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Gatchina District


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Andreyev, Pavel Zakharovich (1874-1950), an actor
ANDREYEV, Pavel Zakharovich (1874, Osmino Settlement, Gdov Uyezd, St.Petersburg Gubernia – 1950), singer, teacher, public and music figure. In 1875 his family moved to St.Petersburg where he studied from tutors singing and acting. In 1893 he moved... more


Batovo, a country estate
Batovo, an estate (the village of Batovo, the Gatchina district). Located on the bank of the River Oredezh village of Batovo was granted by Paul I to Major-General P.F. Malyutin, an ex-officer of the Gatchina units. In 1800 Malyutin presented the... more


Children Art Schools
CHILDREN’S ARTS SCHOOLS (CAS). In the last years Children’s Musical Schools (CMS) and Children’s Painting Schools (CPS) have had a growing tendency for unification into Children’s Arts Schools (CAS). By 2007 the Leningrad oblast had had 104 CAS,... more


Co-operative gardens
CO-OPERATIVE GARDENS, noncommercial organizations established in the form of noncommercial partnerships or consumers’ cooperatives (their activity is regulated by the federal laws “On Noncommercial Organizations” of Jan. 12, 1996 and “On Gardening,... more


Druzhnaya Gorka, urban settlement
DRUZHNAYA GORKA, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3,700. The settlement appeared in the early 19th century close to the Druzhnaya Gorka glass factory founded by German businessmen Rittings in 1801. The factory became especially... more


Festival of Puppet Theatres of the Leningard Oblast
FESTIVAL OF THE LENINGRAD OBLAST PUPPET THEATRES. It has been held in the Leningrad Oblast since 1991. In the last years it got the name “Kukol’ny Dom” (“A Doll’s House”). The festival is held once in two years, its program includes puppet shows of... more


Gadlo, Aleksandr Vilyamovich (1937-2002), a scholar
Aleksandr Vilyamovich Gadlo (1937-2002) was an ethnograph, archaeologist. In 1985 he became a Doctor of History. He graduated from the historical faculty of the Leningrad State University (1961) and was a student of the academician M.I.Artamonov. He... more


Gatchina District coat of arms and flag, the
The Gatchina District's coat of arms and flag are official approved symbols of the Municipal Union “Gatchinsky Rayon” (The Gatchina District) (they were approved with the decision of the Soviet of Deputies of the Municipal Union “Gatchinskiy Rayon”... more


Holiday culture of the Leningard Oblast
THE LENINGRAD OBLAST CULTURE OF FESTIVITIES. Festivity is an impressive demonstration of national culture and has deep personal and social sense. The Leningrad Oblast Government worked out a special-purpose program of festivity arrangement.... more


Ingermanlandia
INGERMANLANDIA (Swed. Ingermanland, Rus. Izhora Land or Ingria), historic and cultural region in the western part of the Leningrad Oblast (Kingisepp, Volosovo, Lomonosov, Vsevolozhsk, Gatchina, Tosno, western part of Kirovsk Districts.) The western... more


Kobrino, village
KOBRINO, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 96. Located at the Kobrinka River (tributary of the Suyda.) 0.5 km away from K. is Pribytkovo railway station of the Gatchina-Luga branch. The name originates from the name of the Kobrin family.... more


Kobrinskoye, urban settlement
KOBRINSKOYE, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 1,200. It is situated on the Kobrinka River (tributary of the Suida), 2 km away from Pribytkovo railway station of the Gatchina-Luga branch. It adjoins Kobrino village in the... more


Lampovo, village
LAMPOVO, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 1500. First mentioned in 1715 when Crown Prince Alexei Petrovich who owned that land ordered to send sifted flour for the brewer “from Lampov village to Petersburg.” Possibly it was in Peter the... more


Leningrad Oblast, the
LENINGRAD OBLAST, subject territory of RF. Area: 83,900 sq. Km (max. Extension from west to east: 446 km, north to south: 325 km.) Population (as of 2002): 1,669,000. The Oblast borders Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts in the south, Vologda Oblast in the... more


Local History Editions
Local History editions, on single districts and towns belonged to the Leningrad Oblast on the present days, began to publish in the end of the 19th century. Originally materials on the history of the oblast were published in "Gubernskiye novosyi"... more


Mshinskaya, settlement
MSHINSKAYA, a settlement in Luga District. Population: 1,400. Located at Mshinskaya railway station of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina-Luga branch. The name is related to moss bogs. Around M. are waterlogged and swamp lands of international importance... more


Municipal Unions
MUNICIPAL ENTITIES, urban or rural (may comprise several united rural localities, such as a volost in Leningrad Oblast) – a settlement, municipal district, or urban area (and an intra-city area of a federal level city), where local government is... more


Natural monuments
The natural monument is the category of the specially protected natural areas and in the international classification they have status of the natural monument. They are a small area, which include important natural objects (terrain feature, groves... more


Oredezh River, the
OREDEZH, river, right-hand tributary of the Luga River. Length: 192 km. Catchment area: 3,200 sq. km. Flow rate: 20 cu. m/s. It originates from the springs on the southern slope of the Izhora Hills, in the Dontso tract. It flows across Volosovo,... more


"Oredezh", an anthology
"Oredezh", a literary and local historic anthology (Gatchina Town). The founder of the anthology is the administration of the Gatchina district. From 2000 to 2005 three issues of the anthology have been published with the circulation 1000 copies.... more


"Priorat", an information and local historic bulletin
"Priorat", an information and local historic bulletin of Gatchina Town and the district branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of History and Culture Monuments (VOOPIiK). From 1986 to 1990 the bulletin was published as a topic page in... more


Pudost, settlement
PUDOST, ), a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 2,500. Located at the railway station of the same name of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina Baltiyskaya branch. It is on the right bank of the Izhora River (long ago, the upper reach of the Izhora... more


Pushkin festivals
PUSHKIN’S FESTIVITIES. They have been held in Gatchina District since 1986. The organizers are: Culture Committee under the Leningrad Oblast Government., the Leningrad Oblast Education and Methodology Centre of Culture and Art, the Municipal... more


Reserves
Reserves (Sanctuaries in the international classification) . This is category of special protected natural territories which founded for protection or restoration the components of nature and for maintenance the common ecological balance. Some... more


Rozhdestvenno, village
ROZHDESTVENO, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 1900. Located on the Kiev Highway route at the interfluve of the Oredezh and Gryaznaya Rivers. Medieval burial mounds have been discovered in the environs of R. It is mentioned in Novgorod’s... more


Siversky, urban settlement
SIVERSKY, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 12,100. It is situated on the right bank of the Oredezh River. The name originates from Seversko Staroye and Seversko Novoye villages mentioned in Novgorod’s 1499 scribe roll.... more


Slavyanka River, the
SLAVYANKA, a river in Gatchina District of Leningrad Oblast and in St. Petersburg, left-hand tributary of the Neva. Length: 39 km. Catchment area: 249 sq. km. Flow rate: 1.8 cu. m/s. It originates from the Taytsi Springs on the Pyazelevsky Hills... more


Susanino, settlement
SUSANINO, a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 2200. Located at the railway station of the same name of the St. Petersburg-Oredezh branch. The settlement appeared in the early 1900s in the place of Malaya Kovshovka village, when local... more


Taytsi, urban settlement
TAYTSI, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 2,600. It is situated at Taytsi railway station of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina Baltiyskaya branch. The settlement was established in 1960. There are also the villages of Bolshiye Taytsi... more


Teatres, National
NATIONAL THEATRES. National theatre companies (Finnish, Estonian, Polish, etc.) started to appear in St>Petersburg in 1870s. After 1917 they obtained support from the government. In the period 1930-32 on the base of existing amateur companies... more


Theatres
THEATRES. For the first time theatres in the suburbs of St.Ptersburg appeared in the end of the XVIII century at the Emperor country palaces (court theatres) and in the country estates of nobility (serf theatres). By 1861 there existed 27 serf... more


Uhannus, a festival
UHANNUS, festivity. This festivity is well known among the Finns from pre-Christian times, it was celebrated on the day of Summer Solstice (the Day of Ivan – Finnish Uhannus). The Luthran church celebrates Uhannus on June 24th (public street... more


"Verkhny Oredezh", a natural historical park
Verkhny Oredezh (“The Upper Oredezh”) is a natural historical park the concept of foundation which is considered by the Government of the Leningrad Oblast. The initiator of the project is A.A. Semochkin, the director of the memorial country estate... more


Voskresenskoye, village
VOSKRESENSKOYE, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 170. It is located east of Suyda railway station of the St. Petersburg-Gatchina-Luga branch. Historically, the village was also called Suyda, while the toponym Voskresenskoye appeared in... more


Voyskovitsi, village
VOYSKOVITSI, a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3900. It is located at the railway station of the same name on the Gatchina-Ivangorod branch. V. is mentioned in Novgorod’s scribe roll of 1499/1500. Based at the settlement are Voyskovitsi... more


Vyra, village
VYRA, a village in Gatchina District. Population: 257. It is located on the banks of the Oredezh River. The Kiev Highway extends across V. The toponym Vyra is traced to “vyr” or “vir” (Slav) = abyss or deep (a Baltic Finnish origin of the name is... more


Vyritsa tapestries
VYRITSA URBAN SETTLEMENT TAPESTRIES, tapestry miniatures produced by public corporation "Uzor" ("Pattern") (2, Oredezh st., Vyritsa urb.settl.). "Uzor" ("Pattern") factory was founded in 1944 on the base of sewing cooperative (since1991-public... more


Vyritsa, urban settlement
VYRITSA, an urban settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 13,700. It is situated on the Oredezh River. The name evidently originates from the Russian word “vyr’” meaning “deep” or “whirlpool.” The largest dacha settlement in terms of area... more


Water - marsh lands
The water - marsh lands (WML; the Ramsar sites is the name of the Ramsarskiye lands(ugodya) in the international classification) . They were founded to protect the waterfowl habitat. The list of 35 lands was registered with the Government... more


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


Yelizavetino, settlement
YELIZAVETINO, a settlement in Gatchina District. Population: 3500. It is located on the Bolshiye Kolpany-Volosovo highway. The start of the settlement was the opening of Yelizavetino railways station in 1870 (the Gatchina-Ivangorod branch.) The... more







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