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Vsevolodas Dobužinskis
Vsevolodas Dobužinskis (russian: Всеволод Мстиславович Добужинский, ''Vsevolod Mstislavovich Dobuzhinskiy''; 31 January 1906, Saint Petersburg – 26 August 1998, New York City, New York) was a Lithuanian painter. He was son of Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. He designed several Lithuanian stamps during interbellum period, as well as the coat of arms of the Lithuanian SSR. See also *List of Lithuanian painters References *Universal Lithuanian Encyclopedia 1906 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Lithuanian painters Soviet painters {{Lithuania-painter-stub ... [...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 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 fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
