Taytsy () is an urban locality (an

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) in

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, located north of the town of

Gatchina Gatchina (, ) is a town and the administrative center of Gatchinsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies south-south-west of St. Petersburg, along the E95 highway which links Saint Petersburg and Pskov. Population: It was pr ...

. Population: Taitsy is home to the Demidov Estate, a

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History

Taytsy is known since the 1720s, when

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gave the surrounding lands to Ivan Golovin. The estate was eventually split, and the part which is currently located in the settlement of Taytsy was sold to Alexander Demidov, an owner of metal plants in the

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. In the 1770s, the architect

Ivan Starov Ivan Yegorovich Starov (; 23 February 1745 – 17 April 1808) was a Russian architect from Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg who devised the master plans for Yaroslavl, Voronezh, Pskov, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, and many other towns in Russia and Ukr ...

, a brother-in-law of Demidov, created in the estate an architectural ensemble consisting of a park and a number of buildings. In the end of the 19th century, Taytsy belonged to

Tsarskoselsky Uyezd Tsarskoselsky Uyezd (''Царскосельский уезд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Saint Petersburg Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the central part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Tsarskoye Se ...

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(renamed in 1913 Petrograd Governorate and in 1924 Leningrad Governorate). On November 20, 1918 the uyezd was renamed Detskoselsky. On February 14, 1923 Detskoselsky and Petergofsky Uyezds were abolished and merged into

Gatchinsky Uyezd Gatchinsky (masculine), Gatchinskaya (feminine), or Gatchinskoye (neuter) may refer to: *Gatchinsky District Gatchinsky District () is an administrativeOblast Law #32-oz and municipalLaw #113-oz district (raion), one of the administrative divisions ...

, with the administrative center located in

. On February 14, 1923 Gatchina was renamed Trotsk, and Gatchinsky Uyezd was renamed Trotsky Uyezd, after

Leon Trotsky Lev Davidovich Bronstein ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky,; ; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky'' was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist. He was a key figure ...

. On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Trotsky District, with the administrative center in the town of Trotsk, was established. The governorates were also abolished, and the district was a part of

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. Taytsy was made a part of Trotsky District. On August 2, 1929, after Trotsky was deported from Soviet Union, Trotsk was renamed Krasnogvardeysk, and the district was renamed Krasnogvardeysky. In May 1930, Taytsy was granted suburban settlement status. On July 23, 1930, the okrugs were abolished as well, and the districts were directly subordinated to the oblast. On January 28, 1944 Krasnogvardeysk was renamed Gatchina, and the district was renamed Gatchinsky. On July 1, 1960 Taytsy became an urban-type settlement.

Economy

Industry

The Gatchina Meat Packing Plant is located in Taytsy.

Transportation

Taytsy is located on the railway line connecting

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via

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with

. There are regular suburban connections. Taytsy is essentially a suburb of Saint Petersburg and is embedded in the suburban road network. In particular, it is connected by roads with Krasnoye Selo and with Gatchina.

Culture and recreation

Taytsy contains twenty one cultural heritage monuments of federal significance and additionally three objects classified as cultural and historical heritage of local significance. The federal monuments are the buildings and the park of the former Demidov Estate, whereas the local monuments commemorate the events related to the

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. The Demidov Estate is a part of

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site

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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=August 2012 Urban-type settlements in Leningrad Oblast Tsarskoselsky Uyezd Gatchinsky District