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Elagin Palace
Elagin Palace
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ELAGIN PALACE (4 Elagin Island), an Empire style architectural monument, constructed in the 1780s for I.P. Elagin, rebuilt in 1818-1822 (architect K.I. Rossi) for Empress Maria Fedorovna. Up to 1917, it served as a summer residence for the Imperial family. The two-storied rectangular building stands on a stylobat that forms a circular terrace. The western facade is marked with three porticoes of Corinthian order. Gently sloping ramps and a wide staircase decorated with cast-iron lion figures lead to the front door (sculptor I.P. Prokofyev). In the centre of the eastern facade is a three-storey semirotunda, to which a fan-shaped staircase decorated with marble vases leads. The interior boasts the Oval hall with Ionic caryatids and semi-columns supporting the cupola, the Crimson and the Blue sitting-rooms (decorated by sculptors V.I. Demut-Malinovsky, S.S. Pimenov, painters A. Vigi, B. Medici, D. Skotti and others). In 1942, the Elagin Palace was destroyed, in 1952-1960 - restored (architect M.M. Plotnikov). The ensemble comprises kitchen and stable outbuildings and the Musical pavilion (all were constructed in 1818-1822, architect Rossi), the Conservatory (1819-1821, architect Rossi, sculptor Pimenov) and a quay. After October 1917, Elagin Palace housed the Museum of Culture and Every Day Life, then - the All-Union Institute for the Protection of Plants; from 1960, it was the Palace of Artistic Exhibitions, since 1987 it has remained the Elagin Island Palace-Museum of Russian Decorative and Applied Arts and Interiors of the late 18th to early 20th centuries. References: Немчинова Д. И. Елагин остров: Дворцово-парковый ансамбль. Л., 1982; Елагин остров: Императорский дворец: История и архитектура / Сост. Б. Е. Шмидт. СПб., 1999. Б. П.
Persons
Demut-Malinovsky Vasily Ivanovich
Elagin Ivan Perfilievich
Maria Fedorovna, Empress
Medici Barnaba (Varnava Iosifovich)
Pimenov Stepan Stepanovich
Plotnikov Mikhail Mikhailovich
Prokofiev Ivan Prokofievich
Rossi Carl Ivanovich (Carlo Giovanni)
Scotti Giovanni Batista (Ivan Karlovich)
Vigi Antoniо
Addresses
Elagin Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 4
Bibliographies
Немчинова Д. И. Елагин остров: Дворцово-парковый ансамбль. Л., 1982
Елагин остров: Императорский дворец: История и архитектура / Сост. Б. Е. Шмидт. СПб., 1999
The subject Index
Elagin Island Palace and Museum of Russian Applied and Decorative Arts
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Central Park of Culture and Recreation
CENTRAL PARK OF CULTURE AND RECREATION was opened on Elagin Island in 1931 on the basis of a park which existed from the second half of the 18th century. The park was named after S. M. Kirov from 1934 until the beginning of the 1990s
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Elagin Island Palace and Museum of Russian Applied and Decorative Arts
ELAGIN ISLAND PALACE AND MUSEUM OF APPLIED AND DECORATIVE ARTS AND INTERIOR of the late 18th - early 20th centuries (4 Elagin Island), opened in 1987 in Elagin Palace
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Faberge Company
FABERGE COMPANY is a jewelry company, founded in 1842 by Gustav Faberge, master of diamond business (1814-94). The Company was located at Bolshaya Morskaya Street; before 1854 at No.11; in 1854-1900 at No.16; and from 1900 – at No
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Fountains (entry)
FOUNTAINS. The first fountains in St. Petersburg were laid out at the beginning of the 18th century in the Summer Garden. In 1717, the first engine was ordered (engineer Desaguliers) for their water supply and in 1717-1721 Ligovsky Canal was dug
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His Imperial Majesty's Cabinet
HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY'S CABINET, central state institution. Created in 1704 as Tsar Peter the Great's private cabinet, conducting the personal correspondence of Russian Emperors, managing their personal finances and property
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Landings, Water (entry)
LANDINGS, WATER. Ship landings were present in St. Petersburg from the first years of its existence. Their location depended on the location and orientation of storage warehouses
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Petrogradsky District
PETROGRADSKY DISTRICT, an administrative and territorial unit of St. Petersburg, with its administration located at 19 Bolshaya Monetnaya Street. The district was formed in 1917, and in 1936 the Primorsky District was separated from its territory
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Plotnikov, М. М. (1901-1992), architect-restorer
PLOTNIKOV Mikhail Mikhailovich (1901, St. Petersburg 1992, Leningrad), architect-restorer. Graduated from the Academy of Arts (1943). Architect of the special research and production association Restavrator (Restorer)
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Postwar Restoration of Architectural Monuments
POSTWAR RESTORATION OF ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS. During the Siege of 1941-44, 187 of 210 buildings registered by the government as architectural monuments suffered from bombardment, suburban palaces-museums (except for Oranienbaum) were ruined
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Restoration Workshops and Organizations
RESTORATION WORKSHOPS AND ORGANIZATIONS. Restoration work in St. Petersburg has developed since the end of the 19th century. The reconstruction of historical and cultural monuments was first considered by the Imperial Archaeological Commission
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Rossi C.I. (1775-1849), architect
ROSSI Carl Ivanovich (Carlo Giovanni) (1775-1849, St. Petersburg), architect. The son of the court ballerina G. Lepik. Graduated from the Peterschule in St. Petersburg, apprenticed architecture with V
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Scotti D.B., (1776 -1830), artist
SCOTTI Giovanni Batista (Ivan Karlovich) (1776-1830, St. Petersburg), master of monumental decorative Classical painting. Studied under his father, Karl Scotti, a native of northern Italy, with whom he worked from 1786 until the 19th century
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Stolypin P.A. (1862-1911), statesman
STOLYPIN Peter Arkadievich (1862-1911), statesman, chamberlain (1906). Graduated from the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Petersburg University (1885). In 1884-89, he served St Petersburg's Department of Internal Affairs
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