In 1717, Peter the Great commissioned a building for his wife, Catherine, who succeeded him after his death, but her namesake palace only began taking on its grand stature in 1743, when their ...
The State Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoye Selo" (St. Petersburg, Pushkin) hosted the grand opening of the interiors ... of the Resurrection of Christ in the Catherine Palace. This is the Amber Room. This is ...