Tauride Palace. Line of Fate (1994)

Views of the Peter and Paul Fortress and the Neva.

Views of bridges, canals and streets of St.

Petersburg.

Fragments of the monument to Peter I on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress, a statue of a griffin on the bridge.

View of the building of the Kazan Cathedral and its colonnade.

View of the upper part of the monument to Peter I on the territory of the Peter and Paul Fortress.

View of one of the streets leading to the Admiralty building.

View of part of St.

Isaac's Square, the dome of St.

Isaac's Cathedral and the pedestal of the monument to Nicholas I. Reflection of the bell tower in the water.

Color engraving depicting part of the city.

View of the building of the Tauride Palace.

View of the central dome of the palace, decorations on the walls.

One of the bas-reliefs on the wall of the vestibule.

Chandelier decorated with amber, bas-relief on the wall.

Portrait of Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin.

View of the ballroom of the palace.

Decorations of the winter garden.

Portraits of Catherine II and Potemkin.

Decorations of one of the ceiling plafonds of the palace.

Views of the ruins of Chersonesos near Sevastopol.

Panorama of the seashore, waves breaking on the rocks.

Monument to the sunken ships in the Sevastopol Bay.

Ships of the Black Sea Fleet in the Sevastopol Bay.

Crimean landscape, panorama of the sea.

Panorama of one of the Crimean vineyards.

Crimean landscape.

Colored engravings depicting St.

Petersburg in the 18th century.

Paintings depicting the entertainment of Russian empresses.

Interiors and decorations of the central rooms of the Tauride Palace.

Panorama of the ballroom of the palace.

Exotic plants and flowers in the greenhouse of the Tauride Palace, portrait of Catherine II. Painting depicting a folk festival in St.

Petersburg in the 18th century.

Allegorical paintings depicting festivities.

Portraits of Catherine II and Potemkin.

Sculpture of Potemkin at the pedestal of the monument to Catherine II in St.

Petersburg.

Statues of favorites and statesmen of the era of Catherine II, installed around the pedestal of the monument, a statue of the empress on the pedestal.

Portrait of Catherine II's favorite Platon Zubov.

Panorama of the wall of the Winter Palace from the embankment.

Panorama of Palace Square from Millionnaya Street.

The bell tower of St.

Nicholas Cathedral.

Autumn landscape.

Engraving depicting the death of Potemkin on the way to Crimea.

Panorama and views of the autumn park and cemetery, fallen leaves in the pond.

Reflections of trees in the water.

The bridge leading to the Peter and Paul Fortress.

Views of St.

Petersburg.

Views of the Tauride Palace building and palace park.

Portrait of Catherine II. Portrait of Emperor Paul I. Paintings depicting St.

Petersburg in the era of Paul I. Interior view of the central part of the Tauride Palace.

A plaster vase lying in the grass.

Mirror above the fireplace in one of the halls of the palace, decorations of the walls and ceiling.

Chandeliers and ceiling decorations in the halls of the palace.

One of the patterns of inlaid parquet.

View of the building of the Mikhailovsky Castle.

Window of the emperor's bedroom, in which he was killed on the night of March 1, 1801. Portrait of Paul I. Portrait of Emperor Alexander I on horseback.

Panorama of the palace park.

Restorers at work restoring wall paintings and decorations of the Tauride Palace.

Faces of restorers.

Restoration of one of the chandeliers.

Window frames with curtains.

Panorama of the building of the Tauride Palace.

Fragment of the fence of the palace park, panorama of a part of the park.

View of the pond in the park.

Poster of the exhibition of Russian portraits of the late 17th century, held in the Tauride Palace in 1905. Photographs of the exhibition halls and the exhibits presented at it.

Portraits presented at the exhibition.

View of the Peter and Paul Fortress and part of the Neva.

Monument to Peter I. Ships pass under the raised bridge.

Newsreel from 1917: demonstration in Petrograd in June 1917. Photograph of the throne room, Emperor Nicholas II standing by the throne.

Photograph of the Tauride Palace building, where the State Duma was housed.

Photograph of a meeting of one of the factions of the State Duma.

Photographs of the meeting room of the State Duma, built on the site of the destroyed winter garden.

Newsreel: panorama of part of the hall during a regular meeting of the State Duma in 1906-1907. Nicholas II and his family, members of the Imperial family during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov.

Nicholas II and members of his family accept congratulations from representatives of various classes.

Nicholas II and his heirs participate in the religious procession.

A soldier knocks a double-headed eagle off the façade of a building during the February Revolution of 1917 in Petrograd.

Destruction of symbols of the monarchy in Petrograd, removal of one of the signs.

Demonstration in Petrograd in early March 1917. Checking passes at the entrance to the Tauride Palace in the spring of 1917. Soldiers' demonstration, banners with slogans above the columns of demonstrators.

Armored cars at the Tauride Palace (panorama).

The building of the Tauride Palace.

Chandelier and decorations in the vestibule of the palace, bas-reliefs on the walls.

The reading room left over from the Higher Party School, located in the Tauride Palace.

Columns, ceiling lamps and chandeliers in the palace rooms.

Interiors of the palace rooms.

A session of the Interparliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the Tauride Palace, a panorama of the session hall.

Interiors and decorations of the palace premises, decorations of the walls and ceilings.

A crack running through one of the ceiling lamps.

View of the porch on the back of the palace, washed away by groundwater.

Destruction of the porch and steps.

View of part of the palace park.

Reflection of part of the palace in the water, view of part of the palace building.

Interiors and decorations of the offices and bedroom in the Tauride Palace, fragments of decorations.

Portrait of Catherine II. View from the living room windows overlooking the courtyard (panorama).

View of part of the Neva and the spit of Vasilievsky Island.