DOI: 10.51255/2311-603X_2022_1_240

I. V. Zimin, A. A. Zhuravlev. Review of the book: Grand Ducal Residences of the Russian Empire in
1826–1917: Construction Economics. Study and documents / Comp. A. A. Efimov. St. Petersburg,
Istoricheskaya Illustratsiya, 2020. 288 p. // Petersburg Historical Journal, no. 1, 2022, pp.

Abstract:

Review of the collection of research and documents prepared by the group of authors consisting
of A. A. Efimov, S. S. Kurochkin and O. A. Lyubeznikov under the leadership of A. A. Efimov. The publication examines and publishes documents reflecting certain aspects of the participation of the august customers in the administration and financing of palace construction. Its main advantage lies in the introduction of archival documents into scientific circulation, which significantly supplement the history of the creation of a number of palaces of the members of the House of Romanov both in St. Petersburg and in the regions of Russia.

Key words: Russian Empire, Ministry of the Imperial Court, Romanovs, palace, construction.

Author:

Zimin I. V. — Dr. of Sciences (History), professor, head of the department of History of the Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University.
E-mail: 30maler@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000–0002–8941–5338

Author:

Zhuravlyov A. A. — Cand. of Sciences (History), assistant professor of the department of History
of the Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University.
E-mail: crane_62@mail.ru
ORCID: 0000–0002–2460–4621

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