LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.spb.ru/

Population:
4,661,219 (2002 census)

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
University of St. Petersburg	1724
St. Petersburg Conservatory

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg	1852

ORCHESTRA

Orchestra	Founded
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra	1882

VENUE

Venue	Founded
Mariinsky Theatre	1860

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tsar Alexander I	Royalty	23-Dec-1777	1-Dec-1825	Tsar of Russia, 1801-25
Tsar Alexander III	Royalty	10-Mar-1845	1-Nov-1894	Tsar of Russia, 1881-94
Mischa Auer	Actor	17-Nov-1905	5-Mar-1967	My Man Godfrey
George Balanchine	Dancer	22-Jan-1904	30-Apr-1983	Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet
Alexander Blok	Poet	16-Nov-1880	7-Aug-1921	Russian Silver Age poet
Aleksandr Borodin	Composer	12-Nov-1833	27-Feb-1887	Prince Igor
Aleksander Bovin	Diplomat	9-Aug-1930	29-Apr-2004	Russian Ambassador to Israel, 1991-7
Joseph Brodsky	Poet	24-May-1940	28-Jan-1996	"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
George Busk	Doctor	12-Aug-1807	10-Aug-1886	British surgeon and zoologist
Georg Cantor	Mathematician	3-Mar-1845	6-Jan-1918	Founder of set theory
Nikolai Cherkasov	Actor	27-Jul-1903	14-Sep-1966	Aleksandr Nevsky
Tom Conway	Actor	15-Sep-1904	22-Apr-1967	I Walked with a Zombie
Erté	Artist	23-Nov-1892	21-Apr-1990	Art deco fashion designer and artist
Karl Faberge	Artist	30-May-1846	24-Sep-1920	Maker of jewelry and gem eggs
Ilya M. Frank	Physicist	23-Oct-1908	22-Jun-1990	Cherenkov radiation
Aleksandr Glazunov	Composer	29-Jul-1865	21-Mar-1936	Raymonda
Leonid Vitalyevich Kantorovich	Mathematician	19-Jan-1912	7-Apr-1986	Linear programming
Lila Kedrova	Actor	9-Oct-1918	16-Feb-2000	Zorba the Greek
Barys Kit	Scientist	6-Apr-1910		Rocket Propellant Handbook
André Kostelanetz	Conductor	22-Dec-1901	13-Jan-1980	André Kostelanetz Presents
Alexei Kosygin	Head of State	20-Feb-1904	18-Dec-1980	Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80
Charles Lamont	Film Director	5-May-1895	12-Sep-1993	Director, Abbott & Costello
Wassily Leontief	Economist	5-Aug-1906	5-Feb-1999	Structure of the American Economy
Vladimir Nabokov	Novelist	23-Apr-1899	2-Jul-1977	Lolita
Tsar Nicholas I	Royalty	25-Jun-1796	18-Feb-1855	Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55
Tsar Paul I	Royalty	1-Oct-1754	24-Mar-1801	Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801
Anna Pavlova	Dancer	12-Feb-1881	22-Jan-1931	Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Tsar Peter II	Royalty	23-Oct-1715	29-Jan-1730	Tsar of Russia, 1727-30
Ayn Rand	Author	2-Feb-1905	6-Mar-1982	Atlas Shrugged
Gregory Ratoff	Film Director	20-Apr-1897	14-Dec-1960	Intermezzo: A Love Story
George Sanders	Actor	3-Jul-1906	25-Apr-1972	The Saint Strikes Back
Dmitri Shostakovich	Composer	25-Sep-1906	9-Aug-1975	Symphony No. 7
Nicolas Slonimsky	Musicologist	27-Apr-1894	25-Dec-1995	Preeminent musicologist
Alexander Smallens	Conductor	1-Jan-1889	24-Nov-1972	Russian-born American conductor
Boris Spassky	Chess Player	30-Jan-1937		Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer
Aleksandr Sumarokov	Playwright	14-Nov-1717	12-Oct-1777	Founder of Russian classical drama
Tsar Ivan VI	Royalty	12-Aug-1740	5-Jul-1764	Tsar of Russia, 1740-41

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Tsar Alexander I	Royalty	23-Dec-1777	1-Dec-1825	Tsar of Russia, 1801-25
Tsar Alexander II	Royalty	17-Apr-1818	13-Mar-1881	Tsar of Russia, 1855-81
Anna	Royalty	28-Jan-1693	17-Oct-1740	Tsarina of Russia, 1730-40
Aleksei Balabanov	Film Director	25-Feb-1959	18-May-2013	Brother
Mily Balakirev	Composer	21-Dec-1836	16-May-1910	Russian nationalist composer
Aleksandr Borodin	Composer	12-Nov-1833	27-Feb-1887	Prince Igor
Anson Burlingame	Diplomat	14-Nov-1820	23-Feb-1870	US Ambassador to China, 1861-70
Catherine I	Royalty	15-Apr-1684	17-May-1727	Empress of Russia, 1725-27
Catherine the Great	Royalty	2-May-1729	17-Nov-1796	Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96
Fyodor Dostoevsky	Novelist	30-Oct-1821	28-Jan-1881	Crime and Punishment
Leonhard Euler	Mathematician	15-Apr-1707	18-Sep-1783	The Elements of Euclid
Bobby Farrell	Singer	6-Oct-1949	30-Dec-2010	Frontman for Boney M
Ivan Goncharov	Novelist	18-Jun-1812	27-Sep-1891	Oblomov
Wilhelm Junker	Explorer	6-Apr-1840	13-Feb-1892	Reisen in Afrika
Mikhail Lomonosov	Poet	19-Nov-1711	15-Apr-1765	Early father of Russian poetry
Dmitri Mendeleev	Chemist	8-Feb-1834	2-Feb-1907	Periodic Table of the Elements
Modest Mussorgsky	Composer	9-Mar-1839	16-Mar-1881	Boris Godunov
Tsar Nicholas I	Royalty	25-Jun-1796	18-Feb-1855	Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55
Tsar Paul I	Royalty	1-Oct-1754	24-Mar-1801	Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801
Ivan Pavlov	Scientist	14-Sep-1849	27-Feb-1936	Conditioned reflexes
Peter the Great	Royalty	9-Jun-1672	8-Feb-1725	Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725
Aleksandr Pushkin	Poet	26-May-1799	10-Feb-1837	Russia's greatest poet
Rasputin	Religion	23-Jan-1871	30-Dec-1916	Russia's Greatest Love Machine
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve	Astronomer	15-Apr-1793	23-Nov-1864	Studied double stars
Alexander Suvorov	Military	24-Nov-1729	18-May-1800	Russian general, fought Turks, French
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Composer	7-May-1840	6-Nov-1893	Russia's best known composer

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