Walks around Saint-Petersburg#57. The Mariinsky Palace.

Today I will tell you about another architectural work of the famous Russian architect Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider with one of his works - The Palace of Beloselsky-Belozersky I introduced you yesterday
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The next masterpiece of creativity of Stackenschneider is the Mariinsky Palace, located on Isakievskaya Square.

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Before the construction of the Mariinsky Palace, on this site there was a palace belonging to General-Field Marshal Ivan Grigoryevich Chernyshev. The Chernyshov Palace was built according to the project of Jean-Baptiste Vallin-Delamot in 1762 - 1768. In the walls of the palace from 1825 to 1839 there was the Nikolayev Cavalry School.
The palace was built in 1839 - 1844 according to the project of the architect Andrei Ivanovich Stakenshneider for the daughter of Emperor Nicholas I - Maria Nikolaevna, who married the Duke of Leuchtenberg (Maximilian Joseph Eugene Augustus Napoleon Beauharnais). Since 1845, the Mariinsky Palace has become the official residence of the princes of Leuchtenberg in St. Petersburg.

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Picture of the late 19th century. "The Mariinsky Palace".

In 1884, the Mariinsky Palace was bought from the Leuchtenberg heirs for treasury for 3 million rubles. The building of the palace became municipal. Since 1885, the building of the palace was the State Council of the Russian Empire and the Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Empire.

Since February 1917 in the building of the Mariinsky Palace was the Provisional Government of Russia. After the October Revolution of 1917 in Russia, the Mariinsky Palace was occupied by the People's Commissariat, and later barracks were placed in it.
Since 1929 the hostel of the Academy of National Economy was located here.
After the Great Patriotic War from 1945 to 1991, the building of the Mariinsky Palace was occupied by the Leningrad City Council.
Since 1993, the Mariinsky Palace is the seat of the meeting of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg.

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You have become acquainted with the work of the architect Andrei Ivanovich Stakenschneider and his building - the Mariinsky Palace in St. Petersburg.
Thank you for being with us. I await you on the following excursions around the city of St. Petersburg.