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The Russian Museum » The Summer Palace » Second Reception room

Second Reception room

The tsar used to receive visitors in this room.

Original panels, doors and blinds of the Petrine time are made of oak. There is a picturesque plafond on the ceiling made by Georg Gsell in 1719 – The Triumph of Russia. The plafond allegorically glorifies the power of monarchy and the might of Russia.

The walls are decorated with portraits of statesmen-supporters of Peter the Great: Alexander Menshikov, Pavel Jaguzhinsky, Pyotr Shafirov, Fyodor Romodanovsky, Boris Sheremetev, Pyotr Tolstoy, Fyodor Apraksin. The armchairs and chairs draped with Spanish printed leather were made in Portugal.

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