Tauride Palace

Tavrichesky dvorets, Таврический дворец

Firstly commissioned by Prince Grigory Potemkin of Tauridia to his favourite architect, Ivan Starov. Empress Catherine the Great gave Potemkin the land and the title of Prince of Tauridia for his services in conquering ancient Tauridia (now the Crimean Peninsula). Catherine II later bought the Palace, to be used as her summer townhouse. Much later yet (1906), it was transformed into the seat of the first Russian parliament, the Imperial State Duma. Immediately after the February Revolution of 1917, Tauride Palace housed the Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet. The abortive Russian Constituent Assembly held its meetings there in 1918. Since the 1990s, Tauride Palace has been home to the Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of Independent States (IPA CIS). Take a Parliament tour in Tauride Palace: During the tour, guests will make a walk in three state rooms and other spaces of the Tauride Palace, learn the history of its inhabitants, visit the magnificent Duma Hall - the place of the State Duma of the Russian Empire, to see an exhibition on the history of Russian parliamentarism. Duration: 60 min. Only possible by prior arrangement with a passport.

• Heritage listed
• Built 1789

• history
• outdoors
• museum

Address

Ul. Shpalernaya (Шпалерная ул.), 47

Getting there

M Чернышевская

Hours

Mon-Fri from 10:00 to 16:00 only by prior arrangement (2-3 days earlier)

Price

RUB 3000/group; for locals RUB 2000/group max 20 person

Phone

+78123266911

Website

parlament-history.ru (opens in a new tab)