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                                                        Russian Academy of Sciences 
                                                                           
                         
                        RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, the highest scientific institution in Russia. It was founded in St. Petersburg after Emperor Peter the Great's project for the academy was approved by the Senate on 28 January 1724
                                             
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                                                        The Cold Bath or the Agate Rooms Pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Palace) 
                                                                           
                         
                        The building, being the central place in the complex  of  Cameron’s Thermae, was built by Ch. Cameron for Catherine II in 1780-1788.  Sculptors  J.D. Rashett and K. Goffert,  masters of jasper-cutting  V.Davydov  and V
                                             
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                                                           Source: Tsarskoe Selo 
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