The Grand Palace in Peterhof is located on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, nineteen miles west of St. Petersburg.  It was founded by Peter the Great.   Peterhof became known as the most brilliant of all the summer residences of the Russian tsars. Peter the Great wished to have a palace and garden better than that at Versailles.  His magnificent estate held the name of Peterhof, meaning 'Peter's Court' in German, until 1944 when it was renamed Petrodvorets due to anti-German sentiment. In the summer of 1997, it was changed back to Peterhof.