The Catherine Park
The Catherine Park is a park, located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 25 km south-east of St. Petersburg, Russia. It is an integral part of the royal residence in Tsarskoye Selo. Catherine Park, which received its name from the Catherine Palace, consists of two parts: a regular old garden and English garden.
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The Hermitage Pavilion in Catherine Park. Hermitage a name taken from the French language was a common feature of regular gardens in the 18 century. They located in the wild area of the park and intended to enable the owner of the estate to rest and dine.
The Upper Bathhouse a building for bathing. Upper Bathhouse contained six rooms: an entrance hall, dressing room, bath, steam bath, boiler-room and an octagonal central hall for relaxation.
The Grotto a building intended as a nook for a rest on the hot summer days.
The Cameron Gallery building that designed to offer the best possible views over the surrounding park, and especially the Great Pond, the upper story of the building is surrounded by a colonnade consisting of 44 slender Ionic columns and decorated with bronze busts of the great figures of antiquity.
The Agate Rooms building in Pompeian style was a northern variant of an ancient Roman thermae or public baths.
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The Catherine Palace
The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
The residence originated in 1717 when Catherine I of Russia hired German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Elizabeth commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years, and on 30 July 1756, the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress, her dazed courtiers, and stupefied foreign ambassadors.
More than 100 kilograms of gold were used to gild the sophisticated stucco façade and numerous statues erected on the roof.[citation needed] In front of the palace a great formal garden was laid out. It centers on the azure-and-white Hermitage Pavilion near the lake, designed by Mikhail Zemtsov in 1744, remodeled by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1749 and formerly crowned by a grand-gilded sculpture representing The Rape of Persephone. The interior of the pavilion featured dining tables with dumbwaiter mechanisms. The grand entrance to the palace is flanked by two massive circumferences, also in the Rococo style. A delicate cast-iron grille separates the complex from the town of Tsarskoe Selo. Although the palace is popularly associated with Catherine the Great, she actually regarded its whipped cream architecture as old-fashioned. When she ascended to the throne, a number of statues in the park were being covered with gold, in accordance with the last wish of Empress Elizabeth, yet the new monarch had all the works suspended upon being informed about the expense. In her memoirs she censured her predecessor's reckless extravagance:
The palace was then being built, but it was the work of Penelope: what was done today, was destroyed tomorrow. That house has been pulled down six times to the foundation, then built up again till it was brought to its present state. The sum of a million six hundred thousand rubles was spent on the construction. Accounts exist to prove it; but besides this sum, the Empress spent much money out of her own pocket on it, without ever counting.
To gratify her passion for antique and Neoclassical art, Catherine employed the Scottish architect Charles Cameron, who not only refurbished the interior of one wing in the Neo-Palladian style then in vogue, but also constructed the personal apartments of the Empress, a rather modest Greek Revival structure known as the Agate Rooms and situated to the left of the grand palace. Noted for their elaborate jasper decor, the rooms were designed so as to be connected to the Hanging Gardens, the Cold Baths, and the Cameron Gallery (still housing a collection of bronze statuary)—three Neoclassical edifices constructed to Cameron's designs. According to Catherine's wishes, many remarkable structures were erected for her amusement in the Catherine Park. These include the Dutch Admiralty, Creaking Pagoda, Chesme Column, Rumyantsev Obelisk, and Marble Bridge.
Upon Catherine's death in 1796, the palace was abandoned in favor of Pavlovsk Palace. Subsequent monarchs preferred to reside in the nearby Alexander Palace and, with only two exceptions, refrained from making new additions to the Catherine Palace, regarding it as a splendid monument to Elizabeth's wealth and Catherine II's glory. After the Great Fire of 1820, Alexander I engaged Vasily Stasov to refurbish some interiors of his grandmother's residence in the Empire style. Twenty years later, the magnificent Stasov Staircase was constructed to replace the old circular staircase leading to the Palace house church. Unfortunately, most of Stasov's interiors—specifically those dating from the reign of Nicholas I—have not been restored after the destruction caused by the Germans during World War II.
When the German forces retreated after the siege of Leningrad, they intentionally destroyed the residence.[1] leaving only the hollow shell of the palace behind. Prior to World War II, Soviet archivists managed to document a fair amount of the interior, which proved of great importance in reconstructing the palace.
Although the largest part of the reconstruction was completed in time for the Tercentenary of St. Petersburg in 2003, much work is still required to restore the palace to its former glory.
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Livin' Like a Tsar | Solo Travel to St. Petersburg, Russia
Second half of my stay in St. Petersburg revolved mostly around my splurge stay in a beautiful boutique hotel near Nevsky Prospekt. It was truly money well spent as the stay made me very happy. Treat yo self, guys!
Visited Peterhof, Peter the Great's summer palace and was stunned by the beauty of the Grand Cascade. Also squeezed in a visit to Winter Palace to view the collection of art.
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Moscow pays tribute to photography masters
Photography takes over as the dominant artistic force in Moscow this month as every gallery and and every museum devotes itself - at least in some part - to promoting the art of taking photographs. The Photobiennale 98 is one of the most ambitious attempts so far to get Muscovites into photography, marking only the second time that such hallowed venues as the Pushkin Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery turn themselves over a more modern art
form. They join 50 or so smaller galleries in showcasing 103 displays of contemporary and historical photographs from all over Russia, Germany and France.
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PAN TO MANEGE BUILDING IN MOSCOW WHERE EXHIBITION IS TAKING PLACE ; PULLOUT FROM PHOTO POSTER TO BUSY INT. OF VENUE ; W.S. CROWD OF PEOPLE AT EXHIBITION ; CU COUPLE LOOKING AT PHOTOS; C.U. FASHION PHOTO OF MODEL GESTURING WITH FINGER; TILT UP PHOTO OF BETTINA ; PAN ACROSS FROM ONE FASHION PHOTO TO ANOTHER ; SOT FREELANCE JOURNALIST ATTENDING EXHIBITION ; CU (ASSUMED) HELMUT NEWTON PHOTO; C.U. PHOTO OF FAT WOMEN IN TURKISH BATHS; C.U. AND PULLOUT PHOTO OF NUDE BEING PHOTOGRAPHED ; C.U. MODEL IN BATHING COSTUME FLASHING AT ANOTHER WOMAN ; INTERVIEW ROSEMARY DICARLO, (FIRST SECRETARY, US EMBASSY IN MOSCOW); MCU FRENCH AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW, MR LUZHKOV AND OLGA SVIBLOVA (HEAD OF THE MOSCOW HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY) CUTTING RIBBON TO OPEN PHOTO EXHIBITION OF WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN FIGURES ; C.A. PIANIST ; C.U. PHOTO TSAR NIKOLAS 2ND AND HIS SON ; C.U. RASPUTIN ; C.U. COUNT FELIX YUSUPOV (THE MAN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PLOT TO ASSASSINATE RASPUTIN); C.U. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS MARCHING; C.U. OCTOBER 1917 MASSACRE; C.U. BREZHNEV AND KHRUSTCHEV; PULLOUT FROM PHOTO OF WOMAN TAKING PHOTO; W.S. LOOKING DOWN OVER EXHIBITION.
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Екатерининский парк, г. Пушкин. Catherine Park, Pushkin
Екатерининский парк - парк в составе Государственного музея-заповедника Царское Село. Находится в городе Пушкин под Санкт-Петербургом, памятник архитектуры.
Catherine Park, Pushkin. Saint-Petersburg, Russia
Views Around Catherine's Palace & Park Grounds on a Day Tour to Tsarskoe Selo (Pushkin)
St. Petersburg offers many day trips of great interest within a very short and easy distance from the city - after all, this was the home of some extravagant rulers for about 200 years! This third day in St. Petersburg we decided to head to the town of Pushkin, also known as Tsarskoye Selo - literally, Tsar's Village!
Here we walk around the beautiful Catherine's Park, with many sights such as the Great Pond, Turkish Bath, etc. - and, of course, the extremely opulent and sickeningly extravagant Catherine's Palace! This town is about 16 miles outside of St. Petersburg, around a 35 minute ride from Vitebskiy Vokzal (train station) - luckily, all trains from that station stop here, so this is quite an easy day trip for a country where English is a bit difficult to come by!
We also head to Pavlovsk, about another 2 miles south of this location, only around 5 minutes on the same line from Pushkin - however, no videos were done here, but if you can you should visit both!
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Pavilion Turkish bath. Catherine Park. Pushkin (Tsarskoye Selo). Petersburg
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The little humpback horse 1948 Конек Горбунок english subs Russian animation
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Animation directed by Ivan Ivanov-Vano & Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya The history of this animation is funny. Made in 1947 it was a great succes for many many years to folloe. In the 70's the copies of that animation were so deteriorated that is was in serious need of restauration (as most of the soviet animations are due to absence of preservation measures) There weren't enough possibilities to restorate, as the art of film restoration was not or hardly develloped yet in Russia, so it was decided in 1976 to make a new version on the basis of the existing script. In the new century the 1947 version was restorated with the possibilities of the new era, with the effect in the end that the 1947 version is in better shape then the 1976 version. Both are uploaded to this channel so you can compare which one you like better
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The former Royal estate of Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Russia
Kolomenskoye is a former royal estate located several kilometers to the southeast of the city center of Moscow (Russia), on the ancient road leading to the town of Kolomna. The 390-hectare spectacular area overlooks the steep banks of the Moskva River. It became a part of Moscow in the 1960s.
Now it’s a large, museum-reserve where you can spend many hours simply walking around enjoying the spirit of Medieval Russia.
There are you can see old orthodox churches, wooden fortress, houses, and beautiful gardens.
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Царское село . Пушкин. Камеронова галерея - Tsarskoe Selo. Pushkin. Cameron's gallery
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In the end of May, 2018, I moved from the city of Ufa, my hometown, to Saint Petersburg, Russia, where purchased a brand new apartment in the historical city center.
It was unfinished apartment with nothing but grey cement box. So I hired a crew of workers who started to work on it. They did a fantastic and very fast job on making it available to live in.
The tale of the fisherman and the fish 1950 Сказка о рыбаке и рыбке English subs
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Sulphur Baths & VIP Rooms (Abanotubani, ) / გოგირდის აბანო, აბანოთუბანი, აბანოების უბანი
Tbilisi has long been famous for the natural pipinghot sulphur water that bubbles out of the ground along the banks of the Mtkvari River. The oldest bath is the Erekle's Bath. The plaque to the left of them reveals the thoughts of Great Russian writer Alexander Pushkin: I have never in my life come across anything better than baths in Tiflis. A great sense of freedom and wellbeing permeated me. All my tiredness had gone and I felt strong enough to lift a mountain - Alexandre Dumas, after a visit to the sulphur baths in 1858. A hundred years later Russian writer Alexey Tolstoy said, that when sitting in a marble swimmingpool a man feels like either Pompey or Lucullus. All the baths are below the ground level and are overlapped by semicircular domes and are naturally lit via a glass lantern over the cupola. In ancient times people could have a bath whenever they liked and could stay in the bath till dawn. The citizens used to spend their leisure time, gave formal dinnerparties and went on the spree in the baths. Fed by naturally hot mineral waters, the sulphur baths have been an essential part of Tbilisi life for centuries.
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Saint Petersbourg Tsarkoïe Selo (Palais de Catherine II)
Visite du Chateau de Catherine II. Il semble intéressant de revoir l'histoire de siège de St Petersbourg de 1941 àt 1944 avec les destructions (et pillages) des 2 chateaux de Tsarkoïe Selo et Peterhof ainsi que les gigantesques travaux pour reconstituer ces 2 chateaux dans leur état d'avant guerre.Nous étions 6 en visite privée accompagnée de notre guide Elena. Les Russes sont fiers d'avoir reconstitué une partie de leur passé.