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On July 3, 1835, construction of the main building of the Pulkovo Observatory began on Pulkovo Hill. At that time, the largest astronomical observatory in #Russia was the Academic Observatory in St. Petersburg. However, by the end of the 18th century, it was proposed to relocate the observatory outside the rapidly growing capital to a more suitable location for precise astronomical observations. In 1827, the St.