| Alexander Palace has a 2 hundred years history and is situated on the territory of architecture ensemble of Tzarskoe Selo in the northern part of Alexander Park among picturesque landscapes. It is called Alexandrovsky or New or Tsarskoselsky Palace. It was founded in 1792 by empress Catherine will and presented at the marriage of her first and favorite grandson prince Alexander Pavlovich (emperor Alexander I in future) and grand princess Elizabeth Alekseevna (1779-1826). After the revolution of 1905, Alexandrovsky Palace became a permanent residence of emperor Nikolai II, who was born in Tsarskoe Selo. 22 years of reign of the last Russian emperor were spent here, in this Palace untill the morning of 1st of August 1917 when emperor’s family was sent to exile to Tobolsk. |
