Petergofskaya Road

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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, Stachek Avenue, and Petergofskoe Freeway. Soon after founding St. Petersburg, Tsar Peter the Great dispensed the land along the road for his confidants to build dachas "for their amusement" there. Seaside estates sprang up in the 1700s-10s. Among them were Ekaterinhof, Annenhof, Elizavethof, Strelna, etc. that belonged to Peter the Great and his family, as well as Favourite, Mon Courage, and Oranienbaum granted to A. D. Menshikov. There were as many as 86 places given out along Petergofskaya Road in the first quarter of the 18th century. Their owners were often replaced. A number of estate ensembles appeared in the 18th century including Admiral F. M. Apraksin's dacha handed over to Admiral P. I. Sivers in 1728. It was rebuilt by architect F. Rastrelli in 1750s at the present-day 158 Stachek Avenue. The land owned by Feofan (Prokopovich) that lay between Peterhof and Oranienbaum passed to the Crown in 1740. Grand Princess Elizaveta Petrovna's Own Dacha was built on the land, which was rebuilt by architect Y. M. Felten in 1770s and completely reconstructed by architect A. I. Stakenschneider in the mid 19th century. It is situated at 84 Sobstvenny Avenue. Count P. A. Rumyantsev's estate was situated west of the Personal Dacha (see Sergievka). In the second half of the 18th century, San Souci Dacha by architect P. Paton and Empress Catherine II's Bronnaya Dacha by architect A. F. Kokorinov were built not far from Oranienbaum in 1861 and 1860s, respectively, neither have been preserved though. Fragments of some dachas and villas remained at the head of the road including the Stroganov family's estate at 20 Staro-Petergofsky Avenue, E. R. Dashkova's Kiryanovo at 45 Stachek Avenue, R. I. Vorontsov's estate at 186 Stachek Avenue (see Vorontsov Family), I. G. Chernyshev's Alexandrino at 226 Stachek Avenue, the Sheremetev family's Ulyanka with Y. A. Bruce's dacha park between Dachny Avenue and Leni Golikova Street, and parks of E. E. Ebsworth, R. R. Chidson, N. Y. Trubetskoy, A. V. Makarov, the Vielgorsky Family (Pavlino), Y. F. von Moller, and P. M. Tolstoy all situated on the left side of Petergofskoe Freeway. A number of residences such as Znamenka and Mikhailovka were erected for Grand Princes and Princesses in the environs of Peterhof in the mid-19th century.

References: Столпянский П. Н. Петергофская першпектива: Ист. очерк. СПб., 1923; Горбатенко С. Б. Петергофская дорога: Ораниенбаумский ист.-ландшафтный комплекс. СПб., 2001; Его же. Петергофская дорога: Ист.-архит. путеводитель. СПб., 2002; Пыляев М. И. Забытое прошлое окрестностей Петербурга. СПб., 2002.

O. A. Chekanova, Y. M. Piryutko. Apraksin Fedor Matveevich
Bruce Yakov Alexandrovich
Catherine II, Empress
Chernyshev Ivan Grigorievich, Count
Chidson Richard
Dashkova Ekaterina Romanovna, Duchess
Ebsworth Eduard Egorovich
Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress
Felten Yury (Georg Friedrich) Matveevich
Feofan Prokopovich (lay name Eleazar Prokopovich)
Kokorinov Alexander Filippovich
Makarov Alexey Vasilievich
Menshikov Alexander Danilovich, Gracious Prince
Moller Yulia Fedorovna von
Paton Peter Yurievich
Peter I, Emperor
Rastrelli Francesco de
Rumyantsev Peter Alexandrovich, Count
Sivers Peter Ivanovich
Stakensсhneider Andrey Ivanovich
the Sheremetevs
the Stroganovs
the Vielgorskys, Counts
Tolstoy Pavel Matveevich
Trubetskoy Nikita Yurievich, Duke
Vorontsov Roman Illarionovich, Count
Dachny Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Leni Golikova St./Saint Petersburg, city
Petergofskoe Freeway/Saint Petersburg, city
Sobstvenny Avenue/Peterhoff, town, house 84
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 226
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 158
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 186
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Stachek Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 45
Staro-Petergofsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Staro-Petergofsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 20
Горбатенко С. Б. Петергофская дорога: Ораниенбаумский ист.-ландшафт. комплекс. СПб., 2001
Горбатенко С. Б. Петергофская дорога: Ист.-архит. путеводитель. СПб., 2002
Столпянский П. Н. Петергофская першпектива: Ист. очерк. СПб., 1923
Горбатенко С. Б. Петергофская дорога: Ист.-архит. путеводитель. СПб., 2002
Пыляев М. И. Забытое прошлое окрестностей Петербурга. СПб., 2002 Sergievka
Znamenka, manor
Mikhailovka, manor
1732