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The Petergof
The town of Peter is surrounded with palace and park ensembles with their inimitable
features: ceremonial Petrodvorets with its fountains, elegant Lomonosov, impressive Pushkin,
lyrical Pavlovsk and romantic Gatchina. These ensembles are inseparably linked with the history
and life of St. Petersburg.
Until 1914 Petrodvorets was known as Peterhof. It's a small town on the south coast of the Gulf
of Finland, 28 km from St. Petersburg. Peter th Grat began to build the fortress (called
Kronstadt) on the island of Kotlin, to defend Russian's stadt) on the island of Kotlin, to
defend Russian's new capital from attack by the sea. In bad weather he had to travel along
the south shore of the Gulf where a small house was built for the tsar to rest. Later the
construction of the Great Palace (B. Rastrelli) and a small palace called Monplaisir, began.
Petrodvorets has several parks with a lot of fountains. In summer 142 fountains are playing.
The water system of the fountains, the largest in the world, was constructed at Peterhof in
1721 - 1722 under the supervision of the first Russian engineer Vasily Tuvolkov. A splendid
view opens from the terrace of the Great Palace. The Grand Cascade was adorned with gilt
sculptures. A group of sculptures known as Samson, tearing apart the Lion's jaws rises in
the center. It is a fountain with a jet of water 20 metres high (sculptor Mikhail Kozlovsky).
The work on the Great Palace began in 1714. In 1748-1745 the palace was completely reconstructed
by Bartolomeo Rastrelli who designed the Winter Palace. During the World War II Petrodvorets was
razed, only walls remained. The town was in the zone of military operations. A lot of sculptures
which were stolen or destroyed. Restoration work began almost immediately after the liberation.
The formal opening of the Lower Park took palace on the 17th June, 1945 and the following year
the first Petrodvorets fountains began to play again. The destruction was so catastrophic that
restoration work is still going on.
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which were stolen or destroyed. Restoration work began almost immediately after the liberation.
The formal opening of the Lower Park took palace on the 17th June, 1945 and the following year
the first Petrodvorets fountains began to play again. The destruction was so catastrophic that
restoration work is still going on.
