O. V. Petrova

Gorod Gatchina v proektakh arkhitektorov XVIII–XIX vekov iz sobraniia gosudarstvennogo muzeia-zapovednika “Gatchina” (The Town of Gatchina in Architectural Drawings and Plans of the 18th and 19th c. from the Collection of Gatchina Museum-Preserve)

St. Petersburg: DEAN, 2005. pb. The palace of Gatchina was built for Catherine the Great’s favorite G. Orlov, who died at an early age, and then was given to her son, whose reign was short-lived. It never became a permanent site of the court. The history of the town around the palace typifies suburban development outside the imperial capital: most of the major construction was for civic buildings and merchants’ houses. the visual material of Gatchina’s collection offers an unusual glimpse into the process of town-planning in imperial Russia. 96 pp., 9 x 11 1/4 ins., 87 color illus., Rus. Item #2062
ISBN: 9785936304248

Price: $48.00