hidden Vyra, a country estate Vyra, a country estate (the village of Vyra, the Gatchina district). The estate belonged to Major-General P.F. Malyutin which bought it to M.F. Donaurova, the widow of a chamberlain, in 1817. She built a country estate on the bank of the River... more

hidden Vysotskaya, a country estate reference

hidden Warsaw Station (Gatchina Town) reference

hidden "Wings of Baltic", a monument reference

hidden Wooden architecture Wooden architecture. In the east and north-east of the Leningrad Oblast (Boksitogorsk, Podporozhye, Lodeynoye Pole districts) there are many preserved wooden building that are typical for the Russian North: izbas (Russian traditional wooden peasant... more

hidden Yamgorod Fortress Yamgorod Fortress (Kingisepp, in the right bank of the Luga River). The Yam fortress was built in 1384 during 33 days under the direction of Novgorod posadniks. It controlled water and land passes from Novgorod to port towns of Baltic. It repelled... more

hidden Yelitsy, a country estate reference

hidden Zaborovskaya, a country estate reference

hidden Zacherenye, a country estate reference

hidden Zakharov, Andreyan (Adrian) Dmitriyevich (1761-1811), an architect Andreyan (Adrian) Dmitriyevich Zakharov (1761-1811), an architect. From 1767 to 1782 he learned at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts from Yu.M. Felten and A.A. Ivanov. Then till 1786 he learned at Zh.F. Shalgren's workshop in Paris. From 1787 to... more

hidden Zapolye, a country estate Zapolye, a country estate (the settlement of Volodarskoye, the Luga district). In 1804 the State Councillor Ya. S. Mirkovich owned the estate. Under him wooden outhouses, service buildings, a brick-yard and workshops were built. Since 1819 F.Ya.... more

hidden Zatishye, a country estate reference

hidden Zatulenye, a country estate Zatulenye, a country estate (Zatulenye Village, the Luga District). A wooden manor-house with pillars at the façade and a mezzanine was built in the 1810s by Rear Admiral M.M. Muravyev who received Zatonye estate as the dowry of his wife, nee... more

hidden Zelyony chutor (Green Farm), a country estate reference

hidden Zhabino, a country estate reference

hidden Zhelyazevich, Rudolf Andreyevich (1811- 187?), an architect Rudolf Andreyevich Zhelyazevich (1811- 187?), an architect, building expert. He learned abroad. Rudolf Andreyevich Zhelyazevich was an academician of architeture (1842) and a professor of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1845). He worked at the... more

hidden Zhuravsky, Dmitry Ivanovich (1821-1891), architect Dmitry Ivanovich Zhuravsky (1821–1891), an engineer, Privy Councillor (1876), a winner of the Demidov Prise (1855). In 1842 he graduated from the Institute of the Railway Engineers Academy. During 1842-50 he took part in pioneering, designing and... more