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The Tauride Palace

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Glebb:
I was wondering if anyone has been past the Tauride Palace lately.   When I drove past several years ago it was in shambles.  I believe a restoration project had already begun.   Any news?

londo954:
Tavrichesky Palace (Taurida) is now being used as a meeting place for teh Russian Federation and plays host to amny conferences I believe. The interiors are in fairly good shape from what I could see of the pics available. The "Wandering Camera) website has many pics of the interior and the scaled down garden and lake. The pics are in two albums Here is the weblink:
http://www.enlight.ru/camera/43/index_e.html

Charles:
I was fortunate enough to live in a dormitory that was right across the street from Tavrichevskii Park and visited the park and palace frequently.  Overall, the palace itself is in very good condition.  The chandeliers in the hallway still had imperial eagles on them in the early 1990s-something that the Bolsheviks must have missed.  The hall where the Imperial Duma sat is in excellent condition and, as noted above, used for various government and academic functions.  The park behind the palace is in good condition as well; though the ponds and streams are not very clean.  There is always a lot of activity in the park.  

This must have been and still is one of the nicest neighborhoods in St. Petersburg.  The park is surrounded by some of the nicest pre-revolutionary (late 19th century) apartment buildings, where most of the growing professional, middle class chose to live.  Fitting given it is close to the parliament.  There are fewer palaces in this region-though Grand Duchess Olga Aleksandrovna and Prince Petr Aleksandrovich Oldenburgskii's palace is half a block from the park.

Janet_W.:
Back in 1991 it was pointed out to our tour, but only as we road by. I was surprised to note that it wasn't centrally located, compared to so many of the other important St. P palaces.

Incidentally, we stopped for lunch at a delightful restaurant not so far away from the Tauride Palace. The restaurant owner took great interest in our group and tried to converse, though his Russian-only and our English-only were at odds!  But his friendliness and cordiality certainly came through.

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