Stroganov Palace for nearly two centuries belonged to the famous Stroganovs, big industrialists, patrons and collectors. In 1988 Stroganov Palace was handed over to the State Russian Museum, and it began work on the restoration, the palace later who had returned to its original appearance in accordance with the plan of the architect Rastrelli. Restoration is still ongoing, partly funded by the International Fund Stroganov founded in 1992 by Baroness Helene de Ludinghausen, niece of Count...
Alexandrinsky Theatre – one of the oldest drama theaters in Russia, have survived to our time first permanent public theater in Russia was established by the decree of Empress Elizvaety Petrovna August 30, 1756, the original name -. “Russian for tragedies and comedies theater representations.” The troupe was headed by Fyodor Volkov, the director of the theater became a playwright AP Sumarokov. From 1759, the theater received the status of a court. At the site of a modern...
Taurian garden- monument of landscape art in the central part of St. Petersburg. Located in the quarter, limited Kirochnaya, Potemkin, Taurian Shpalernaya and streets. Area Tauride Gardens is 21.1 gektar.Sad defeated in the years 1783-1800 the English master gardener W. Gould in the construction of the Tauride Palace. At the site of a small river Samoroyki was arranged complex hydraulic system of two ponds connected by canals. The ponds released sturgeon. Ponds filled with water from the...
Monument to Alexander Pushkin was unveiled at Pushkinskaya Street 7 August 1884 was erected a monument on the initiative of the St. Petersburg city public administration and by the decision of the City Duma on March 17, 1882 Architect -.. Nicholas Benois, sculptor – Alexander Opekushin M.-author of the famous monument to Pushkin on Tverskoy Boulevard in Moscow. By the way, to create a monument Opekushin used one of the many competitive options that he created for the Moscow Monument....
Large Gostiny Dvor, a monument of history and architecture of the XVIII century, in the past -. Central wholesale Gostiny Dvor, from the beginning of the XX century-store Located in the historic center of St. Petersburg, took block between Nevsky Prospect (house number 35), Sadovaya Street , street of Lomonosov and Perinnaya line in the building faces the metro station ” Gostiny Dvor ”. The forerunner of this was the Gostiny Dvor Gostiny Dvor in Zelnogo bridge when a fire in 1738...
The Bronze Horseman a monument to Peter I, established in 1782 on the Senate Square. Equestrian statue of Peter the model made by the sculptor Etienne Falconet in 1768-1770 years. Head Peter molded pupil of sculptor Marie Anne Collot. Find suitable stones for the monument was not immediately, then in the newspaper ” St. Petersburg Gazette ‘published an appeal to individuals who wish to be “for decision & hellip; monument to break down the mountain and bring here, in St....