Lomonosov
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Alexandrovskaya Street (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Aleksandrovskaya Street
On Aleksandrovskaya Street in Lomonosov there are the barracks of the Officer Shooting School from the late 19th - early 20th centuries, recognized as cultural heritage sites. In the square between this street and Dvortsovy Avenue, the "City of Military Glory" stele is installed, on the pedestal of which the text of the presidential decree is placed, and on the reverse side there is the bronze coat of arms of Lomonosov. The monument is surrounded by four pylons with 12 bas-reliefs dedicated to military-historical events in the three-hundred-year history of the city, as well as a bas-relief with portraits of famous graduates of the Naval Cadet Corps. In building 15/4, which is a cultural heritage site of regional significance, the theorist of shooting affairs Nikolai Filatov lived from 1901 to 1918, and in 1902 the surgeon Antonin Filatov was born here.
Attack (Memorial)
Lomonosov, Gostilitskoye Highway, 8th km
The "Attack" Memorial in Lomonosov at the 8th kilometer of Gostilitskoye Highway is dedicated to the Siege of Leningrad and the actions of tank troops during the defense of the city. A KV-1 tank from the 204 vehicles of the 2nd Tank Regiment of the 1st Tank Division that fought on the Oranienbaum Bridgehead is installed on the pedestal, soaring upwards, symbolizing a prepared attack on the enemy. The monument, erected in 1969 according to the design of architect A. I. Alymov and sculptors E. M. Agayan and B. A. Svinin, is part of the Small Siege Ring and marks the defense line of 1941–1944. The memorial plaque lists the units that stopped the German offensive in September 1941 and mentions the support from the artillery of the ships of the Baltic Fleet, including the battleship "October Revolution" and the cruisers "Kirov" and "Maxim Gorky".
Grand Palace (Oranienbaum)
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt, 1
The Grand Palace in the city of Lomonosov was founded in 1711 on newly acquired lands, and its construction was carried out in stages. From the mid-18th century, the building has a "P" shape in plan, and the service wings form the boundary of the inner southern courtyard — the cour d'honneur. The length of the main facade, facing the Lower Garden and the Gulf of Finland, is 210 meters. The ensemble was complemented by the Lower Garden with three fountains, the work on which was supervised by architect Johann Friedrich Braunstein, and a sea canal, preserved to this day, approached the northern boundary of the garden.
Upper Park (Oranienbaum)
Lomonosov, Ryabinovaya Alley
The Upper Park of Oranienbaum in the city of Lomonosov includes the territory with the pond of the Private Dacha, dug in 1770, where the construction of the Coffee and Maid of Honor's Houses was planned, but the first one was never built. On the banks of the Karosta River in Petrovsky Park, several waterfalls are arranged from granite steps and stone boulders. The park features statues, the history of which is connected with the collection of Auguste de Montferrand: the Apollino and Medici Venus returned to their places in July 1945, and the bronze group Laocoön took its place at the southeast corner of the Chinese Palace in 2018. Also, since 2018, six marble bench-chairs have been placed near the Palace of Peter III.
Vladimirskaya Street (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Vladimirskaya Street
Vladimirskaya Street in Lomonosov regained its historical name in 1998, and in 1934 it was renamed to Komsomolskaya in honor of the 15th anniversary of the first Komsomol cells in the city. In the early 20th century, the Mosin rifle was tested at the local shooting range of the Officer Shooting School, followed by Fedorov automatic rifles, which armed a company sent to the front in 1916. In the 1920s, the street was extended to Shveitsarskaya, and in 1986, the 19th-century Polevaya house burned down. In the 1990s, construction of stables and a hotel began on the site, but the work was abandoned, and part of the structures was again destroyed by fire.
City Gates (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt, 29A
The city gates in Lomonosov, located on Dvortsovy Avenue, are a cultural heritage site of Russia of federal significance. The interior space of the two gate pylons was divided into two floors, where the first floor housed a soldier's guardroom, and the second floor had an auxiliary room with semicircular windows. The facades of the structure are completed with a frieze with triglyphs, a cornice, and an attic, and the arch is decorated with a rusticated archivolt and a keystone. In the central part there was an arch laid out in the arc of a barrel vault and decorated with a complex pediment, while the original reliefs-armature, similar to those created by architect Gornostaev for the Moscow Gates in Tsarskoye Selo, were lost during the Great Patriotic War.
Peter III Palace
Lomonosov, Petrovsky Most, 2
The Palace of Peter III in Lomonosov was built in 1758–1762 according to the design of Antonio Rinaldi as the main structure of the mock fortress of Peterstadt. The interiors of the palace include a unique bureau-cabinet in the chinoiserie style with paintings similar to the lacquer panels of Fyodor Vlasov, and molded silver-plated shelves in the Buffet, an idea that the architect later developed in the Pavilion of the Roller Coaster. The interior decoration was not completed during the emperor's lifetime: the ceiling panel was never fixed in the Antechamber. In 1929, the building housed the zoo of the Forestry Technical School, and during the Great Patriotic War, exhibits from the Chinese Palace were stored here.
Palace Avenue
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt
Dvortsovy Prospekt in Lomonosov is a street with many cultural heritage sites. Here are located the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael, built in 1914 in the Neo-Russian style, and the Picture House, which is over 40 meters long, whose wing was used as a theater in the 1740s–1750s. The avenue also features identified and regional architectural monuments from the 19th – early 20th centuries, including residential buildings numbered 38, 39, 53, 55/8, and 57/11. In 1913, the avenue was renamed Romanovsky in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty.
Volkov House (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Eleninskaya Street, 26/13
The Volkov House in Lomonosov, also known as the "house with a turret," is located on Yelenskaya Street. Until the early 20th century, the building belonged to State Councilor Kekin, after which it was purchased by Mikhail Volkov, a deputy of the Kronstadt City Duma, and registered in the name of his wife, Irina Niktopiolionovna, who headed the nursery committee. After the revolution, the nationalized house remained residential until the apartments were transferred to the non-residential fund by 2022, and in 2023 the building was put up for auction with a condition of a seven-year restoration for the tenant. In 2019, the inclusion of the object in the "Ruble per square meter" program was discussed, and a year earlier, after the termination of the sale and purchase agreement, the entrance to the house was boarded up with planks following a complaint to the KGIOP.
Yeleninskaya Street (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Eleninskaya Street
Eleninskaya Street in Lomonosov is known for its 19th-century residential buildings, which are cultural heritage sites of regional significance. The Melnikov House at 14 Eleninskaya Street is under protection, while the estate of Rear Admiral P. F. Anzhu at numbers 20 and 22, built in 1848–1849, was restored in the 1990s. The former Officers' Assembly building at 25 Eleninskaya Street now houses a local history museum after its restoration in 2004–2011. In 2010, the street was extended westward to Verkhny Park, and its current name appeared after 1917 when the first letter was removed from the signs.
Ilikovsky Avenue
Lomonosov, Ilikovsky Prospekt
On Ilikovsky Avenue in Lomonosov there is an architectural ensemble that includes monuments of federal and regional significance. At number 1 there is a stone church of St. Spiridon of Trimythous, built in 1896 according to the design of military engineer V. I. Shcheglov, and at number 1a there is the main building of the barracks complex from the mid-18th century, rebuilt in the 19th century according to the design of F. B. Rastrelli. On the avenue there are also preserved two wings of the barracks complex from the mid-19th century, and a memorial plaque to the weapons designer V. A. Degtyarev is installed on building 24b.
Officer Shooting School Barracks
Lomonosov, Aleksandrovskaya Street, 15/14
The protected complex "Barracks of the Officer Shooting School" in Lomonosov includes buildings on Alexandrovskaya and Vladimirskaya streets. At the school, where in 1909 machine gun courses were organized on the initiative of N. M. Filatov, there were a model rifle range, an armorer's workshop, a ballistics office, and a weapons museum. It was at the range in the 1920s that Chief Filatov established the name "automatic" for Fyodorov's rifle, and in 1884 the Naval Rifle Company was separated from the school's composition and transformed into the Naval Training Shooting Team.
Stone Hall
Lomonosov, Upper Park, between the Grand Menshikov Palace and the Katalnaya Gorka Pavilion
The Stone Hall, a pavilion in the Upper Park of Lomonosov, was built in 1749–1751, and its probable author is considered to be M. G. Zemtsov. In 1824, the building was renovated under the supervision of architect V. P. Stasov, during which the wooden wings were dismantled. Today, the pavilion houses an exhibition of park and interior sculpture of Oranienbaum, which houses the statues "Omphale" and "Apollo and Daphne," and also features an interactive cinema. In the 1750s, the Triple Linden Alley was laid along the axis of the building, becoming the first planning axis of the new garden.
Picture House
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt, 50
The Picture House in Lomonosov is one of the two symmetrical "lower" wings of the ensemble of the Grand Oranienbaum Palace, built at the fence of the Lower Garden. In its eastern wing was located the Opera Hall — the first court theater of the residence of Grand Duke Peter Fyodorovich, where the premieres of operas by Francesco Araja and Vincenzo Manfredini took place in 1755 and 1760. After the construction of the new Opera House by Rastrelli, the wing housed a Kunstkammer, a library, and a picture gallery, which gave it its modern name. Thanks to the inventories of Jacob Staehlin from 1762, five paintings from Peter Fyodorovich's collection were returned to their historical places in the building; this collection in the mid-18th century numbered 158 works and was the largest palace collection.
Chinese Cuisine (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Soykinskaya Alley, 5
The "Chinese Cuisine" pavilion in Lomonosov, designed by architect Ludwig Bonstedt, served its original purpose until 1917. The building's first floor retains an authentic brick chimney, to which tiled stoves were once attached, and the southern facade features an exposed brick icehouse for food storage. During the 2022–2023 restoration, the facades and roof were returned to their historical colors, and the pavilion reopened to visitors in June 2025. Its current exhibition features over 300 exhibits, a significant portion of which come from the historical collection of Oranienbaum.
Chinese Palace
Lomonosov, Lipovaya Alley, 7
The Chinese Palace in Lomonosov was built in 1762–1768 as a one-story building, and the second floor only appeared in the middle of the 19th century. Its compositional center is the Great Hall of oval shape, also known as the Round Hall, where in 1980 the ceiling painting by Tiepolo was replaced with a work by S. Torelli titled "Day Driving Away Night." The palace interiors have preserved historical elements, such as the 3.63-meter-high panel of the Glass Bead Cabinet and walnut carved panels moved to the Boudoir from the Lady-in-waiting's room. During its existence, the building has been repeatedly restored, including the repair of the drainage system in the 1870s–1890s and the replacement of artificial marble floors with parquet.
Krasnoflotskoye Highway
Lomonosov, Krasnoflotskoye Highway
Krasnoflotskoye Highway in Lomonosov runs from Dvortsovy Avenue to the border with the Lomonosovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, where it turns into road 41A-007. Along the highway, on the territory of the former Kronstadt Colony, stone estates of Dubki, Zubovs, Greig's dacha (Sans-Ennui), and Maksimov's dacha were marked on maps until 1917. In 2010, three houses of garden apprentices were demolished, and in 2011, the barracks of the Invalid Company were demolished, while the first port buildings of Bronka were commissioned in 2015. As of early 2023, the police have three times refused to initiate a criminal case regarding the failure to comply with the protection obligation for Maksimov's dacha, despite attempts by KGIOP.
Martishkin Memorial
Lomonosov, Martyshkino, Saint Petersburg-Lomonosov Highway
The Martyshkino Memorial in the city of Lomonosov is located on the burial site of the defenders of the Oranienbaum bridgehead during the Great Patriotic War. The memorial contains 136 marked graves, mainly of soldiers from the 301st Regiment of the 48th Rifle Division, and a symbolic grave of Hero of the Soviet Union Ivan Andreevich Nemkov is arranged in the southern part. Young scout Georgy Antonenko is also buried here, after whom a street in Martyshkino was named in 1968. The official opening date of the memorial is considered to be 1975, when, after a re-planning, the northern part of the complex was separated from the highway by anchor chains.
Mikhailovskaya Street (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Mikhailovskaya Street
Mikhailovskaya Street in the city of Lomonosov is known for several cultural heritage sites, including the Chapel of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker, St. Seraphim of Sarov, and Tsarina Alexandra, built in 1904 by architect P. P. Sokolov. In 2011, the facade and dome of this chapel were restored, and the windows were replaced, thanks to donations from Pyotr Solovyov. A residential building from the late 19th to early 20th century, which is a regional heritage site, has also been preserved on the street, while the former Lomonosov Dairy Plant was demolished for the future construction of a shopping center. The section of the street from Fedyuninsky Street to Pobedy Street is a dirt road and is not actually an improved street.
Mordvinovka Estate
Lomonosov, Serova Lane
The Mordvinov estate in Lomonosov, located in Serov Lane, is a historical object of the 18th–19th centuries, included in the register by the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 527 of July 10, 2001. Until 1718, this land on the Peterhof road belonged to Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, and from 1751 to 1783, the estate was owned by Count Roman Illarionovich Vorontsov. In the 1890s, the territory of the estate expanded due to the purchase of the Lamzdorf dacha, and the adjacent Mordvinovka area (Oranienbaum colony) emerged in 1812 after the resettlement of four German families here. The famous oaks of the estate, including the pedunculate oak near house 2A on Nemkov Street, are depicted in Ivan Shishkin's paintings "Mordvinov Oaks" and "In the Forest of Countess Mordvinova," which are kept in the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery, respectively.
Sea Canal (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt
The Sea Canal in Lomonosov is located on Dvortsovy Avenue and leads to the Baltic Sea, which is reflected in its name. According to the original plan, the figured harbor and the canal on the central axis of the palace and garden composition were supposed to extend all the way to the sea, surrounded by groves, alleys, and trellises. According to legend, after a failure with a boat, Menshikov ordered the serfs to dig this canal in three days. Currently, the Sea Canal has become shallow and is filled in places, but it is included in the unified state register of cultural heritage objects of federal significance under the number RU-7810307002.
Lower Garden (Oranienbaum)
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt
The Lower Garden in Oranienbaum, laid out in the early 18th century by garden masters H. Gratz and Vitsvol, was redesigned in the 1760s by architect Rastrelli, who created a new stone fence with figures of Mars and Minerva on the main gates. In front of the palace, two fountains appeared according to the design of A. Rinaldi and P. Paton, and the old wooden statues were replaced with marble works by the Italian master A. Bonazza. In the post-war years, the stone masonry of the terraces, the balustrade, and the fence were repaired in the garden, and the wide staircase descending from the upper terrace was replaced with a new structure featuring straight and curved flights. A canal with a harbor for small vessels was dug from the road to the sea, the gates of which served as the main entrance to the garden.
Nymph in a Shell
Lomonosov, Yamburgskaya Road
The sculpture "Nymph in a Shell" in Lomonosov is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance and is part of the protected ensemble "Pergola with a Pier and Sculptures." The marble composition, presumably delivered to Oranienbaum in the 1860s, depicts a nude nymph, half-reclining on a large figured leaf and leaning on her right elbow. In 2020, the original underwent restoration, but for protection from the climate, it was replaced with a copy created by the "Nasledie" workshop in 2021–2022. The sculpture is installed on a limestone pedestal in the form of a three-step staircase, lined with white marble.
Fence of the Oranienbaum Palace Ensemble
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt
The fence of the ensemble of the Grand Palace of Oranienbaum is an architectural monument that runs along the perimeter of the Lower Garden in the city of Lomonosov. The links of the grille are made of metal rods in the form of spears of different heights, forming an arch, and the gates of the first fence from the canal side were originally made of the same trellis grille. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, the sculptural decoration was lost, and balls appeared on the columns, and in 1911–1912 the wooden grille between the stone pylons was replaced with a metal one. The structure stands on Dvortsovy Avenue between houses 48 and 50 and has four gates.
Oranienbaum I
Lomonosov, Privokzalnaya Street, 1
Oranienbaum I railway station in the city of Lomonosov is located at Privokzalnaya Street, 1. The station building, which is a monument, was renovated in 2020, and its historical first and second-class waiting room contained large sofas, a newspaper kiosk, and a glass music box. At the station, three tracks are electrified, while another three remain non-electrified. In Privokzalnaya Square lies the grave of Major General A. I. Safonov, which is protected by the state as a cultural heritage site of regional significance.
Oranienbaum Palace and Park Ensemble
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt
The Oranienbaum Palace and Park Ensemble in the city of Lomonosov is part of the World Heritage site "Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments". The oldest structure of the complex is the Grand Menshikov Palace, erected in 1710–1727 by architects Giovanni Maria Fontana and Gottfried Schadel; it divides the park into the formal Lower Garden and the landscape Upper Park. The ensemble is valuable as the only St. Petersburg suburb that was not destroyed during the Great Patriotic War and has preserved its historical authenticity.
Oranienbaum Bridgehead
Lomonosov, Oranienbaum Bridgehead
The Oranienbaum bridgehead is an area on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland near the town of Lomonosov, cut off from the main Soviet forces during the Great Patriotic War. In September 1941, units of the 8th Army and the naval infantry brigade stopped the German Army Group "North" here, holding a territory of 60 by 25 kilometers. The supply of the bridgehead, where in January 1942 there were 19,000 Red Army soldiers against 50,000 German soldiers, was carried out only across the Gulf of Finland from Kronstadt and Leningrad. In January 1944, the 2nd Shock Army transferred here went on the offensive, linking up with the troops advancing from Leningrad.
Catalnaya Gorka Pavilion
Lomonosov, Zapadnaya Alley, 6
The Pavilion of the Roller Coaster in Lomonosov was built in 1762–1774 according to the design of A. Rinaldi, and its technical part was developed by the Russian scientist Andrey Nartov. A wooden slope 532 meters long with three tracks and a complex wavy profile of four hills adjoined the pavilion. The floor of the Round Hall is lined with artificial marble in delicate blue, pinkish-blue, yellowish, and greenish tones, the ornament of which echoes the painting of the walls and dome. On June 30, 1777, a ceremonial dinner was held here in honor of the Swedish King Gustav III, and in 1827 Emperor Nicholas I canceled the plans for the reconstruction of the pavilion.
Pergola with a Pier
Lomonosov, Upper Park, by the Chinese Pond
The Pergola with a pier in Lomonosov is a gallery of 54 pylons made of Pudost stone, 2 meters 55 centimeters high, which encloses a courtyard with a parterre flowerbed near the Chinese Pond. Between the pond and the gallery there is a stone staircase, and an inscription about the construction of the object in 1762 is carved on the banch-boulder. At different times, statues of Angel, Cupid, Ilioneus, Paris, Mercury, and the Nymph in a shell were installed here, and in the pond itself there are sculptures "Triton Rescuing Cupid Children" and "Jonah". The object is a cultural heritage site of Russia of federal significance.
Peterstadt
Lomonosov, Petrovsky Most
Peterstadt in Lomonosov is a play fortress, the construction of which was preceded by two other fortresses for the future Peter III, and Empress Elizabeth Petrovna encouraged his military amusements. The entrance gates were located inside the fortress and led to a pentagonal parade ground, the boundaries of which coincided with the boundaries of the former St. Peter's Fortress. The Yekaterinburg Fortress housed the Commandant's House and two guardhouses, and three drawbridges led across the moat, of which only remnants of the earthen ramparts are visible today. In the pleasure garden in the valley of the Karost River stood a two-story Hermitage pavilion with a unique white bureau-cabinet — the only surviving piece of furniture from the garden buildings.
Archangel Michael Cathedral (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt, 61
The Cathedral of Archangel Mikhail in Lomonosov is a stone building 36.5 meters high and about 37 meters long. The church was erected with donations from private individuals according to the design of architect Georgy Preis in memory of Grand Duke Mikhail Pavlovich, for which the wooden church of 1912 was dismantled. The building, which housed a warehouse during the Soviet era, was returned to the Russian Orthodox Church in 1988 and reconsecrated in 1992. The altar part of the cathedral contains colored stained-glass windows.
Lomonosov City of Military Glory Stele
Lomonosov, Dvortsovy Prospekt, Square of the 300th Anniversary of Oranienbaum
The stele "City of Military Glory" is located in Lomonosov in the 300th Anniversary of Oranienbaum Square on Dvortsovy Avenue. The monument is a column on a high pedestal, surrounded by pylons with bas-reliefs, one of which depicts the founding of Oranienbaum in 1711 with figures of Peter the Great and A. D. Menshikov. The city received this title for the heroic 29-month defense of the Oranienbaum bridgehead during the Great Patriotic War, when 27 of its defenders were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The memory of military valor is also associated with the Battle of Krasnaya Gorka in 1790 and the history of the Samara 147th Infantry Regiment, which was stationed here from 1881.
Triton Saving Cupid Children
Lomonosov, Yamburgskaya Road
The sculptural group "Triton Rescuing Cupid Children" is located in the Chinese Pond of the Upper Park of Oranienbaum, south of the Chinese Palace, near the southern shore of the reservoir. Created in the middle of the 19th century, the composition was not originally intended as a fountain, but in 1886, under the direction of architect G. Preiss, a water supply was installed for it. The author's signature "J. Kopf 1861" has been preserved on the back side of the plinth, and the creator of the work, Joseph von Kopf, has been a court sculptor of Württemberg since 1857. In the 2000s, the sculpture together with its pedestal was dismantled and moved to a museum storage due to large-scale restoration work in the palace and park ensemble.
Rubakin Street
Lomonosov, Rubakina Street
Rubakin Street is located in the city of Lomonosov and crosses Petersburg Street, Catherine Lane, as well as Kronstadt and May Day Streets. At the intersection with Kronstadt Street, there is a corner house built in 1908, which is a recognized cultural heritage site and currently houses a printing house. The Swedish Bridge over the Karasta River is located on the street itself; it was also recognized as a cultural heritage site in 2001. The street is named after Nikolai Rubakin, a Russian bibliographer and writer whose literary and scientific legacy includes 280 books and brochures and more than 350 journal publications.
Church of St. John (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Kirochnaya Street, 14
The Lutheran Church of St. John in Lomonosov, located in the former village of Martyshkino, is an object of cultural heritage of federal significance. The first wooden parish church on this site was built in 1691, and the current building, attributed to A. Menelas or Charles-Magnus, was erected in 1831. Inside the church, the master Hariton Wolf gilded all the altar carvings, and the premises were heated by four white Dutch tile stoves. From 2026, the kirche will serve as the center of the Tyure parish of the Russian Lutheran Church.
Church of St. Spyridon of Trimythous (Lomonosov)
Lomonosov, Ilikovsky Prospekt, 1
The Church of St. Spyridon of Trimythous in Lomonosov is located at Ilikovsky Prospekt, 1. The temple's 1895 design was created by military engineer Captain V. I. Shchegolov, who supervised the construction work free of charge, while the construction itself was funded by church funds, private donations, and sums from the Engineering Department. Among the temple's special attractions were six company icons from the disbanded Model Regiment, set in silver vestments and placed in kiots made of mahogany with gilded carvings. As of 2026, the temple is open daily from 10:00 to 17:00 or until the end of the evening service.
Swiss Street
Lomonosov, Shveytsarskaya Street
Swiss Street in Lomonosov is 1.4 kilometers long, and its section from Vladimirskaya Street to Pobedy Street is one-way from west to east. The eastern part of the street is dominated by five-story buildings, while the western part features single-story wooden structures. The Federal Tax Service Inspectorate is located at house number 3, and an automatic telephone exchange is at house number 5. In summer, Heinrich Grafthio lived at this dacha; his wooden house is considered the only one preserved on the street, and in 1882, the opera singer Fyodor Stravinsky's son Igor was born here. The layout, historical building lines, and landscaping of Swiss Street are protected by law.
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