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The Sergievka palace and park ensemble, or the Leuchtenberg manor, is a 19th century cultural and historical monument, a natural monument, as well as a monument of the natural and cultural heritage of the peoples of the world.

At the beginning of the 18th century, this territory was owned by Alexander Ivanovich Rumyantsev, an associate of Peter the Great. By inheritance, the estate passed to his son, Peter Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky, field marshal. The estate was named "Sergievka" by the name of the field marshal's son, Sergei Petrovich Rumyantsev.

In 1822, the estate was sold to Naryshkin. It was they who created an amazing park here with numerous buildings. Soon the estate was acquired by Nicholas I for his daughter, Maria Nikolaevna and her husband, Duke of Leuchtenberg.

In 1839-1842, the architect A.I. The Stakenschneider, who built the Mariinsky Palace for the Leuchtenberg couples in St. Petersburg, erected their country palace in Sergievka. The building is made in the style of classicism and is located on the top of the coastal ledge in the northeast of the Sergievka park. The same architect built the Hoffmeister and Kitchen buildings and the marble-covered Chapel (1845-1846) in the estate.

The design of the park was continued in the middle of the 19th century, the plant collection of the park was replenished, sculptures were cut out of large granite boulders and benches. After the revolutionary events, on the basis of a decree of the Council of People's Commissars, the park was declared a natural monument and taken under state protection. The Sergievka estate was transferred to the Leningrad University (Faculty of Biology and Soil Science). The Biological Research Institute of Leningrad University is located in the palace itself and in the buildings in the park.

During the war, the Leuchtenberg estate found itself on the front line of the Oranienbaum bridgehead. The buildings and the park itself were badly damaged by the hostilities. In the post-war years, the efforts of the Leningrad University were carried out to improve the palace park, and in 1965 the facades of the palace were restored according to the project carried out by the architect V.I. Seideman.

In the late 60s, restoration work was carried out in the park according to the project of the architect K.D. Agapova.

The park starts from the southern side next to the University railway platform and goes north up to the shores of the Gulf of Finland. Park "Sergievka" from the north-east borders on the palace and park ensemble "Own dacha". The park has a series of ponds with twenty dam bridges and bridges. The Christatelka River flows from the ponds towards the Gulf of Finland in deep ravines with dams. Before flowing into the Gulf of Finland to the north of the Oranienbaum highway, the streams join into a single stream.

The Sergievka estate park is organized on the site of a natural forest. Biologists have registered 185 species of birds, 250 species of vascular plants, 35 species of mammals in the park. The area of the park is 120 hectares.

The park is home to such rare bird species as the three-toed woodpecker, white-backed woodpecker, great bittern, lesser swan, whooper swan, common cricket, and small tern. From mammals - Brandt's bat, two-tone leather,

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