Oraniebaum estate

A small town of Lomonosov is on the Gulf of Finland Coast, 10 kilometers to the west of Peterhof Palace. In the beginning of the 18th century Count Menshikov who was the closest companions of Peter I began to build his country residence on the outskirts of the town. According to the most trusted version, the name of this estate has got from the conser-vatory of common orange trees called Oraniebaum