Evgeniya Shuvaeva, Associate Professor at the SPbGASU Department of Architectural and Urban-Planning Heritage, completed a research project titled "Estates of the High Nobility in Remote Districts of the Saint Petersburg Province in the 18th – Early 20th Centuries." The study was conducted as part of a grant competition for research projects by faculty members of the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering in 2025.

This paper examines the historic estate complexes of the St Petersburg province to identify their distinctive features, as well as potential for preservation and contemporary use. It analyzes the landscape and geographic aspects of the estate territories' locations, identifies patterns in the formation of the complexes' compositional and planning structure, analyzes functional planning zones, identifies the relative positions of the objects under study, and identifies the main areas of estate settlement.

In addition, general proposals for the preservation and modern use of the type of objects under study were formulated, and specific design solutions were developed.

The research can be continued in the form of a more detailed study of estate complexes of an expanded typological series (imperial, grand ducal, ordinary noble, merchant) for comparison with the estates of the highest nobility and a comprehensive study of the influence of this type of objects on the formation of the historical St Petersburg province.

As a result of the research work, two articles were published in journals included in the Higher Attestation Commission list.