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Northwestern Federal District is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It consists of the northern part of European Russia. Its population was 13,616,057 according to the 2010 Census, living in an area of 1,687,000 square kilometers . The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is undecided since October 3, 2018 when former Envoy Alexander Beglov was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg.
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  • 1. Alexander Palace Pushkin
    The Alexander Palace is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo, on a plateau about 30 miles south from the imperial capital city of St. Petersburg. It is known as the favourite residence of the last Russian Emperor , Nicholas II , and his imperial family, and served as their initial place of imprisonment after the first of two of Russian Revolutions in February of that tumultuous year of 1917 that overthrew the Romanov during World War I . The Alexander Palace is situated in the Alexander Park, not far from the larger, more elaborate Catherine Palace, begun in 1717 by Empress/Tsarina Catherine the Great. Today it is undergoing renovation as a state museum housing relics of the former imperial dynasty.
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  • 5. Ragnit Castle Neman
    Neman , prior to 1946 known by its German name Ragnit , is a town and the administrative center of Nemansky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located in the historic East Prussia, on the steep southern bank of the Neman River, where it forms the Russian border with the Klaipėda Region in Lithuania, and 130 kilometers northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 11,798 ; 12,714 ; 13,821 .
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  • 7. Tapiau Castle Gvardeisk
    Gvardeysk , known prior to 1946 by its German name Tapiau , is a town and the administrative center of Gvardeysky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Pregolya River 38 kilometers east of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 13,899 ; 14,572 ; 11,904 .
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  • 8. Labiau Castle Polessk
    Polessk , prior to 1946 known by its German name Labiau , is a town and the administrative center of Polessky District in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, located 49 kilometers northeast of Kaliningrad, the administrative center of the oblast, at the junction of a main road and a railroad at the Deyma River, shortly before it enters the Curonian Lagoon. Population: 7,581 ; 7,681 ; 6,859 ; 4,744 .
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  • 10. Palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich St Petersburg
    The Vladimir Palace was the last imperial palace to be constructed in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was designed by a team of architects for Alexander II's son, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. Construction work lasted from 1867 to 1872. Like the Winter Palace and the Marble Palace, the Vladimir Palace fronts Palace Embankment; water frontage on the Neva was extremely prized by the Russian aristocracy. The façade, richly ornamented with stucco rustication, was patterned after Leon Battista Alberti's palazzi in Florence. The main porch is built of Bremen sandstone and adorned with griffins, coats-of-arms, and cast-iron lanterns. Other details are cast in portland cement. The palace and its outbuildings contain some 360 rooms, all decorated in disparate historic styles: Neo-Renai...
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