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Built by Konstantin Thon (1844–51). The two-track railway line between St Petersburg and Moscow – the largest engineering project in the world at that time – was the country’s second railroad after t...
Built by Giacomo Quarenghi (1788–90). Partially reconstructed by Andrei Mikhailov (1803). Reconstructed by Karl Anderson for housing the city’s mayor and police (1876).
Built by an unknown architect for Prince Vasily Dolgorukov (1710s). Housed the Police Chancellery (from 1720). Partially rebuilt by Mikhail Zemtsov (late 1730s). Tower added (1750s).
The Grotto in the Summer Garden was based on a project by Andreas Schlüter, a German sculptor and architect invited to St Petersburg by Peter the Great (1714). After his death, construction was heade...
Built by architect Carlo Rossi and sculptor Stepan Pimenov (1817–18). Adam Menelaws and Carlo Rossi created the iron railings around the palace garden (1817–18), allegedly based on a design by King Fr...
The construction of a railway line between Moscow and St Petersburg and the Nicholas Railway Station led to the creation of a large square outside the railway terminus. The plan was adopted (February...
One of the first industrial enterprises in the city. Founded on the left bank of the River Neva (1711). Construction of a wooden cannon foundry was headed by engineer Georg Wilhelm de Hennin and then...
The first arsenals were built in the Peter and Paul Fortress, Admiralty Fortress and on Kronstadt (1703–05). Engineer Georg Wilhelm de Hennin designed the Foundry on the left bank of the River Neva (...
Exercise houses or manèges were intended for training the infantry and cavalry in cold weather and built for guards regiments and military academies. Giacomo Quarenghi built an exercise house for the...
Built by Alexander Brullov (1837–43). Housed the organisation known as the Guards Command Chancellery (late 18th century), Guards General Staff (1817) and Guards Headquarters (1828). Alexander Brullo...