Alexander I Palace in

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is a one-story stone building in Russian classicism style on Grecheskaya Street, 40 where Russian emperor

Alexander I Alexander I may refer to: * Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon from 495 to 454 BC * Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus * Alexander I Theopator Euergetes, surnamed Balas, ruler of the Seleucid Empire 150-145 BC * Pope Alex ...

died in 1825. The mansion was built in 1806 and belonged to different owners. The most significant of them was the Governor of Taganrog Pyotr Papkov. Emperor Alexander I of Russia stayed there twice – in 1818 and 1825. After his death the building was bought by his widow empress consort Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden) and the first memorial museum in Russia dedicated to the Emperor was established there. Among the visitors to the palace of Alexander I were the Russian emperors

Alexander II of Russia Alexander II ( rus, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич, Aleksándr II Nikoláyevich, p=ɐlʲɪˈksandr ftɐˈroj nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ; 29 April 181813 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Poland and Grand Du ...

and Alexander III, poets

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and

Vasily Zhukovsky Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (; – ) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexan ...

, artist

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, People’s commissar of enlightenment

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, and many others. For 12 years beginning in 1864 an amateur choir conducted by Pavel Chekhov (

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's father) sang in the Church of Exaltation of the Cross, which was established within the mansion to honor the emperor. At the end of 1860s – beginning of 1870s Alexander, Nicolas and Anton Chekhov sang there in choral parts of descant and alto. In 1928 the memorial museum was closed and some of the exhibits were moved into the Alferaki Palace. The building of the Palace of Alexander I houses a children’s sanatorium called “Beryozka”.

Gallery

File:Alexander I Palace Plan.jpg, Photograph of the original plan of the Pyotr Papkov's mansion in Taganrog, collection of the Taganrog City Architectural Development Museum Image:Alexandre1 Palace Taganrog.jpg, Alexander I Palace on an old postcard, late 19th century File:Alexander Palace Taganarog.png, Image:Alexander palace 2008.jpg, The Alexander I Palace, now "Beryozka" sanatorium, in 2008 File:Alexander Palace Plaque.jpg, Memorial plaque on Alexander I's mansion in Taganrog. The inscription reads: ''In this mansion in 1818 and in 1825 stayed Russian emperor Alexander I. Here he spent his last days. In 1826 was inaugurated the first memorial museum in Russia: "The supreme palace of Alexander I in Taganrog."'' File:Alexander Palace (Taganrog) in 2010.jpg, The former Alexander Palace in the process of renovation in April 2010

References

* Taganrog Encyclopedia (Энциклопедия Таганрога), 2nd edition, Taganrog, 2003 {{Taganrog Buildings and structures in Taganrog Houses completed in 1806 Palaces in Russia Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast Cultural heritage monuments in Taganrog