Preobrazhensky
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Preobrazhensky Preobrazhenskaya (feminine), or Preobrazhenskoye (neuter), lit. "of the Transfiguration", may refer to:
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People
- Alexander Preobrazhensky, Russian pedagogue
- Boris Preobrazhensky, Soviet otolaryngologist and academician, Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
- Konstantin Preobrazhensky, writer on KGB subjects
- Nikolay Preobrazhensky, Soviet otolaryngologist
- Olga PreobrajenskaOlga PreobrajenskaOlga Iosifovna Preobrajenska was probably the best loved ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet....
(1871-1962), a ballerina of the Russian Imperial Ballet - Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director)Olga Preobrazhenskaya (director)Olga Ivanovna Preobrazhenskaya was a Russian and Soviet actress and film director, one of the first female film directors.-Biography:Olga Preobrazhenskaya was born on 24 July 1881 in Moscow. In 1901–1904 she studied in the actor school of Moscow Art Theater and since 1905 worked in theaters in...
(1881-1971), Russian and Soviet actress and film director - Pavel Preobrazhensky, Russian geologist
- Sofiya Preobrazhenskaya, Russian opera singer, People's Artist of the USSRPeople's Artist of the USSRPeople's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.- Nomenclature and significance :...
- Vasily Khrisanfovich Preobrazhensky, Russian writer
- Vasily Petrovich Preobrazhensky, Russian writer
- Yevgeni PreobrazhenskyYevgeni PreobrazhenskyYevgeni Alekseyevich Preobrazhensky was an Old Bolshevik, an economist and a member of the Central Committee of the Bolshevik faction and, its successor, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.-Life:...
, Bolshevik and economist - Yevgeny Nikolayevich Preobrazhensky, Soviet military leader
Places
- Preobrazhensky (rural locality)Preobrazhensky (rural locality)Preobrazhensky , Preobrazhenskaya , or Preobrazhenskoye is the name of several rural localities in Russia:*Preobrazhensky, Krasnoyarsk Krai, a settlement in Nazarovsky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai...
(Preobrazhenskaya, Preobrazhenskoye), name of several rural localities in Russia - Preobrazhenskaya hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Moscow, Russia
- Preobrazhenskoye DistrictPreobrazhenskoye DistrictPreobrazhenskoye District is a district of Moscow. It is located in Eastern Administrative Okrug. It is named after Preobrazhenskoye village where the residence of Alexis of Russia and Peter I of Russia was located....
, a district of MoscowMoscowMoscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, Russia - Preobrazhenskoye CemeteryPreobrazhenskoye CemeteryPreobrazhenka Cemetery is a cemetery in the northern part of Moscow long associated with Old Believers. It was inaugurated by a Fedoseevtsy merchant in 1777 as a plague quarantine disguising the Bespopovtsy monastery. At that time the territory of the cemetery was located outside Moscow, but near...
, a cemetery in Moscow, Russia
Other
- Preobrazhensky regimentPreobrazhensky regimentThe Preobrazhensky Regiment was one of the oldest and elite regiments of the Russian army. Along with the Semenovsky regiment also served as a gendarmie unit for the state Secret Chancellery in the 18th century, headed by the Prince Fyodor Romodanovsky.It was formed by Peter the Great in the late...
, one of the oldest regiments of the Russian army - Preobrazhensky prikaz, an establishment that oversaw Russian Preobrazhensky and Semyonovsky regiments in the 18th century
- Professor Preobrazhensky, surgeon, from the novel The Heart of a Dog