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Khotchino[/b] (old name of Gatchina) was first documented in 1499, a village in possession of [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Veliky_Novgorod][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Novgorod the Great[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], Russia. In the 17th century, in a series of wars, it passed to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Livonia][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Livonia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], then to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Sweden][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Sweden[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25], and was returned to [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Russia][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Russia[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] during the [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Northern_War][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Northern War[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. At that time, Gatchina was a southern vicinity of the new Russian capital, St. Petersburg. In 1708 Gatchina was given by [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Peter the Great[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25].[/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-3][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff][4][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] to his sister Natalia Alekseevna, and after her death, Peter founded an Imperial Hospital and Apothekary here. In 1765, [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Catherine_the_Great][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Catherine the Great[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] bought Gatchina with suburban 20 villages, then she granted it to her favourite General [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Count_Orlov][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Count Orlov[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. Between 1766 and 1788 Count Orlov built a sombre castle with 600 rooms [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/l%20cite_note-4][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff][5][/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] and laid out an extensive English landscape park over 7 square kilometres, with adjacent zoo and a [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/w/index.php?title=Horse_farm&action=edit&redlink=1][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]horse farm[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25]. A [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Triumphal_arch][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]triumphal arch[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] was erected to a design by the architect of Gatchina, [/size][url=https://algassania2.mam9.com/wiki/Antonio_Rinaldi][u][size=25][color:233a=#0000ff]Antonio Rinaldi[/u][/color][/size][/url][size=25] (1771, built 1777-82), forming a monumental entrance, the gift of Catherine The Great to Count Orlov for his efforts during a recent outbreak of plague at Moscow.[/size][font:233a=Arial][size=25]
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