Tsarskoye Selo Saint Petersburg Russia 1850ca Velten Antique Engraved Print US $13.50 TSARSKOYE SELO SAINT PETERSBURG RUSSIA 1850ca VELTEN ANTIQUE STEEL ENGRAVED VIEW Description Le Palais de Tzarskoe-Selo. Description: Striking and highly detailed fine unusual steel engraved view of Tsarskoye Selo, near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Several inhabitans adorn the view. Titles in French and Russian. Tsarskoye Selo (Russian: ??ґ????? ????ґ, lit. 'Tsar's Village') was the town containing a former residence of the Russian imperial family and visiting nobility, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) south from the center of Saint Petersburg. The residence now forms part of the town of Pushkin. Tsarskoye Selo forms one of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments. The town bore the name Tsarskoye Selo until 1918. The new Bolshevik government of Soviet Russia renamed it as Detskoye Selo (Russian: ??????? ????, lit. 'Children's Village'), which it held from 1918–1937. At that time, it was renamed under Stalin's government as Pushkin (Russian: ??????) after the famous Russian poet and writer. It is still known by that name. Date: 1808 ( undated ) Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 26,2 x 21,7 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on good paper. Map uncolored. Wide margins. Small foxing and browning. Conditions are as you can see in the images.