Tauride Palace
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Tauride Palace is a historic neoclassical building in Saint Petersburg that served as a key political center, notably housing the Russian Provisional Government during the 1917 revolution.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic building
ⓘ
neoclassical palace ⓘ |
| architect | Ivan Starov NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| builtFor |
Grigory Potemkin
ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Grigory Potemkin-Tauricheski
|
| cityDistrict | Smolninsky District ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Grigory Potemkin ⓘ |
| constructionEnd | 1789 ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1783 ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| currentUse |
headquarters of the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the CIS
ⓘ
museum and exhibition space ⓘ venue for official receptions ⓘ |
| floorCount | 2 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
extensive gardens
ⓘ
grand columned portico ⓘ large central dome ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
educational and cultural center
ⓘ
parliamentary conference venue ⓘ |
| hasHall |
Duma Hall
ⓘ
Hall of Columns ⓘ
surface form:
Large Column Hall
|
| heritageStatus | cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ |
| housed |
Petrograd Soviet
ⓘ
Russian Provisional Government ⓘ |
| laterFunction |
imperial residence
ⓘ
political center ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
St. Petersburg
ⓘ
surface form:
Saint Petersburg
Pavlovsk palace-and-park ensemble ⓘ
surface form:
Tauride Garden
|
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Taurida Oblast
ⓘ
surface form:
Taurida (Crimea)
|
| near |
Neva River
ⓘ
Smolny Institute ⓘ |
| notableFor |
one of the earliest and largest neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg
ⓘ
role in the 1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ role in the February Revolution of 1917 ⓘ |
| originalFunction | private residence ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ |
| patron |
Catherine II of Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Catherine the Great
|
| significantEvent |
meetings of the All-Russian Constituent Assembly (1918)
ⓘ
sessions of the Petrograd Soviet in 1917 ⓘ |
| significantPeriod | seat of Russian legislative bodies in the early 20th century ⓘ |
| stylePeriod | late 18th century Russian Neoclassicism ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | Tauride Garden ⓘ |
| usedAs |
meeting place of the First State Duma
ⓘ
meeting place of the Second State Duma ⓘ seat of the State Duma of the Russian Empire ⓘ |
| usedBy | Russian Provisional Government ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Russian Revolution
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Revolution of 1917
|
Referenced by (4)
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