🏛 Anichkov Palace

Санкт-Петербург, Невский пр., 39

One of Nevsky's oldest palaces, an imperial residence under Alexander III; now the Palace of Youth Creativity.

It is the oldest surviving building on Nevsky: construction began in 1741 by decree of Empress Elizabeth.
The design was by Mikhail Zemtsov, and after his death in 1743 Rastrelli completed the construction.
The palace stands sideways to Nevsky: its main entrance faced a canal dug from the Fontanka to the harbour by the palace.
The palace housed an apartment of the poet Vasily Zhukovsky, who taught the future Alexander II.
On 23 November 1836 Nicholas I received Pushkin here and demanded that he refrain from a duel.
On 12 February 1937 the Leningrad Palace of Pioneers opened here.
In front of the main building grows a birch planted by the cosmonauts Gherman Titov and Vladimir Komarov.

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