Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo

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Alexander Palace in Tsarskoye Selo is a former imperial Russian residence near St. Petersburg, best known as the favored home and final residence of Tsar Nicholas II and his family before the Russian Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former royal residence
museum
palace
architect Giacomo Quarenghi NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture
Palladian architecture
builtFor Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich NERFINISHED
future Emperor Alexander I of Russia
commissionedBy Empress Catherine II of Russia NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1792
country Russia
favoredResidenceOf Alexandra Feodorovna NERFINISHED
Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
finalResidenceOf Nicholas II of Russia NERFINISHED
Romanov family NERFINISHED
floorCount 2
hasExhibition restored private rooms of Nicholas II and his family
hasFeature central Corinthian colonnade
enfilade of state rooms
long colonnaded façade
private apartments of Nicholas II and Alexandra
hasFunction museum of the last Russian imperial family
hasGarden Alexander Park, Tsarskoye Selo NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site component
heritageDesignationDate 1990
historicalEvent last residence of the imperial family before the Russian Revolution
inaugurationDate 1796
locatedIn Pushkin, Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
Tsarskoye Selo NERFINISHED
locatedNear Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED
managedBy Tsarskoye Selo State Museum-Preserve NERFINISHED
material brick
namedAfter Emperor Alexander I of Russia NERFINISHED
nearby Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo NERFINISHED
ownedBy Russian Federation NERFINISHED
partOf Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments NERFINISHED
Tsarskoye Selo palace complex NERFINISHED
reopenedAsMuseum 2021
significance important monument of Russian neoclassical architecture
key site associated with the end of the Romanov dynasty
underwent major restoration in the 21st century
usedAs German military headquarters during World War II
Soviet naval research institute
headquarters of the Tsar during World War I
museum after World War II
residence of Nicholas II from 1905 to 1917
summer residence of the Russian imperial family

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Holy Passion-Bearer Tsar Nicholas bornIn Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia placeOfBirth Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia residence Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
Alexandra Feodorovna of Hesse detainedAt Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia residence Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
subject surface form: Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia
Upper Pond associatedWith Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
this entity surface form: Russian imperial residence of Tsarskoye Selo
Prince Rostislav Alexandrovich of Russia birthPlace Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
this entity surface form: Imperial Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovich of Russia birthPlace Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo