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| | Tsarskoye Selo (Pushkin). Suburbs of Saint-Petersburg, Russia: palace, park, history (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | In 1719-1720, near the farm, on the place where the town would be constructed, a settlement of Czar's servants appeared, and, as the construction of the Czar's palace was continuing, this settlement gradually became a small town called Saarskoye Selo and later Tsarskoye Selo (which means "Czar's Village" in Russian). |
 | | For two centuries, the town developed as a Czar's residence, and it became a wonderful example of Russian architecture and the 18-th -century landscaping. |
 | | At the same time, the town is also famous for generations of poets, writers and other prominent figures of Russian culture who lived in this town or visited it. |
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