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Oranienbaum, Russia. Oranienbaum (‹See Tfd› Russian: Ораниенба́ум) is a Russian royal residence, located on the Gulf of Finland west of St. Petersburg. The Palace ensemble and the city centre are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
The exquisite Chinese Palace at Oranienbaum, Russia, is one of the few imperial monuments in suburban Saint Petersburg that survived the 872-day siege of Leningrad (September 1941 to January 1944) with relatively little damage. Oranienbaum was established in the early 18th century by Peter the Great’s close associate Alexander Menshikov and ...
Oranienbaum. In 1704, Peter I presented an extensive land plot on the southern coast of the Finnish Gulf, 40 km away from St. Petersburg, to his associate and friend Prince Alexander Menshikov. In the 1710s, the farmstead was named Oranienbaum (from German Oranienbaum, a bitter orange tree). The Tsar often visited Menshikov's mansion during his ...
- History of Oranienbaum
- Grand (Menshikov) Palace
- Lower Garden
- Petershtadt Citadel and Palace of Peter III
- Peter’s Park
- Upper Park
- Concert Hall
- Private Cottage
- Chinese Kitchen
Located 40 km from Saint-Petersburg is another wonderful suburb of the Northern Capital, the town of Lomonosov, the former name of which sounds like Oranienbaum. There's the museum-reserve with the architectural masterpieces of the 18th century. The development of those picturesque lands on the banks of the Gulf of Finland started by another associ...
The Grand Palace was built by the first owner of Oranienbaum, Prince Menshikov, in 1710-1727. In size and decor it had no equals in St. Petersburg and its suburbs. The palace’s name «Grand» is justified by its huge size. Monumentality of the building is added by its position on the hill. This creates the impression that the Palace hovers over the s...
The outstanding example of landscape art is the Lower Garden. It is part of the Grand Palace complex. In the middle of the Lower Garden the flower parterres surrounding the rows of lime trees, maples and firs were created. Besides, it is known for its fruit trees (apple, cherry, etc.). The garden was also decorated with fountains and sculptures.
Emperor Peter III built Petershadt Citadel and the Palace of Peter III in Oranienbaum. Their construction lasted from 1762 to 1774. The fortress, which, alas, has not survived used to be a very powerful structure strengthened by bastions, towers, lift bridges and surrounded by moat of water. The reason for its fragility was that most buildings in i...
This small but surprisingly comfortable and nice corner of nature was established in 1830s. The composition basis of Peter’s Park is the Lower and Upper ponds. The waterfalls made of granite steps and scattered granite boulders as well as romantic arched bridges across the river Karost give the park special attractiveness.
Territorially the Upper Park is divided into two parts - the eastern part is occupied by Petershtadt and the western – by the «Private Cottage». The modern look of the Upper Park is the same as it was in the middle of the 19th century.The bridges organically blending with its landscape as well as decorative architecture add special charm to the par...
In 1749-1751 a small Rasterlli-designed two-storey palace crowned by a balustrade and a tall roof was erected. In front of the hall there is a pond crossed by two stone bridges with granite pedestals and iron railings. In 1808 the building of the concert hall was given to the military hospital.
The main buildings of «Private Cottage» are the Chinese Palace and Katalnaya Gorka Pavilion as well as the Chinese Kitchen. The Chinese Palace, created by Antonio Rinaldi by the order of Catherine II, became a real wonder of that epoch. The people used to call it a «wonder full of miracles». The palace was decorated with paintings, sculptures and d...
It is not easy to imagine the purpose of this small single-storey pavilion with the mezzanine floor crowned by a wide flat dome. That's because it was repeatedly rebuilt. Originally, this was Freylinsky pavilion of the Chinese courtyard built by Rinaldi in Baroque style. In 1852-53 the pavilion was renovated and got the new name - Chinese Kitchen. ...
Oranienbaum (Lomonosov) Still commonly known by its post-war name of Lomonosov, the estate at Oranienbaum is the oldest of the Imperial Palaces around St. Petersburg, and also the only one not to be captured by Nazi forces during the Great Patriotic War. Founded by Prince Menshikov, Peter the Great's closest adviser, the Grand Palace is one of ...
On 28 June 1762, with the assistance of the Orlov brothers and other members of the imperial guards, Peter’s wife Catherine seized power in St Petersburg. The emperor was arrested in Oranienbaum and forced to abdicate. He was taken under armed guard to the hunting palace at Ropsha, where he died in unclear circumstances on 6 July 1762.
Spared Nazi occupation and, after WWII, ruined by Soviet neglect, Oranienbaum and the surrounding town were renamed after the scientist-poet Mikhail Lomonosov. The palatial estate is once again known as Oranienbaum (though the town remains Lomonosov) and it doubles as a museum and public park, with gorgeous landscaped gardens and an ornamental ...
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