Cabin of Peter the Great
The cabin of Peter the Great (
The
The design is a combination of an izba, a traditional Russian countryside house typical of the 17th century, and the Tsar's beloved Dutch Baroque, later to evolve into the Petrine Baroque. Peter built similar domiki elsewhere in Russia - for example, in Voronezh, and Vologda. The wooden cabin in St. Petersburg covers only 60 square metres (650 sq ft)[3] and contains three rooms - living room, bedroom, and study. It has large ornate windows and a high hipped roof of wooden tiles.[4][b] Inside, the wooden walls were painted with red oil to resemble brick, and the rooms came to be known as the "red chambers" (krasnyie khoromtsy).[5][c] There are no fires or chimneys, as it was intended to be used only in the warmer summer months. It was occupied by the Tsar between 1703 and 1708,[5] while Peter supervised the construction of the new imperial city and the Peter and Paul Fortress.
The cabin was moved to its present location, 6 Petrovskaia Naberezhnaia,
Peter's domiki were used to mark significant dates, such as the
A prized national monument, the contents were removed, and the Cabin was boarded up and
See also
References
Notes
- ^ Explorations in St. Petersburg and Saint Petersburg: Museums, Palaces, and Historic Collections say 1703; Petriva dates it to 1707.
- ^ Cowles describes Peter the Great "living for years in a small log cabin, composed of three rooms."
- ^ The Companion Guide to St. Petersburg translates this as the "fair mansion".
Citations
- ^ Fitzlyon, Zinovieff & Hughes (2003), p. 44
- ^ Hughes (1998), p. 216
- ^ a b "Explorations in St. Petersburg". geographia.com. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ Cowles (1971), p. 57
- ^ a b c d Giangrande & Norwich (2003), p. 18
- ^ "The Cabin of Peter the Great". State Russian Museum. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
Bibliography
- ISBN 978-0-00-211724-1
- Fitzlyon, Kyril; Zinovieff, Kyril; Hughes, Jenny (2003), The Companion Guide to St. Petersburg, Companion Guides, ISBN 978-1-900639-40-8
- ISBN 1-59373-000-4
- ISBN 978-0-300-07539-7