Moika Palace
The Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace ( Russian Дворец Юсуповых на Мойке, literally Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika ) in Saint Petersburg was the main residence of the wealthy Russian noble family Yusupov from 1830 to 1917 . This is where the faith healer Rasputin was murdered.
A palace of Princess Praskovia Ivanovna , a younger sister of Tsarina Anna, already stood here in the first half of the 18th century . On a map by the painter and graphic artist Michail Ivanovich Machajew you can also see a detached palace with a baroque garden . It is the palace of the statesman and military officer Pyotr Shuvalov , which he acquired in 1742. His son, politician and intellectual Count Andrei Shuvalov commissioned the French architect Jean-Baptiste Vallin de La Mothe in 1770 , whose designs formed the basis for today's building. Shuvalov's children sold the palace to Empress Catherine II , who in turn gave it to her court lady Alexandra Branitskaya , née Engelhardt and niece of Katharina's favorite Grigori Potjomkin .
In 1830, the Yusupovs finally acquired the palace and largely gave it its present form based on plans by Andrei Michailov. Only the courtyard of honor with the triumphal arch-like entrance is preserved from the previous building. The lush interior design with over 40,000 works of art and its own theater could definitely keep up with the imperial palaces.
The palace was best known for the murder of Rasputin on December 17th jul. / December 30, 1916 greg. by Felix Yusupov and his allies, the right-wing extremist politician Vladimir Purishkevich and the Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich Romanov . There are various representations of the exact course of events.
After the October Revolution , the Yusupov family was expropriated. In contrast to many other buildings of its kind, the palace was not used for everyday use, but for museum and cultural use until it was converted into a teacher training institute in 1925. The works of art were taken to the Hermitage and other museums.
The statics of the building have given cause for concern since 2015: the time, the subsoil and damage caused by the war led to the formation of cracks in the masonry.
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Petersburg city map (1753). Retrieved December 25, 2015 (Russian).
- ↑ www.citywalls.ru. Retrieved December 27, 2015 (Russian).
- ↑ www.citywalls.ru (pictures). Retrieved December 27, 2015 (Russian).
- ↑ Как бы не списали на войну. (No longer available online.) Санкт-Петербургские ведомости, February 6, 2008, archived from the original on December 26, 2015 ; Retrieved December 26, 2015 (Russian). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Россвязьохранкультура: Дворец Юсуповых нужно срочно спасать. www.dp.ru, February 18, 2008, accessed December 26, 2015 (Russian).
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Coordinates: 59 ° 55 ′ 46.2 ″ N , 30 ° 17 ′ 55.3 ″ E