The Elephant Pavilion (an ensemble of the Alexander Park)

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The wooden pavilion Elephants with small Indian style towers and service rooms and sheds, surrounded the yard, was built by the architeсt Menelaws in 1828. Appartments of the park wardens and elephant supervisor were placed in this pavilion. This year elephants belonged to Emperor Nicholas I, which were placed in the Volynkin Yard before, were transported to the Elephants pavilion. One more elephant, delivered by three Afghans, was brought here in some years. One more elephant , which had been being here since 1849, was presented to the Emperor by the Emir of Bukhara. Then were brought another elephants. At last the elephant, that was brought by the Heir and Tsesarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich from a round-the-world journey, was delivered into Tsarskoye Selo in July 1891. It was kind and good-natured to its guide, a Tatar, who willingly showed the elephant to visitors. In summer the elephant was walked in the park and every day it was bathed in the Great Llama Pond. Now only the second name the Krasnoye Selo Gate , the Elephant Gate, remembers about elephants and the pavilion. Semenova Galina Victorovna
Menelas Adam Adamovich
Nicholas I, Emperor
Nicholas II, Emperor