This 4K video presents Gatchina, Russia, located 42 km south of St. Petersburg, highlighting its history as an imperial residence and current status as the Leningrad Region's capital since 2023. The documentary covers the Grand Gatchina Palace built in 1766 - 1781, its notable residents including emperors Paul I and Alexander III, and Gatchina's role as a center for technological innovation in 19th-century Russia.
- Duration
- 23 min 15 s
- Route distance
- 3.4 km
- Start
- Monument to Paul I
- End
- Ingerburg Gates
- Stops
- 7
- Channel author
- ambient russia
Timestamps and places
- — Preview
- — Monument to Paul I
- — Gatchina Palace
- — Monument to Alexander III
- — Inside the Gatchina Palace
- — Lower Dutch Garden
- — Upper Dutch Garden
- — Karpin Pond
- — White Lake
- — Palace Farm
- — Palace Park
- — Black Lake
- — Priory Palace
- — Monument to the Soldier-Liberators
- — Pobeda Cinema
- — Fire Tower
- — Gatchina Palace of Culture
- — "City of Military Glory" Monument
- — Pokrov Cathedral
- — Flower Shop
- — Yunosti Square (Youth Square)
- — Sobornaya Street (Cathedral Street)
- — St. Paul's Cathedral
- — Monument to Lenin
- — City Administration (historic Hospital building)
- — Monument to Alexander Kuprin
- — Children's Music School
- — Hotel
- — Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- — Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. Nicholas
- — Ingerburg Gates
Route on the map
GATCHINA. The Capital of Leningrad Region, Russia and A Former Imperial Residence [4K]