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| | Grand Duke Konstantin's sons - owners of Strelna : The Strelna (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Alexandra, Lanskoi's daughter born a year after the wedding, was baptized in the same church at Strelna, in the presence of Emperor Nicholas I, who wished to be her godfather. |
 | | By the arrival of the young couple a restoration and redesigning of the grottoes in the Lower Park, the building of the Stable and a reconstruction of the stone palace, which became known as the "Konstantin Palace" had been completed according to designs by Christoph Philip Meyer and Andrei Stackensneider. |
 | | A versatile personality, the grand duke had a good command of European languages, he liked to read, had an interest in the achievements of science, the theatre, literature and music; he played various instruments and was known as a clever, well educated and extremely energetic man with his own opinion. |
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