User:Giano/The Malachite Room of the Winter Palace

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The Malachite room was designed in the late 1830s by the architect Alexander Briullov for use a formal reception room for the Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, wife of Nicholas I. It replaced the Jasper Room, which was destroyed in the fire of 1837.

The room obtains its name from the use of malachite for its columns and fire-place.

The room contains a large malachite urn as well as furniture from the workshops of Peter Gambs which were rescued from the 1837 fire.

From June to October 1917 this room was the seat of the Provisional Russian Government. When the palace was stormed durin the night of 7th November 1917, the memebers of the Government were arrested in the adjoining private dining room.