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Gatchina (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 59 32 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 59.5333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 030 09 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 30.1500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Was summer residence of Paul I in 18th cen. & czars in 19th cen.; imperial palace was built here 1766-1781; was damaged in World War II. |
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| Gatchina (preferred,C,V,O)
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| Gatčina (C,V)
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| Krasnogvardeysk (C,U)
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| Krasnogwardeisk (C,U)
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| Гатчина (C,U,Russian-P)
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| Krasnogvardeisk (H,V)
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| Trotskoye (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Gatchina (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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town developed around 17th-cen. palace |
| town (C) |
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| royal residence (H) |
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