Imperial Russian Interiors: 2 - The House of Prince Lev M. Kotchubey
This magnificent mansion on the English Embankment has an impressive history. The original stone house dates to the 1740s and was built for Grand Duke Mikhail Golitsyn. In 1802, the house was acquired by Nikolay Rumyantsev, son of Ekaterina Golitsyna and was reconstructed. The architect, Vasily Glinka retained the proportions of the original building, but completely changed the appearance of the facade, which was decorated with a massive 12-column portico with an elaborate pediment with an alto-relievo of Apollo on Parnassus and other figures. The interior spaces housing the vast art collection of the Rumyantsev family, becoming, in 1831, a museum, open to the public. In 1861 the whole collection was moved to Moscow and the mansion changed hands several times, in the course of which, was altered by the architect Alexander Stepanov. At the beginning of the 20th century, the mansion passed into the hands of Prince Lev Kotchubey, son-in-law of the Duke of Leuchtenberg, who became the last owner of the mansion. It is from this time that the photographs were taken. In 1916 the mansion was again sold and was almost certain to be demolished. The 1917 Revolution stopped this from occurring.
In 1938, the mansion was gifted to the Museum of the History and Development of Leningrad, which until then had been housed in the Anichkov Palace. Restoration of the state rooms was carried out in 2003. It is now home to a branch of the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg .
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The Catherine Palace
The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace located in the town of Tsarskoye Selo, 30 km south of St. Petersburg, Russia. It was the summer residence of the Russian tsars.
The residence originated in 1717 when Catherine I of Russia hired German architect Johann-Friedrich Braunstein to construct a summer palace for her pleasure. In 1733, Empress Elizabeth commissioned Mikhail Zemtsov and Andrei Kvasov to expand the Catherine Palace. Empress Elizabeth, however, found her mother's residence outdated and incommodious and in May 1752 asked her court architect Bartolomeo Rastrelli to demolish the old structure and replace it with a much grander edifice in a flamboyant Rococo style. Construction lasted for four years, and on 30 July 1756, the architect presented the brand-new 325-meter-long palace to the Empress, her dazed courtiers, and stupefied foreign ambassadors.
More than 100 kilograms of gold were used to gild the sophisticated stucco façade and numerous statues erected on the roof.[citation needed] In front of the palace a great formal garden was laid out. It centers on the azure-and-white Hermitage Pavilion near the lake, designed by Mikhail Zemtsov in 1744, remodeled by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1749 and formerly crowned by a grand-gilded sculpture representing The Rape of Persephone. The interior of the pavilion featured dining tables with dumbwaiter mechanisms. The grand entrance to the palace is flanked by two massive circumferences, also in the Rococo style. A delicate cast-iron grille separates the complex from the town of Tsarskoe Selo. Although the palace is popularly associated with Catherine the Great, she actually regarded its whipped cream architecture as old-fashioned. When she ascended to the throne, a number of statues in the park were being covered with gold, in accordance with the last wish of Empress Elizabeth, yet the new monarch had all the works suspended upon being informed about the expense. In her memoirs she censured her predecessor's reckless extravagance:
The palace was then being built, but it was the work of Penelope: what was done today, was destroyed tomorrow. That house has been pulled down six times to the foundation, then built up again till it was brought to its present state. The sum of a million six hundred thousand rubles was spent on the construction. Accounts exist to prove it; but besides this sum, the Empress spent much money out of her own pocket on it, without ever counting.
To gratify her passion for antique and Neoclassical art, Catherine employed the Scottish architect Charles Cameron, who not only refurbished the interior of one wing in the Neo-Palladian style then in vogue, but also constructed the personal apartments of the Empress, a rather modest Greek Revival structure known as the Agate Rooms and situated to the left of the grand palace. Noted for their elaborate jasper decor, the rooms were designed so as to be connected to the Hanging Gardens, the Cold Baths, and the Cameron Gallery (still housing a collection of bronze statuary)—three Neoclassical edifices constructed to Cameron's designs. According to Catherine's wishes, many remarkable structures were erected for her amusement in the Catherine Park. These include the Dutch Admiralty, Creaking Pagoda, Chesme Column, Rumyantsev Obelisk, and Marble Bridge.
Upon Catherine's death in 1796, the palace was abandoned in favor of Pavlovsk Palace. Subsequent monarchs preferred to reside in the nearby Alexander Palace and, with only two exceptions, refrained from making new additions to the Catherine Palace, regarding it as a splendid monument to Elizabeth's wealth and Catherine II's glory. After the Great Fire of 1820, Alexander I engaged Vasily Stasov to refurbish some interiors of his grandmother's residence in the Empire style. Twenty years later, the magnificent Stasov Staircase was constructed to replace the old circular staircase leading to the Palace house church. Unfortunately, most of Stasov's interiors—specifically those dating from the reign of Nicholas I—have not been restored after the destruction caused by the Germans during World War II.
When the German forces retreated after the siege of Leningrad, they intentionally destroyed the residence.[1] leaving only the hollow shell of the palace behind. Prior to World War II, Soviet archivists managed to document a fair amount of the interior, which proved of great importance in reconstructing the palace.
Although the largest part of the reconstruction was completed in time for the Tercentenary of St. Petersburg in 2003, much work is still required to restore the palace to its former glory.
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The 10th Grenadier Little Russian Field Marshal Count Rumyantsev-Zadunaysky Regiment was an infantry military unit of the Russian Imperial Army .
Gennady Ivanovich Vishnevsky was born on the 7th July 1861. His family was from the hereditary nobles of Kostroma province.
He attended the Chuguev Infantry Junker School in 1884.In 1884 he was promoted to Second Lieutenant, becoming a Lieutenant in 1888. By 1899 he was at Headquarters as a Captain, becoming Lieutenant Colonel in 1906..
On January 1, 1909 - he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 10th Grenadier Little Russian Field Marshal Count Rumyantsov-Zadunaysky regiment. Chief of the household unit of the regiment since 1910.
He was awarded St. Stanislav 2nd degree (1909), St. Ann 3rd degree (02/05/1913) and the
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Город Пушкин, что под Санкт-Петербургом бывшее Царское село. Здесь расположен дворцово-парковый ансамбль Царскосельский дворец и Екатерининский парк XVIII века. В 1750 годы скромный дворец Екатерины I под руководством Ф.Б. Растрелли перестраивается в роскошный дворец. Вместе с Екатерининским дворцов разрастался и Екатерининский парк площадью 110 Га. В парке много интересных построек. Все они восстановлены. Екатерининский дворец славится своими комнатами в золотом убранстве и особенно Янтарной комнатой. Тысячи туристов посещают Екатерининский дворец.
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Обзорная экскурсия Екатерининский парк.Весь парк пешком. Город Пушкин Бывшее Царское село славится Екатерининским парком. Музей-заповедник царское село расположен в городе Пушкин под Санкт-Петербургом. Екатерининский парк памятник архитектуры XVIII—XIX веков. Парк площадью 110 Га., располагает более 100 сооружениями состоящими из скульптур и различных построек. Все они восстановлены. Екатерининский парк состоит из Старого сада и Английского парка. Петр I основал Старый парк. Основные достопримечательности показанные в фильме: Чесменская колонна, Грот, Эрмитаж, Камеронова галерея, Адмиралтейство, Мраморный мост, Рыбный канал, Верхняя ванна, Нижняя ванна, Парковая скульптура, Эрмитажная кухня, Морейская колонна, Ворота Любезным моим сослуживцам, Большой прут, Зал на острову, Турецкая баня, Пирамида, Гатчинские ворота, Гранитная терраса.
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Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim - USSR Ministry Of Culture Chamber Choir
Tchaikovsky - Hymn of the Cherubim
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Zaporizhia, or Zaporozhye) is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast. Administratively, it is incorporated as a city of oblast significance and serves as an administrative center of Zaporizhia Raion, though it does not belong to the raion. Currently the city is the sixth largest in Ukraine. Population: 770,672 (2013 est.).
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