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The study is one of the four interiors of the palace that have retained the original decor with Dutch tiles, featuring mainly architectural landscapes. The stove is faced with tiles made in St Petersburg factories in 1717-27. The arch with the wall behind it appeared as a result of the restoration in the 19th century. The room is embellished with articles reflecting the interests of a statesman of Peter's time. These include seascapes by Dutch painters of the late 17th - early 18th centuries on the walls; an engraved map of the Baltic Sea (Pieter Pickart, 1703) and a 17th-century planisphere - a device for determining the time of rising and setting of the sun and the location of the celestial bodies - on the desk. On the table with an oval inlaid top (from the collection in the Study of Peter the Great) we can see a goblet in the shape of a ship, an astrolabe and a unique silver globe (Augsburg, 17th century) that belonged to Peter I.
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