Farmer's Palace
The Farmers' Palace in Peterhof is a building with an amazing destiny. At the same time, English cows were bred here and the heir to the Russian throne was raised.
Address:
Peterhof, st. Razvodnaya, 2
Telephone:
+7 (812) 450-52-87 +7 (812) 420-60-71
History of the Farm Palace
The Palace was originally just a farmhouse, built in 1830 half a mile from the cottage proper, known as Palace Cottage.
The author of both buildings is the architect Adam Minelas. The farm was made in a pastoral style and was supposed to reflect the aesthetic preferences of Alexandra Fedorovna.
The building was one-story, with a kitchen, storerooms and rooms for shepherds. The barnyard contained purebred cows and bulls. The next Emperor Alexander II decided to turn the farm into a Farmers' Palace, which would serve as his “second home”. The reconstruction was carried out by the architect Andrei Stackenschneider in 1838-1840. The building became two-story, and its facades were decorated in a neo-Gothic style.
A decent collection of paintings appeared in the palace, as well as some technical innovations, for example, the first elevator in Russia (it was a cabin that the elevator operator lifted manually using a gate). In 1926, a historical and everyday life museum was opened on the first floor of the Farmers' Palace, and a recreation center for the Leningrad City Council was opened on the second floor.
Six years later the museum was closed. During the Great Patriotic War, the palace was seriously damaged, its decoration was lost, and after the war it was converted into a dormitory for the Petrodvorets Watch Factory.
The director of the State Peterhof Museum-Reserve, Vadim Znamenov, managed to get budget money for the restoration of the palace, which was supposed to house a museum of the era of Alexander II.
The restorer was the company Pikalov and Son, which has existed since 1971 and is one of the most famous restoration companies in the city. The work was almost completed before the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, but the planned opening of the palace had to be postponed to 2006 for a number of reasons.
According to Vadim Znamenov, no exhibits have been delivered to the palace yet, so only the building itself was damaged by the fire.
The Palace was originally just a farmhouse, built in 1830 half a mile from the cottage proper, known as Palace Cottage.
The author of both buildings is the architect Adam Minelas. The farm was made in a pastoral style and was supposed to reflect the aesthetic preferences of Alexandra Fedorovna.
The building was one-story, with a kitchen, storerooms and rooms for shepherds. The barnyard contained purebred cows and bulls. The next Emperor Alexander II decided to turn the farm into a Farmers' Palace, which would serve as his “second home”. The reconstruction was carried out by the architect Andrei Stackenschneider in 1838-1840. The building became two-story, and its facades were decorated in a neo-Gothic style.
A decent collection of paintings appeared in the palace, as well as some technical innovations, for example, the first elevator in Russia (it was a cabin that the elevator operator lifted manually using a gate). In 1926, a historical and everyday life museum was opened on the first floor of the Farmers' Palace, and a recreation center for the Leningrad City Council was opened on the second floor.
Six years later the museum was closed. During the Great Patriotic War, the palace was seriously damaged, its decoration was lost, and after the war it was converted into a dormitory for the Petrodvorets Watch Factory.
The director of the State Peterhof Museum-Reserve, Vadim Znamenov, managed to get budget money for the restoration of the palace, which was supposed to house a museum of the era of Alexander II.
The restorer was the company Pikalov and Son, which has existed since 1971 and is one of the most famous restoration companies in the city. The work was almost completed before the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, but the planned opening of the palace had to be postponed to 2006 for a number of reasons.
According to Vadim Znamenov, no exhibits have been delivered to the palace yet, so only the building itself was damaged by the fire.
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Telephone:
+7 (812) 450-52-87 +7 (812) 420-60-71
Address:
Peterhof, st. Razvodnaya, 2
