Palace

St Michael’s Castle

The strange and eclectic style of St Michael’s Castle so aptly reflects the principles, artistic tastes and philosophical views of Paul I that it is often referred to as an “architectural self-portra...

Nikolaevsky Palace

The Nikolaevsky Palace (1853–61) was built by Heinrich Stackenschneider between Horse Guards Boulevard and Galley Street on Annunciation Square (now Ploschad Truda) for the third son of Tsar Nicholas...

Yussupov Palace

The Yussupov Palace stands on the bend of the River Moika. The building was constructed by Jean-Baptiste-Michel Vallin de la Mothe (1770). Countess Alexandra Branitskaya sold the palace to Prince Nik...

Menshikov Palace on Kotlin Island

Francesco Fontana began building up the south-east of Kotlin Island (1712). Besides the three-storey Palace of Peter I (burnt down in the late 18th century), one of the first buildings on the island ...

Provisions Palace

Alternatively known as the Replete Yard (c. 1710). Used to store supplies for the imperial family and sales of superfluous stock. The territory was divided into two parts and sold off (1775).

Palace of Tsarevna Natalia Alexeyevna

Large three-storey stone house with single-storey side wings built for the favourite sister of Peter the Great – Tsarevna Natalia Alexeyevna (1710–14). One of the first stone constructions in the cit...

Palace of Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich

Built for Tsarevich Alexis Petrovich, son of Peter the Great from his first marriage to Eudoxia Lopukhina (1714). Built rapidly as it was not made of stone, but wood and clay. Alexis celebrated his m...

Palace of Dowager Tsarina Praskovia Saltykova

Built by Mikhail Zemtsov and designed by Georg Johann Mattarnovi (1720–27). After the owner’s death (1723), acquired by the crown and awarded to the Imperial Academy of Sciences. Altered to suit the ...

Palace of Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich

Domenico Trezzini built “chambers for an aristocrat” on the embankment of Vasilyevsky Island (1718). Acquired by the vice-chancellor Count Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann (1721). Reconstructed an...

Palace of Count Alexei Razumovsky

Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli rebuilt a large wooden palace on the River Moika for Count von Löwenwolde, a favourite of Empress Anna Ioannovna (1730s). Later acquired by Kirill Razumovsky, hetman of...

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