Nikolaevsky Palace
The Nikolaevsky Palace on Blagoveshchenskaya Square was built specifically for the son of Nicholas I - Prince Nikolai Nikolaevich. The building was founded in 1853 and was built over eight years. During the construction of the Nicholas Palace, a chest with gold and silver coins was placed in its foundation. The prince's residence included not only the house itself, but also many other premises. For example, there were also outbuildings for servants, an arena, and stables. Nikolai Nikolaevich lived in the palace with his wife Alexandra Petrovna.
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Truda Square, 4.
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+7 (812) 922-06-16 +7 (812) 312-55-00
The site on which the Nicholas Palace is located has been occupied since 1721 by the Rope Yard serving the Admiralty.
In the 1790s, two-story wooden barracks for sailors were built here according to the design of F.I. Volkov, later rebuilt by A.D. Zakharov. Nicholas Palace
A few years before his death, Emperor Nicholas I ordered the construction of a ceremonial residence for his third son Nicholas.
It was this place that was chosen for the palace. The first permanent bridge across the Neva (Blagoveshchensky) was recently opened nearby, which predetermined this choice. Andrei Ivanovich Stackenschneider was chosen as the author of the project for the residence of the Grand Duke by the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty. August Lange and Karl Ziegler were appointed junior architects. Construction according to Stackenschneider's design was carried out by architects A. P. Bryullov, K. A. Ton and R. A. Zhelyazevich. The Nikolaevsky Palace was founded on May 21, 1853.
At the base of the building was placed a reliquary with gold and silver coins, a gilded copper plaque with an engraved inscription about this event. The design of the Nikolaevsky Palace provided for the appearance of not only housing for Nikolai Nikolaevich, but also an arena, stables, and an outbuilding for servants.
The Nikolaevsky Palace occupied an area of two hectares. Construction was suspended during the Crimean War and was resumed in 1856. For this purpose, more than three million rubles were allocated from the Department of Appanages. The opening and consecration ceremony of the Nicholas Palace took place in December 1861. The Grand Duke moved to the Nikolaevsky Palace with his wife Alexandra Petrovna.
From the time of their wedding in 1855 until the opening of his residence, he lived with her in the Winter Palace. The Nikolaevsky Palace, along with the Annunciation Church, became the dominant feature of Annunciation Square (now Labor Square).
Stackenschneider chose Italian Renaissance architectural techniques for the façade. Eclecticism came into fashion; Stackenschneider was one of the first architects to use this style in St. Petersburg. In front of the main facade there was an open platform, fenced with an openwork lattice, which made it possible to view the façade of the palace from the square in detail. In the eastern part of the Nicholas Palace, on the side of the garden, there is a house church. To decorate the Entrance Hall, Stackenschneider used “official stone” left over from the construction of St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
The staircase was decorated with seventeen paintings by artist Nikolai Tikhobrazov. The enfilade of the second floor (mezzanine) began with the White Living Room, decorated with stucco desudéportes and picturesque panels. Next - Small dining room, Chinese living room. In the center of the western façade is the Pink Living Room, the ceiling of which was decorated with the plafond “The Judgment of Paris” by the artist A. Yasevich. In the northwestern part of the mezzanine there were the Dance and Banquet double-height halls (17 meters high). The dance hall was decorated with sculptures by Jensen. The furniture for the state rooms was made by master Andrey Tur. In the eastern part of the Nikolaevsky Palace there were personal apartments of Nikolai Nikolaevich and his wife.
The windows of these rooms overlooked the garden and Konnogvardeisky Boulevard. The personal chambers could be accessed through the Own entrance from the garden. From here you could go to the Billiard Room, the adjutant on duty room, the Reception Room, the Office, and the Standard Room. The walls of the premises were decorated with images of the Grand Duke’s favorite horses, painted by I. Shvabe. From the Study, three doors led to a balcony overlooking the garden. A choir of soldiers from the Finnish rifle battalion sometimes sang here. Tea was served in the office every morning at 9 o'clock, which was also attended by the wife of the Grand Duke Alexandra Petrovna, Doctor Obermüller, and the adjutant generals. At 12 o'clock Nikolai Nikolaevich had breakfast in the Small Dining Room. Alexandra Petrovna's chambers adjoined the rooms of the Grand Duke.
The princess's office overlooked the boulevard with two windows and a balcony. From here you could get to the Winter Garden, Boudoir, Dressing Room and Bedchamber. On the ground floor of the Nikolaevsky Palace there were children's rooms.
The children's teachers lived in the northwestern part of the palace. There are also spare (guest) premises and a recreational hall for sports games. The Nicholas Palace was initially equipped with water supply, sewerage, telegraph communication with the General Staff, lightning rods, and a hydraulic elevator with a mahogany cabin.
Adjacent to the Nicholas Palace was an arena made in the Arabic style and connected to the palace by a separate passage.
It had two rooms for servants and a room in which exhibitions of purebred dogs, horses or breeding stock were held. Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was a member of various agricultural and sports societies. A separate five-story building was built for servants. In the center of the garden there was a round glacier in the form of a grotto made of red Finnish granite.
The two-story house church of the Nicholas Palace was consecrated by Protopresbyter V.B. Bozhanov on October 24, 1863 in the name of the Mother of God, joy of all who mourn.
The entrance to it was from the main staircase. The volume of the church was completed by a belfry with seven bells. The paintings in the interior of the temple were carried out by the German professor of painting L. Thiersch. Silver church utensils were made at the factory of the supplier of his imperial palace, V. Sazonov. The church could accommodate up to 60 people. In 1872, according to the design of F. S. Kharlamov, a chapel with chapels of the Great Martyr Barbara and the Apostle Peter was built under the solea and the altar. The best military bands played at the balls in the Nicholas Palace.
The owner of the palace, his brother Mikhail, took part in them. Mikhail Nikolaevich preferred to dance with married ladies, and Nikolai Nikolaevich - with girls. Church in the Nikolaevsky Palace
On November 22, 1868, on the day of the engagement of Nikolai Nikolaevich’s niece, Duchess Evgenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, to Prince Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg, Princess Tatyana Borisovna Potemkina arrived at the Nikolaevsky Palace.
During her ascent to the church, the elevator suddenly fell from the very height. The cabin collapsed, and the princess was hardly removed from the rubble. Potemkina was left in the palace for two months, after which she was sent home. In the White Drawing Room of the Nicholas Palace, Alexandra Petrovna organized charity bazaars.
The Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Count P. A. Valuev, wrote about life in the palace: “Everything is boring and stereotypical... The conversation, especially after dinner, is exclusively horse-like.”
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was interested not only in horses.
His other passion was ballet and ballerinas. In 1865, he became seriously interested in the prima of the Krasnoselsky Theater Ekaterina Gavrilovna Chislova. The Grand Duke rented an apartment for her nearby, in a house on Galernaya Street. Its windows looked directly onto the façade of the Nicholas Palace. When Catherine was ready for the meeting, she placed two lit candles on the windowsill. The servant immediately announced that there was a fire in the city, to which Nikolai Nikolaevich, who was reputed to be a great lover of fires, allegedly went. In the second half of the 1880s, the Nikolaevsky Palace began to remodel the interiors for the grown-up children of Nikolai Nikolaevich and Alexandra Petrovna.
The work was carried out under the leadership of Academician N.P. Basin. Nikolai Nikolaevich Jr. settled in the northwestern part of the first floor of the Nikolaevsky Palace, and Pyotr Nikolaevich settled in the southern part. On the ground floor there appeared the Red Living Room, the Turkish Room, the Armory, the Moorish Living Room and other rooms. After the death of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich in 1890, the Nikolaev Palace was transferred to the Department of Estates for debts.
The heirs were allowed to take away some of the paintings, porcelain, furniture and family heirlooms. They decided to establish a women's institute in the palace, named after the daughter of Emperor Ksenia Alexandrovna - Kseniinsky.
The Nikolaevsky Palace was rebuilt for the needs of the institute under the leadership of Robert Andreevich Gedike and Ivan Aleksandrovich Stefanits. On the ground floor there was an office, an apartment for the head of the institute and living quarters for teachers. Classrooms were located on the second floor. The stable was rebuilt into a dining room, the Manezh into bedrooms.
In the 1790s, two-story wooden barracks for sailors were built here according to the design of F.I. Volkov, later rebuilt by A.D. Zakharov. Nicholas Palace
A few years before his death, Emperor Nicholas I ordered the construction of a ceremonial residence for his third son Nicholas.
It was this place that was chosen for the palace. The first permanent bridge across the Neva (Blagoveshchensky) was recently opened nearby, which predetermined this choice. Andrei Ivanovich Stackenschneider was chosen as the author of the project for the residence of the Grand Duke by the Cabinet of His Imperial Majesty. August Lange and Karl Ziegler were appointed junior architects. Construction according to Stackenschneider's design was carried out by architects A. P. Bryullov, K. A. Ton and R. A. Zhelyazevich. The Nikolaevsky Palace was founded on May 21, 1853.
At the base of the building was placed a reliquary with gold and silver coins, a gilded copper plaque with an engraved inscription about this event. The design of the Nikolaevsky Palace provided for the appearance of not only housing for Nikolai Nikolaevich, but also an arena, stables, and an outbuilding for servants.
The Nikolaevsky Palace occupied an area of two hectares. Construction was suspended during the Crimean War and was resumed in 1856. For this purpose, more than three million rubles were allocated from the Department of Appanages. The opening and consecration ceremony of the Nicholas Palace took place in December 1861. The Grand Duke moved to the Nikolaevsky Palace with his wife Alexandra Petrovna.
From the time of their wedding in 1855 until the opening of his residence, he lived with her in the Winter Palace. The Nikolaevsky Palace, along with the Annunciation Church, became the dominant feature of Annunciation Square (now Labor Square).
Stackenschneider chose Italian Renaissance architectural techniques for the façade. Eclecticism came into fashion; Stackenschneider was one of the first architects to use this style in St. Petersburg. In front of the main facade there was an open platform, fenced with an openwork lattice, which made it possible to view the façade of the palace from the square in detail. In the eastern part of the Nicholas Palace, on the side of the garden, there is a house church. To decorate the Entrance Hall, Stackenschneider used “official stone” left over from the construction of St. Isaac’s Cathedral.
The staircase was decorated with seventeen paintings by artist Nikolai Tikhobrazov. The enfilade of the second floor (mezzanine) began with the White Living Room, decorated with stucco desudéportes and picturesque panels. Next - Small dining room, Chinese living room. In the center of the western façade is the Pink Living Room, the ceiling of which was decorated with the plafond “The Judgment of Paris” by the artist A. Yasevich. In the northwestern part of the mezzanine there were the Dance and Banquet double-height halls (17 meters high). The dance hall was decorated with sculptures by Jensen. The furniture for the state rooms was made by master Andrey Tur. In the eastern part of the Nikolaevsky Palace there were personal apartments of Nikolai Nikolaevich and his wife.
The windows of these rooms overlooked the garden and Konnogvardeisky Boulevard. The personal chambers could be accessed through the Own entrance from the garden. From here you could go to the Billiard Room, the adjutant on duty room, the Reception Room, the Office, and the Standard Room. The walls of the premises were decorated with images of the Grand Duke’s favorite horses, painted by I. Shvabe. From the Study, three doors led to a balcony overlooking the garden. A choir of soldiers from the Finnish rifle battalion sometimes sang here. Tea was served in the office every morning at 9 o'clock, which was also attended by the wife of the Grand Duke Alexandra Petrovna, Doctor Obermüller, and the adjutant generals. At 12 o'clock Nikolai Nikolaevich had breakfast in the Small Dining Room. Alexandra Petrovna's chambers adjoined the rooms of the Grand Duke.
The princess's office overlooked the boulevard with two windows and a balcony. From here you could get to the Winter Garden, Boudoir, Dressing Room and Bedchamber. On the ground floor of the Nikolaevsky Palace there were children's rooms.
The children's teachers lived in the northwestern part of the palace. There are also spare (guest) premises and a recreational hall for sports games. The Nicholas Palace was initially equipped with water supply, sewerage, telegraph communication with the General Staff, lightning rods, and a hydraulic elevator with a mahogany cabin.
Adjacent to the Nicholas Palace was an arena made in the Arabic style and connected to the palace by a separate passage.
It had two rooms for servants and a room in which exhibitions of purebred dogs, horses or breeding stock were held. Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was a member of various agricultural and sports societies. A separate five-story building was built for servants. In the center of the garden there was a round glacier in the form of a grotto made of red Finnish granite.
The two-story house church of the Nicholas Palace was consecrated by Protopresbyter V.B. Bozhanov on October 24, 1863 in the name of the Mother of God, joy of all who mourn.
The entrance to it was from the main staircase. The volume of the church was completed by a belfry with seven bells. The paintings in the interior of the temple were carried out by the German professor of painting L. Thiersch. Silver church utensils were made at the factory of the supplier of his imperial palace, V. Sazonov. The church could accommodate up to 60 people. In 1872, according to the design of F. S. Kharlamov, a chapel with chapels of the Great Martyr Barbara and the Apostle Peter was built under the solea and the altar. The best military bands played at the balls in the Nicholas Palace.
The owner of the palace, his brother Mikhail, took part in them. Mikhail Nikolaevich preferred to dance with married ladies, and Nikolai Nikolaevich - with girls. Church in the Nikolaevsky Palace
On November 22, 1868, on the day of the engagement of Nikolai Nikolaevich’s niece, Duchess Evgenia Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg, to Prince Alexander Petrovich of Oldenburg, Princess Tatyana Borisovna Potemkina arrived at the Nikolaevsky Palace.
During her ascent to the church, the elevator suddenly fell from the very height. The cabin collapsed, and the princess was hardly removed from the rubble. Potemkina was left in the palace for two months, after which she was sent home. In the White Drawing Room of the Nicholas Palace, Alexandra Petrovna organized charity bazaars.
The Chairman of the Committee of Ministers, Count P. A. Valuev, wrote about life in the palace: “Everything is boring and stereotypical... The conversation, especially after dinner, is exclusively horse-like.”
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich was interested not only in horses.
His other passion was ballet and ballerinas. In 1865, he became seriously interested in the prima of the Krasnoselsky Theater Ekaterina Gavrilovna Chislova. The Grand Duke rented an apartment for her nearby, in a house on Galernaya Street. Its windows looked directly onto the façade of the Nicholas Palace. When Catherine was ready for the meeting, she placed two lit candles on the windowsill. The servant immediately announced that there was a fire in the city, to which Nikolai Nikolaevich, who was reputed to be a great lover of fires, allegedly went. In the second half of the 1880s, the Nikolaevsky Palace began to remodel the interiors for the grown-up children of Nikolai Nikolaevich and Alexandra Petrovna.
The work was carried out under the leadership of Academician N.P. Basin. Nikolai Nikolaevich Jr. settled in the northwestern part of the first floor of the Nikolaevsky Palace, and Pyotr Nikolaevich settled in the southern part. On the ground floor there appeared the Red Living Room, the Turkish Room, the Armory, the Moorish Living Room and other rooms. After the death of Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich in 1890, the Nikolaev Palace was transferred to the Department of Estates for debts.
The heirs were allowed to take away some of the paintings, porcelain, furniture and family heirlooms. They decided to establish a women's institute in the palace, named after the daughter of Emperor Ksenia Alexandrovna - Kseniinsky.
The Nikolaevsky Palace was rebuilt for the needs of the institute under the leadership of Robert Andreevich Gedike and Ivan Aleksandrovich Stefanits. On the ground floor there was an office, an apartment for the head of the institute and living quarters for teachers. Classrooms were located on the second floor. The stable was rebuilt into a dining room, the Manezh into bedrooms.
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