in the 2010 Census.
Mikhail Illarionovich Artamonov was a Soviet and Russian historian and archeologist,who came to be recognized as the founding father of modern Khazar studies.
Alexander Nikolaevich Samoylovich was a Russian Orientalist-Turkologist who served as a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929),Rector of the Leningrad Oriental Institute (1922–1925),academic secretary of the Humanities Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1929–1933),and director of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1934–1937). He was arrested by the NKVD in October 1937,and was executed on 13 February 1938.
The administrative division of Novgorod Republic is not definitely known;the country was divided into several tysyachas and volosts. The city of Novgorod with its vicinity,as well as a few other towns were not part of any of those. Pskov achieved an autonomy from Novgorod in the 13th century;its independence was confirmed by the Treaty of Bolotovo in 1348. After the fall of the republic,Novgorod Land,as part of Muscovy,consisted of 5 pyatinas that were further divided into uyezds and pogosts. This division was replaced only in the beginning of 18th century when Peter I introduced guberniyas.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Baskakov was a Soviet painter,a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists,who lived and worked in Leningrad,regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,most famous for his genre and portrait painting.
Veniamin Ivanovich Borisov was a Soviet Russian painter,a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 –the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation,lived and worked in Saint Petersburg,regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Irina Mikhailovna Dobrekova is a Soviet and Russian painter and graphic artist. She is a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists,regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.
Ruben Agasievich Zakharian was a Russian painter,who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists,and regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.
Volkhovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion),one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast,Russia. It is located in the central eastern part of the oblast and borders with Lodeynopolsky District in the northeast,Tikhvinsky District in the southeast,Kirishsky District in the south,and with Kirovsky District in the west. In the north,it is washed by Lake Ladoga. The area of the district is 5,124.4 square kilometers (1,978.5 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Volkhov. Population:48,000 (2010 Census);50,799;58,939 (1989 Census).
Dmitry Vasilievich Belyaev was a Russian and Soviet painter,who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg,an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation,a member of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists,regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.
Dormition Cathedral in the selo of Staraya Ladoga,Volkhovsky District,Leningrad Oblast,Russia is one of the oldest churches of Russia,dating from the second half of the 12th century. It is one of the few surviving pre-Mongol buildings in Russia,and the northernmost one. The cathedral is the katholikon of the female Dormition Monastery,one of the several monasteries in Staraya Ladoga,and is located on the left bank of the Volkhov River. The building was designated an architectural monument of federal significance (#4710028015).
The Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation is a university with 13 faculties in Saint Petersburg,Russia. Faculties are devoted to innovation management,aerospace engineering,electronic engineering,energy development,computer science,telecommunication,humanities,military science,economics,jurisprudence and special faculties for distance education and recently acquired colleges.
The House of Creativity "Staraya Ladoga" was an all-Russian centre for artistic creativity,which existed in the Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast from the mid-20th century up to the 1990s. It was located opposite the ancient village of Staraya Ladoga on the right bank of the Volkhov River.
Anatoly Alekseyevich Dorodnitsyn 19 November,2 December,1910 –7 June 1994,Moscow) was a Russian mathematician who worked as an engineer in the former Soviet space program.
Kievan Rus' ornament is a general designation for ornamental patterns characteristic of the culture of Kievan Rus',and partially rooted in its pre-Christian period. There was also influence outside Kievan Rus',in particular in Poland,Moravia and Scandinavia.
Klim Zhukov is a Russian author,vlogger,and historical reenactor. He is a medievalist historian and science fiction author. He is also involved in historical reenactment. He is a bestselling author. In a survey conducted in 2019,he entered the top 10 trust rating in the Russian Internet. He collaborates with Dmitry Puchkov.
Anatoly Leopoldovich Yakobson was a Soviet archaeologist,historian of art and architecture.
Anatoly Nikolayevich Vasiliev was a Soviet and Russian painter,architect,graphic artist and book artist.
