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The small palace, known as the Small Chambers in the Emperor's lifetime, was part of his private residence. It was designed by Georg Johann Mattarnovi in 1716-20. The three surviving rooms on the ground floor, once occupied by the Emperor, are now used to display reconstructed interiors of the period.
The Study of Peter the Great contains the original stove and fire-place. The walls, faced with tiles in the Dutch manner, are adorned with a map of the Baltic Sea and the paintings View of the New Bridge in Paris by Mommers and Portrait of Peter the Great by Pieter van der Werff. Worthy of special interest is Peter's writing-desk made in England to his design. Displayed on the desk are a spy-glass, a sun-dial, a mechanical clock, an ink-pot, a sand-box as well as an amber casket that was presented to Peter the Great by King Frederick William I of Prussia.
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