The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-03-30
THE WINTER PALACE.
An Interesting Account of One of the Gar
Homes-Its Building, Cost, Etc.


An Interesting Account of One of the Cars
Homes-Its Building. Cost, Etc.
The Winter Palace, although con
structed by Empress Elizabeth, was
not completed until Peter III. assembled
the throne, and the square in front of
it was still covered with the shops and
huts of the workmen. Heaps of stone,
brick and rubbish INSTRUCTED the ap-
proaches TO the palace In order to
clear the place Baron KCrff, who then
filed the post of Chief of Police at St.
Petersburg, proposed to the Emperor
TO give permission to the poorer
inhabitants to carry away these unused
materials. The plan pleased the En-
peror, and orders were Immediately
given to Garry it out. The Emperor
witnessed from his windows the opera
ton. which was completed by the
evening. The Emperor, on installing
himself in his new palace, occupied the
part looking onto the square and the
corner of the Millionnaia. This por-
ton of the palace bore the name of the
King of Prussia's apartments. The
occupation of the palace was accom-
panied by no extraordinary ceremony.
The room occupied by Peter had been
decorated by the architect Tcheva-
kinsky, a pupil of Rastrelli, and the
flooring and gilded cornices were
brought from Italy. Peters bedroom
was in the extreme wing, and beside it
was his library, Above the entrance door
he caused the gallery to be constructed
which he turned into his working
cabinet and furnished at a cost
of more than three thousand five hun
bred rubles. The Empress Cath
crime occupied the rooms afterwards
known by the name of the Empress
Marie Feodorovna. The day the court
occupied the Winter Palace 9th of
April, 1892 was marked by the conse-
Grafton of the Palace Church under the
name of the Resurrection. Later on,
in 1853, on the occasion of an ancient
image of Christ being removed to the
church, it was consecrated afreSh by
order of Catherine II. as that of the
Savior The establishment of the in
terror and the furnishing of the palace
were continued under Peter and only
completed by Catherine. The total
outlay up to the year 1853 was eSti-
mated at two million six hundred and
twenty-five thousand and twenty ru-
bles, or about four hundred thousand
pounds. The principal director of the
l-v0rka-in the interior was the celebrat-
, ed amateur Jean BeAny In 1767 the
annexe of the palace destined to D51,1
Hermitage was commenced, the arch
tect Delamotte being intrusted with i
execution. This building, oblong
shape, extended from the MilliOnnai
to the Quay. Four years later SCI
ond building was erected on plan {
the architect FELTON,. In 1870 sever;
fresh wings were added, and the En-
press ordered the architect GuaraLgl
to build a theater, which was at ii
latest. to be completed by Angus
1884. The same architect erected tn
arch connecting the Hermitage wit
the theater, and with the part of IL
palace containing the Raphael galler
les. In 1856 the marble gallery (cor
tanning the Hall of st. George and Il
Throne-room) was commenced, and
1894 superb throne was placed in th
former. This throne was the maste
= piece of the architect Starow.-NOUC
VTe1ll1jG.