Smolny Institute

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educational institution government building historic building

Smolny Institute is a historic neoclassical building in Saint Petersburg that served as Russia’s first state institution for the education of noble girls and later as a key political center during the Bolshevik Revolution.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Smolny Institute canonical 7
Smolny Convent 2
Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf educational institution ⓘ
government building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
architect Giacomo Quarenghi ⓘ
surface form: Giacomo Antonio Domenico Quarenghi

Giacomo Quarenghi ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
constructionEnd 1808 ⓘ
constructionStart 1806 ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
currentUse headquarters of the Governor of Saint Petersburg ⓘ
seat of the Saint Petersburg city government ⓘ
foundedAs Russia’s first state institution for the education of noble girls ⓘ
foundedBy Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Catherine the Great
hasFacadeFeature central pediment ⓘ
massive portico with Ionic columns ⓘ
symmetrical wings ⓘ
hasFunction museum rooms related to the October Revolution ⓘ
hasMemorial Lenin monument ⓘ
hasNumberOfStoreys three ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
historicalUse educational institution for noble girls ⓘ
headquarters of the Bolshevik Party in 1917 ⓘ
seat of the Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
inception 1764 ⓘ
languageOfName Russian ⓘ
laterUse administrative building ⓘ
seat of the Leningrad Party Committee ⓘ
seat of the Saint Petersburg city administration ⓘ
locatedIn St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg

Smolnaya embankment ⓘ
central Saint Petersburg ⓘ
locatedNextTo Smolny Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Smolny Convent
locatedOn left bank of the Neva River ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Smolny Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Smolny Convent
originalFunction boarding school for girls of the nobility ⓘ
school for noble maidens ⓘ
partOf Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments ⓘ
surface form: historic center of Saint Petersburg
patron Catherine II of Russia ⓘ
surface form: Empress Catherine II of Russia
politicalSignificance center of revolutionary government in 1917–1918 ⓘ
roleInEvent headquarters of the October Revolution in Petrograd ⓘ
key political center during the Bolshevik Revolution ⓘ
roofType hipped roof ⓘ
RussianName Smolny Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Смольный институт

Smolny Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Смольный институт благородных девиц
usedAs Lenin’s residence in late 1917 ⓘ
seat of the Council of People’s Commissars ⓘ
usedBy Bolshevik leadership ⓘ
Vladimir Lenin ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tsentralny District of Saint Petersburg → contains → Smolny Institute ⓘ
Tauride Palace → near → Smolny Institute ⓘ
Decree on Peace → locationOfProclamation → Smolny Institute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smolny Institute, Petrograd
Smolny Cathedral → locatedIn → Smolny Institute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smolny Convent
Smolny Cathedral → namedAfter → Smolny Institute ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smolny Convent
Smolny Cathedral → near → Smolny Institute ⓘ
founded the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens → founded → Smolny Institute ⓘ
subject surface form: Catherine II of Russia
this entity surface form: Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens
Giacomo Quarenghi → notableWork → Smolny Institute ⓘ
Smolny Institute → RussianName → Smolny Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Смольный институт
Smolny Institute → RussianName → Smolny Institute self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Смольный институт благородных девиц
Kirov → placeOfDeath → Smolny Institute ⓘ
Smolninsky District → contains → Smolny Institute ⓘ
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet → location → Smolny Institute ⓘ