Next to the restorer (1981)

B/w photograph of an old dilapidated building.

Engraving with views of St.

Petersburg, an image of couples dancing a minuet in wigs and costumes of the early 18th century appears.

The frame contains old drawings, engravings depicting the construction of St.

Petersburg, the young Tsar Peter I, ships, the fleet, the shipyard, etc.

The frame shows the first wooden house of Peter I, built near Trinity Square.

Panorama of a room in the house - in the frame there is a table with candlesticks and writing utensils, antique furniture, chairs, etc.

On the table there is a shtof, a tray with glasses, dishes.

Old engraving - an assembly, courtiers at tables, in the hall, etc.

Portrait of Alexander Menshikov.

The engraving shows the first stone palace in St.

Petersburg (Menshikov Palace).

Portrait of Emperor Peter I. Portrait of Empress Catherine I. Portrait of Alexander Menshikov.

The engraving shows the Menshikov Palace.

It shows how the palace's appearance changed when it was handed over to the Cadet Corps.

Various photographs of buildings on the embankment of Vasilievsky Island in Leningrad.

In the frame - a photograph of the Menshikov Palace.

Engravings, drawings depicting the Menshikov Palace - in its original form and after reconstruction, when it was handed over to the Cadet Corps.

On the floor on a pedestal there is a model of the Menshikov Palace, a panorama of the premises of the architectural bureau - in the frame an employee is working at a drawing board, nearby two men are watching slides with a projector, studying an engraving depicting the Menshikov Palace.

Alternating slides - fragments of an engraving, drawings of individual elements of the building.

Close-up - the faces of the architects-restorers.

A man makes notes on a drawing.

Various photographs from the site of restoration work in the palace.

Restoration work inside the palace - plasterers, painters are working, workers are repairing the stairs, etc.

A restorer draws a pattern on the wall.

A restorer attaches a fragment of stucco to the wall, a panorama of a round walled-up window.

A crystal chandelier hangs, a man sits on wooden scaffolding nearby - he checks the hanging parts of the chandelier.

Panorama of old brickwork, a small internal window with bars.

A man near a window with bars - he inspects the walls, makes notes in the drawing.

Employees clean the rooms, sweep the floor - a panorama of the white walls, vaults and floor in the basement of the palace.

A restorer is restoring the floor - laying out figured parquet from bricks.

In the frame - a floor of figuredly laid bricks, a panorama of the walls and vaults of the basement.

Different plans with vaults in the room.

On the unrestored sections of the wall, old brickwork is visible, a man walks through the hall, carrying a piece of the wall.

Room - carpenters are working under a special canopy.

The cookhouse - a panorama of the stone floor, stove, various kitchen utensils, etc.

A view of the restored cookhouse in the Menshikov Palace - square two-tone parquet, wooden flooring, a canopy, various utensils, etc.

A panorama of the rooms of the palace where restoration work is underway - A man is restoring a painted ceiling, there is wooden scaffolding in the room, restorers are working, etc.

Decorative wooden panels are being installed on the walls in the room.

A man varnishes the wood on the walls.

A panorama of a beautiful wooden door.

Various shots with old decorative painting (plafond by artist Pilman).

A restorer is standing on scaffolding, restoring an old fresco on the ceiling.

Various fragments of the fresco - in the frame there is an image of Peter I as a victorious warrior and other fragments.

In the corners of the fresco are the remains of a later painting (fragments with angels).

Panorama of Dutch tiles with different patterns - views of nature, mills, ships, etc.

In the frame - a painting by a Dutch artist.

View of the room - the walls and the stove are decorated with Dutch tiles.

Panorama of one of the rooms of the Menshikov Palace - the walls, vaults of the room, the ceiling are decorated with Dutch tiles.

Female restorers are working on restoring the tiled ceiling.

Close-up - gilded details are attached to the tiled ceiling.

Panorama of the ceiling made of Dutch tiles, reassembled and laid out by restorers.

Panorama of the room decorated with tiles, vaults, ceiling, various details of stucco, etc.

Close-up - Menshikov's monogram on the stucco.

Close-up - a drawing on the table, a compass, a fragment of a tile with a bas-relief in the form of Menshikov's coat of arms is being restored.

Close-up - fragments of stucco with patterns, in the frame - the hands of a restorer with a tool.

A man is sitting at a table, restoring fragments of stucco, bas-reliefs with patterns.

View of restored walls, ceiling with tiles and stucco.

In the frame - a bas-relief medallion (made using the plaster technique).

Plaster medallion on the ceiling.

An artist at a table is restoring various interior details, walls, etc.

Restorers are restoring statues, busts, etc.

A woman is restoring a statue in the antique style.

Close-up - hands are applying gilding to a decorative detail of the frame.

In the frame - a female restorer at work.

Restorers are restoring an antique wooden chest of drawers.

Close-up - an antique inscription on furniture.

The craftsman is inserting new upholstery into antique chairs.

Panorama of wooden bas-reliefs in the form of human portraits.

Close-up - a craftsman is cutting out a fragment of a bas-relief from wood using special tools.

Close-up - a wooden table decorated with carvings and portraits (bas-reliefs).

Room - in the frame there is a luxurious wooden bed with a roof on four posts, a tapestry on the wall, etc.

Room with Dutch tiles - in the frame there is a table, armchairs, a sideboard and other furniture.

Portrait of Menshikov on the wall.

Panorama of the restored rooms, halls of the palace.

In the frame there are various interior items of the 18th century, furniture, paintings, etc.

Close-up - a tiled Dutch stove, wooden patterned parquet.

View of the restored room, exquisite chairs, a red secretary and a portrait of Menshikov on the wall, etc.

Couples in 18th century costumes dance a minuet.

Panorama of the central staircase of the palace, walls, vaults, columns, etc.

Panorama of antique statues in wall niches.

Panorama of the hall with white columns.

The opening of the museum in February 1981 (a branch of the Russian department of the Hermitage) - faces of guests, employees, restorers, etc.

In the frame - photographers, correspondents.

A man and a woman in 18th century costumes with a large gilded key are descending the stairs.

Close-up - a red ribbon is being cut.

People are applauding.

People are going up the stairs, entering the palace.

There is a queue outside to the museum-palace.

A view from the embankment of the Menshikov Palace.

In the frame - the Bronze Horseman monument.