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Mansion of Count Nikolai Saltykov
Read more...Built by Giacomo Quarenghi for the merchant Philipp Grootten (1784–88). Catherine the Great bought the house and presented it to Count Nikolai Saltykov as a reward for educating her grandson Grand Duk...
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