The Farmer's Palace

About museum

The Farmer's Palace attracts attention for its unusual history. Originally it was a simple farm with a cowshed, but according to a design by architect A. I. Shtakenshneider it was transformed by 1860 into a palace for Emperor Alexander II in the Neo-Gothic style. Inside the palace there remain decorative elements such as stucco, wall and ceiling paintings, oak parquet, stoves, fireplaces and staircases. The building was equipped with all the necessary conveniences, including an elevator, plumbing, toilet and bathing rooms, as well as a marble bathtub in Maria Alexandrovna's toilet room. In the Blue Study, where the draft law on the emancipation of the peasants from serfdom was prepared, the emperor's memorial items are still kept.