Znamenka Estate

The Znamenka estate in Peterhof was acquired in 1755 by Count Alexei Razumovsky, a favorite of Empress Elizabeth Petrovna. In 1835, Emperor Nicholas I bought the estate for his wife, and later Grand Duke Nicholas and Grand Duchess Alexandra used it as a summer residence. The palace in the Russian Neo-Baroque style, designed by Bosse, resembles the Winter Palace in its facade, and to the west of it, between the greenhouse and the Small Pond, stands the Teacher's House. In the spring and summer of 1944, the territory of the estate was cleared of mines by the 176th Separate Engineering Battalion of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet.