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Gatchina

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Gatchina

Town in the Leningrad oblast (region) of the Russian Federation, 45 km/30 mi southwest of St Petersburg; population (2001 est) 81,800. Gatchina was a favourite summer residence of Russian tsars and their families and the aristocracy, and contains a number of fine 18th-century buildings and parks.

The royal palace built in 1776-82 by Catherine (II) the Great's lover, Grigory Orlov, suffered great damage in World War II but has undergone extensive restoration.


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There are calls for the Suvorov military school to be scrapped and the Gatchina school of Emperor Pavel I to be restored.
Kyle, who met with representatives of six palaces in Russia in planning the exhibit, decided to re-create five rooms from the Peterhof, Tsarskoje Selo (Catherine's Palace), Gatchina and Pavlovsk palaces.
Elena worked as a criminal investigator in the Gatchina, Russia, Police Department.
 
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