The Catherine Palace, known as the Great Palace of Tsarskoe Selo prior to 1910, was first built in 1717 as a royal residence in the capital of St. Petersburg by architect Johann Friedrich Braunstein.

The State Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoye Selo" (St. Petersburg, Pushkin) hosted the grand opening of the interiors of the Zubovsky wing of the Catherine Palace after a large-scale restoration. The project ...