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ORANIENBAUM
, a See also:town of See also:European See also:Russia, in the See also:government of St See also:Petersburg, lying zoo ft. above the See also:sea on the See also:south
constitution met on the 18th of See also:December 1907, when it was announced that the See also:Transvaal and See also:Orange See also:Colony had each given See also:notice of the termination of the intercolonial See also:council with the intention of each colony to gain individual See also:control
See also:coast of the Gulf of See also:Finland, opposite See also:Kronstadt
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Pop
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(1897) 5333
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It is well known for its imperial See also:palace and as a summer resort for the inhabitants of St Petersburg, from which it is 25 M
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W. by See also:rail
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In 1714 See also:Menshikov, to whom the site was presented byPeter the See also:Great, erected for himself the See also:country-seat of Oranienbaum; but confiscated, like the See also:rest of his estates, in 1727, it became an imperial See also:residence
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