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3 unusual facts about Mariinsky Palace


Mariinsky Palace

Stackensneider's palace was conceived by Emperor Nicholas I as a present to his daughter Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia on the occasion of her marriage to Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg, Eugène de Beauharnais's son.

Petrograd Soviet

Disputes over war aims led to street protests on April 20–21, including military units protesting outside the Mariinsky Palace.

Stepan Balmashov

Stepan Balmashov was the assassin of Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Dmitry Sipyagin, whom he shot on April 2, 1902 (O.S.) in the Mariinsky Palace in St. Petersburg.


Andrei Stackenschneider

For this monarch and his children he designed the Mariinsky Palace (1839–44), Nicholas Palace (1853–61), New Michael Palace (1857–61), as well as the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (1846–48) for Princess Kochubey.

Dmitry Sipyagin

He was assassinated in the Mariinsky Palace by Socialist-Revolutionary Stepan Balmashov.


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