Sentence 1: Alexander Nikolayevich Veselovsky ( in Moscow -- in St. Petersburg ) was a leading Russian literary theorist who laid the foundations for comparative literature studies .
Sentence 2: Alexander Nikolayevich Veselovsky ( in Moscow in St. Petersburg ) was a leading comparative literary theorist who laid the groundwork for Russian literary studies .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?