Shuvalovsky Park

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SHUVALOVSKY PARK is located between the village Pargolovo and the Zamanilovka River. It is a landscape architectural monument of the 19th century. The total area of the park is 134.5 hectares. The park was laid out in the 1750s in the estate of Counts Shuvalov. Shuvalovsky Park was replanned in 1820 by garden master P. Erler. Shuvalovsky Park is a landscape park. It is located on sandy eskerine hills and in Neva basin. More than 60% of the area is covered with natural forests with a predominance of fir, pine and birch. Asp, black alder, montain ash and bird-cherry can be found. Linden, oak, maple and rare larch prevail among the plantations of the 19th century. There are two large ponds at the bottom of Mt. Parnas, whose summit sits 63 metres above the sea level. Over 40 species of birds nest in Shuvalovsky Park. The preserved estate complex includes the Grand Palace, the Minor Palace, household outbuildings, Peter and Paul Church (1831-39, architect A. P. Bryullov) etc. The Grand Palace was designed in the second half of the 18th century, was rebuilt in 1851-54 by architect G. A. Bosse, it was burnt down in 1876 and rebuilt in 1912-14 by architect S. S. Krichinsky. The second name of the Minor Palace is the White House; it was designed in the second half of the 19th century, to be rebuilt in the middle of the 19th to beginning of the 20th centuries.

References: Воложенинов И. Шуваловский парк // БА. 1975. № 17. С. 42-49. T. E. Isachenko. Bosse G.A. (see Bosse Yu.A.)
Bryullov Boris Pavlovich
Erler P.I.
Krichinsky Stepan Samoilovich
the Shuvalovs