hidden Country estates Country estates. In the early 20th century on the territory of the modern Leningrad Oblast there were 2000 country estates. Mainly they appeared at one time with St. Petersburg. There were not many "Family nests" that belonged to one family and... more

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 Gostilitsi, a country estate Gostilitsi, a country estate (the village of Gostilitsi, the Lomonosov district). It is an architectural sight of the 18th century. In 1721 Peter I granted the grange to Captain B.-Kh. Minikh which was invited for building the Ladoga Canals. On the... more

hidden Ivanovka, a country estate Ivanovka, a country estate on the bank of the River Pudost, is located in the eastern part of the settlement of Pudost near the railway station of the same name. It was owned to the family of F. and I. Shtakenschneider, the father and grandfather of... more

hidden Monrepo, a country estate Monrepo, a country estate (the town of Vyborg, on the coast of the Zashchitny Bay of the Gulf of Vyborg in the northern part of Tverdysh Island). The park creating on the island started in 1760 when the land became the estate of the Vyborg... more

hidden 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

hidden Pustunka, a country estate Pustunka, a country estate (the town of Nikolskoye, the Tosno district). Since 1817 a part of the waste ground on the River Tosna right bank belonged to the literary man A.D. Kopyev which built a small estate there and gave it the name Pustinka. In... more

hidden Stakenschneider, Andrey Ivanovich (1802-1865), an architect Stakenschneider, Andrey Ivanovich (1802, the grange of Ivanovka, the present days Gatchina District -1865), an architect, full state councillor (1858). He graduated the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1821. From 1834 Stakenschneider was an... more