Gatchina
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Gatchina is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies 45 kilometers (28 mi) south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which links Saint Petersburg and Pskov. Population: 92,937 (2010 Russian census); 88,420 (2002 Census); 79,714 (1989 Soviet census).
Aerial view of the Gatchina Palace
Great Gatchina Palace.
Damaged Saint Paul Cathedral in Gatchina during German occupation; the visible weariness is due to both heavy fighting and neglect showed by the Soviet government in the preceding decades
Panorama of the view from the piers at Gatchina Palace Park.
Grigory Orlov
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Prince Grigory Grigoryevich Orlov was a favourite of the Empress Catherine the Great of Russia, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (1772), state and military figure, collector, patron of arts, and General-in-Chief.
А. I. Chorny (Chernov). Portrait of Count G. G. Orlov. Hermitage Museum
Orlov's charter granting him the status of Count