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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Potemkin Grigory Alexandrovich, Gracious Prince of Tauride hidden Babolovsky Park (Pushkin town) | |
BABOLOVSKY PARK (Pushkin town), a monument of landscape architecture situated in the southwestern part of Pushkin town is a part of Tsarskoe Selo palace park ensemble. Its area consists of 268,8 hectares ... | | BABOLOVSKY PARK (Pushkin town), a monument of landscape architecture situated in the southwestern part of Pushkin town is a part of Tsarskoe Selo palace park ensemble. Its area consists of 268,8 hectares. It was developed in the late 18th century near Babolovo village, close to which a small stone palace of Prince G.A. Golitsyn, which was built in the Pseudo-Gothic style (1783-1786, architect I.V. Neelov). Babolovskaya Glade is directly connected with Podkapriznaya Road leading to the Catherine Palace. Babolovsky Palace was reconstructed by architect V.P. Stasov in 1824-25, at the same time a granite bath, cut by a masonry team of S. Sukhanov, was organised in a special apartment. Taitsky Aqueduct, which encircled the southern outskirts of the park (the 1770-80s, engineer I. Gerard). A cavern with a statue of a hermit monk was installed on the aqueduct (not preserved). Babolovsky Park was enlarged in the 1820-60s. Cast iron Staro-Krasnoselskie Gates enclose Babolovsky Park (1823-26, architect A.A. Menelas). Reference: see Tsarskoe Selo entry. A. A. Alexeev.
Persons Gerard Ivan (Johann Konrad) Kondratievich Menelas Adam Adamovich Potemkin Grigory Alexandrovich, Gracious Prince of Tauride Stasov Vasily Petrovich Sukhanov Samson Xenofontovich
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POTEMKIN (from 1775 Potemkin-Tavrichesky) Grigory Alexandrovich (1739-1791), Count (1774) and His Highness, Prince (1775), statesman and military officer, favourite of Empress Catherine II, her secret spouse (from 1774) and virtual co-ruler ... | | POTEMKIN (from 1775 Potemkin-Tavrichesky) Grigory Alexandrovich (1739-1791), Count (1774) and His Highness, Prince (1775), statesman and military officer, favourite of Empress Catherine II, her secret spouse (from 1774) and virtual co-ruler, Field Marshal-General (1784). The conquest of the Eastern Black sea coast, Tauride, and Novorossia (South Ukraine) are attributed to him, as well as development and settlement of these territories. Being a man of an unspoken wealth, Potemkin built himself the Tauride Palace with a garden in St. Petersburg (now Tauride Garden), where the festivities, which took place in honour of the victory over Turkey in 1790, shook the imaginations of his contemporaries. Streets, encircling the palace and park complex are named after Potemkin, and designated as Potemkinskaya and Tavricheskaya. Potemkin"s figure is part of the composition of the monument to Catherine II in St. Petersburg. References: Лопатин В. С. Потемкин и Суворов. М., 1992; Брикнер А. Г. Потемкин. М., 1996; Димов В. А. Потемкин в жизни: Свод свидетельств о жизни и деяниях основателя Новороссии. М., 2002; Г. А. Потемкин. Последние годы: Воспоминания. Дневники. Письма / Сост. и подгот. текста З. Е. Журавлевой. СПб., 2003. G. V. Kalashnikov.
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January. Ceremonial entry of Prince G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky through the Gatchina (Orlov) Gates of Tsarskoye Selo after the capture of Ochakov and liberation of Moldovia from Turkey. The inscription from A ... | | January. Ceremonial entry of Prince G.A. Potiomkin-Tavrichesky through the Gatchina (Orlov) Gates of Tsarskoye Selo after the capture of Ochakov and liberation of Moldovia from Turkey. The inscription from A. Petrov's ode "You go into the Cathedral of St. Sophia with applauses" was placed on the splendid decorated gates, according to the order of Catherine II. A.N. Radishchev published work "A Journey from St. Peresburg to Moscow" having the chapter devoted to the first stop on the author route from the northern capital, the post office station at Sophia Uyezd Town.
Persons Catherine II, Empress Petrov, A. Potemkin Grigory Alexandrovich, Gracious Prince of Tauride Radishchev Alexander Nikolaevich
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"Office of Buildings of Tsarskoye Selo" and "Inherited Estate Administration" were united into the Tsarskoye Selo Office. It was subordinated to the Hof-Intendant Office from 1797. May. G.R ... | | "Office of Buildings of Tsarskoye Selo" and "Inherited Estate Administration" were united into the Tsarskoye Selo Office. It was subordinated to the Hof-Intendant Office from 1797. May. G.R. Derzhavin wrote the poem " Walk at Sarskoye Selo" glorifying Tsarskoye Selo and the joy of existence. 1 June. G.R. Derzhavin visited, after the invitation of Catherine II, the Great Tsarskoye Selo Palace with Senior-Equerry L.A. Naryshkin, Prince G.A. Potiomkin, Count A.V. Suvorov-Rymninsky, Count S. P. Rumyantsev . 12 December. G.R. Derzhavin was appointed the private secretary of state of Catherine II. He has the personal study at the Tsarskoye Selo Palace but he lived in the Chinese Village where there was, according to words of the poet I.I. Dmitriyev, "Refuge of secretaries of the Empress".
Persons Catherine II, Empress Derzhavin Gavriil Romanovich Dmitriev Ivan Ivanovich Naryshkin Lev Alexandrovich Potemkin Grigory Alexandrovich, Gracious Prince of Tauride Rumyantsev Sergey Petrovich Suvorov Alexander Arkadievich, Count
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