Admiralty building, Saint Petersburg

The Admiralty (Russian Адмиралтейство ) is an architectural monument of St. Petersburg and is a prime example of Russian classicism Represents the ship on top of the Admiralty with the Bronze Horseman and the contours of the open Palace Bridge is one of the symbols of the city. The building houses the High Command of the Russian Navy. ( Between 1925 and 2012, the headquarters was located in Moscow. )

History

Construction has begun on 5 November 1704. Initially, the Admiralty was built as a shipyard for personal plans of Tsar Peter the Great. In times of war, the yard had to be protected, so put the Admiralty in 1706 a fortress Represent was surrounded by earthen walls and five bastions. On April 29, 1706 first launch took place. 1715 about 10,000 people worked in the Admiralty. The Admiralty at the time was a single-storey building in a U shape with the open side of the Neva. In the building, storage rooms, workshops, forges and administrative offices were located.

1719 the Admiralty was rebuilt for the first time. In the course of work on the gate a bit has been set up with the figure of a ship. In the gilded ball below the ship there are gold coins that were minted to the founding of the city of St. Petersburg.

1732-1738 was built the stone building of the Admiralty by the architect Ivan Kuzmich Korobov. In the middle above the gate a slender tower was built with gilt top, on the m in height 72 a ship figure has been attached. The original ship figure on the top was replaced in 1815. The second ship was replaced in 1886 with a renovation to a copy and has since been held at the Museum of the Navy.

Since the 1740s, the area was used by the Admiralty for military exercises and as pasture. On holidays took place at the Admiralty meadow folk festivals and fairs. At the end of the reign of Catherine II in the last quarter of the 18th century, the southern part of the meadow was built.

At the beginning of the 19th century, the old shipyard was converted into an office building in the monumental style of Russian classicism. The gilded top of the tower was the culmination of three major streets of St. Petersburg: the Gorochowa - street, Nevsky Prospect and the Wosnjesjenski - Prospectus.

The fortifications and the establishment of the shipyard were broken up on the tower, and designed by the architect Dmitrievich Sakharov Andrejan resulted in a new, 407 -foot building.

The new Admiralty building was sculptures of Stepan Stepanovich Pimjenow, Vasili Ivanovich humility - Malinowski and A. Anisimov.

On both sides of the triumphal arch giant sculptures of Fjeodosij Fyodorovich were erected Stschedrin, the globes, supported by the nymphs represent.

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