Jaegerskaya Sloboda (Gatchina)

Yegerskaya Sloboda is a microdistrict in the western part of Gatchina, which, together with the settlement of Marienburg, is within the city limits. The ensemble of the sloboda, created by Georg Gross in 1857–1860, includes 17 identical wooden houses for hunters, a two-story house for the chief hunter, and an office building. The architectural dominant of the district is the Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos, the design of which was approved by Emperor Alexander III, and the sketch was prepared by Academician D. I. Grimm. The main street, now named after Underground Komsomol Members, was paved with cobblestones, and linden alleys and lilacs were planted along the roads.