hidden Gatchina District GATCHINA DISTRICT, municipal entity. Population: 111,600. Area: 2850.3 sq. km. Established in 1927. Due to renaming of Gatchina Town, it was called Trotsk District in 1927-29, and Krasnogvardeisk District in 1929-44.Gatchina district borders with... more

hidden Gippius, Zinaida Nikolayevna (1869-1945), a literary woman Gippius (Hippius), Zinaida Nikolayevna (in marriage Merezhkovskaya; 1869-1945), a poet. Z.N. Gippius took the home education. In 1889 Gippius married D.S. Merezhkovsky whith whom she lived for 52 years. Gippius published her first poems in 1888;... more

hidden Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich (1866-1941), a literary man Merezhkovsky, Dmitry Sergeyevich (1866-1941), a literary man, religious philosopher. D.S. Merezhkovsky graduated from the Historic and Philological Faculty of the St. Petersburg University in 1888. In 1889 Merezhkovsky married Z.N. Gippius.... more

hidden Orlino, a country estate Orlino, a country estate (the village of Orlino, the Gatchina district).In the 1770s the court banker I.Yu. Frederiks became founded the estate which took the name from Orlinskoye Lake. It was located on the shore of the lake. In the 1820s the new... more