📌🇷🇺Let's travel today to the Saint Petersburg's outskirts, Royal Residence Gatchina!
🏰The royal residence became a city in the late XVIII century, when its owner was Emperor Paul I, he was actively engaged in the rebuilding and arrangement of the territory.
☎Gatchina was the first place where the long-distance telephone network was tested. In 1882 (6 years after the telephone was invented), the first telephone line in Russia was laid in the town.
💡In 1881 for the first time in the Russian Empire in Gatchina there was electric street lighting.
🚂Another interesting fact! In 1900, the first monorail in Russia was tested in the city. On it an open suspended carriage worked. It could accommodate up to 20 people.
🐰If you're planning a trip with children, they'll love the Palace Farm! (https://gatchinapalace.ru/park/farm/) It is home for a variety of animals, from Yakutian huskies to white peacocks.
#DiscoverRussia #Gatchina #SaintPetersburg
🏰The royal residence became a city in the late XVIII century, when its owner was Emperor Paul I, he was actively engaged in the rebuilding and arrangement of the territory.
☎Gatchina was the first place where the long-distance telephone network was tested. In 1882 (6 years after the telephone was invented), the first telephone line in Russia was laid in the town.
💡In 1881 for the first time in the Russian Empire in Gatchina there was electric street lighting.
🚂Another interesting fact! In 1900, the first monorail in Russia was tested in the city. On it an open suspended carriage worked. It could accommodate up to 20 people.
🐰If you're planning a trip with children, they'll love the Palace Farm! (https://gatchinapalace.ru/park/farm/) It is home for a variety of animals, from Yakutian huskies to white peacocks.
#DiscoverRussia #Gatchina #SaintPetersburg