St. Petersburg imperial country residences news

[Vladimir_V.]

Tsarskoe Selo

The museum completed new restoration of the Picture Hall in the Catherine Palace and the Upper Bath in the Catherine Park. The work was supported by the State ($1.500.000 for the Picture Hall and $700.000 for the Upper Bath).

News release (in Russian): http://www.tzar.ru/news?PHPSESSID=9e903ac784ebfcb209e5885a0ec7bec2#101

Of the Picture Hall in English: http://eng.tzar.ru/catherine/picture
the Upper Bath: http://eng.tzar.ru/catherine_park/regular/upper_bath

[Vladimir_V.]

Tsarskoe Selo

On the 30 of January, 2007 there was a meeting of the members of the Society of Friends of the Tsarskoe Selo Museum. Member of the Society Michael Romanoff Ilyinsky presented an old toy “locomotive” (the gift of his grandfather) that will be exhibit in the Alexander Palace.

The Society of Friends of the Tsarskoe Selo Museum: http://eng.tzar.ru/str1_eng?PHPSESSID=6962d4a45561d34633a66b13037b3f78

[Vassili_Vorontsoff]

vLAD,

I've seen your links on restoration,in fact what have been restored in the upper bath and in the portarait hall?wHAT IS PECULIAR IS THAT it has ever been resotred at the occasion of the reconstruction only 30,40,50 years ago(does this damaged so much during this time?)And as for the toy,is it a reconstructed one?


I found this water colour of the portrait hall...

P.S:Have you ever seen the alteration of the building of the KGB (before and after revolution)I could scan but I'm not really coninve that many would eb interested...I could send it to you!

[Vassili_Vorontsoff]

Does the orangerie in T.Selo still exiST?

Do some have shots of it,or info?

[Vladimir_V.]

I found this water colour of the portrait hall

It is Peterhof.

The Portrait (Picture) Hall in the Great Peterhof Palace consists of 368 female portraits painted by Pietro Rotari.
The Picture Hall in the Catherine Palace consists of 130 works by western European masters from the 17th and 18th centuries from various schools.
Look: http://eng.tzar.ru/content/images/TS10.jpg

or
Peterhof Picture Hall is a room with fireplaces
TS Picture Hall is a room with high ovens

[Vladimir_V.]

Does the orangerie in T. Selo still exist? Do some have shots of it or info?

Today it is a part of St Petersburg State Agrarian University
http://spgau.spb.ru/gallery/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=19

[Vladimir_V.]

I've seen your links on restoration,in fact what have been restored in the upper bath and in the portarait hall? WHAT IS PECULIAR IS THAT it has ever been resotred at the occasion of the reconstruction only 30,40,50 years ago(does this damaged so much during this time?)

Well, I think you repair your flat each 5-10 years! The Catherine Palace is a big flat that visited thousands guests every year!

I could send it to you!

Ok

[Vassili_Vorontsoff]

The orangerie in Tsarskoye Selo

[Vladimir_V.]

Tsarskoe Selo

Restoration of the Turkish Bath in the Catherine Park:

June 14, 2006: http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=242&lng=ru
September 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=281&lng=ru
http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=224&lng=ru

[Vladimir_V.]

Tsarskoe Selo

Restoration of the Hermitage Kitchen and the Hermitage Grove in the Catherine Park:

June 14, 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=223&lng=ru
July 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=231&lng=ru
August 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=243&lng=ru
September 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=280&lng=ru
http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=222&lng=ru

The Fish Canal

[Vladimir_V.]

Pavlovsk

Restoration of the Temple of Friendship:

August 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=244&lng=ru
September 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=276&lng=ru
November 2006 http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=319&lng=ru
http://www.fisp.spb.ru/index.php?page=226&lng=ru

[Vladimir_V.]

Tsarskoe Selo

New book was published:

Davydova N., .. The Catherine Cathedral in Tsarskoe Selo. –St.Petersburg, 2006. 128 pages.

[Vladimir_V.]

Tsarskoe Selo

Private person donated $1 million on the restoration of the Quarenghi interiors in the Alexander palace.

[Vassili_Vorontsoff]

It's a great thing!

I hope this will come to the awareness to  great busnissmen in Russia,if they they take care of their patrimony in as tate whre the lack of fund is blatant ,this could bring a new area for historical buildings there.

Do you know,hox it would be used Vlad?For what rooms?
Thank you so much,
V
P.S:I've send you a personal mail.

[BobG]

Does this mean that Nicholas and Alexander's changes (the Maple room & the New Study) will be restored to the Concert Hall?
It seems a shame to destroy the history of the most important residents of the palace.  Their "lifestye" is probably far more important historically than the Quarenghi interiors.

BobG