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Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress
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Elizaveta (Elizabeth) Petrovna (1709-1761), Empress
ELIZAVETA (Elizabeth) PETROVNA (1709-1761, St. Petersburg), Empress (since 1741), daughter of Peter the Great and Elizaveta I. Before taking the throne, she lived in a palace at the Tsaritsyn Medow in St
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1727
After the death of Catherine I in 1727 the Saari Grange carried over Tsesarevna Elizabeth (Yelizaveta) Petrovna according to the
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1734
May. The laying of the foundation stone of the Znamenskaya Church (the Church of the Holy Sign) it was built in 1747, according to the design by M.G. Zemtsov
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1741
25 November. Tsarckoye Selo has become the official summer residence of Russian tsars in the connection with Empress Elizabeth's accession to the
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1743
3 February. Celebrations devoted to returning the Empress Elizabeth from Moscow after the coronation took place.
Water came to Tsarskoye Selo from Vittolovo springs through a chanal. The works were done to the design by the engineer I
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1746
8 August. The ceremonial laying of the foundation stone of the Palace Church of the Resurrection of Christ took place in the presence of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna
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1750
27 August. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov visited Tsarskoye Selo according to the invitation of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. He reflected his impressions in a great poetical work where famous poet lines have sounded: "If only with a beautiful
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1752
10 May. The Decree of Elizabeth Petrovna about rebuilding the Tsarskoye Selo ensemble and the reconstruction of the palace by the architect F.-B. Rastrelli was published
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1755
According to Empress Elizabeth Petrovna the famous Amber Room, which was presented by the Prussia King Frederick- William I of Prussia to Peter I in 1716, was brought to Tsarskoye Selo
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1758
8 September. During the religious service in the Znamenskaya Church (the Church of the Holy Sign) Empress Elizabeth had a heart
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1761
8 September. Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was at Tsarskoye Selo for the last time. Elizabeth Petrovna died on 25 December in Saint
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Alexandrovsky Park (Pushkin)
ALEXANDROVSKY PARK (Pushkin), a landscape architecture monument, situated west of Ekaterininsky Park. The park is a part of Tsarskoe Selo palace and park ensemble. Alexandrovsky Park covers an area of 120 hectares
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Alms-houses (entry)
ALMS-HOUSES, boarding institutions for poor, ill and aged people. The first alms-houses set up in St. Petersburg were attached to churches, the first ones being theHoly Ascension Church in Shpalernaya Street (1713) and St
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Amber Room
AMBER ROOM, a unique interior of the Great Catherine Palace, and 18th century arts and crafts monument. The walls of the Amber Room are decorated with the amber panels (the only example of amber used in Russian architecture)
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Anna Leopoldovna, (1718-1746), "regent"
ANNA LEOPOLDOVNA (1718-1746), granddaughter of Tsar Ivan V, grand-niece of Emperor Peter the Great, mother of Emperor Ivan VI. Nee as Elisabeth Catharina Christine, Princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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Belogradskaya E.T. (1739- after 1764), singer
BELOGRADSKAYA Elizaveta Timofeevna (1739, St. Petersburg - after 1764[?]), the first Russian singer (soprano) and harpsichord player. The daughter of lute player and singer Timofey Belogradsky
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Catherine I (1684-1727), Empress
CATHERINE I (nee Marta Skavronskaya) (1684-1727, St. Petersburg), Empress (crowned in 1721), the second wife of Tsar Peter the Great (from 1712), mother of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna. After the death of her husband (1725) she was enthroned by A.D
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Catherine Palace (Town of Pushkin)
CATHERINE PALACE (Town of Pushkin), an architectural monument of the Baroque period, compositional centre and dominating architecture of the park and palace ensemble of Tsarskoe Selo
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Chicherin House
CHICHERIN HOUSE (Kosikovsky House, Eliseev House) (15 Nevsky Prospect), monument of early Neoclassical architecture. Built in 1768-71 (architect unknown, possibly G.B. Vallin de la Mothe or Y.M. Felten) for general chief of police N.I
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Devier A.M. General Policeman 1744-45
DEVIER (De Vierra) Anton Manuilovich (1682-1745, St. Petersburg), Count (1726), statesman and military officer, General-en-Chief (1744). He was a son of the baptized Jew from Portugal who settled in Holland
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Drama Theatre (entry)
DRAMA THEATRE. The performances of the theatre of Tsar Peter the Great's sister, Tsarevna Natalia Alexeevna (from 1714) can be considered as the first attempts to establish a standing public theatre in St. Petersburg
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Engraving Chamber
ENGRAVING CHAMBER was an engraving workshop, a section of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences of Russia which made engravings mainly for publishing houses, including book illustrations, scientific illustrations and tables
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Eropkin P.M. (about 1698-1740), architect.
EROPKIN Peter Mikhailovich (about 1698-1740, St. Petersburg), architect, urban planner, architecture theorist. In 1716-24 on the order of the Tsar Peter the Great he was trained in Italy, in 1725 he was conferred a title of architect
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Field of Mars (Marsovo Pole), ensemble
FIELD OF MARS (in the 18th century Bolshoy Meadow, Poteshnoe Field, Tsaritsyn Meadow, in 1918 -40 – Zhertv Revolyutsii Square), the square in the centre of St. Petersburg. It was named so in honour of Mars, the Roman god of war
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Highest Organs of State Power (entry)
HIGHEST ORGANS OF STATE POWER. The first higher organ of state power to function in St. Petersburg was the Senate founded by Tsar Peter the Great in 1711. The Supreme Privy Council was founded under Empress Catherine I (1725-30)
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Holy Transfiguration Cathedral
HOLY TRANSFIGURATION CATHEDRAL, located at 1 Preobrazhenskaya Square. An architectural monument construction by order of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna (architect M. G
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Imperial Hunts
IMPERIAL HUNTS were an important part of Imperial Court life. The Imperial Hunts combined traditions from Russian Tsar Hunts of the 16th-17th centuries, and hunting customs of European courts
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Imperial Theatres
IMPERIAL THEATRES (in the 18th century court theatres, in the 19th century also called public theatres), originally intended to entertain the Imperial family, and to entertain and educate the public
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Italian Opera
ITALIAN OPERA existed in St. Petersburg in 1733-1914 (intermittently) in two guises: as Italian musical theatre with performances in Italian and as proper Italian operas performed by Russian companies in Russian (from 1781 up to the present moment)
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Life Company
LIFE COMPANY, a separate extra-privileged guard unit. Ordered by Empress Elizaveta Petrovna in 1741, formed of the Grenadier Company of the Preobrazhensky Life Guard Regiment. The company assisted her seizure of the throne on 25 November 1741
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Menagerie (an ensemble of the Alexander Park)
The oldest part of the park, founded as the Menagerie, occupied more than a half of the Alexander Park territory. The area for the Menagerie has been chosen as early as 1710
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Mikhailovsky Castle
MIKHAILOVSKY CASTLE (since 1823, Engineer's Castle) (2 Sadovaya Street), a Neoclassical architectural monument. It was constructed in 1797-1801 (architects V.I. Bazhenov, V. F
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Mikhailovsky Garden
MIKHAILOVSKY GARDEN is a landscape architectural monument from the first third of the 19th century. It is a city garden with an area of 8.7 hectares confined on one side by Mikhailovsky Palace, Griboedova Canal Embankment
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Monasteries (entry)
MONASTERIES, there were four monasteries in Petrograd (two women’s convents and two men’s monasteries) by 1917, and 42 metochions, which functioned according to monastery regulations
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Munnich B. K. (1683-1767), Engineer, Governor General 1728-34
MUNNICH Christofor Antonovich (Burchard Kristoff) (1683-1767, St. Petersburg), Count (1728), statesman and military figure, General Field Marshal (1732). He was German by birth, came to Russian service in 1721
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Nevsky Prospect
NEVSKY PROSPECT known as Bolshaya Pershpektivnaya Road or Bolshaya Pershpektiva until 1738, Nevskaya Prospektivaya Street or Nevskaya Perspektiva in 1738-1780s, and 25 October Avenue in 1918-44 so named in memory of the October Revolution of 1917
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Nikitin I.N., (circa 1690-1742), Artist
NIKITIN Ivan Nikitich (c. 1690-1742) artist, one of the founders of secular painting in Russia. In 1711, he was sent from Moscow to St. Petersburg as a master of the Armoury. In 1716-20, he was sent to study in Italy by order of Peter the Great
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Palace Coups (entry)
PALACE COUPS is a term used for coups of the state from the 18th to the beginning of the 19th centuries, in which persons not possessing a formal right to Imperial power usurped it
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Peter III (1728-1762), the Emperor
PETER III (1728-1762, Ropsha, St. Petersburg Province), Emperor (from 1761). Born Prince (from 1739, Duke) Karl Peter Ulrich von Holstein-Gottorp. Grandson of Emperor Peter the Great
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Peter the Great, Monuments to (entry)
PETER THE GREAT, MONUMENTS TO. Monument projects to Peter the Great in the capital founded by him appeared during his lifetime (particularly by N. Pinot, B. Tarsia). In 1716-20, B
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Petergofskaya Road
PETERGOFSKAYA ROAD (Petergofskaya Pershpektiva), name of Narvskaya Road between St. Petersburg and Peterhof in the 18th century. The road ran along the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland in place of the present-day Staro-Petergofsky Avenue
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Peterhof, palace and park ensemble
PETERHOF, the palace and park ensemble in Petrodvorets. Until 1917, remained a summer imperial residence on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland. The construction of Peterhof started in 1709 at the command of Tsar Peter the Great
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Prazdnoe Vremya v Polzu Upotreblennoe, Leisure Time Spent with Benefit, journal
PRAZDNOE VREMYA V POLZU UPOTREBLENNOE, (Leisure Time Spent with Benefit), a weekly literary journal published in 1759-60 within the Gentry Land Corps with contributions from both graduates and tutors (P. I. Pastukhov, N. S. Titov, А. А. Nartov et al
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Razumovsky Family
RAZUMOVSKY FAMILY, nobles and counts (from 1744) of Malorussian origin, known from the second half of the 17th century, rising to fame in the mid-18th century. Alexey Grigorievich Razumovsky (1709-71, St
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Russian Theatre for Tragedy and Comedy
RUSSIAN THEATRE FOR TRAGEDY AND COMEDY (previously the House of Golovkin), the first Russian state stationary professional public theatre was established by order of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on 30 August 1756
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Shuvalov Family
SHUVALOV FAMILY, nobles and counts (since 1746), known since the 16th century. I.I. Shuvalov was a favourite of Empress Elizaveta Petrovna's. His brothers were Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov (1710-71), a Count (1746), statesman
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Shuvalov I.I. (1727-1797), statesman
SHUVALOV Ivan Ivanovich (1727-1797, St Petersburg), count, statesman, Adjutant-General (1760), Chief Chamberlain. Member of the Conference of the Supreme Court
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Silvester (Kulyabka) (1701-1761), Archbishop of St. Petersburg in 1750-1761
SILVESTER (born Semen Petrovich Kulyabka, 1701, according to other evidence, 1704-61, St. Petersburg), religious figure. After graduating from Kiev Theological Academy (1726), he spent several years teaching there and in 1738 became its director
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Slides
SLIDES, structures erected for public amusement. They represent one of the essential elements of holiday popular carnivals (especially Shrovetide carnivals) in the 18th -19th centuries
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Smolny Architectural Ensemble
SMOLNY ARCHITECTURAL ENSEMBLE, created over the course of the 18th-20th centuries on the curve of the left bank of the Neva River, on the place of the early 18th century Smolyanoy (Russian "smola" means "resin") courtyard (hence the name)
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St. Peter and Paul fortress
ST. PETER AND PAUL FORTRESS, the historical centre of St. Petersburg, a monument of military engineering, the oldest engineering and architectural sight of the city
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St. Petersburg Eparchy
ST. PETERSBURG EPARCHY, a territorial and administrative part of the Russian Orthodox Church. By decree of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna the St. Petersburg Eparchy was separated from the Novgorod Eparchy on 1 September 1742. The bishop of St
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Summer Palaces (entry)
SUMMER PALACES, St. Petersburg summer imperial residences for the first half of the 18th century. 1) The Summer Palace of Emperor Peter I, an architectural monument of Peter's Baroque, was constructed from 1710-14 (architects D. Trezzini, A
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The Admiralty (“Holland”)
The architectural ensemble of the Admiralty or “Holland” consisted of three pavilions and Sailor’s house was included in the Great Pond view of the Catherine park
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The Grotto Pavilion.
The Grotto pavilion with the pier , highlighting on the dark green background of the Old Garden and with its mirror reflection in the Great Pond water, pertains to classical views of the Catherine Park
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The house of Ye.A. Engelgardt.
Two-storied building (4 Sadovaya Street) was built in 1752-1753 to the design of S. Chevakinsky in the complex of four cavaliers’ houses for a linen-keeper of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. In 1811-1816 V.P
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The Palace Church of the Resurrection
In the Tsarskoye Selo Palace of Tsarina Catherine Alexeyevna at first there was an camp private chapel of St. Catherine the Great Martyr. The main sight of this church was a carved iconostasis of dark blue colour
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Volkov F.G., (1729-1763), actor
VOLKOV Fedor Grigorievich (1729-1763), actor, theatre worker. In 1754-56, studied at the Infantry Cadet Corps. In the 1740s, he established the first private theatre in Yaroslavl, which in 1750 became the resident public theatre
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Volynsky A.P. (1689-1740), statesman
VOLYNSKY Artemy Petrovich (1689-1740, St Petersburg), statesman, Chief Master of the Hunt (1736). He was married to Peter the Great's cousin, A.L. Naryshkina. Started his career in the Vladimirsky Dragoon Regiment (1708)
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Vorontsov Family
VORONTSOV, a famous noble and princely family from the early 16th century. Several of them were closely associated with St. Petersburg. Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov (1714-67) was a count (1744), statesman, diplomat
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