hidden Bazaine, Pyotr Petrovich (1786 - 1838), an architect, scientist, teacher Bazaine, Pyotr Petrovich (1786 - 1838), an engineer-builder, mechanic, mathematician, teacher, Corresponding Member (18170, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1827), Lieutenant-General (1830). He was of France origin. From... more

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 Engel, Karl (1778 - 1840), an architect Engel, Karl Lyudvigovich (Karl Ludvig) (1778 - 1840), an architect, town-planner. He was originated from Germany. He graduated from the Academy of Architecture in Berlin. Engel worked in Abo (Turku) and Helsingfors (Helsinki). From 1825 he was in... more

hidden Felten, Yuri Matveyevich (George Friedrich) (1730 - 1801), an architect Velten, Yuri Matveyevich (George Friedrich) (1730 - 1801), an architect, teacher. Felten learned at the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences???? during 1740-1745, in 1750 he graduated from the Tyubingen University. He was the chief architect of the... more

hidden Kotli, village KOTLI (Finnish Kattila), a village in Kingisepp District. Population: 2013, mostly Russians and Vod. Located at the north-western end of the Izhora Hills, on a glint terrace. First mentioned in the 1499/1500 Rent Census Book of Vodskaya Pyatina as... more

hidden Leningrad Oblast, the LENINGRAD OBLAST, subject territory of RF. Area: 83,900 sq. Km (max. Extension from west to east: 446 km, north to south: 325 km.) Population (as of 2002): 1,669,000. The Oblast borders Pskov and Novgorod Oblasts in the south, Vologda Oblast in the... more

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 Merchants' Yards Gostinniye dvori - Merchants' yards. Numerous wooden shops and commodity stores, concentrated on market squares of gubernia uyezd towns, created threat of fires. For decreasing the threat and common accomplishment of towns since the 18th century... 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 Paper mill Paper mill (village Ropsha), is the monument of the industrial architecture. The mill was built in 1787-89 (project of Y.M. Felten, realization of S.P. Bernikov). The building is located on the bank of the pond in the east part of the Ropshino... more

hidden Post stations Post stations. On the post roads which were led from Saint-Petersburg to Yamburg, Moscow and Shlisselburg, since 1722 stage yards (post stations) with stables appeared which were at 20-30 versts distance in adapted peasant's log hut. When in 1785 in... more

hidden Protection of monuments of history and culture The protection of history and culture monuments. Issues of the monuments protection are germane to the degree of their studying, right description and fixing. In Russia, the beginnings of interest in monuments of native antiquity were reflected in... more

hidden Restoration of buildings of architectural and historic interest. Restoration of buildings of architectural and historic interest. The first experience of the research restoration of the Russian Middle Ages monuments in the territory of the pesent-day Leningrad Oblast dates from 1846-1847, when in the Ivangorod... more

hidden Schlusselburg, town SCHLÜSSELBURG (Petrokrepost in 1944-92), a town in Kirovsk District. In 1996–2005, a separate municipal entity. Population: 12,400. Located at the head of the Neva River, on its left bank. S. is connected by bus service to Kirovsk and St.... more

hidden Stauberg, Aleksandr Yegorovich (1780 -1843), an architect Stauberg, Aleksandr Yegorovich (1780 -1843), an architect. Stauberg learned at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts during 1788-1801. His teacher was A.D. Zakharov. Aleksandr Yegorovich Stauberg served at the Engineer Department of the Ministry of... more

hidden The Transfiguration Cathedral (Vyborg Town) The Cathedral of the Transfiguration Christ (the town of Vyborg, 1 Teatralny Square). The decision about building a new Russian church was taken in summer 1783 during staying Empress Catherine II in the town of Vyborg. A draft was presumably done... more

hidden The Cathedral of St. Catherine, Great Martyr (Kingisepp Town) The Cathedral of St. Catherine, the Great Martyr (Kingisepp Town, 6 Nikolayev Square). The stone cathedral was built in the main square of the town of Yamburg on the order of Empress Catherine II after in 1760 the fortress wooden cathedral od St.... more

hidden The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (Schlusselburg) The Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (the town of Schlusselburg, 1 Krasnaya Square). The first wooden church was laid according to the order of Peter I in 1702 after the regress of the Oreshek Fortress to Russia. It became... more

hidden The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Gimreka Village, Podporozhsky District) The Cathedral of the Nativity of the Mother of God (Gimreka Village, the Podporozhsky District). The wooden church with the hipped roof was built in Gimoretsky Pogost during 1650-1695, side-chapels were devoted to St. Antony the Roman and St.... more

hidden The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Schlusselburg Town) The Church of Sainted Hierach Nicholas the Wonderworker (Schlüsselburg Town, 2 Red Square ). The original wooden church was built in 1737-1739, it was transferred into the village of Gavsar ( now the Kirovsky District, the village is not... more

hidden The Church of St. Demetrius Thessalonica, Great Martyr (Shcheleiki Village, Podporozhsky District) The Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica, the Great Martyr (Shcheleiki Village, the Podporozhye District). The original wooden church in Shcheleiki Pogost was firstly mentioned in 1628. The new wooden church with the side-altar of Veneration of... more

hidden The Church of St. Demetrius Thessalonica, Great Martyr (Staraya Ladoga Village, Volkhov District) The Church of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica, the Great Martyr (Staraya Ladoga Village). The original wooden church in the Staraya Ladoga Fortress territory was firstly mentioned in 1646. In 1731 the church was demolished, renovated and assembled on... more

hidden The Church of St. George the Victorius, Great Martyr (Osmino Village, Luga District) The Church of St. George the Victorius, Great Martyr (Osmino Village, Luga District) (Osmino Settlement). The original wooden church was built before 1498 on Osmina Mountain (on the left bank of the Saba River). In 1676 it was built again, in... more

hidden The Church of St. George the Victorius, Great Martyr (Staraya Ladoga Village, Volkhov District) The Church of St. George the Victorius, Great Martyr (Staraya Ladoga Village, Volkhov District) The stone church was built according to the prince order in the Ladoga Fortress as the church of the St George Fortress Monastery (it was founded in... more

hidden The Church of St. George the Victorius, Great Martyr (Yuksovichi Village, Podporozhsky Village) The Church of St. George the Victorius, Great Martyr (the village of Yuksovichi, the Podporozhsky District).The wooden log structure church in the Yuksovsky pogost (first mention was dated by 1137), it was built (according to other information... more

hidden The Church of All Saints (Tikhvin Town) The Church of All Saints ("The Regiment Church" ) (Tikhvin Town, 12 Rimsky-Korsakov Street ). The original wooden church was built probably from 1727 to 1743 on the place of the former chapel on the bank of the River Tikhvinka, where, according to... more

hidden The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Sogintsy Village, Podporozhsky District) The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (Sogintsy Village, the Podporozhye District). The wooden pier-shaped church in the Soginsky Pogost territory was built during 1696-1698. The church was erected of logs from the ground and was octagonal... more

hidden The Church of the Holy Trinity (Gostilitsy Village, Lomonosov District) The Church of the Holy Trinity (Gostilitsy Village, 4 Nizhnyaya Street, Lomonosov District). The original wooden church was built in the estate of Nikita Kalitin in the 17th с. In the 1730s the wooden church of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of... more

hidden The Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (Ropsha Village, Lomonosov District) The Church of the Annunciation of the Mother of God (Ropsha Village, the Lomonosov District). According to some information the original Dimitrovskaya (?) church in a cemetery (on Knyazhye Gorka) was laid in 1500. During the period of the Sweden... 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