Ropsha

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Ropsha is a historic estate and village near Saint Petersburg, Russia, known as the site of Emperor Peter III’s mysterious death in 1762.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic estate
rural locality
village
administrativeDivision Slantsevsky District
surface form: Ropshinskoye Rural Settlement
associatedWith Catherine II of Russia
surface form: Catherine the Great

Peter III of Russia
Russian nobility
country Russia
distanceFromSaintPetersburg approximately 30–40 kilometers
eventDate 1762 death of Peter III at Ropsha
hasAlternativeName Ropscha
surface form: Ropsa

Ropscha
hasCondition partly ruined palace complex
hasCoordinateRegion Northwest Russia
surface form: northwestern Russia
hasCulturalSignificance site of a major event in Russian imperial history
hasEconomicActivity local agriculture
tourism related to historical heritage
hasFeature landscape park
palace ensemble
ponds system
hasHistoricalFunction country estate
hunting estate
imperial residence
hasHistoricalRegion Ingria
hasLandmark Ropsha Palace
palace park
hasLandscapeType hilly terrain
hasStatus cultural heritage site of regional or federal significance (Russia)
hasTypeOfSettlement selo
heritageProtection protected as an architectural monument (Russia)
historicalEra Russian Empire
historicalOwner Peter III of Russia
surface form: Emperor Peter III of Russia

Catherine II of Russia
surface form: Empress Catherine II of Russia

House of Romanov
surface form: Russian imperial family
knownFor Yelagin Palace
surface form: Ropsha Palace

association with the death of Emperor Peter III of Russia
languageOfName Russian
locatedIn Ingria
Leningrad Oblast
locatedNear St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
nearCity St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
nearWaterBody Ropsha ponds
partOf Lomonosovsky District
regionDuringEmpire Saint Petersburg Governorate
significantEvent death of Emperor Peter III in 1762
usedAs place of confinement for Peter III in 1762
wasDamagedDuring World War II

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