TSARSKOYE SELO  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg, and an imperial See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence, 15 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . Pop . (1885), 15,000; (1897), 22,353 . The town stands on the Duderhof Hills and consists (1) of the town proper, surrounded by villages and a See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, which are summer resorts for the inhabitants of St Petersburg; and (2) of the imperial parks and palaces . The former is built on a See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, and its houses nearly all stand in gardens . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of St See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine is a See also:

• MINIATURE

miniature copy of that at See also:

• CONSTANTINOPLE
• CONSTANTINOPLE, COUNCILS OF

Constantinople . The imperial parks and gardens See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover 168o acres; the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of them is the " old " See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden, containing the " old See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace," built (1724) by Rastrelli and gorgeously decorated with See also:

• MOTHER

mother-of-See also:

• PEARL
• PEARL, THE

pearl, See also:

• MARBLES

marbles, See also:

• AMBER

amber, lapis lazuli, See also:

• SILVER

silver and See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold; the See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery of See also:

• CAMERON, JOHN (1579–1623)
• CAMERON, RICHARD (1648?–168o)
• CAMERON, SIMON (1799-1889)
• CAMERON, VERNEY LOVETT (1844–1894)

Cameron adorned with See also:

• FINE

fine statues and entrance See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates; numerous pavilions and kiosks; and a See also:

• BRONZE

bronze statue (1900) of the poet See also:

• PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER (1799-1837)

Pushkin . A second palace, the See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander, was built by Catherine II. in 1792, and has in its See also:

• PARK (Fr. part; Ital. parco; Sp. Marque; O.Eng. pearroc; connected with Ger. pferch, fold, and pfarrei, district, translating med. Lat. parochia, parish)
• PARK, EDWARDS AMASA (1808–1900)
• PARK, MUNGO (1771-1806?)

park an See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical museum and an See also:

• ARSENAL

arsenal . When See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter the See also:

• GREAT

Great took See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the mouth of the See also:

• NEVA

Neva, a Finnish See also:

• VILLAGE

village, Saari-mois, stood on the site now occupied by the town, and its Russified name Sarskaya was changed into Tsarskoye when Peter presented it to his wife Catherine . It was especially embellished by the tsaritsa See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth . Under Catherine II., a town, See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia, was built See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close by, but its inhabitants were transferred to Tsarskoye Selo under Alexander I . The railway connecting the town with St Petersburg was the first (1838) to be constructed in Russia .