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The Menshikov Palace is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky Island.It was the first stone building in the city.Since 1981, it has served as a public museum, a branch of the Hermitage Museum.The palace was founded in 1710 as a residence of Saint Petersburg Governor General Alexander Menshikov and built by Italian architects Giovanni Maria Fontana, and, later, German architect Gottfried Johann Schädel.
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Константиновский дворец/ Konstantinovsky Palace
Константиновский дворец
История дворца в фотографиях
Konstantinovsky Palace
A history of the palace in photographs
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Solemn entry of Antoine (No. 6) from the ballet suite Egyptian Nights by Anton Arensky
Allegretto from Trio No. 4 by D. Shostakovich
Константиновский дворец (Большой Стрельнинский дворец) — памятник архитектуры XVIII века, формирующий дворцово-парковый ансамбль в Стрельне.
с 2003 года — Государственный комплекс «Дворец конгрессов». Комплекс находится на южном берегу Финского залива на реках Стрелка и Кикенка
Konstantinovsky Palace (Big Strelninsky Palace) - an architectural monument of the XVIII century, forming a palace and park ensemble in Strelna, since 2003 - the State Complex Palace of Congresses
The garden and palace complex was formed in the XVIII - first half of XIX centuries. Until 1917, the estate belonged to the Russian imperial family. The first owner was Peter the Great, at the end of the 18th century Strelna became a private Grand Princely possession - in 1797 Paul I presented it to his second son, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, and his name is still associated with the palace today.
Following the October revolution, the palace fell into decay: it was handed over to a child labour commune, then to a secondary school.
During the Great Patriotic War, the Nazis occupied the building and established a naval base nearby in Strelna.
After the ravages of German occupation, only the palace walls were left standing; all interior decoration was gone. No effective restoration had been undertaken until 2001 when The Russian President ordered the palace to be converted into a presidential residence in Saint Petersburg.
Ропшинский дворец / Ropsha Palace - 1899-1912
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Ропшинский дворец
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Russia in pre-revolutionary photographs
Ropsha Palace
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Большой вальс из балета 'Анюта' - Валерий Александрович Гаврилин
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Ropsha Palace is located in Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, , about 20 km ( 12 mi) south of Peterhof.
The settlement was first mentioned in the documents of the Novgorod Republic in the 15th century, when its name was spelled as Khrapsha. It passed to Sweden following the Treaty of Stolbovo but was recaptured by Peter the Great during the Great Northern War. Upon hearing about the curative properties of Ropsha's mineral springs, the tsar planned to make it his summer retreat; a timber palace and small church were built there. Subsequently, when he discovered a more favourable location of Strelna he abandoned his previous plans for Ropsha and made a present of it to his senior associate, Prince Fyodor Romodanovsky...
Later, under Tsar Paul I, Ropsha palace was rebuilt in a Neoclassical style to a design by Georg von Veldten. A large paper factory was built nearby and the English gardener Thomas Gray laid out an English park with a mosaic of ponds full of fish....Paul apparently planned to rename Ropsha, in commemoration of the dramatic events of 1762, but was assassinated himself before this came to pass.
Emperor Nicholas II turned Ropsha Palace and parks into his favorite hunting and fishing retreat. Ropsha also had a military garrison and an Imperial cavalry division was stationed here until 1918.
During the Russian Civil War Ropsha saw some heavy fighting, as General Yudenich wrested it from the Bolsheviks on two occasions and later the Soviet Government nationalised the estate...
From September 1941 to January 1944, during the Siege of Leningrad, Ropsha was occupied by the troops of Nazi Germany. At the end of hostilities, the palace was restored and used to house a military unit, who kept the place in good order... In 1977-1978, the military vacated the building, the parquet flooring and wooden doors were removed and the windows were boarded up...
During the 1980 and early 1990s a series of fires swept through the building, causing the roof to collapse and weakening the external walls. In early 2010, the facade collapsed completely...
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Russian Tours - Pushkin, St. Petersburg
Pushkin, often referred to as Tsarskoye Selo, was the former summer residence of the emperors and empresses of Russia. To see for yourself how the elite lived in Imperial Russia then add a trip to Pushkin, including the Catherine Palace and Park, to your trip to St. Petersburg with Express to Russia. Visit the website to start organising your journey of a lifetime:
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HISTORICAL PLACES OF RUSSIA IN GOOGLE EARTH PART SIX ( 6/9 )
THE ALEXANDER PALACE,PUSHKIN 59°43'16.30N 30°23'34.18E
MARINE STATION, SOCHI 43°34'50.73N 39°43'6.76E
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION, PUSHKIN 59°44'56.98N 30°35'35.54E
WINTER THEATRE, SOCHI 43°34'20.48N 39°43'50.10E
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM,YAROSLAVL 57°36'41.81N 39°54'20.68E
FEDOROV SOVEREIGN'S CATHEDRAL,PUSHKIN 59°43'32.76N 30°23'26.50E
PETER I PALACE,STRELNA 59°51'13.35N 30° 2'42.22E
DMITROV CATHEDRAL,VLADIMIR 56° 7'44.59N 40°24'39.42E
DEMIDOVSKY PILLAR, YAROSLAVL 57°37'30.15N 39°53'50.04E
CENTRAL NAVAL MUSEUM,ST PETERSBURG 59°56'37.50N 30°18'18.07E
PYATNITSKA TOWER, MOSKOVSKAYA 56°18'34.08N 38° 7'56.92E
PETERHOF GRAND PALACE, ST. PETERSBURG 59°53'4.05N 29°54'31.37E
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH,YAROSLAVL 57°36'39.10N 39°51'24.80E
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST,PUSHKIN 59°43'22.54N 30°23'57.79E
ST. PETER AND PAUL CHURCH,YAROSLAVL 57°36'8.93N 39°50'37.42E
MARBLE BRIDGE, PUSHKIN 59°42'36.87N 30°23'20.69E
KONNETABLYA,GATCHINA 59°33'36.69N 30° 6'46.03E
TRIUMPHAL ARCH, MOSCOW 37°31'12.12E
CHAPEL OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY,YAROSLAVL 57°37'31.80N 39°53'27.87E
CYRIL & METHODIUS CATHEDRAL,SAMARA 53°15'38.09N 50°12'44.55E
Петергоф. Peterhof. Весна. Spring. Май 2016. Maydays 2016
The Peterhof Museum Complex is one of the most popular museums not only in Russia, but in the whole world. Even a few hours here are enough to feel the spirit of history, which still lives on and breathes in this magnificent place.
As a former residence of the Russian monarchs, Peterhof brings together the finest achievements in national and international culture. This unique complex was created by outstanding architects, decorators and sculptors, whose spectacular works of art slot perfectly into the natural beauty of the coastal landscape.
Peter the Great planned Peterhof as the residence of a sea king. This was to be his incarnation of Russia as a great European power, with a foothold on the shores of the world's oceans, capable of competing with the finest Western courts — above all, with Versailles.
The history of Peterhof begins back in 1705, when travelling chambers were built for Peter the Great on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. Soon, not far from this place, work began on the creation of a new imperial residence, which, Peter determined, would one day outshine all the other royal palaces of Europe. The tsar deliberately built his new residence by the sea, as a triumphant symbol of the successful conclusion of Russia's long struggle for an outlet to the Baltic Sea. Peterhof was officially opened in the presence of the tsar and foreign diplomats in August 1723.
The architecture and decor of Peterhof reflects all the artistic styles of the past and the personal tastes and preferences of every Russian monarch.
One of the world's most famous palace-park ensembles, Peterhof was virtually destroyed during the Second World War. The post-war resurrection of the entire complex was one of the finest chapters in the history of restoration in Russia. The present-day beauty of Peterhof is the result of decades of painstaking work by architects, painters and masters of decorative and applied art. Restoration work continues even to this day, in the Chapel Royal of the Grand Palace, which ought to be completed by May 2011.
Today, the museum complex stretches across five hundred hectares of territory, embracing Strelna, Peterhof and Oranienbaum. Dotted with sparkling fountains, the Lower Park and Upper Gardens flow effortlessly into the shady and romantic glades of Alexandria, forming a unique fusion of regular and landscape parks. Every day, more than twenty museums — vastly different in their origins, ideas and contents — delight visitors with exciting new discoveries and the joy of their handsome treasures.
The Peterhof Museum Complex is rightfully regarded as the capital of fountains. Included in the state register of most valuable cultural objects of the Russian Federation, Peterhof now bears the proud title of one of the Seven Wonders of Russia.
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Amber Room
The Amber Room is a world famous chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg. Originally constructed in the 18th century in Prussia, the Amber Room disappeared during World War II and was recreated in 2003. Before the room was lost, it was considered an Eighth Wonder of the World.
Construction of the Amber Room first took place around 1701 in Prussia. The room was designed by German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter and Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram. Schlüter and Wolfram worked on the room until 1707, when work was continued by amber masters Gottfried Turau and Ernst Schacht from Danzig. The amber cabinet remained in the Berlin City Palace until 1716 when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his then ally, Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. In Russia, the room was expanded and after several renovations, it covered more than 55 square metres and contained over 6 tonnes of amber.
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Thousands perish in St Petersburg flood November 19, 1824 This Day in History
Thousands perish in St Petersburg flood November 19, 1824 This Day in History
On this day in 1824, a flood on the Neva River in Russia claims an estimated 10,000 lives.
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00:07:19 2 History
00:07:28 2.1 Early history
00:09:14 2.2 Kievan Rus'
00:12:33 2.3 Grand Duchy of Moscow
00:14:49 2.4 Tsardom of Russia
00:19:10 2.5 Imperial Russia
00:24:38 2.6 February Revolution and Russian Republic
00:26:13 2.7 Soviet Russia and civil war
00:27:46 2.8 Soviet Union
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02:19:16 7.7 Sports
02:26:13 7.8 National holidays and symbols
02:30:11 7.9 Tourism
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is by a considerable margin the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 146.77 million people as of 2019, including Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is one of the largest cities in the world and the second largest city in Europe; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait. However, Russia recognises two more countries that border it, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, both of which are internationally recognized as parts of Georgia.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities and achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, wh ...
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Russian president Vladimir Putin on Saturday welcomed current and future members of the European Union (EU) for a summit intended to underline Russia's central role in Europe.
Putin greeted his guests one by one in a brocaded drawing room of the Konstantin Palace, the centerpiece of an extravagantly landscaped former royal residence in the St. Petersburg suburb of Strelna.
The EU leaders then gathered in a long chamber decorated with alternating Russian EU flags for the traditional family portrait before launching their talks.
The meeting comes amid the tricentennial celebrations for St. Petersburg, founded by Peter the Great as Russia's window to the West.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, who has developed close personal ties with the Russian leader, predicted a new strategic partnership agreement to be signed on Saturday, calling for more frequent ministerial contacts, would bring them closer.
Yet the summit was expected to be shadowed by Russia's concern that it would be cut off economically by the expanding European Union and European worries about illegal migration and the spread of drugs via Russia.
The EU is Russia's largest trading partner and foreign investor.
Exports to Germany alone, mainly energy and raw materials, are twice the volume of exports to the United States.
But the two sides have made next to no progress toward creating a free trade area, an initiative nearly a decade old.
Moscow fears EU trade barriers will cut even deeper next year when eight East European countries that currently buy Russian-made goods such as steel and textiles join the EU and adopt its rules.
The leaders of those countries, as well as of Malta and Cyprus, were attending the St. Petersburg summit.
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Russia (Russian: Росси́я, tr. Rossiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijə]), officially the Russian Federation (Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, tr. Rossiyskaya Federatsiya, IPA: [rɐˈsʲijskəjə fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjə]), is a country in Eurasia. At 17,125,200 square kilometres (6,612,100 sq mi), Russia is the largest country in the world by area, covering more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, and the ninth most populous, with about 144.5 million people as of 2018, excluding Crimea. About 77% of the population live in the western, European part of the country. Russia's capital, Moscow, is the largest metropolitan area in Europe proper and one of the largest cities in the world; other major cities include Saint Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg and Nizhny Novgorod. Extending across the entirety of Northern Asia and much of Eastern Europe, Russia spans eleven time zones and incorporates a wide range of environments and landforms. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares land borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both with Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China, Mongolia and North Korea. It shares maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the U.S. state of Alaska across the Bering Strait.
The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD. Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants, the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century. In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium. Rus' ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states; most of the Rus' lands were overrun by the Mongol invasion and became tributaries of the nomadic Golden Horde in the 13th century. The Grand Duchy of Moscow gradually reunified the surrounding Russian principalities, achieved independence from the Golden Horde. By the 18th century, the nation had greatly expanded through conquest, annexation, and exploration to become the Russian Empire, which was the third largest empire in history, stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east.Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the world's first constitutionally socialist state. The Soviet Union played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II, and emerged as a recognized superpower and rival to the United States during the Cold War. The Soviet era saw some of the most significant technological achievements of the 20th century, including the world's first human-made satellite and the launching of the first humans in space. By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union had the world's second largest economy, largest standing military in the world and the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, twelve independent republics emerged from the USSR: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the Baltic states regained independence: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; the Russian SFSR reconstituted itself as the Russian Federation and is recognized as the continuing legal personality and a successor of the Soviet Union. It is governed as a federal semi-presidential republic.
Russia's economy ranks as the twelfth largest by nominal GDP and sixth largest by purchasing power parity in 2015. Russia's extensive mineral and energy resources are the largest such reserves in the world, making it one of the leading producers of oil and natural gas globally. The country is one of the five recognized nuclear weapons states and possesses the largest stockpile of weapons ...
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