47, Shpalernaya Ulitsa
Subway: Chernyshevskaya
Closed to the public
Tavrichesky Palace or The Tauride Palace is the St. Petersburg
residence of Prince Grigory Potemkin-Tavrichesky. It was erected in
the style of classicism in the period from 1783 to 1789 according to
the project of the architect I. E. Starov.
The palace is
located on Shpalernaya Street, in the quarter between Potemkinskaya
and Tavricheskaya streets. Behind him is the Tauride Garden.
In 1906-1910, the interiors of the building were changed in
connection with the placement of the State Duma in it (architect P.
I. Shestov).
With the beginning of the February Revolution,
the Taurida Palace housed the Provisional Committee of the State
Duma, and then the Provisional Government (until July 1917), and the
Petrograd Council of Workers' Deputies arose here. The First
All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies
was held in the Taurida Palace on June 3–24, 1917.
Before
moving to Smolny in August 1917, the All-Russian Central Executive
Committee of Soviets met in the Tauride Palace.
On January 5
(18), 1918, the All-Russian Constituent Assembly met in the Tauride
Palace.
In the 21st century, the palace is the headquarters
of the Interparliamentary Assembly of States Members of the
Commonwealth of Independent States. It also gathers the Council of
Legislators - a special deliberative body of both chambers of the
Russian Parliament. In addition, the St. Petersburg branch of the
Mir television and radio company is based in the building.
From the Tauride Palace come the names of the Tauride Garden,
Tauride Street and Tauride Lane.