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 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

hidden Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799-1837), a poet Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeyevich (1799-1837), a poet, prosaist, playwright, journalist, historian. Representatives of the Pushkins family Novgorodian branch lived in the Vod lands from the end of the 15th century till the beginning of the 17th... more

hidden "The House of A.S. Pushkin's Nanny", a museum. "The House of A.S. Pushkin's Nanny", a museum (the Gatchina District, Kobrino Village). It is a branch of the museum "The House of a Post Master". The museum was founded on July 3, 1974. A wooden log house built in the 18th century belonged to... more

hidden 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

hidden Yakovleva, Arina Rodionovna (1758-1828), others Arina Rodionovna Yakovleva(1758-1828), A. S. Pushkin's nurse( nanny). She was born in Suyda Settlemen (Voskresenskoye Village), Saint-Petersburg province . Till 1799 she was the Hannibals' serf. She got married to F. Matveev -a peasant from... more