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10 May. The Decree of Elizabeth Petrovna about rebuilding the Tsarskoye Selo ensemble and the reconstruction of the palace by the architect F.-B. Rastrelli was published
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1752 - 1753
The reconstruction of the Palace Quarter was done. Forming Sadovaya Street and building the Cavaliers' Houses according to the design of S.I. Chevakinsky were made. At the late 18th century the houses were overbuilt with the second floors by I.V
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1752 - the 1760s
The territory of the palace parks were enlarged. The Hermitage and Grotto pavilions were built, the new Upper Garden and Menagerie were reconstructed and the Monbijou povilion was built there
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1755
According to Empress Elizabeth Petrovna the famous Amber Room, which was presented by the Prussia King Frederick- William I of Prussia to Peter I in 1716, was brought to Tsarskoye Selo
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1756
30 July. The Voskresensky Church of the Great Tsarskoye Selo Palace was ceremonially consecrated in the presence of the Empress.
July-August. M.V. Lomonosov had visited Tsarskoye Selo and he reflected the ceremonial opening of the Great Palace
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1758
8 September. During the religious service in the Znamenskaya Church (the Church of the Holy Sign) Empress Elizabeth had a heart
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1761
8 September. Empress Elizabeth Petrovna was at Tsarskoye Selo for the last time. Elizabeth Petrovna died on 25 December in Saint
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1762
10 February. The Emperor III celebrated his birthday and he left Tsarskoye Selo on 13 February. He has never returned
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1763
19 June. After the coronation ceremony in Moscow the new Empress Catherine II was met with chime and cannon firing at Tsarskoye Selo.
28 July. The ceremonial entry of Empress Catherine II to Saint Petersburg from Tsarskoye Selo took place
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1770
28 October. The dinner and masked ball in the honour of Prince Heinrich of Prussia was held by Catherine II in the Great Tsarskoye Selo Palace.
The Palace Quarter had a population of 1,178
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1771
The wooden Tsar Church of Constantin was laid in Sophia Town
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1772-1780
The Taytsi gravity conduit, designed by the engineer F.B. Bauer, dams along Sadovaya Embankment, designed by the engineer I. Gerard, were built, the water facilities system of parks was improved and the many hydraulic constructions - bridges
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1774-1778
The system of the Great Cascade ponds with dams was constructed to the design by Colonel-Engineer I.
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1956 - 1762
The Grand Greenhouse and Lower Stables buildings in Sadovaya Street according to designs of S.I. Chevakinsky and F.-B. Rastrelli were
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the 1760s
The landscape garden was laid out by I. Bush and V.I. Neyelov in the Catherine
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the 1770s
The Kagul Obelisk, Morey Column, Chesme Column, Crimea Column, Tower Ruin, Turkish Cascade were built in the honour of the victories of the Russian Army in the Russo - Turkish War of 1768-1774
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