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hidden Monuments of history and culture | Nartov Andrey Konstantinovich hidden Nartov A.K. (1693 -1756), mechanic | |
NARTOV Andrey Konstantinovich (1693-1756, St. Petersburg), mechanic. Worked at the Moscow Mint for the artillery department. In 1712, he settled in St. Petersburg, becoming Tsar Peter the Great's private lathe operator ... | | NARTOV Andrey Konstantinovich (1693-1756, St. Petersburg), mechanic. Worked at the Moscow Mint for the artillery department. In 1712, he settled in St. Petersburg, becoming Tsar Peter the Great's private lathe operator. Upon the Tsar's death in 1725, Nartov, as well as his turnery, came under the supervision of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He invented and built a number of original lathes, also coming up with new cannon foundries, machines for bore drilling, and some original ignition devices. The lathes and machines that Nartov invented are kept at the State Hermitage, the Military and Historical Museum of Artillery, the Sappers and Signal Troops, and the Summer Palace of Peter the Great; his manuscript treatise, entitled Theatrum Machinorum, is stored at the National Russian Library. He was buried by the Holy Annunciation Church on Vasilievsky Island, and reburied at the Necropolis of the 18th Century in the 1930s. References: Данилевский В. В. Нартов и "Ясное зрелище машин". М.; Л., 1958; Гизе М. Э. Нартов в Петербурге. Л., 1988. V. V. Cheparukhin.
| | | | hidden The Toboggan Hill with a pavilion (an ensemble of the Catherine Park) | |
The Toboggan Hill with two slopes (they were not survived) was erected in 1754-1756 to the design of F.-B. Rastrelli. The third wooden slope was added by V.I. Neyelov in 1765 ... | The Toboggan Hill with two slopes (they were not survived) was erected in 1754-1756 to the design of F.-B. Rastrelli. The third wooden slope was added by V.I. Neyelov in 1765. The engineering decision of the object was made by the famous inventor and scientist A.K. Nartov, a loyal supporter of Peter I. The Toboggan Hill was located between the Ramp Alley and the Grand Pond shore and it was an “entertaining” park construction. A Russian folk entertainment , tobogganing , was used for fun, but carriages were used instead of sledges. People rolled down in carriages on the metal rails laid on the slope to an island of the Grand Pond. Later in Oraniyenbaum the Toboggan Hill was constructed for Catherine II in accordance with the model of the Tsarskoye Selo one. The fancy Toboggan Hill Pavilion constructed by A. Rinaldi was survived until our days in Oraniyenbaum. In the 20th century toboggan hills of Russian parks were restored for life as side-show “American hills”. The Toboggan Hill of the Catherine Park was dismantled in 1792-1795. In 1809 L. Rusca constructed the Granite Terrace, which is now, on the place of the Toboggan Hill Pavilion.
Persons Catherine II, Empress Nartov Andrey Konstantinovich Neelov Vasily Ivanovich Rastrelli Francesco de Rinaldi Antonio Rusca Luigi (Aloisy Ivanovich)
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27 August. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov visited Tsarskoye Selo according to the invitation of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. He reflected his impressions in a great poetical work where famous poet lines have sounded: "If only with a beautiful ... | | 27 August. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov visited Tsarskoye Selo according to the invitation of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. He reflected his impressions in a great poetical work where famous poet lines have sounded: "If only with a beautiful building / The number of stars must be increased, / Like the bright constellation/ Tsarskoye Selo is worthy. The Coasting Hill with a pavilion was built according to the design of F.-B. Rastrelli between the Ramp Alley and the Great Lake. The constructive decision of this design was done by A.K. Nartov.
Persons Elizaveta Petrovna, Empress Lomonosov Mikhail Vasilievich Nartov Andrey Konstantinovich Rastrelli Francesco de
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