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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

Portrait Gallery

Portrait GslleryThis gallery joins the Church of the Crucifixion to the third floor of the Terems Palace.  On its vaults are painted portraits of the Romanov Dynasty.  The tiled floor in chisled stone is artistic and ancient work.  All along the walls are wooden benches which are equally ancient.  the windows open onto the southern court of the Palace and the bays opposite them open onto the Terrace of the Savior-on-High.