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Thu 21 Aug, 2014 08:08 am
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Tsarskoye Selo
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Tsarskoye Selo (; "Tsar's Village") was the town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the center of Saint Petersburg. It is now part of the town of Pushkin and of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.
No, it doesn't mean that.
It means that the nobility that would come to visit the Tsar and his family could stay there for a while.
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Nobility
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the group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title.
@timur,
timur wrote:
No, it doesn't mean that.
It means that the nobility that would come to visit the Tsar and his family could stay there for a while.
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Nobility
2.
the group of people belonging to the noble class in a country, especially those with a hereditary or honorary title.
Thanks.
A residence not only for the imperial family but also for visiting dignitaries?
@oristarA,
Yes, the Tsar received and housed the nobility of the empire during the summer stay.
After a while, the affluent nobility started building palaces for themselves around the Tsar's palace.
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