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VLADIMIRSKY PALACE (26 Dvortsovaya Embankment/ 27 Millionnaya Street), architectural monument of eclecticism. It was built for Grand Prince Vladimir Alexandrovich in 1867-1872 (architect A.I. Rezanov with the participation of architects A.L. Gun, I.S. Kitner and V.A. Schreter). The main facade faces the Neva, it is designed in the spirit of the Florentine Renaissance, it is rusticated and plastered and details are made of portland-cement. The tambour of the gala entrance is decorated with sandstone from Bremen; it is decorated with gryphons, emblems and cast-iron lanterns. The complex of Vladimirsky Palace includes the main three-storied wing facing Dvortsovaya Embankment, three courtyard wings and a service wing on Millionnaya Street (about 360 rooms). Gala halls forming the single ensemble are however designed in different styles; The Reception and Gala living rooms are decorated in the Renaissance style, the Small dining room is designed in the "gothic spirit", double-tiered White hall is designed in rococo, the study - in the "Byzantine spirit", the Oak hall - in the "Russian spirit". A number of interiors are designed in the style of Loius XIV and in the Eastern style. The building was supplied with three elevators, stoves and radiators. In 1880-1893 the architect М.Е. Messmacher redecorated the gala (marble) and bronze staircases, double-tier library, the lowest dining room, kitchen and other rooms. At the beginning of the 20th century work in the palace was carried out by architects A. I.von Gogen and A.S. Pronin. In 1890-1892 Gogen reconstructed the Additional house of the palace (28 Dvortsovaya Embankment). In January 1920, the building housed the House of Scientists. Vladimirsky Palace keeps a rich collection of paintings, sculptures, works of decorative and applied art, creating a kind of a museum. V. G. Isachenko.
Persons
Gogen Alexander Ivanovich von
Gun Andrey Leontievich
Kitner Ieronim Sevastianovich
Louis XIV, King
Messmacher Maximilian Egorovich
Pronin Arseny Semenovich
Rezanov Alexander Ivanovich
Schreter Viktor Alexandrovich
Vladimir Alexandrovich, Grand Prince
Addresses
Dvortsovaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 28
Dvortsovaya Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 26
Millionnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 27
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Gorky House of Scientists, a creative club
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Dvortsovaya Embankment
DVORTSOVAYA EMBANKMENT (Palace Embankment), called Verkhnaya Naberezhnaya Street or First Verkhnaya Embankment beginning in 1738; in the 1740s-90s, it was known as Millionnaya Embankment; from 1923 to 1944 it was called Devyatogo Yanvarya Embankment
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Gorky House of Scientists, a creative club
GORKY HOUSE OF SCIENTISTS of the Russian Academy of Sciences, situated at 26 Dvortsovaya Embankment, an academic club for the intelligentsia. It was founded on the initiative of M
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Grand Princes' Palaces and Mansions (entry)
GRAND PRINCES' PALACES AND MANSIONS, St. Petersburg buildings, specially built or acquired for members of the Imperial family - children and grandchildren of the Emperor (except for the eldest son, the successor to a throne
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Rezanov, А.I. (1817-1887), architect
REZANOV, Alexander Ivanovich (1817 – 1887), architect, artist. Graduated from the Academy of Arts (1839), associate academy member (1850), professor (1852), Rector of the Academy of Arts. First chairman of the St
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The Palace Power Electric Station.
The Palace Power Electric Station complex including the main building, service wing, fence and the historic support of electricity supply network was constructed in 1896-1898 to the design of the architect S.A
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Source: Tsarskoe Selo
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Tsarskoe Selo, palace and park ensemble
TSARSKOE SELO (Pushkin town), a monument of town-planning and a palace and park ensemble dating from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. The core of the ensemble is the estate of Empress Catherine I Sarskaya Myza (founded in 1710)
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Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909), Grand Prince
VLADIMIR ALEXANDROVICH (1847, St. Petersburg- 1909, St. Petersburg), Grand Prince, statesman and military officer, Infantry General (1880), Adjutant General (1872), member of the State Assembly (1872), senator (1868), honorary member of the St
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