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Mansion of Prince Alexei Dolgorukov
Built for the head of the city council Prince Alexei Dolgorukov (1720s). Housed the Naval Academy (1733). Awarded to the Imperial Academy of Arts (1759) and dismantled during construction of a new Academy building.
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