ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-225

Gosudarstvennyi muzei-zapovednik “Petergof” (Petergof, Leningrad Oblast) (GMZ “Petergof”)

Finding Aids —  Published — General:

Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 1051-53; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 814-15; Khudozh. muzei Rossii (1999), pp. 201-203; Muzei SPb (1994), p. 55; Biblioteki SPb (1993), p. 59; Peterburg (1992), pp. 485-87; GAF Spravochnik (1991), pp. 132-33; Muzei Leningrada (1989), pp. 182-88; Muzei Leningrada (1982), pp. 83-86.

h-1155. Putevoditel' po Petergofu/Peterhof CD Guide. Moscow: KomInfo, [1995]. CD-ROM for use with Windows.

A new multimedia CD-ROM tourist guide with text and sound in both English and Russian with digitized photographs of the parks, fountains, and palace interiors. In some places there are added film clips and sound commentary. Includes a brief history of the palace with commentary about major attractions and pop-up notes about some of the major architects and others associated with its development. A brief introduction and printed instructions accompany the CD-ROM.

h-1155.1. Peterhof. Compiled by I.M. Gurevich and V.V. Znamenov. Edited by E. Ducamp. Paris: Alain de Gourcuff, 1992. 103 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).
In: Imperial Palaces in the Vicinity of St. Petersburg: Watercolours, Paintings and Engravings from the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries (4 vol. boxed set).

An elaborate album of illustrations from prerevolutionary engravings and watercolors with an introductory essay and annotations in English. Includes indexes of artists and engravers.

h-1156. Raskin, Abram Grigor'evich. Petrodvorets: Dvortsy-muzei, parki, fontany. 2d ed. Leningrad, 1988. 190 p. + plates. (Lib: DLC).
        1st ed.: L.: Lenizdat, 1984. 191 p. + 16 plates.

A popularized tourist guide indicating restoration work underway at the time.

h-1156.1. Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures. Compiled by A.G. Raskin. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1978. 372 p. + 18 plates. (Lib: DDO; MH).

A large-format album with an introductory essay on the history of the palace. Predominantly colored plates have brief annotations in English. Includes an extensive bibliography (pp. 368–72) and index of persons associated with the palace.

h-1156.2. Gurevich, Il'ia Mikhailovich. Petrodvorets. Leningrad: “Khudozhnik RSFSR”, 1976. 72 p. “Pamiatniki gorodov Rossii.” (Lib: IU).

A popular guide illustrated with photographs and giving brief details on the history of Petrodvorets and its best known monuments.

h-1157. * Petergof: Novye postupleniia, 2000–2002: Katalog. St. Petersburg: Arbis, 2002. 232 p. “Sokrovishcha Rossii,” vol. 58.

Color photos of additions to the Peterhof collection: paintings, angravings, sculpture, rare books and coins, etc.

h-1158. Petergof: Al'manakh: Iz istorii dvortsov i kollektsii. Edited by V. Gusarov and E. Spiridonov. St. Petersburg: Biograficheskii institut “Studia Biografika”, 1992. 190 p. (Lib: DLC; MH).

h-1159. Arkhipov, Nikolai Il'ich; and Raskin, Abram Grigor'evich. Petrodvorets. Moscow: “Iskusstvo”, 1961. 331 p. + plates. (Lib: DDO; DLC; MH).

A large-format album, the first two-thirds of which is a scholarly history of the palace ensemble with extensive references to archival sources.

h-1160. I[zmailov], M[ikhail Mikhailovich]. Putevoditel' po Petergofu/Guide de Péterhof. St. Petersburg: T-vo R. Golike i A. Vil'borg, 1909. 246 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

The most authoritative prerevolutionary bilingual illustrated guide honoring the 200th anniversary of the palace, providing a detailed description of the palace complex as it was in the early twentieth century.

h-1160.1. Ardikutsa, Vasilii Efimovich. Petrodvorets: Putevoditel'. 8th ed. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1974. 192 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).
        Earlier ed.: Fontany Petrodvortsa: Illiustrirovannyi putevoditel'. [L.]: Lenizdat, 1972. 142 p. + 48 plates. (Lib: MH).

A tourist guide to the palace ensemble.