ArcheoBiblioBase: Archives in Russia: H-222

Gosudarstvennyi dvortsovo-parkovyi i istoriko-khudozhestvennyi muzei-zapovednik “Gatchina” (Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast) (GMZ “Gatchina”)

Finding Aids —  Published — General:

Archives of Russia (2000), pp. 1039-42; Arkhivy Rossii (1997), pp. 805-807; Muzei SPb (1994), p. 65; Biblioteki SPb (1993), p. 60; Peterburg (1992), p. 145; GAF Spravochnik (1991), p. 131; Muzei Leningrada (1982), pp. 94-96.

h-1115. Gatchina: Imperatorskii dvorets: Tret'e stoletie istorii. Compiled by N.S. Tret'iakov, et al. Edited by N.S. Tret'iakov. St. Petersburg: Lenart, 1994. 436 p. (Lib: DLC).

Includes an important article by V.A. Semenov on the history of the palace library (pp. 415–20).

h-1116. Gatchina. Compiled by A.S. Elkina and N.S. Tretiakov. In: Imperial Palaces in the Vicinity of St. Petersburg: Watercolours, Paintings and Engravings from the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries (4 vol. boxed set), edited by Emmanuel Ducamp. Paris: Alain de Gourcuff, 1992. 127 p. + plates. (Lib: MH).

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-1117. Kiuchariants, Dzhul'etta Arturovna; and Raskin, Abram Grigor'evich. Gatchina: Khudozhestvennye pamiatniki. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1990. 238 p. (Lib: DLC; IU; MH).

A popular account of the history of Gatchina and its palace and park ensemble based on a study of archival and literary sources.

h-1118. Makarov, Vladimir Kuz'mich; and Petrov, Anatolii Nikolaevich. Gatchina. Leningrad: “Iskusstvo”, 1974. 101 p. + 85 plates. Summary and list of illustrations in English, French, and German. (Lib: MH).

An introductory history of the palace based on archival sources with references to available materials. Includes a brief bibliography and index of names.

h-1119. Piriutko, Iurii Minaevich. Gatchina: Khudozhestvennye pamiatniki goroda i okrestnostei. 2d ed. Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1979. 143 p. + 46 plates. (Lib: MH).
        1st ed.: L.: Lenizdat, 1975. 134 p. + 24 plates. (Lib: MH).

A guide to places of interest in Gatchina and the surrounding region. Contains a detailed history of the park and palace ensemble and of the town of Gatchina.

h-1120. Pomarnitskii, Andrei Valentinovich. Gatchinskii dvorets-muzei i park: [Putevoditel']. [Leningrad]: Lenizdat, 1939. 84 p.
        Later version: Balaeva, S.N.; and Pomarnitskii, A.V. Gatchina. Moscow: “Iskusstvo,” 1952. 86 p. + plates. “Pamiatniki russkoi khudozhestvennoi kul'tury.” (Lib: MH).

The exceedingly brief guide describes the prewar collections, parts of which were destroyed or lost during the war. The postwar 1952 publication includes some of the same illustrations and relates wartime losses, but it was prepared before the palace was restored as a museum.

h-1120.1. Gatchina pri Pavle Petroviche, Tsesareviche i Imperatore. Compiled by S. Kaznakov, N. Lansere, G. Pine, A. Trubnikov and P. Veiner. Edited by A.A. Alekseev. St. Peterburg: LIGA, 1995. 350 p. “Mramornaia seriia.” (Lib: MH).

A collection of well-illustrated and annotated essays reprinted from Starye gody (July–Sept. 1914), with bibliographical references and an introduction by the editor.