The palace was built in 1847-1848 years by the architect A. Stakenschneider . It's very interesting that apparently a two-story building looks , but inside it has 3 floors. Previously, there were at home of Princess AG Beloselsky , the palace is built by order of Prince Esper Aleksandrovich Beloselsky - Belozersky.It is believed that the building served as the prototype of the Stroganov Palace , built by architect Rastrelli . In the facades of the palace is widely used artistic techniques of the Russian Baroque XVIII century.
To finish the palace was invited sculptor D. Jensen . According to his models were created by famous figures of the Atlanteans and caryatids.Interior finishing of the palace was also performed by Andrei Shtakenshneider , vivid examples of this decoration are wide grand staircase and marble fireplaces. Along the staircase stood caryatids and sculpture, gilded chandeliers, supporting , and in the open lattice railing placed by elegant monogram of the initials of the owner.Beautifully decorated with a library Beloselsky-Belozersky : the walls are covered with carved wooden panels and tight silk, decorated with a relief pattern fireplace , a huge mirror in a gilded frame.
The prince himself died , without waiting for completion, even when only dug the foundation.His wife Elena Pavlovna soon enough she married Prince Vasily Kochubey and moved to his mansion on Prospect Foundry . Palace on Nevsky Prospekt, she used to hold dances and secular parties. Because of its proximity to the Imperial Palace here Anichkov often frequented by the royal person.
C 1865 Hope D. ( nee Sko ) was the daughter of Countess Kochubey and settled in the palace as the son's wife Elena Pavlovna from her first marriage - adjutant Beloselsky Constantine .The palace at that time still considered the most languid place of the capital , the owners spoke Russian with a slight English accent - the latest hot trends of 1880 .
In 1880 the capital of Prince Kochubei rapidly declining, his company operated at a loss . For distribution of debts he had to sell to the state palace .In 1884, Emperor Alexander III gave the palace to his younger brother Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich . It was a wedding gift to the Grand Duke to his marriage to Elizabeth of Hesse- Darmstadt ( after the wedding, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna ). Since then, the palace was called Sergievsky .
The fate of the palace came the bleak years: Sergey was one of the most unpleasant character in the Romanov family . He was described epithets arrogant , quick-tempered , unsociable , in addition , he preferred the company of colleagues at Transfiguration Regiment and distinguished dislike of strangers and a rare ignorance.In addition, in spite of marriage, the weaker sex in every sense , he strongly preferred males. \\u0026laquo;Sergyeĭ Aleksandrovich zhivët so svoim adʺyutantom Martynovym\u0026raquo; \u0026mdash; pisala izvestnaya stolichnaya spletnitsa generalʹsha Aleksandra Bogdanovich.
His wife at the court called Ella , she had the Empress Alexandra 's sister , and was extremely loved by the angelic disposition and unaffected piety . Since 1891 the Grand Duke became Governor General of Moscow, and since that time the palace is almost empty.
In 1905, Sergei Alexandrovich SR - gunman killed Ivan Kaliayev, and in the house , everything changed : Elizabeth became a nun, Mother Superior of the Moscow Martha Mar'insky monastery. Because she was childless , her foster children were nephews of her husband - Dmitri and Maria .Their mother died in childbirth and his father , Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich, stole the wife of General Pistelkorsa beauty Olga, and married her. After that, the Grand Duke for a long time, was expelled from Russia. The palace passed to his nephew, Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich.
Dmitry was a favorite of the last emperor and conqueror of female hearts.Master of trick riding and dressage, he headed the Russian cavalry at the Olympics in 1912 in Stockholm, was a racing driver .
Dmitri marked in history for being one of the murderers of Rasputin . In Sergiev palace he practically lived, and after the murder of Rasputin , he had to leave Russia.Leaving Russia in 1917, he managed to sell the building to Ivan Ivanovich Stakheev , the owner of a major financial and industrial monopolies.
During the First World War in the Sergievsky palace housed the British- Russian military hospital.
After the October 1917 Beloselsky -Belozersky was nationalized.Since 1920, there are areas of the Central Party Committee and then the Kuibyshev district. The Soviet period has passed for it is less painful than most other objects Sergievsky Palace regained the name of the first owners , besides the interiors of the monument in the twentieth century is almost not affected.Palace parted only with a collection of paintings gathered Beloselsky-Belozersky : It was moved in part to the Hermitage, and partly to the mansion on Krestovsky Island, also belonging to this family.
In 1990 Beloselsky -Belozersky was referred to the Committee on Culture , St. Petersburg Mayor , as it was located in the city's cultural center, at the beginning of the XXI century has been opened Historical Wax Museum . More than two hundred pieces of this collection depict people who make the history from the time of Ivan the Terrible.Cultural Center holds various exhibitions, conferences ... is arranged in the palace concert hall , it periodically undergo a variety of musical performances .
The plot vlkrug dvorua on the left bank of the Fontanka long acquired a mystical aura of \
Uchastok vlkrug dvorua na levom beregu Fontanki davno obrël misticheskiĭ oryeol \u0026laquo;Raĭona dvoĭnikov\u0026raquo;:.
• In place of the Holy Trinity- St Sergius monastery , which is located next to the palace, was once the palace, where the Empress Anna Ivanovna just before his death saw a twin.
• Not far away lived Vyazemsky Peter A. , and once when he got home , he saw in his office \
\u0026bull;\tNedaleko ot·syuda zhil Pëtr Andryeevich Vyazemskiĭ, i odnazhdy, pridya domoĭ, uvidel v svoëm kabinete \u0026laquo;samogo sebya, sidyashchego za stolom i chto-to pishushchego\u0026raquo;.
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