GATCHINA

gäˈchēnə, city (1989 pop. 80,000), NW European Russia. The city developed around the imperial palace (built 1766–81), which was used as a summer residence by Paul I in the 18th cent. and was a favorite residence of the Russian czars. The palace (now a museum) was looted and damaged by the Germans in World War II and has been partly restored.

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books on: Gatchina  - 160 results

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Stormy Passage: A Personal History through Two Russian Revolutions to Democracy and Freedom: 1905-1960
Book by W. S. Woytinsky; Vanguard Press, 1961
Subjects: Russia--History--20th Century, Russia--History--Nicholas Ii, 1894-1917, Woytinsky, Wladimir S.--1885-1960
...workers. "I am the chairman of the Gatchina Soviet," the student said to me...Petrograd soldiers. The chairman of the Gatchina Soviet posted his men around me...sternly, "Citizen Commissar! The Gatchina Soviet has ordered us to take you...
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The Emperors and Empresses of Russia: Rediscovering the Romanovs
Book by Donald J. Raleigh, A. A. Iskenderov; M. E. Sharpe, 1996
Subjects: Romanov, House Of, Russia--History--1613-1917, Russia--Kings And Rulers--Biography
...the right to keep three battalions at Gatchina, which he trained to suit himself...to the rolls of 1796, the troops at Gatchina consisted of 2,399 men, including...a single mounting of the guards. At Gatchina Paul wrote new military regulations for...
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Tsar Paul and the Question of Madness: An Essay in History and Psychology
Book by Hugh Ragsdale; Greenwood Press, 1988
Subjects: Paul--I--Emperor Of Russia--1754-1801--Mental Health, Russia--History--Paul I, 1796-1801, Russia--Kings And Rulers--Biography
at Gatchina only on holidays when the whole court...military exercises. He maintained at Gatchina an army of 2,000 men, and he was up...managed the household, and designed Gatchina to be a modest replica of Chantilly...
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Alexander Kerensky: The First Love of the Revolution
Book by Richard Abraham; Columbia University Press, 1987
Subjects: Kerensky, Aleksandr Fyodorovich--1881-1970, Prime Ministers--Soviet Union--Biography, Russia--History--February Revolution, 1917
...Savraskin ed., Listovki , 1:112; AK, "Gatchina," 204; Startsev, "Begstvo Kerenskogo...standing up in the car. 38. AK, "Gatchina," 206; VOSR: Oktiabrskoe Vooruzhennoe...Woytinsky, Stormy Passage , 375; AK, "Gatchina," 207-8; VOSR: Oktiabrskoe Vooruzhennoe...
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The Catastrophe: Kerensky's Own Story of the Russian Revolution
Book by Alexander F. Kerensky; D. Appleton, 1927
Subjects: Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921
...urgent question concerning the defense of Gatchina. I was mistaken. The paper stated that...facilitate the dispatch of reenforcements to Gatchina. "Please sign this paper, Alexander...responsible task he had undertaken in Gatchina and towards the execution of which he...
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Aeroplanes of Lebedev's Factory
Journal article by Viktor Kulikov; Air Power History, Vol. 48, 2001
Subjects: Aeronautics--History, Airplanes--History
...several successful demonstration flights at Gatchina airfield, f requently taking Russian...Russian Aeronautic Clubs flying school on Gatchina airfield. Lebedev was soon appointed...mid-1915, it was handed over to the Gatchina military flying school. In December...
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The Making of a Revolutionary Icon: Vera Nikolaevna Figner and the People's Will in the Wake of the Assassination of Tsar Aleksandr Ii
Journal article by Lynne Hartnett; Canadian Slavonic Papers, Vol. 43, 2001
Subjects: 19th Century, Alexander II, Czar of Russia (Aleksandr Nikolayevich) (1818-81), Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, Assassinations & assassination attempts, Figner, Vera N, History, Royalty, Russia
...Aleksandr III secretly moved from the capital to his palace at Gatchina.48 While the Emperors flight from St. Petersburg secured...Safe behind a series of locked doors and armed guards at Gatchina, Aleksandr III, in a 29 April Manifesto, reaffirmed his...
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British Aircraft in Russia
Journal article by Viktor P. Kulikov; Air Power History, Vol. 51, 2004
Subjects: Aircraft--Analysis, Flying-machines--Analysis, World War I, 1914-1918--Analysis
...purchased nine Bristol Boxkites for use as trainers at the Gatchina and Sevastopol during 1911-1913. The well known Bristol...armament were delivered to the flying schools at Moscow and Gatchina as trainers. During the Civil War they were used by the Reds...
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Self-Portrait of a Russian Feminist
Journal article by Anastasia Posadskaya; New Left Review, Vol. a, 1992
Subjects: Right And Left (Political Science), Socialism
...about your father? We never lived with him my parents were not married. My father was from a German aristocratic family in Gatchina. His parents had emigrated during the Revolution, and as the son of a baron he had a very difficult life. He organized amateur...
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Stalin's Big-fleet Program
Journal article by Milan L. Hauner; Naval War College Review, Vol. 57, 2004
Subjects: Battleships, Military history, Stalin, Joseph Vissarionovich (1879-1953), Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR, Warships
...through 1942) in St. Petersburg; and to some extent the Central Naval Archive (Tsentralnyi Voenno-Morskoi arkhiv) in Gatchina, for all post-1941 naval records. However, in contrast to the enormous volume of information available on the growth of...
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magazine articles on: Gatchina  - 4 results

 
 
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From Russia to Jackson, Miss., R.ph. Secures Art Exhibit
Magazine article by Melissa Faber; Drug Topics, Vol. 140, October 7, 1996
Subjects: Art exhibits, Donations, Medical supplies, Pharmacists, Russia, United States
...Petersburg: Peterhof Palace, Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, Gatchina Palace, and Pavlovsk Palace. It was the first major exhibition...Nicholas II, came from the Peterhof Palace. The Imperial Gatchina Palace Egg, by the firm of Peter Carl Faberge, was on loan...
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British Sports in Imperial Russia: As Part of Our Britain and Russia Series, and Also Our Sport and Society Series, Anthony Cross Describes the Introduction of British Games to Russia
Magazine article by Anthony Cross; History Today, Vol. 53, November 2003
Subjects: Cultural relations--Analysis, Culture diffusion--Analysis, Games--International aspects, Sports--International aspects
...no more exact location is given, the Mill was almost certainly near the village of Zareche towards the imperial palace of Gatchina to the south-west of St Petersburg. Fred Whishaw, the author of countless boys adventure yarns written at the turn of the...
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Murder of Tsar Paul I
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 51, March 2001
Subjects: Kings and rulers--Biography, Paul I, Tsar of Russia--Biography, Russia--History
...formidable Catherine had little time for her heir. She married him off to a German princess and settled them on an estate at Gatchina, away from the centre of affairs at St Petersburg, where Paul could play at soldiers and hold the meaningless military parades...
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Napoleon the Kingmaker
Magazine article by Philip Mansel; History Today, Vol. 48, March 1998
Subjects: Europe--History, Monarchy--France, Napoleon I, Emperor of the French--Evaluation
...which Paul I exerted direct control over his officers and his empire. During his reign three regiments and his own 2,400 `Gatchina troops were added to the Imperial Guard. According to his biographer Roderick McGrew, Paul `pointed society, with the state...


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newspaper articles on: Gatchina  - 5 results

 
 
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Imperial Russia Shows off Down South
Newspaper article by Fred J. Eckert; The Washington Times, May 5, 1996
Subjects: Russia
...Tzarskoje Selo (Catherine Palace), Gatchina and Pavlovsk. Sparing no detail, this...Maria Feodorovna. * The Throne Room of Gatchina Palace, whose attractions include two...of Peter Carl Faberge is the Imperial Gatchina Palace Egg, which opens to reveal a...
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`Anastasia' a Fairy Tale, but True Story on Line
Newspaper article by Joe Szadkowski; The Washington Times, October 14, 1997
...provides a look at the palace of the last Russian czar and his family; and tours of the palace at Gatchina (http://www.pallasweb.com/gatchina) and Yelagin (http://www.pallasweb.com/yelagin), based on the 1908 Imperial Society...
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Eight Centuries of Fine Russian Enamel
Newspaper article by Kate Mulligan; The Washington Times, November 24, 1996
...in opaque enamel, was created by varying the colors in different firings of the enamel. "Easter Egg with a Miniature of Gatchina Palace" was created in Faberges workshop in St. Petersburg. Rows of seed pearls divide the eggs panels, which are decorated...
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Father-Son Project That Grew; Collection Becomes Baltimore's Respected Walters Art Museum
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 12, 2002
...5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. 410/685-3750 or www.mdhs.org Photos by Rod A. Lamkey/The Washington Times The Gatchina Palace Egg (above left), a Faberge creation circa 1902, is part of the collection at the Walters Art Museum. It was a...
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Flash Back: You Don't Want to Eat These; under the Hammer
Newspaper article; Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England), April 7, 2007
...the Trans Siberian Railway and anniversaries. There were eggs depicting the imperial yacht, the Uspensky Cathedral, the Gatchina Palace and, during the time of the war, the Red Cross and the military. Faberges primary source of inspiration came from...


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encyclopedia articles on: Gatchina  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Gatchina
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GATCHINA ga chen , city (1989 pop. 80,000), NW European Russia. The city developed around the imperial palace (built 1766 81...
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Saint Petersburg , City, Russia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Outside the city are Pushkin , with the Summer Palace, and the former imperial residence of Peterhof (now Petrodvorets ) and Gatchina . A striking phenomenon of St. Petersburg is the prolonged twilight, or the "white nights," of June and July. History...


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