St. Peter's Church (Gatchina)

The Church of St. Peter in Gatchina is an Evangelical Lutheran church that serves as the center of the Kolppana parish of the Church of Ingria. On July 19, 1859, an expanded cemetery was consecrated next to the church, and an organ for it was made by the St. Petersburg craftsman Karl Wirth. In 1863, the Kolpana Teacher-Cantor Seminary was founded near the church, which operated until 1918. In 1949, the building was transferred to the Avangard factory, due to which the lost spire was replaced with a four-slope roof; however, in 1990, part of the premises were returned to the parish.