9] Russian Museum – Rainy St Petersburg Russia. Walking tour – Mikhailovsky Castle.

This is the ninth part of the walk in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It’s a rainy day in St. Petersburg… so you can walk around the Mikhailovsky Castle! Walking tour through all the halls of the Russian Museum – Mikhailovsky Castle in St. Petersburg.
On May 19, 2021, the ceremonial halls in the Mikhailovsky Castle were opened after a large-scale restoration.
For the best experience, be sure to turn on closed captions [CC] and wear headphones 🎧 as you watch this tour.

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The emperor planned to hold meetings and solemn ceremonies of the knights of Malta in the castle, which was reflected in the decoration of his state apartments. The only ceremonial reception was an audience with the Danish minister, Count Levendal, given on February 24 in the Maltese throne room.

On February 1, 1801, Pavel and his family moved to the new palace. On the day of St. Michael the Archangel, at 9:45 am, Paul I, together with members of his family and retinue, began a ceremonial procession from the Winter Palace towards the castle. Guards regiments were placed along the entire route. The solemn procession was accompanied by the firing of cannons and the music of regimental bands. In the castle of the sovereign, persons of the first five classes, the highest military leaders, as well as foreign ambassadors and ministers, were already waiting. Pavel I moved to the Mikhailovsky Castle when the walls of the new building had not even had time to dry and, according to eyewitnesses, there was such a thick fog in the rooms that despite thousands of wax candles that barely flickered through the haze, darkness prevailed everywhere, “” there were traces of dampness and in the hall, in which large historical paintings hung, I saw with my own eyes, despite the constant fire in two fireplaces, strips of ice an inch thick and several palms wide, stretching from top to bottom in the corners. The next day after the solemn move, a masquerade took place in the castle.

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