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Petrodvorets
Petrodvorets, Leningrad/Russia Pieterhof, Peterhof ‘Peter's Palace’ from the genitive of Pëtr ‘Peter’ and dvorets ‘palace’. Founded in 1710 as a royal estate by Emperor Peter I the Great† and developed into a summer palace to rival Versailles in France later, it was given the Dutch name Pieterhof; Peter had spent four months in Holland in 1697 as a ship's carpenter. A settlement grew up round the palace and in 1840 the German spelling was adopted. Despite anti‐German feeling generated by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 the name was not changed. However, the German siege of nearby Leningrad (now St Petersburg) in 1941–4 was too much and a Russianized version of the original name was adopted in 1944.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Petrodvorets." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Petrodvorets." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Petrodvorets.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Petrodvorets." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Petrodvorets.html |
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Petrodvorets
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. |
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"Petrodvorets." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Petrodvorets." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Petrodvo.html "Petrodvorets." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Petrodvo.html |
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