
Kikin Chambers -. A monument of architecture in the Petrine Baroque It is the only extant home of Admiral advisor and one of the companions of Peter I – Alexander Kikin. It was built in 1714-1720 by the architect, whose name is unknown, close to Smolny. In 1718 Kikin was executed for his help in escaping from the Russian Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich and Kikin Chambers moved to the treasury. In the years 1719-1727 it housed a collection of Peter’s Kunstkammer and personal library of...