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 Ropsha palace-and-park ensemble The Ropsha palace-and-park ensemble (the settlement of Ropsha, the Lomonosov District). It is a building of architectural and historic interest and landscape architecture art of the 18th century. It is one of palace-and-park ensembles that were... more

hidden Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich (1783-1852), a literary man Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich (1783-1852), a poet, tramslator, graphic artist. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1818), an academician of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1841). He graduated from the Noble Boarding School at... more