Tsarskoe Selo, Park Museum

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TSARSKOE SELO, park museum in the Pushkin town. Established in 1992. Includes palace and park built in the 18th-19th centuries, which were transformed into a museum in March 1918. The park-museum includes Catherine's Park and Catherine's Palace, Alexander Park and Alexander Palace, and various other structures. Before 1941, only Catherine's Palace and Alexander Palace were open for visitors, the majority of the structures being occupied by the sanitary and various other institutions. The museums and the parks were greatly damaged during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45, and after the war a plan was developed for the reconstruction of the palace-park. Restoration was headed by architect A. A. Kedrinsky and sculptor L. M. Shvetskaya. The halls of Catherine's Palace were reopened for visitors in 1959. The majority of halls in Catherine's Palace, a number of rooms in Alexander Palace, the Admiralty, and a number of memorial buildings were opened through 2002. The reconstructed Amber Room was opened in 2003.

References: Музеи и парки Пушкина: Ил. путеводитель. 6-е изд., доп. Л., 1980; Семенникова Н. В. Пушкин: дворцы и парки. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Л., 1987.

Y. N. Kruzhnov. Kedrinsky Alexander Alexandrovich
Shvetskaya L .M .
Pushkin, town
Музеи и парки Пушкина: Ил. путеводитель. 6-е изд., доп. Л., 1980
Семенникова Н. В. Пушкин: Дворцы и парки. 2-е изд., испр. и доп. Л., 1987 Alexander Palace (Pushkin)
Amber Room