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9 letters.
Bry?e?ell.
Many thanks for any relief :)

Probably BRIDEWELL.

Check your Y.

Hi eod,

You could try Bridewell?

http://www.londonlives.org/static/Bridewell.jsp

Yippy Syzygy... we have a match mate

Great minds ...

& at the same time.

Thanks for that.
My dictionary had Dmitry Shostakovich, not Dmitri.
Thanks again.

The varied spelling probably comes from English speakers not hearing the subtle difference in sound in Russian.

The "I" tends to be a long "E" in English.
Here's another "Dmitri" (rhymes with "tree") Click "listen" after the speaker icon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Mendeleev

The "Y" is more like "IJ", the "J" being soft, as in "bayou" or "yam".
Listen to the end of "Trotsky" (rhymes with "key") * :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Trotsky

Hard to explain without sound.
* some say "kee"