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Benois Irina Nikolaevna
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Alexandria, palace and park ensemble (Peterhof)
ALEXANDRIA, palace and park ensemble of Peterhof located to the east of the Lower Park and occupying a territory of 115 hectares. Since 1711, the estate of A.D
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Kalinkin Bridges
KALINKIN BRIDGES (Kalinkinsky Bridges), three bridges in the surroundings of a Finnish village Kalyola or Kallina (in the Russian manner Kalinkina), which existed in the 17th-19th centuries in the lower reaches of the Fontanka River
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Kikiny Palaty (Kikin's Chambers)
KIKINY PALATY (Kikin's Chambers) (9 Stavropolskaya Street), an architectural monument of the Petrine Baroque. Constructed in 1714-20 (architect A. Schluter) for the Admiralty Councillor A.V
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Komendantskoe Cemetery
KOMENDANTSKOE CEMETERY is situated in the presbytery of SS. Peter&Paul Cathedral, and it was intended exclusively for burials of governors of Peter and Paul Fortress. 19 out of 32 governors of the fortress were buried there
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Museum of the Benois Family
MUSEUM OF THE BENOIS FAMILY is a branch of the Peterhof Museum Park (Petrodvorets, 8 Dvortsovaya Square). The Museum of the Benois Family was opened in September 1988 on the initiative of N. A. Benois (son of A. N
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Narva Triumphal Arch
NARVA TRIUMPHAL ARCH, built in commemoration of the Patriotic War of 1812 on Narvskaya Square (today, Stachek Square) in 1827-34 (architect V.P. Stasov). The arch replaced the old wooden gate (1814, architect G. Quarenghi, sculptor I.I
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Novo-Petergofsky Bridge
NOVO-PETERGOFSKY BRIDGE, over Obvodny Canal, linking Lermontovsky Avenue (former Novo-Petergofsky Avenue, hence the name) and Baltiiskogo Vokzala Square. A wooden three-span angular-shaped strutted beam bridge had been situated on this site since
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Postwar Restoration of Architectural Monuments
POSTWAR RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS. During the Siege of 1941-44, 187 of 210 buildings registered by the government as architectural monuments suffered from bombardment, suburban palaces-museums (except for Oranienbaum) were ruined
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