hidden Maryino, a country estate Maryino, a country estate (close to the village if Andrianovo, the Tosno district). In the late 18th century the estate was owned by Count A.S. Stroganov, under him a two-storied stone house was built on the River Tosno right bank. Dyring 1813-1819... more

hidden Rylov, Arkady Aleksandrovich (1870 - 1939), an artist RYLOV, Arkadiy Aleksandrovich (1870–1939), artist, teacher, academician of painting, (1915), Honoured Arts Worker of the Russian Federation (1935). He studied at Baron A.L. Stiglitz’ Central Drawing School in St.Petersburg (1888-91) and took lessons... more

hidden The Church of the Holy Trinity (Andrianovo Village, Tosno District) The Church of the Holy Trinity (Andrianovo Village, Tosno District). In 1788 the small wooden church was built in the Classicism style in the country estate of Maryino. The stone church in the Gothic style was built on its place in the late... more

hidden Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich (1882/83-1945), Count, a writer Tolstoy, Aleksey Nikolayevich, Count (1882 - 1945), a writer, public figure, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1939). During 1901-1907 A.N. Tolstoy attended the St. Petersburg Institute of Technology but did not gaduated from it.... more

hidden Tosno District TOSNO DISTRICT, municipal entity. Located in the south of the central part of Leningrad Oblast, bordering Gatchina District in the west, St. Petersburg in the north-west, Kirovsk District in the north-north-west, Kirishi District in the east,... more

hidden Voronikhin, Andrey Nikiforovich (1759-1814), an architect Andrey Nikiforovich Voronikhin (1759–1814), an architect. Till 1785 he was a serf of Count A.S. Stroganov. From 1777 Voronikhin learned in Moscow , his teachers were V.I. Bazhenov and M.F. Kazakov. From 1779 he learned in St. Petersburg, his... more