January. The fire took place in the Throne Hall of the Catherine Palace as the result of violating the safety measures during welding works. The countermeasures for fire suppression, employed timely, prevented enourmous material losses.
19 February. The Organ Hall was opened after the restoration of the 19th century organ, made by musical school teachers O.I. Bezgubov and Yu.N. Semyonov, in the Musical School in Leontyevskaya Street.
A co-operative producing sawn timber and joinery articles was organized, short time later it was reorganized into the joint-stock company "Prestizh" according to the initiative of its chairman B.L. Blotner.
Persons
Bezgubov, O.I. Blotner, Boris Lvovich Semyenov, Yu.N.
Addresses
Leontievskaya Street/Pushkin, town
