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One of the St.-Petersburg sights - the Ekaterininsky palace of Tsarskoe Selo - will have been restored and will have appeared in all its magnificence by the jubilee of St.-Petersburg. All the stucco mouldings of its halls and facades will have been gilded with gold leaf. The restoration work is supposed to be finished by 2010, however, visitors will be able to see a considerable part of the palace even during the jubilee celebration.