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New Peterhof

Categories / City Topography/Historical Geography/Historical Districts, Localities, Tracts, Municipal Establishments

NEW PETERHOF, part of the town of Petrodvorets, west of the Angliisky Park, also the name of a railway station along the Saint Petersburg - Lomonosov line. The Petrodvorets Watch Plant and the Popov Higher Navy School of Radioelectronics are located in the town. The residential areas contain typical apartment buildings from the 1960-70s. The town centre accommodates the Kolonistsky Park, with ponds and pavillions, and the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral. The Peterhof palace and park ensemble is located in the northern section of New Peterhof.

Е. А. Bondarchuk.

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Petrodvortsovy Watch Factory
SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Peterhof