Peterstadt

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.