The Tsarskoye Selo inheritated estate had a population of about 7,900. The Tsarskoye Selo Office was renamed the board with the staff in quantity of 311 employees. The Full Councillor of State A.I. Leontyev was the head of this board and he became the Manager of the Tsarskoye Selo Palace Board and Police until his death in 1811. A.I. Leontyev was burried at the church in the Kazan Cemetery. Leontyevskaya Street was named after him. Leontyev, A.I.
Leontievskaya Street/Pushkin, town

29 August. His Majesty Alexander I approved the "Decree About Joining the Town of Sophia with Tsarskoye Selo". Uyezd offices were moved into Tsarskoye Selo. The staff of the town police was approved. The architect V.I. Geste worked on the project of the Tsarskoye Selo development plan at the new place. Alexander I, Emperor
Hastie Vasily Ivanovich (William)

The former building of the Building office, placed at the corner of Leontyevskaya Street and Srednyaya Street, was reconstructed by V.I. Geste for the Palace Board. Hastie Vasily Ivanovich (William)
Leontievskaya Street/Pushkin, town
Srednaya Street/Pushkin, town

The construction of the Llama Pavilion designed by A. Menelaws was begun, llamas had been brought from South America. In 1860 the Llama Pavilion was rebuilt for the photography studio by I. Monigetti Menelas Adam Adamovich
Monighetti Ippolito Antonovich

The Keksgolm Grenadier Regiment was quartered in Tsarskoye Selo.

April. One of the "Cavaliere Houses", at the corner of Sadovaya Street and Leontyevskaya Street, was given to N.M. Karamzin, the writer, poet, literary critic, he was honoured with the title Historiographer, for the summer staying with his family according to the order of Emperor Alexander I and N.M. Karamzin, with his family, lived in this house during summer time (he lived in the Chinese Village after 1822) until 1825, year of the death of the Historiographer. Here Karamzin activly worked on "History of the Russian State", the main work of his life.

April. 22-year-old Lieutenant Pyotr Yakovlevich Chaadaev began to serve at the Tsarskoye Selo Life-Guard Hussar Regiment.

The fountain "The Girl with a Pitcher" was erected in the Tsarskoe Selo Park, the Granite Terrace was built at the Rampovaya Alley.

The colony "Fridental" began to form out of the Moscow barrier post by the German colonist-craftsmen from the Duchy of Berg. Alexander I, Emperor
Chaadaev Peter Yakovlevich
Karamzin Nikolay Mikhailovich
Leontievskaya Street/Pushkin, town
Sadovaya Street/Pushkin, town

9 June. The first Lyceum graduates ("Pushkinsky") was held and the song "Farewell song of the pupils of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum" , text was written by Anton Delvig and music by the Lyceum music teacher Tepper de Fergusson, was performed.

The triumphal gate "To my dear comrades" was erected according to the design by V.P. Stasov, this gate celebrated the victory of Russian Army over Napoleon.


Major General Y.V. Zakharzhevsky became the Head of the Tsarskoye Selo Palace Board, independent of the Hof-Intendant Office. Thanks to his work, Tsarskoye Selo took the reputation of the one of the most comfortable city of the Russian Empire of the middle of the 19th cent. Zakharzhevsky worked at this post until 1865, his post was renamed as Chief Manager of Tsarskoye Selo.

18 October. The Cathedral of St. Sophia got the status of the Regiment Temple of the Life-Guard Hussar Regiment. Delwig Anton Antonovich
Stasov Vasily Petrovich
Tepper de Ferguson (Fergusson), Ludwig - Wilhelm
Zakharzhevsky, Ya.V.

12 May. In the Catherine Palace was a fire having damaged the part of the Main halls and the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, in the presence of Emperor Alexander I. The Miracle-Working Icon of the Holy Sign was took from the Church of the Holy Sign. After the passion prayer of the Emperor, who exclaimed: " The Mother of God! Save my house!", the wind suddenly changed and the fire stopped. Historiographer N.M. Karamzin was the witness of this fire.

The Farm was constructed (architect A. Menelaws) for the purebred herd of hundred animals of the foreign and domestic breeds. Alexander I, Emperor
Karamzin Nikolay Mikhailovich
Menelas Adam Adamovich

The building of the Great Hothouse in Sadovaya Street was reconstructed according to the design of V.P. Stasov. Stasov Vasily Petrovich
Sadovaya Street/Pushkin, town

The White Tower was constructed in the park ( architect A. Menelaws). Menelas Adam Adamovich

The tsar stables, later it was named as Orderly Stables, was constructed (architect S.L. Shustov). Shustov Smaragd Loginovich

The granite bath-pool constructed by the famous stonemason Samson Sukhanov was placed at the round extension of the Babolov Palace during its reconstruction (architect V.P. Stasov). Stasov Vasily Petrovich
Sukhanov Samson Xenofontovich

24 June. The celebratory laying of the Catholic Church, designed by architects D. Adamani and L. Adamani with the constructing participation of V.P. Stasov, took place. Princess Zh.A. Lovich, widow of Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, was burried in this church in 1831.

The wooden Gostiny Dvor (Merchant Arcade) was constructed (architect V. Geste), it was destroyed by fire on 16 June 1863. Adamini Domenico
Adamini Leone
Grudzinskaya Janneta (Ioanna) Antonovna, Gracious Princess Lovich, Countess
Hastie Vasily Ivanovich (William)
Stasov Vasily Petrovich