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Shvidkovskiy D.O. Catherine II and Pavel I: political relations in architecture

Abstract: the focus of the article’s author is on the destruction of two grand imperial palaces (the Tsaritsyno and the Pella) at the end of the XVIII century soon after their construction. These dramatic “architectural event” considered in the context of the struggle for power in the Russian Empire at that time. Article analyzes the development of the artistic language of this type of constructions, from 1775, when Russian architecture began to gain unusual lineaments.


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history, cultural history, architecture, Catherine II, Paul I, the Tsaritsyno, the Pella, change in the artistic forms, the idea of sovereignty as a source of victories, the question of succession.


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