Gatchina.

The Tsars hunt was here from 1856 until 1917.

The Gatchina Palace.


The grounds


The old huntsmen houses on the left and the Borzoi houses on the right.
There were 4 Borzoi to one huntsman.


A Borzoi house.


A Huntsman house.


The huntsmen cathedral.
The huntsmen would come here before a hunt. They would leave the horses and Borzoi outside.


 


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