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Petrovsky Palace

palace, Moscow, Russia

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work of Kazakov

In Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov
He built the Petrovsky Palace (1775–82) in a pseudo-Gothic style on what was at the time the outskirts of Moscow. The tsars would stop at this palace before entering the city. The emperor Napoleon stayed there in 1812 during his retreat from Moscow.
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