Lomonosov
Russia
Lomonosov: Chinese Palace
Lomonosov, formerly (until 1948) Oranienbaum, town, Leningrad oblast (region), northwestern European Russia, on the Gulf of Finland.
Lomonosov was founded in 1710 by Prince Menshikov and was a summer retreat of the Russian royal family. The palace of Peter I (the Great) (1714) and the Chinese Palace, designed by the Italian architect Antonio Rinaldi (1762–68), suffered grave damage in World War II but have been restored. Pop. (2010) 42,505; (2014 est.) 42,878.
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