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The Fun Palace

The Fun Palace. 1651. View from the south-east
The Fun Palace is situated at the western Kremlin wall, between the Commandant’s and Troitskaya (Trinity) Towers. It was built in 1651 as living quarters for Boyar I.D. Miloslavskiy, the father of Tsar Alexey Michailovich’s first wife. It is the unique example of a boyar estate survived in the Kremlin till nowadays.

The Miloslavskiy’s Estate was projected according to the narrow area between the fortress’s wall and administrative buildings of the royal residence. The construction itself was located in the very center of the area, the front and household estates – to the south and north The arched passage in the square building connected the both territories. The parade porch that led to the southern yard closed the annex.

An essential distinction of the palace’s composition is the location of the home Our Lady’s Glorification Church melt into the whole construction’s space. It highers over the middle part of the eastern façade.

While the reign of Peter I, the Police Division was placed in the yard. In 1806, the building was fitted for the Moscow Commandant’s registry and

living quarters. Hereat the church was abolished.

In 1847-1875, the architect N.A. Shokhin tried to restore the building’s XVIIth century original outside décor.

Nowadays, the palace houses Kremlin Commandant Services. On their initiative the monument is being under reconstruction to restore the Our Lady’s Glorification Church and fragments of the façades’ original décor.

The Fun Palace. View from the north. Lithograph of the watercolour by F. Solntsev. XIXth century
The Fun Palace. Windows of the palace"s facade
The Fun Palace. Plan of the ground-floor
 
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