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  1. About the Book
  2. Historical Perspective
  3. Great Kremlin Palace
  4. Exterior of the Palace
  5. Parade Entry Hall
  6. Parade Entry Stair
  7. Outer Hall
  8. St. George Hall
  9. St Alexander Hall
  10. St. Andrew Hall
  11. Knight's Hall or Picket Hall
  12. St Catherine Hall
  13. Ceremonial Drawing Room
  14. Ceremonial Bedroom
  15. Dressing Room with Bath
  16. Churches of the Nativity & Lazarus
  17. Winter Garden
  18. Imperial Apartments
  19. Paintings Gallery
  20. Terems Gallery
  21. Our-Savior-in-the-Forest
  22. Chamber of Those in Service
  23. Golden Hall of the Tsarina
  24. Holy Vestibule
  25. Palace of the Facets
  26. Cathedral of the Annunciation
  27. St. Vladimir Hall
  28. Terrace of the Savior-on-High
  29. Cathedral of the Savior-on-High
  30. Church of the Crucifixion
  31. Portrait Gallery
  32. Church of the Resurrection
  33. St. Catherine Church
  34. Church of the Catacombs
  35. The Terem Palace
  36. The Upper Stone Courtyard
Alexander Palace Time Machine
Written, under the order of Prince Odoievsky-Maslov, Chief of Administration of the Imperial Court in Moscow, by S. de Bartenev

Great Kremlin Palace

Bolshoi Kremlyovskii Dvoryets

The principal body is comprised of parts restored from the former Palace, specifically: the Palace churches, the Tsarina's Palace, the Palace of Facets, the Terems, all forming the northern part, and the Great Palace, which extends in the middle, along the principal facade, along the Moskova; to the east is the Cathedral Square, and of course the west side giving on to the Imperial Square.

The new construction is made up of ancient parts and forms with them a square in the interior courtyard in which the old church of the Savior-in-the-Forest is located.

Interior Courtyard of the Great Kremlim Palace

A winter garden, connects to the west side of the Palace, as shown above, with the apartments of Their Majesties, which is followed on one side by the Armory Palace and on the other the Palace of Diverse Pleasures and the Stables.  These buildings occupy the entire space between the Borovitskaia Gate and the Troitskaia Gate.

To the north, the Palace is connected to the Knights' Wing which runs parallel to the Palace of Diverse Pleasures, and together they form Palace Street.

Behind the Knights' Wing we find in the courtyard the Officers' Wing, that of the Grenadiers and the Kitchen Wing.