Gatchina (Russian: Га́тчина) is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located 45 kilometers (28 mi) south of St. Petersburg by the road leading to Pskov.
Population: 89,761
Latitude: 59° 34' 35.00" N
Longitude: 30° 07' 41.99" E
The Great Gatchina Palace (Russian: Большой Гатчинский дворец) was built in 1766–1781 in Gatchina town (Russia) by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori Grigoryevich Orlov who was a favourite of Catherine II. The Gatchina Palace is located on the hill a…
Krasnoye Selo (Russian: Кра́сное Село́, lit. beautiful village) is a municipal town in Krasnoselsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is located south-southeast of the city center. Population: 44,323 (2010 Census); 44,081 (2…
Priory Palace is an original palace in Gatchina (Гатчина), Russia. It was built in 1799 by the architect N. A. Lvov on the shore of the Black Lake (Chyornoye ozero / Чёрное озеро). Constructed for the Russian Grand Priory of the Order of St John, it…
Duderhof Heights or Duderhof Hills (Russian: Дудергофские высоты; German: Duderhofer Höhen) is a small highland area in the southwestern part of Saint Petersburg (Krasnoselsky District), to the south of the town of Krasnoye Selo, on the northern edg…
Gorelovo (also Annino) was an air base in Leningrad Oblast, Russia located 23 km southwest of Saint Petersburg, located 10 km west of Pulkovo Airport.
Connetable (Russian: Коннетабль) — obelisk and square in Gatchina, placed on the cross of 25th of October prospect (main city's street) and Krasnoarmeysky prospect. Probably the author of the project was Vincenzo Brenna.