Taytsy (Russian: Та́йцы) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located north of the town of Gatchina.

The estate was eventually split, and the part which is currently located in the settlement of Taytsy was sold to Alexander Demidov, an owner of metal plants in the Urals.

In the 1770s, the architect Ivan Starov, a brother-in-law of Demidov, created in the estate an architectural ensemble consisting of a park and a number of buildings.

[11] On August 1, 1927, the uyezds were abolished and Trotsky District, with the administrative center in the town of Trotsk, was established.

The Demidov Estate is a part of World Heritage site Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.