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View of the Winter Palace from the Admiralty.
The Changing of the Guard
Vasily Sadovnikov
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In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a small parade
ground in front of the western facade of the palace, which faces the
Admiralty, that was used for the changing of the palace guard and
reviews of the troops. In the early 19th century the fortified Admiralty
shipyard was replaced by the present building designed by Andreyan
Zakharov. The earthwork fortifications were razed and a boulevard
laid out in place of the rampart in front of the moat. Admiralty Boulevard,
together with Nevsky Prospekt and the English Embankment on the Neva
was a favourite place for Petersburgers to stroll in Pushkin's day.
In 1833-35 a "telegraph observation cabin" was constructed
on the roof of the Winter Palace, above Nicholas I's apartments -
the end station of the first optical telegraph system providing communications
with Tsarskoye Selo, Gatchina, Kronstadt and also Warsaw and Vilnius. |
