Album 114
(Translated by Svetlana
Guzeeva)
Today we'll visit Sergievka or rather - "Sergievka" estate of the Biological institute of SPb State University.
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I can't say for sure but it's "Private dacha" by implication. In different times its owners were the following future tsars: Elizaveta Petrovna and Alexander Nikolaevich (Alexander the I), then Nikolay the I, Maria Nikolaevna (his daughter) |
| Hereditary court cat :-) |
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| Lion feels unwell |
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Need to mention that formerly there were many different sculptures in Sergievka park. They did not remain till our times. You can read about it
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| Park was vastly destroyed during the war. Main restoration works took place in the beginning of 1980s. Palaces were being restored in 1965th. |
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Summer palace of the Leichtenbergs. Built in 1842 according to A.I. Shtakenshnaider project on the occasion of Nikolay the I daughter marriage (she was getting married to Maximilian of Leichtenberg)
According to different sources of information there is a quite interesting monument - cut in stone head(1799-1800, project of F. Brouer), not far away from this palace. Head is called "Rusich", "Old man". There is a legend that being impressed by this monument A.S. Pushkin wrote his poem "Ruslan and Ludmila".
Unfortunately this time I failed to find the boulder. |
| Park was not available for the trespassers until 1917th. Biological institute and Biological station were established here in 1920 (at that time it was called "Peterhof natural-scientific institute"). |
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Let's move to another part of the park. Where there are no so many constructions.
Reflection in the water..
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| According to the behavior of the couple of birds which constantly flew occasionally diving - there is fish here. |
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Park is very large, partly it looks like forest where you meet bridges, ponds. Comparing quantity of historical buildings here and in famous Saint-Petersburg suburbs
- Pushkin, Pavlovsk, Peterhof, - it loses, indeed. However it is alright as a
park :) |
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