Tsarskoye Selo was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers south from the center of Saint Petersburg. The residence now forms
Catherine Palace and Park
The Alexander Palace, view of the corps de logis from the cour d'honneur
Catherine Palace, the Amber Room
Grotto pavilion in Catherine Park of Tsarskoye Selo, Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Imperial Lyceum in Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg, also known historically as the Imperial Alexander Lyceum after its founder Tsar Alexander I, was an educational institution which was found
The yard of the Imperial Lyceum.
14-year-old Pushkin reciting his poem before old Derzhavin in the Lyceum (painting by Ilya Repin from 1911, the school's centennial).