Petrodvorets
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Petrodvorets , formerly Peterhof , city, NW European Russia, on Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Administratively part of St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets is a port, a rail terminus, and a resort center. The city grew up around the palaces and gardens built for Peter I, who founded it in 1711. Peterhof, which became the most lavish of the czar's summer residences, contained several palaces surrounded by vast parks that rivaled Versailles and were famous for their fountains and cascades. Under the Soviet government, the palaces were converted to museums. Largely destroyed during World War II, Peterhof has since been restored.
Author not available, PETRODVORETS.,
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2008
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
|
GLORY OF OLD
The Boston Globe; 9/16/1996; 33 words
; Fireworks light up the forecourt of the Petrodvorets, the former summer residence of Russian czars, near St. Petersburg late Saturday. Festivities were held for the 275th anniversary of the palace. / REUTERS PHOTO
Read more
|
 "The St. Petersburg Times (Russia)")
|
Taxi Explosion, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia); 10/19/2001; 116 words
; ... 10-19-2001 Four people were injured when a marshrutka taxi exploded after a collision with a car in the suburban town of Petrodvorets on Thursday, Interfax reported. The incident occurred at 11:42 a.m. when the marshrutka collided with a Moskvich and exploded ...
Read more
|
|
Digest of other White House announcements.(Calendar)
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 7/24/2006; 950 words
; ... Complex, the President had a working lunch with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. In the evening, the President traveled to Petrodvorets, Russia, where, at the Peterhof, he attended a G-8 summit social dinner and entertainment. Later, he returned to Strelna ...
Read more
|
|
|
Business Called On To Fund Putin's Palace, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia); 3/13/2001; Viktoria Uzdina and Aleksei Germanovich; 613 words
; ... major business representatives have yet offered to step forward and help with the project. Vadim Znamyonov, director of the Petrodvorets museum, in an attempt to save the palace, proposed using the structure as the St. Petersburg presidential residence to Putin ...
Read more
|
 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
|
Nanny agony and baby ecstasy for the Blairs.
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 3/12/2000; 324 words
; ... journalist who is expecting her own baby four days earlier. Mrs Blair's comments came as she was given a guided tour of the Petrodvorets palace, just outside St Petersburg, while her husband was locked in talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The ...
Read more
|
 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
|
Cherie gives May 24 date for baby.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England); 3/11/2000; 117 words
; ... journalist who is expecting her own baby four days earlier. Mrs Blair's comments came as she was given a guided tour of the Petrodvorets palace, just outside St Petersburg, while her husband was locked in talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. The ...
Read more
|
|
RP group visits US, Mexico, and Europe.(Tourism)
Manila Bulletin; 7/5/2005; 228 words
; ... dynasty makes for a country very rich in historical and cultural treasures. The palaces and museums in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Petrodvorets and Pushkin in Russia alone is worth a visit but combining it with Scandinavia is the best. Meanwhile a group led by Msgr ...
Read more
|
|
Kisses all round in a Russian Blair hug ... but what was Putin saying to Cherie?
Mail on Sunday; 7/16/2006; JAMES TAPPER; 168 words
; ... Blair gripped Vladimir Putin's wife Lyudmila in a bear hug. She ostentatiously flung her arms around Mrs Putin as they met at Petrodvorets, a palace founded by Peter the Great, at the start of the summit. She squeezed Mrs Putin and giggled girlishly about their ...
Read more
|
 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
|
BLAIR IN CHECHNYA CLASH.(News)
Sunday Mirror (London, England); 3/12/2000; McLAUGHLIN, CHRIS; 197 words
; ... fourth child is due on May 24. The revelation came in unguarded comments to a Russian television journalist during a tour of Petrodvorets Palace, near St PetersROW: Tony Blair issued a warning to Russia's Putinburg. Until now, Mrs Blair has been willing to confirm ...
Read more
|
|
St. Petersburg's Capitalist Fling Series: BALTIC BREEZES
Chicago Sun-Times; 8/9/1992; JACK SCHNEDLER; 1057 words
; ... the lovingly restored czarist-era palaces outside the city: Petrodvorets, Pushkin or Pavlovsk. One recently transformed attraction is ... handsomely decorated, with a host of amenities ranging from Cable News Network to 24-hour room service. This comes at a price, of ...
Read more
|
Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses
|
Petrodvorets
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
... Palace (now a museum) and the vast park, with 39 mi (63 km) of canals that connect the intricate system of fountains, are part of the 2,500-acre (1,000-hectare) preserved area in the city of Petrodvorets. Petrodvorets Petrodvorets Petrodvorets
Read more
|
|
Peterhof
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
see Petrodvorets , Russia.
Read more
|
|
|
Saint Petersburg
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
... Sciences library. Outside the city are Pushkin , with the Summer Palace, and the former imperial residence of Peterhof (now Petrodvorets ) and Gatchina . A striking phenomenon of St. Petersburg is the prolonged twilight, or the white nights, of June and July ...
Read more
|