hidden Rapti, a country estate Rapti, a country estate (the settlement named after Dzerzhinsky, the Luga district). In 1616 Tsar Mikhail Fyedorovich granted the village estate Rapti located on the shore of Lake Cheremenetskoye to G.A. Bazanin. Dyring more then 200 years the... more

hidden Raskulitsi, a country estate Raskulitsi, a country estate (an uninhabited tract located nearby the village of Cherenkovitsi, the Volosovo district). Since 1773 the estate of Raskulitsi belonged to the Vakhtins family. In 1853 Artillery Lieutenant-General N.V. Vakhtin sold the... 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 Rozhdestveno, a country estate Rozhdestveno, a country estate (the village of Rozhdestveno, the Gatchina district). In the early 18th century the estate belonged to tsarevitch Aleksey Petrovich. The village's name appeared in 1713 after building the Church of the of the Nativity... more

hidden Ryabovo, a country estate Ryabovo, a country estate (on the territory of the town of Vsevolozhsk). Under Peter I the estate belonged to A.D. Menshikov, under Anna Ioannovna it belonged to Duke Ernst Johann Biron, in the middle of the 18th century the estate owner was... more

hidden Sala, a country estate Sala, a country estate (the village of Sala, the Kingisepp district). In the middle of the 18th century the village of Sala was the centre of the estate of Terpigorye that belonged to General F.-V. Bleken. In 1764 his daughter Sh.-M. Korf became the... more

hidden Seltso, a country estate Seltso, a country estate (the settlement of Seltso, the Volosovo district). Since the middle of the 18th century the estate belonged to General K.E. Sivers, then to his daughter and granddaughter, since 1852 the estate belongrd to General N.I. Korf... more

hidden Sivoritsi, a country estate Sivoritsi, a country estate (the village of Nikolskoye, the Gatchina district). In 1712 it was granted by Peter I to General-Admiral F.M. Apraksin. In the 1770s P.G. Demidov bought the estate. The estate has the traditional planning "Pokoi"... more

hidden Skreblovo, a country estate Screblovo, a country estate (the settlement of Skreblovo, the Luga district). It was located on the shore of Lake Vrevo. The late classicism style wooden manor-house was built by the estate owner N.F. Kakurin (an architect is unknown) in the... more

hidden Smerdovitsi, a country estate Smerdovitsi, a country estate (the village of Smerdovitsi, the Volosovo district). A settlement on the territory had been since the 11-12ve century. In the 14-15th century lands belonged to the Novgorod Yury Monastery. In 1802 the village was bought... more

hidden "Suida", a museum-estate "Suida", a museum-estate (the Gatchina district, Suida Village, 4 Central Street). Between the 12th and 15th centuries the Suida pogost was an administrative and territorial centres of the Koporye uyezd of the Vod pyatina. Peter I granted the... more

hidden Taitsi, a country estate Taitsi, a country estate (the urban settlement of Taitsi, the Gatchina district). In 1712 Peter I granted the estate to Admiral I.M. Golovin. His sons divided the inheritance in two parts, in 1767 they sold Maliye Taitsi to A.P. Gannibal and in... more

hidden Terpilitsi, a country estate Terpilitsi, a country estate (the village of Terpilitsi, the Volosovo district). The estate was created by V.M. Rebinder in the 18th century. In 1830 the estate was bought by A.F. Veimarn as the dowry of his sister Amaliya Fyedorovna who married to... more

hidden The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Lezye Village, Kirovsk District) The Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God (Lezye Village, Kirovsk District). In the 16th century on the left and right banks of the Mga River there were two wooden churches of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker. During 1714-1715 in the... more

hidden The Church of the Feast commemorating the Restoration of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Yablonitsy Village, Volosovo District) The Church of the Feast commemorating the Restoration of the Church of the Resurrection of Christ (Yablonitsy Village, Volosovo District). The wooden church of the Archangel Michael were built in the 16th c. (before 1574), it was destroyed ... more

hidden The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of Gog (Pogi Village, Tosno District) The Church of the Smolensk Icon of the Mother of Gog (Pogi Village, Tosno District). The original domestic church, in the country estate of Vonlyarovskiye, was established in 1848. The new five dome church with the three tier bell tower was... more

hidden "The Fifth Hill", a country estate "The Fifth Hill", a country estate, the Volosovo District, the Kalitino Volost (20 km from Volosovo Town). The building of the estate nearby the village of Pyataya Gora (The Fifth Hill) started in the late 18th century. A small wooden manor-house... more

hidden Torosovo, a country estate Torosovo, a country estate (the village of Torosovo, the Volosovo district). The village of Torosovo was bought by Ye.Ye. Vrangel in the 1840s. The estate was created under his son Lieutenant-General M.Ye. Vrangel, the Governor-General of Finland.... more

hidden Trubnikov Bor, a country estate Trubnikov Bor, a country estate in the Tosno District. The village Duntsin Bor located near the roat from Moscow to St. Petersburg was owned to the Trubnikovs family for a long time, so it was named Trubnikov Bor. Under D.V. Trubnikov who inherited... more

hidden Uspenskoye, a country estate Uspenskoye, a country estate (the village of Staraya Ladoga, Volkhovsky prospect, 19). The estate was created by the brothers Melgunovs in the 18th century not far from the Staraya Ladoga fortress on the River Volkhov bank. In the estate there was a... more

hidden Utesheniye, a country estate Utesheniye, a country estate (the village of Utesheniye, the Kingisepp district). In the 18th century these lands were a part of the Koporye patrimonial estate of A.D. Menshikov. In 1730 Empress Anna Ioannovna granted a part of the estate (the... more

hidden Vartemyaki, a country estate Vartemyaki, a country estate (the village of Vartemyaki, the Vsevolozhsk district). A grange on the River Okhta bank was granted by Catherine I to Major-General I.M. Shuvalov, the governor Vyborg, in 1726. The estate was stared to build under his... 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

hidden Vyra, a country estate Vyra, a country estate (the village of Vyra, the Gatchina district). The estate belonged to Major-General P.F. Malyutin which bought it to M.F. Donaurova, the widow of a chamberlain, in 1817. She built a country estate on the bank of the River... more

hidden Zatulenye, a country estate Zatulenye, a country estate (Zatulenye Village, the Luga District). A wooden manor-house with pillars at the façade and a mezzanine was built in the 1810s by Rear Admiral M.M. Muravyev who received Zatonye estate as the dowry of his wife, nee... more