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Statue of Empress
Alexandra Fiodorovna
By Dmitry Savelyev after an original by Karl Wichmann
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View of the
lower landing of the October Staircase
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The main staircase in the apartments of the Heir to
the Throne, the future Alexander II, was restored by Alexander Briullov
after the 1837 fire almost entirely in keeping with Auguste Montferrand's
project of the late 1820s. Architecturally the staircase is marked
by Classical austerity. The interior is richly decorated with grisaille
painting. The lunettes contain allegorical compositions of female
figures bowing in front of double-headed eagles. The bas-relief above
the windows presents a triumphal procession. The staircase got its
present name in memory of the revolutionary events of October 1917,
when those storming the Winter Palace used it to gain entry. |
