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Malachite Room of the Winter Palace

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413: 20: 40: 32: 265: 352: 153: 332: 304: 64: 412: 120:. When the palace was stormed during the night of 7 November 1917, the members of the Government were arrested in the adjoining private dining room. 269: 463: 377: 220: 94: 372: 337: 347: 327: 149: 362: 397: 342: 387: 357: 248: 110: 106: 97:, served as not only a state drawing room of the Tsaritsa, but also as a gathering place for the Imperial family before and during 367: 297: 179: 117: 402: 382: 290: 468: 458: 432: 427: 19: 124: 212: 86:
as well as furniture from the workshops of Peter Gambs (1802-1871), son of the famous furniture maker
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brides were traditionally dressed by the Tsarina before proceeding from the adjoining
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During the Tsarist era, the Malachite Room, which links the state rooms to the
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for its columns and fireplace. This large salon contains a large malachite
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The Malachite Room, the Winter Palace, St Petersburg, by
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From June to October 1917 this room was the seat of the
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Location of the Malachite Room within the Winter Palace
420: 320: 59:, was designed in the late 1830s by the architect 199: 75:Room, which was destroyed in the fire of 1837. 298: 127:, this room retains its original decoration. 8: 239:Maylunas, Andrei; Mironenko, Segei (1996), 213:"How the Bolsheviks took the Winter Palace" 63:for use as a formal reception room for the 305: 291: 283: 78:The room obtains its name from the use of 90:, which were rescued from the 1837 fire. 270:Category:Malachite Room in Winter Palace 35:The Malachite Room, photographed c. 1900 16:Room of the Winter Palace, St Petersburg 141: 7: 279:Flickr. Retrieved 13 November 2008. 14: 411: 353:St George's Hall and Apollo Room 263: 223:from the original on 18 May 2015 182:from the original on 18 May 2015 156:from the original on 18 May 2015 200:Maylunas & Mironenko (1996) 464:Russian Provisional Government 152:, The State Hermitage Museum, 118:Russian Provisional Government 1: 65:Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna 485: 433:Fire in the Winter Palace 409: 109:to their weddings in the 428:Cabin of Peter the Great 277:The Malachite Room today 174:Sitwell, Sacheverell, 125:State Hermitage Museum 123:Today, as part of the 44: 36: 28: 272:at Wikimedia Commons 42: 34: 22: 333:Field Marshals' Hall 219:, 27 December 1917, 178:, Alexander Palace, 150:"The Malachite Room" 25:Konstantin Ukhtomsky 101:. It was here that 378:Private Apartments 241:A Lifelong Passion 176:"Valse des fleurs" 99:official functions 71:. It replaced the 61:Alexander Briullov 45: 37: 29: 446: 445: 373:Gold Drawing Room 338:Small Throne Room 314:The Winter Palace 268:Media related to 476: 469:Individual rooms 459:Hermitage Museum 438:Hermitage Museum 415: 348:Military Gallery 328:Jordan Staircase 307: 300: 293: 284: 267: 253: 225: 224: 209: 203: 197: 191: 190: 189: 187: 171: 165: 164: 163: 161: 146: 484: 483: 479: 478: 477: 475: 474: 473: 449: 448: 447: 442: 416: 407: 316: 311: 261: 256: 251: 238: 229: 228: 211: 210: 206: 198: 194: 185: 183: 173: 172: 168: 159: 157: 148: 147: 143: 133: 17: 12: 11: 5: 482: 480: 472: 471: 466: 461: 451: 450: 444: 443: 441: 440: 435: 430: 424: 422: 418: 417: 410: 408: 406: 405: 400: 395: 393:Malachite Room 390: 385: 380: 375: 370: 365: 363:Alexander Hall 360: 355: 350: 345: 340: 335: 330: 324: 322: 318: 317: 312: 310: 309: 302: 295: 287: 281: 280: 260: 259:External links 257: 255: 254: 249: 235: 227: 226: 204: 192: 166: 140: 139: 132: 129: 88:Heinrich Gambs 49:Malachite Room 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 481: 470: 467: 465: 462: 460: 457: 456: 454: 439: 436: 434: 431: 429: 426: 425: 423: 421:Miscellaneous 419: 414: 404: 401: 399: 398:Neva Enfilade 396: 394: 391: 389: 386: 384: 381: 379: 376: 374: 371: 369: 366: 364: 361: 359: 356: 354: 351: 349: 346: 344: 343:Armorial Hall 341: 339: 336: 334: 331: 329: 326: 325: 323: 319: 315: 308: 303: 301: 296: 294: 289: 288: 285: 278: 275: 274: 273: 271: 266: 258: 252: 250:0-297-81520-2 246: 242: 237: 236: 234: 233: 222: 218: 214: 208: 205: 202:, p. 109 201: 196: 193: 181: 177: 170: 167: 155: 151: 145: 142: 138: 137: 130: 128: 126: 121: 119: 114: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 95:private rooms 91: 89: 85: 81: 76: 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 57:St Petersburg 54: 53:Winter Palace 50: 41: 33: 26: 21: 392: 388:Arabian Hall 358:Grand Church 262: 240: 232:Bibliography 231: 230: 217:The Guardian 216: 207: 195: 184:, retrieved 169: 158:, retrieved 144: 135: 134: 122: 115: 111:Grand Church 107:Arabian Hall 92: 77: 48: 46: 453:Categories 368:White Hall 131:References 69:Nicholas I 67:, wife of 243:, Orion, 136:Citations 80:malachite 221:archived 180:archived 154:archived 403:Gardens 383:Rotunda 103:Romanov 51:of the 247:  186:12 May 160:13 May 73:Jasper 27:(1865) 321:Rooms 245:ISBN 188:2015 162:2015 47:The 84:urn 455:: 215:, 113:. 55:, 306:e 299:t 292:v

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Konstantin Ukhtomsky


Winter Palace
St Petersburg
Alexander Briullov
Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna
Nicholas I
Jasper
malachite
urn
Heinrich Gambs
private rooms
official functions
Romanov
Arabian Hall
Grand Church
Russian Provisional Government
State Hermitage Museum
"The Malachite Room"
archived
"Valse des fleurs"
archived
Maylunas & Mironenko (1996)
"How the Bolsheviks took the Winter Palace"
archived
ISBN
0-297-81520-2

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