Pargolovo (russian: Па́рголово, fi, Parkala, german: Pargola) is a municipal settlement in the

Vyborgsky District Vyborgsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia. *Vyborgsky District, Leningrad Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Leningrad Oblast *Vyborgsky District, Saint Petersburg, an administrati ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russia. Until the late 20th century, it was the city's northern suburb. The name derives from ''Parkola'', a Karelian placename. Its population in 2010 was 15,852. Pargolovo was a

family seat A family seat or sometimes just called seat is the principal residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social, economic, political, or historic connection of the family within a given area. Some families ...

of the junior line of the Counts

Shuvalov The House of Shuvalov (russian: Шува́лов) is the name of a Russian noble family, which was documented since the 16th century. The Shuvalov family rose to distinction during the reign of Empress Elizabeth and was elevated to the rank of ...

, starting with

Peter Ivanovich Shuvalov Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov (russian: Петр Иванович Шувалов; 1711 – ) was a Russian statesman and Field Marshal who, together with his brother Aleksandr Shuvalov, paved the way for the elevation of the Shuvalov family to ...

who received the Pargolovo manor from

Empress Elizabeth Elizabeth Petrovna (russian: Елизаве́та (Елисаве́та) Петро́вна) (), also known as Yelisaveta or Elizaveta, reigned as Empress of Russia from 1741 until her death in 1762. She remains one of the most popular List of ...

in 1746. His Baroque palace was rebuilt by Stepan Krichinsky (1874-1923) as a Neoclassical

villa A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became s ...

for the estate's last owner, Count

Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov Count Illarion Ivanovich Vorontsov-Dashkov (russian: Илларио́н Ива́нович Воронцов-Дашков; 27 May 1837 – 15 January 1916) was a notable representative of the Vorontsov family. He served as Minister of Imperial Pro ...

. A smaller palace, designed by Harald Julius von Bosse, dates from the mid-19th century. The Shuvalov Park also contains a network of old ponds; the Yellow Dacha, a wooden lodge designed by

Maximilian Messmacher Maximilian (von) Messmacher (russian: Максимилиан Егорович Месмахер, ''Maximilian Yegorovich Messmacher''; 1842–1906) was a Russian architect of German ancestry. He attended the School of Painting of St. Petersburg S ...

for his own family; the Parnassus hill, which used to offer views of the capital's downtown; and the Church of Sts. Peter and Paul, built in the 1840s to a Gothic Revival design by

Alexander Brullov Alexander Pavlovich Brullov (, spelled Brulleau until 1822, when the family name was changed according to Russian pronunciation, sometimes also spelled Brulloff; 29 November 1798 – 9 January 1877) was a Russian artist associated with Russian ...

.Info at encspb.ru
/ref> It was at this church that Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov married Nadezhda Purgold in 1872. Just west of Pargolovo lies the Northern Cemetery, the second largest in Saint Petersburg. It was established in 1874. Notable burials include

Georgy Gapon Georgy Apollonovich Gapon. ( –) was a Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox priest and a popular working-class leader before the 1905 Russian Revolution. After he was discovered to be a police informant, Gapon was murdered by members of the ...

(1906), Vasily Vereshchagin (1909),

Vladimir Propp Vladimir Yakovlevich Propp (russian: Владимир Яковлевич Пропп; – 22 August 1970) was a Soviet folklorist and scholar who analysed the basic structural elements of Russian folk tales to identify their simplest irredu ...

(1970), Mikhail Artamonov (1972),

Alexander Belov Alexander Alexandrovich Belov, commonly known as Sasha Belov (November 9, 1951 – October 3, 1978), was a Soviet basketball player. During his playing career, he played at the center position. Belov is most remembered for scoring the game- ...

(1978),

Sergey Filippov Sergey Nikolayevich Filippov (russian: Сергей Николаевич Филиппов, 24 June 1912— 19 April 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor and comedian, best known for his parts in films ''Adventures of Korzinkina'' ...

(1990). File:Osinovaya Roshcha.jpg, The Lopukhin-Vyazemsky Palace (1828-30) File:Шувалово. Пруд в парке (lake in Shuvalovsky Park, Saint Petersburg, Russia) - 20100805.jpg, An old pond File:Большой дворец в Шуваловском парке.JPG, The Vorontsov-Dashkov Palace (1912-15) File:Шуваловский парк.jpg, The Church of Sts. Peter and Paul File:Sankt-Peterburg sent2013 1450101.JPG, A modern Orthodox chapel

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