Taytsy

Taytsy () is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of the town of Gatchina. Population: Taitsy is home to the Demidov Estate, a World Heritage Site.

Key facts

Russian urban type settlement.en_name: Taytsy
Russian urban type settlement.ru_name: Тайцы
Russian urban type settlement.image_skyline: Дом господский (усадебный дом Демидова).jpg
Russian urban type settlement.map_label_position: left
Russian urban type settlement.federal_subject: Leningrad Oblast
Russian urban type settlement.adm_district_jur: Gatchinsky District
Russian urban type settlement.inhabloc_cat: Urban-type settlement
Russian urban type settlement.mun_district_jur: Gatchinsky Municipal District
Russian urban type settlement.urban_settlement_jur: Tayitskoye Urban Settlement
Russian urban type settlement.mun_admctr_of: Tayitskoye Urban Settlement
Russian urban type settlement.pop_2010census: 2853

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History
Economy
Industry
Transportation
Culture and recreation
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==History== right|thumb|The park in the former Demidov Estate. Taytsy is known since the 1720s, when Peter the Great gave the surrounding lands to Ivan Golovin. The estate was eventually split, and the part which is currently located in the settlement of Taytsy was sold to Alexander Demidov, an owner of metal plants in the Urals. In the 1770s, the architect Ivan Starov, a brother-in-law of Demidov, created in the estate an architectural ensemble consisting of a park and a number of buildings.