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1772-1780

The Taytsi gravity conduit, designed by the engineer F.B. Bauer, dams along Sadovaya Embankment, designed by the engineer I. Gerard, were built, the water facilities system of parks was improved and the many hydraulic constructions - bridges
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1774-1778

The system of the Great Cascade ponds with dams was constructed to the design by Colonel-Engineer I.
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1776

3 September. The ball in the honour of Princess Sophia Dorothea of Wurttemberg, the future wife of Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, was held at Tsarskoye
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1777

The construction of the Chinese Theatre was begun. Sweden King Gustav III, under the name of Count of Gotland, visited Tsarskoye
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1779

27 April. Grand Duke Constantin Pavlovich, the second child in the family of Grand Duke Paul Petrovich, was born in Tsarskoye Selo. 1 January. Catherine II's Decree "About the Foundation of the Saint Petersburg Gubernia Including Seven Uyezds"
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1779-1780

The Palace wing (later it was named as the Zubov Wing) was constructed by Yu.
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1780

19 June. The performance in the honour of the Austria Emperor Joseph II, who visited Russia and stayed in the Upper Bath Pavilion under the name of Count Falkestein, was given in the Chinese Theatre
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1782

Constructing of the Gatchina (Orlov) Gates, built in the honour of Count G. Orlov's s successful mission of the struggle with the plague epidemic in Moscow in 1771, was finished
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1783.

The poet I.F. Bogdanovich's poem "Dushenka" ("The Sweetheart"), written by him in Tsarskoye Selo, was
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1784

25 June. A.D. Lanskoi, a favourite of Catherine II, died in Tsarskoye Selo. In 1785 the architector G. Quarenghi built the mausoleum over Lanskoy's grave. Later it was consecrated as the Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1785

March. Count Lois Philippe de Segur, a French diplomat, had visited Catherine II at Tsarskoye Selo and he wrote the brilliant memoirs about Russia having the part on his visit to Tsarskoye Selo
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1786

1 April. Premiere of the opera "Fevey" at the Chinese Theatre was performed. Catherine II was the author of the
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1788

20 May. The Cathedral of St. Sophia, that was constructed by architects Ch. Cameron and I. Starov, was consecrated in the presence of Catherine II. Archpriest A.A. Samborsky became the first senior priest of the Cathedral
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1790

January. Ceremonial entry of Prince G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky through the Gatchina (Orlov) Gates of Tsarskoye Selo after the capture of Ochakov and liberation of Moldovia from Turkey. The inscription from A
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1791

"Office of Buildings of Tsarskoye Selo" and "Inherited Estate Administration" were united into the Tsarskoye Selo Office. It was subordinated to the Hof-Intendant Office from 1797. May. G.R
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1792-1796

The Alexander Palace was constructed by Giacomo Quarenghi for Grand Duke Alexander ( the future Emperor Alexander I), the beloved grandson of Empress Catherine II
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1793

May. Poem "Cupid and Psychea" of G.R.Derzhavin, adapted for the music by the court musician V.A. Pashkevich, in honour of the betrothal of Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Alekseyevna, Princess of Baden
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1796

6 July. Ceremony of the baptism of Grand Duke Nicholas Pavlovich, the future Emperor Nicholas I, took place in the Palace Church of the Resurrection of Christ. 12 June
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1797

G.R.Derzhavin wrote the nostalgia poem "Ruins" in which the favorite residence of Catherine II at Tsarskoye Selo, which was florished in the time of Catherine II, was described in the allegorical form
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

1800

17-31 July. Paul I had the only visit to Tsarskoye Selo during the 5 years reign. The birthday of Aleksandra Pavlovna, a daughter of Paul I and Maria Fiodorovna, Archduchess of Austria, was celebrated on 29 July
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

The 1780s

The improvement of the Catherine Park (the Old Garden) was continued. The Cameron Gallery, Agate Rooms (the Cold Bath), Upper Bath, Lower Bath, building of the Admiralty, Concert Hall, Hall on the Island and other park constructions were built
Source: Tsarskoe Selo

Source: Tsarskoe Selo