Gatchina

Coordinates: 59°35′N 30°08′E / 59.583°N 30.133°E / 59.583; 30.133
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Gatchina
Гатчина
Gatchina Palace
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Postal code(s)[7]
188300-188310, 188319, 188399
Dialing code(s)+7 81371[8]
OKTMO ID41618101001
Town DayThird Saturday in September[9]
Websitewww.gatchina-meria.ru

Gatchina (

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 Census);[3] 88,420 (2002 Census);[10] 79,714 (1989 Soviet census).[11]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
189714,824—    
192616,600+12.0%
193938,201+130.1%
195936,725−3.9%
197063,292+72.3%
197975,153+18.7%
198979,714+6.1%
200288,420+10.9%
201092,937+5.1%
202194,377+1.5%
Source: Census data

It was previously known as Khotchino,[2] Gatchina (until February 14, 1923),[12] Trotsk (until August 2, 1929),[13] and Krasnogvardeysk (until January 28, 1944).[13]

Gatchina, the largest town in Leningrad Oblast, is best known as the location of the

Russian Imperial Family during the 18th and 19th centuries. The historic center and Gatchina Palace are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site's "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments".[14]
Another popular tourist attraction in Gatchina is the Prioratsky Palace.

Gatchina has placed highly in

quality-of-life rankings in Russia.[citation needed
]

History

Early history

Gatchina was first documented in 1499 under the name Khotchino as a village in possession of the

Neva River. Despite technically still belonging to Swedish Ingria, in 1708, Gatchina was given by Peter the Great to his sister, Natalya Alexeyevna, and after her death in 1716 Peter founded an Imperial Hospital and Apothecary there.[15] In 1765, it became the property of Count Orlov.[2]

Imperial residence

18th century

Great Gatchina Palace
.

In 1765,

royal palace. Gatchina Palace was expanded and altered numerous times by its subsequent imperial owners, with the addition of Rococo interiors designed by Rinaldi and Vincenzo Brenna, and executed by Italian stucco workers and Russian craftsmen.[17]

19th century

In 1854, a

Tsar Nicholas II and the last Russian Tsar, spent his youth in the Gatchina Palace, although he and his family would make Tsarskoye Selo his home. His mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna
, widow of Alexander III, was the patron of the city of Gatchina, the palace and its parks.

20th century

Gatchina was honored as the best-kept city of Russia at the

Kiev. Gatchina Palace remained one of the official imperial residences of Tsar Nicholas II, who was presiding over annual military parades and celebrations of the Imperial Russian Army
garrisons, stationed in Gatchina until 1917.

World War I

During

Grand Duchess Maria, and Grand Duchess Anastasia
.

In March 1917, the Russian Empire collapsed upon the

Provisional Government, who converted it to a museum
.

Russian Civil War

Shortly afterwards, the

Cossack units of General Pyotr Krasnov. The Reds won the battle, which had avoided the palace, and on November 1, they held a rally outside the palace in the main square, where Pavel Dybenko encouraged the Cossack units stationed in the palace to surrender and not to oppose the Red authorities. Kerensky left Gatchina Palace that night, and it was occupied by Red troops the following day.[19]

Interbellum

In May 1918, the museum was re-opened by the Reds "for the victorious popular masses of the Russian Revolution" in Gatchina.[20] From 1918 to 1941, the Gatchina Palace and parks were open to public as a national museum. On February 14, 1923, Gatchina was renamed Trotsk (Russian: Троцк) by the new Soviet authorities, after Leon Trotsky.[12] After Joseph Stalin became General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party (b), Trotsky was gradually exiled (and later killed on Stalin's orders), and the town was renamed Krasnogvardeysk (Красногварде́йск, Red Guard City) on August 2, 1929.[13]

World War 2

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

Gatchina was occupied by

German invasion of Russia during World War II
. The Germans renamed the town Lindemannstadt, in honor of the
vandalizing much of the park. The town was quickly retaken by the Red Army, and two days later it was renamed back to its original pre-Soviet name, Gatchina.[21][13]

Rebuilding

After the war, Gatchina was rebuilt to Soviet standards, and became home to the Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics. The extent of the Gatchina Palace's devastation was extraordinary, and initially was considered irreparable damage. Restoration works continued for over 60 years, and some pieces of the art collection were recovered from safe keeping and returned to Gatchina. Today, one section of the Gatchina Palace is partially completed and certain state rooms and the Arsenal Halls are now open to the public. Other areas of the palace, including those of Tsar Alexander III, remain closed and unrestored.

In 1990, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Gatchina Palace and surviving buildings in Gatchina's historic center became UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the wider Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.[22] In 1999, Gatchina was awarded in the Most Comfortable City of Russia, a quality of life competition for Russian towns and cities, being ranked first in Category III, the category for cities with a population of under 100,000. In 2010, Gatchina's status as an Historical city of Russia was revoked.

Panorama of the view from the piers at Gatchina Palace Park.

Name

The town has notably been known under various names during its history. As common with larger urban areas under the Soviet Union, Gatchina was renamed to reflect the changed ideals of the government. This first came in honouring Leon Trotsky. However, with the feud between Trotsky and Stalin at a high this name was to become problematic. Thus, the city was renamed again in honour of the Soviet troops. Unlike other regions that underwent this process, Gatchina has a more complex history leading to multiple variations.

Caption
Name Period Named For Governing Power
Khotchino 1499–1700s Lust for authority or noble status Novgorod Republic
Livonia
Sweden Swedish Empire
1700s–1917 Russia Tsardom of Russia
Russian Empire Russian Empire
1917 Provisional Government
Whites
Soviet Union Soviet Union
1917–1923 Soviet Union Soviet Union
Trotsk 1923–1929 Leon Trotsky
Krasnogvardeysk 1929–1941 "Red Guard" City
Lindemannstadt 1941–1944 Georg Lindemann Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Gatchina 1944– Variant spelling of historic "Khotchino"
Russian Federation

Administrative and municipal divisions

Within the

municipal division, Gatchinskoye Settlement Municipal Formation is incorporated within Gatchinsky Municipal District as Gatchinskoye Urban Settlement.[4]

Economy

Industry

In Gatchina, there are several enterprises related to timber industry, including a paper mill, and to food industry.[23]

Transportation

Map of two railway lines to Gatchina

Gatchina is an important railway node. One railway, running north to south, connects the Baltiysky railway station in St. Petersburg with Dno and Nevel. Within the town limits, suburban trains in this direction stop at the platform of Tatyanino and the station of Gatchina-Varshavskaya. Another railway, also from the Baltiysky railway station, arrives to Gatchina from the northwest and has two stops, Mariyenburg and Gatchina-Passazhirskaya-Baltiyskaya. Yet another railway runs south of the town center from east to west and connects Mga via Ulyanovka with Volosovo. The railway station on this line in Gatchina is Gatchina-Tovarnaya-Baltiyskaya.

The

M20 Highway connecting St. Petersburg and Pskov, crosses Gatchina from north to south. South of Gatchina, it crosses the A120 Highway, which encircles St. Petersburg. A paved road connects Gatchina with Kingisepp
via Volosovo. There are also local roads.

LiAZ-5256 on a Gatchina route

Science

Gatchina is the site of the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute.[24]

Twin towns – sister cities

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Russia

Gatchina is

twinned with:[25][26][27][28]

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Oblast Law #32-oz
  2. ^
    ISBN 5-7107-7399-9
    .
  3. ^ a b Russian Federal State Statistics Service (2011). Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года. Том 1 [2010 All-Russian Population Census, vol. 1]. Всероссийская перепись населения 2010 года [2010 All-Russia Population Census] (in Russian). Federal State Statistics Service.
  4. ^ a b c d Law #115-oz
  5. ^ Law #113-oz
  6. ^ "Об исчислении времени". Официальный интернет-портал правовой информации (in Russian). June 3, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
  7. ^ Почта России. Информационно-вычислительный центр ОАСУ РПО. (Russian Post). Поиск объектов почтовой связи (Postal Objects Search) (in Russian)
  8. ^ Гатчина и Гатчинский район Справочная информация (in Russian). gatchina.biz. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  9. ^ Гатчина готовится к Дню города (in Russian). Администрация МО «Город Гатчина». Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  10. ^ Federal State Statistics Service (May 21, 2004). Численность населения России, субъектов Российской Федерации в составе федеральных округов, районов, городских поселений, сельских населённых пунктов – районных центров и сельских населённых пунктов с населением 3 тысячи и более человек [Population of Russia, Its Federal Districts, Federal Subjects, Districts, Urban Localities, Rural Localities—Administrative Centers, and Rural Localities with Population of Over 3,000] (XLS). Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года [All-Russia Population Census of 2002] (in Russian).
  11. ^ Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 г. Численность наличного населения союзных и автономных республик, автономных областей и округов, краёв, областей, районов, городских поселений и сёл-райцентров [All Union Population Census of 1989: Present Population of Union and Autonomous Republics, Autonomous Oblasts and Okrugs, Krais, Oblasts, Districts, Urban Settlements, and Villages Serving as District Administrative Centers]. Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года [All-Union Population Census of 1989] (in Russian). Институт демографии Национального исследовательского университета: Высшая школа экономики [Institute of Demography at the National Research University: Higher School of Economics]. 1989 – via Demoscope Weekly.
  12. ^ a b Гатчинский уезд (февраль 1923 г. - август 1927 г.) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  13. ^ a b c d Троцкий район (август 1927 г. - август 1929 г.), Красногвардейский район (август 1929 г. - январь 1944 г.), Гатчинский район (январь 1944 г.) (in Russian). Система классификаторов исполнительных органов государственной власти Санкт-Петербурга. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  14. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments". unesco.org. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  15. ISBN 0-517-06483-9
    )
  16. ^ photo
  17. ISBN 0-7892-0217-4
  18. ^ Suburbs of St.Petersburg : Gatchina Archived 17 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ Alexander Kerensky, The Catastrophe (New York, 1927)
  20. ^ (in Russian) Гатчинский дворец, годы испытаний
  21. ISBN 3-8423-1113-3
  22. ^ UNESCO World Heritage Centre. "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments". unesco.org. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  23. ^ Комитет экономики и инвестиций (in Russian). Гатчинский муниципальный район. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  24. ^ "Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute. National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute"". pnpi.spb.ru. Archived from the original on November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
  25. ^ "Побратимы Гатчины и Гатчинского района". radm.gtn.ru (in Russian). Gatchinsky District. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  26. ^ "Verkostot". espoo.fi (in Finnish). Espoo. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  27. ^ "MINUTE OF MEETING OF COATBRIDGE AREA COMMITTEE" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 23 June 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  28. ^ "Гатчина и Кишинев установили побратимские связи" (in Russian). Gatchina Council.

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