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Name Russian name Location Date Picture Alexandrov Kremlin: Александровский кремль Vladimir Oblast: 14th-16th century Saints Boris and Gleb Monastery: Борисоглебский монастырь Yaroslavl Oblast: 1585-1591 Donskoy Monastery: Донской монастырь Moscow: 1591-2000 Goritsky Monastery
More examples of these palaces are found in the countryside around St Petersburg, and include the Summer Palace (1711–1714, designed by Trezzini), Menshikov Palace (1710-1720s, designed by Giovanni Mario Fontana and Gottfried Johann Shädel). These country palaces also serve as more untouched examples of this early Petrine palace architecture ...
The first Winter Palace, designed in 1711 for Peter the Great, by Domenico Trezzini who, 16 years later, was to design the third Winter Palace. Upon returning from his Grand Embassy in 1698, Peter I of Russia embarked on a policy of Westernization and expansion that was to transform the Tsardom of Russia into the Russian Empire and a major European power. [10]
Pages in category "Palaces in Russia" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Alexander I Palace;
The buildings in the citadel, most of them erected between the 16th and the 19th centuries, reflect the interaction of Russian and Tatar influences, as well as Christian and Muslim faiths. The Kul Sharif Mosque is a new structure, constructed in the 21st century on the site of an earlier mosque. [18] Western Caucasus: Krasnodar Krai: 1999
The Catherine Palace (Russian: Екатерининский дворец, romanized: Yekaterininskiy dvorets, IPA: [jɪkətʲɪˈrʲinʲɪnskʲɪj dvɐˈrʲets]) is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo , located 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
Category: Palaces in Russia by city. 3 languages. ... Palaces in Saint Petersburg (2 C, 37 P) This page was last edited on 28 November 2024, at 07:34 (UTC). ...
Tsaritsyno (Russian: Царицыно, IPA: [tsɐˈrʲitsɨnə], lit. 'Tsaritsa's property') is a palace museum and park reserve in the south of Moscow. It was founded in 1775 as the summer residence of Empress Catherine II, but the construction remained incomplete. For most of its history, it was a half-abandoned park with picturesque ruins ...