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THE TEREM PALACE |

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The Senate

Building 14 (The Presidium)

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The Poteshny Palace

The State Kremlin Palace

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The Terem Palace

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The Terem Palace

The construction of this unique palace began in 1635 under the supervision of four talented masters of Russian architecture: Bazhen Ogurtsov, Trefil Shaturin, Antip Konstantinov and Larion Ushakov. The brick palace is based on the model of a Russian log cabin, its features present both inside and out. The master builders proved their ability to cope with a challenge: despite a small construction site cramped by nearby buildings, they managed to create an architectural masterpiece. The stories of the palace rise in stair-like ledges forming a pyramid-like structure. The “golden top” of the palace is approximately level with a modern four-story building.

Water, candles and canned vegetables were stored in the ground-floor rooms. The first floor was occupied by the tsarina’s workshops, where the garments of the royal family were made. The second floor had a bathing room with water supplied from the water tower. On the third floor were the living quarters overlooking the river, a bedchamber and prayer room, as well as the “throne room,” or the tsar’s study. From the middle window of this room a special box was lowered to ground level so that anyone could submit a petition.

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